Tim's Photo Collection

On January 12, 2008, I was a groomsman in my friend Chris' wedding. He married Masha, whom he met in Kazakhstan while serving there as a missionary. Chris was my first roommate in college, and we lived together all though our college careers along with our friend Rich, who was the best man. I spent the nights of the 9th through 12th down in So Cal hanging out and catching up.

On December 27, 2007, my brothers and I went driving up to the Bay Area's local Mt. Umunhum. It is an abandoned Air Force site with many local legends surrounding the site. It is the location of a large cube building that can be seen from the valley floor, and its closed-off nature only adds to the mystery. We could not get all the way to the tip due to time and legal constraints.

I spent October 16-22 of 2007 in Georgia to watch Matt graduate from his Army basic training (OSUT) at Ft. Benning Georgia. He turned blue (received his blue infantry cord on the 18th and graduated from training on the 19th. We spent the following weekend with him in Georgia. We went to the Infantry Museum on post at Ft. Benning, went to see where Jimmy Carter grew up in Plains, GA, and did some random driving around before dropping him off for Airborne School at 1800 on the 21st. Unfortunately, he was sick and was unable to start Airborne school.

I got to spend the weekend of September 14-17 in Georgia with my brother Chris. Matt was away for OSUT (One-Station Unit Training) with the Army, and that weekend was his Family Day. He had just finished the basic phase of OSUT and got to leave the post for a weekend to visit with his family and relax before starting the Advanced Infantry Training (AIT) phase. It was an awesome weekend. I hadn't seen him since June and he hadn't left or seen anything outside of Ft. Benning since then either.

I spent the weekend of August 24-26, 2007 in Pismo Beach with my church's college group on a retreat. We stayed in a rented house right on the beach near the pier. We played games, hiked Bishop's Peak, and had an overall good time. Joel from my church was the speaker.