Hi Boys,

I don't know if everyone got the Email. But last week Don's dad (A.K.A. Papa Coons) had a heart attack. It happened while he was in the hospital in ER. Sister Coons said, "They found a blockage at the back of his heart in one of the branches leading off. They were able to open it and placed a stint to keep it open. His heart has had no damage and he will recover well." Oh, and Beans also fractured his tibia in a rugby game last week, so he is on the mend as well.

So I believe everything is O.K. But if you get a chance to write them an email and let them know you are thinking about them and praying for them it would mean a lot.

their email is: coonieclan@sbcglobal.net

MAF

Scoutmaster

Boys,
On presidents day my fam went snomobiling. My first time and quiet possibly one of the funnest things i have ever done. I wanted to post some pics so you could all see how my fam is doing. Especially note the one of my pops, that picture only makes me wonder what he and neff were up to on campouts wherever we went, including the urban campout in downtown SF. And of course he tried to start a fire up there. Cool? hmm.
We went up in the High Uintas up south of Evanston WYO. There is a picture of kimmy trying to be a lumber jack with the sled, DUH! IS MY ONLY RESPONSE.

NBR

Hi Boys,

Just a quick reminder about our plans for next meeting.

We all agreed to bring several of our life goals to share with the rest of the group. So that we can all know each others plans and find ways to help.

We were also going to brainstorm ideas for our Yearly Outing this year. (It would be good if we could possibly do something before we go home for summer, even if it's just a weekend.)

We also all planned to get in contact with someone from our past
that we haven't heard from in a while.

And lastly, we were going to brainstorm ideas for a group mission statement.

I think the Blog idea has been working really well,
and I hope we will all keep it up.
I love this thing.

As a reminder, PJ is going to be in charge of the March meeting,
so we will see what he cooks up for us.

As always thanks for being the best friends anyone could ask for.
You boys are the greatest.

MAF

SRP speaks

Hey kids just wanted to make a post from a ghost who likes toast the mostest, eating snacks from hostess...sounds like a rap PJ would sing in the bathroom...haha. But i just wanted to express my love for everyone and for the strength that there is in such a group of young dedicated men. I hope we can all inspire one another to be the best that we can be and to reach our maximum potential.

This last week I realized that my life was taking control of my life. WHY? Because I let myself make excuses for the lack of discipline. After talking to my dad and with my wonderful roommate, I realized that I can act, and stop being acted upon as it says in 2 Nephi 2. It is a great concept. We are the masters of our own destiny and if we let the Lord guide us and give us strength, we can accomplish our goals and dreams.

A famous person once said, "The pleasure of the lack of discipline is not worth the failure to reach our greatest potential". Let us take control of our lives and if we feel that life or life's circumstances are acting upon us, let's recognize it and make the change. We are the only ones that stop ourselves from reaching excellence...

Brought to you by www.inspirationalthoughts.com...

Spencer

Skip School, Put on a orange jump suit, and do a rodeo 5

        This is PJ. I took the pic from the gondola cause my ski broke but he beat me down. 

                                        Air time of Dan taken by PJ

These are some pics of Dan and PJ's ditching school adventure at the Canyons. check it.

What Are You Doing?

Hey Boys. I thought I'd resurrect an old Classic! Enjoy

MAF

AIM!

Fellas! This has been an awesome week to have this blog going. Seriously, I have never been so informed about what everyone is doing, and how things are going. Not to mention the awesome laughs I have gotten. Who talked to stilson? There was no name.
I showed my dad the blog, he read every single one, and then he asked me what some of the memories were, like "Nick what is rubber cement on 17 Canary Court and Who is SILVIA? What is My files at baskin robbins." I was busting up laughing in each of the stories I told him. Here are a few other memowies that I remember too, maybe we could make a running account of them.

- Unplugging the huge blow up slide in MAf's backyard.
- Seeing matt peterson get patted down for drugs at osage park.
-Me and Don pushing the Taurus back to the petersons with my broken collar bone.
-The awesome go cart at don's house
- Riding bart to senior ball
- Each and every new years in SF.
- "I love modest WOmen"
- PJ's drug pass offs with his briefcase in the quad, hahahaha, still funny.
-Hunting for the little boys around campus.
- Remember throwing me up in the air in the A hall
- TPing the petersons when they were gone. Cheap shot but man we got them good. I think I saw some TP in the top of the pine tree at matt p.'s wedding.
-Driving no hands down Sycamore valley road all the way from maf's to pj's. Still a world record i think.
-Being pulled over in don's car for drunk driving and each of us pulling out our eagle scout cards.
-Tossing the monitors off the parking structure by the san ramon skate park.
-Building oh so many dirt jumps on the iron horse trail. "Rain in Octember"
- The Aquabats show at slims when Dan Got a back stage wristband. WoW!
- Mud football with stilson.
- Making big bawls of paper in assemblies and throwing them at the people in front of us.
-Being green guys, in the assembly.
- (PJ can I say being band aids together in freshman band while we were our senior year) Chief loved us and you know it.
-Rememer Don trying to see how long he could go without putting his hands out while falling on his face.

Son, those are just a few. But wow, what good times.

nBR

Hey everyone,

I heard from Stilson today. He is doing great!


I was so glad to hear that he is doing well. He was by far one of the Best leaders and friends we had in Danville. He told me to say hi to everyone.


MAF

Poo Poo Nob Stew

Hey Everyones,
Happy V-Day! I got an email from this weird Portuguese man
named Don Coons today wishing everyone a happy
Valentines day!
Here it is:

Hey baby,
Happy Valentine's Day!!!  Tell all the boy's I say hello!  I wish I had a
bunch of time to write everyone but you telling everyone 
wassssup dwaggy will have to do!
I need to hear the beans from you pie face...do you almost have
a marriage license!!! Who'd gonna be next?  Have a champion week
 and keep rocking it up!

Tell everyone that I love them...I freakin do!   
love,  

Elder Coons!!!!

-POSTED BY PJ

A Two Seater

So today I was in the RC at work and I was listening to a missionary's call. He was talking to a way old man from the South, and I don't know how, but they got on the topic of outhouses. The man was going on and on about how everyone thought it was crazy when people started going to the bathroom inside their house. Everyone thought it was so disgusting and vulgar. He also talked about the rich family that had a two seater outhouse. He was really jealous.

That call was pretty much my highlight of working at the MTC.

MAF