A New Blogz

Hello there world wide web... It's been a while, but don't worry, I'm still here.

I'm sitting in the hallway at virginia mason, debating about what to do with the day. My wonderfully efficient laptop that I'm writing on has a battery life of bout 2 milliseconds, so my time on the webz is going to be limited unless I can find a plug in. Some of you may be wondering "why are you at the hospital matt?" well, i'll inform you.

About 4 months ago I bust my foot.

Good enough explanation? no? okay, fine.... We were biking down at seatac and I took a pretty bad fall. I have no idea how, but somehow I managed to slam my heel into something solid enough to bruise the bone. And after walking on it for two months and favoring my heel, I managed to get a bone bruise in the front of my foot too. So I finally decided to go see the doc. I was in a walking cast for about 3 weeks without much improvement, so today, I'm the lucky winner of a bonescan! I had an injection and an initial scan this morning at 8, then i need to come back later this afternoon to finish the process and see the doc again. So, hopefully things go well.

Pretty sad it takes a doctors visit for me to blog, but hey, it's better then nothin' right?

So, whats new in the life of the feve's.... it's felt like a short, but incredibly busy summer. Between the multiple trips back to the burg for great stuff like the Prichard Family Olympics, the Rodeo, seein' friends, a trip to whistler and who knows what else, it seems like we've hardly had anytime to just be at home and relax. But it's been a lot of fun. I've been a bit bumbed to have had a stupid boot (walking cast) on my foot for the only month of sun we get on the west side, but hopefully i'll get that worked out and i can keep biking with anna rain or shine through the winter.

There is definitely a lot to be thankful for. My marriage is wonderful and my wife is amazing. We seem to enjoy eachothers company more everyday. My father-in-law had a clear scan this month after his last cancer treatment, God's blessed both my wife and I with good jobs, Tim made it back safely from the first majoy portion of his PhotoGenex trip with YWAM, my mom is returning to the high school to teach, my dad's back is continuing to get better (as much as it still hurts).... lets see what else....my sis and brother-in-law have 2 BEAUTIFUL little healthy girls that I love dearly and have loved getting to see lots of lately, mitch just turned 16 and is driving (everyone watch out!);... i dunno i guess lately i've just been struck with gratitude that I've been blessed pretty big time in my life. I'm not in need and I have a wonderful family.

Anyway, sorry for the lack of humor. I just felt it was time to let the world know how thankful I am for my life, and all of the people in it.



Thank you, God, for what you do. I don't always understand your ways, but I feel I'm learning to understand your heart. Thank you for my wife, my family, my job, and all that you provide. Help remind me each day that all that i have is from you, not from my own abilities. Help me to understand that i need to trust in you and rely on you on a daily basis.

And with that, I need to sign out. My battery is about dead:) hopefully it won't be another 9 months until my next post...

Fun weekend on the bike

Soooo, I know its been ages since I last blogggggged, but it seems I like to have an event to write about. Since winter has set in, I've been sitting at my desk at work daydreaming about going riding and ACTUALLY doing a jump, drop or something that was out of my comfort zone. Our friends Collins and Kayla Mason were over here on the wet-side this weekend and we were able to not only ride, but have a couple fun dinners and catch up a little bit... i won't go into the topic of our dinner discussion at Ivar's on Saturday night, besides to say it mainly consisted of discussing what happens to our bodies when we get sick.... and how bodies decide to react by unleashing every ounce of liquid inside....it was quite entertaining.

We just got back from a few hours at the Sea-Tac flow park, and it was some of the most fun I've had on my bike in a long time. I was FINALLY able to do some drops and jumps that I've been wanting to try for a long time. It's a lot of fun to ride with people that can help you push yourself to overcome your boundaries. In biking, I have a mental block when I come to the edge of a drop. I have a hard time getting the guts to just DO IT. But today, Collins helped me get the guts to hit some new things and it was a blast. Anna and Kayla were nice enough to tough the cold weather and numb toes to take a little video. the movie clip is a little bit of what we did. Sorry the pics are so crappy, i took snapshots from the video....


Sorry to not write more, but i felt like it was worth a good blog post. I've had a big grin on my face all evening just thinking about how much fun i had this weekend.