exercise/sport — Kristie & Tom McConnon

Cheer Party and Homecoming

October 24, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment

The Weidman’s hosted an excellent get together for BYU cheer alumni that Kristie and I were invited to attend. I’ve learned over the years that anytime you get a group of cheerleaders together in one place, they end up stunting. It’s practically inevitable. But this time, everybody took a crack at it…even the non-cheerleaders. For example…

Jeriann was peer-pressured into trying a stunt with KC. Everyone who knew anything agreed she handled it like a pro:

Then everyone got on my case and coaxed me into putting Kristie in the air. Surprisingly it worked okay. Luckily Kristie’s good enough that anyone could put her up:

But easily the most entertaining was when Cami managed to hold up her brawny husband Chandler, completely unassisted. Cami’s face is priceless:

The next evening was homecoming versus TCU. ESPN college gameday was there…in fact everything was perfect, except for the final score. During halftime they had cheer alum come out on the field for the fight song. Here’s some friends down on the grass:

Filed Under: exercise/sport, friends

Lavell Edwards Stadium, We Missed You

September 26, 2009 By Tom 4 Comments

Our awesome/kind/generous/etc. friends Leah and Jonny gave us their tickets to the BYU vs. CSU game because they were going away to Mexico for the long weekend. So we spent the afternoon basking in the glory of another sellout crowd and another Cougar win. At one point, after Harvey Unga ran into the endzone for a touchdown, the cameramen got shot of the crowd reaction. Apparently I was front and center for a few seconds. I found out initially because my phone suddenly flooded with texts and Facebook messages from friends telling me they saw me on TV. But even better, when we got home that night we got an email from Jonny and Leah in Mexico who made their family rewind the game so they could take a picture and email it to us. Pretty awesome. Unfortunately Kristie was blocked by the score icon in the bottom right:

She got her own moment in the spotlight after the game, however, when she was invited down onto the field to stunt with some friends, just like the old days. The first picture is of a “cupie” contest (which couple can hold the stunt the longest)…

…and the second is of a gnarly stunt that I can never remember the name of. It might be called “watch-me-make-a-pretzel-out-of-myself-and-point-at-you-while-standing-on-an-ox-of-a-human-being” — but don’t quote me on that.

Filed Under: exercise/sport, holidays Tagged With: byu football

Flag Football

September 10, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

Kristie and some friends are on an awesome flag football team. I’m not sure if they’ll win a game this season, but they sure do have a good time. Kristie’s got an awesome throw and quick feet, so she switches between QB and running back. I didn’t get very good pictures, but here’s a shot of Kristie (in black) cruising for some yards:

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BYU vs. Oklahoma

September 5, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

On Saturday BYU upset the #3 team in the nation at the brand-new Cowboys stadium in Dallas. I was beside myself. We watched the game at Leah and Jonny’s with some friends…my only regret is that we didn’t make it out to join the 2k fans that met the team at the airport when they arrived home at 2am. I think this picture conveys some of the post-game celebratory excitement we were feeling:

While downtown Provo was close to peaceful rioting, we spent the evening swimming in Leah and Jonny’s pool. Not a bad way to cap off the night…thanks guys!

Filed Under: entertainment, exercise/sport Tagged With: byu football

Cougar Kickoff ’09

August 19, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

We went with David Grant to the annual Cougar Kickoff by the IPF to meet up with old friends and get amped for the upcoming season of BYU sports. Here’s a couple pictures I took of Kristie with the old cheer gang:

Filed Under: exercise/sport, school Tagged With: cougar kickoff

Big Springs Camping

August 2, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

Kristie and I got to go camping up near big springs this weekend. Every time we go, we’re amazed by how much we love the experience. I’m kinda bummed that we’ll only be in town for maybe two or three weekends in all of August and September…otherwise I think we’d go every Friday night.

I’d also like to take a moment to express my love and appreciation for our amazing little tent. It was only $20, but it’s the lightest, coziest, most convenient setup I’ve ever known. It’s been with us for more great trips than I can recall…and on the sad day that it passes on to tent heaven, I’ll undoubtedly hold a moment of silence.

In the morning we hiked to a huge meadow that Nathan told us about. It was gorgeous.

Filed Under: exercise/sport, outdoors Tagged With: big springs, camping, south fork

Canyon Crash

August 1, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

I took a ride up South Fork canyon with my buddy David Grant, and unfortunately he had a pretty nasty crash on the way back down. We were going about 35 mph when he drifted off the road (when he breifly looked over his left shoulder) which resulted in a trip over the handlebars onto solid asphalt. He knew right away that he broke something. Luckily, a ranger pulled up about 30 seconds after the crash and was able to radio an ambulance from the nearby Sundance resort. I got to ride shotgun in the ambulance, while David got to experience morphine. Both first’s.

We spent a good portion of Saturday at the hospital while he got his X-Rays and CT scans. He broke his collarbone, but luckily his head was okay. The helmet he was wearing was cracked down the side.

We were grateful it wasn’t worse…but it certainly was a bummer.

Filed Under: exercise/sport Tagged With: crash, cycling, david grant

RSL on Pioneer Day

July 24, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

Tonight we got a group together to watch a Real Salt Lake soccer game. Muchos gracias to Jer for making that happen. I asked a lady in front of us to get a group shot, and somehow she managed to produce this:

Kristie and I are only half in it.

The game was awesome…RSL had a great comeback win and they had a killer fireworks show afterwards.

Filed Under: entertainment, exercise/sport Tagged With: fireworks, pioneer day, real salt lake, soccer

Dinner and RSL

June 27, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment

Tonight we went out with Ryan and Mandy for dinner at Chipotle’s…then caught an awesome Real Salt Lake game compliments of Mandy’s dad’s work. RSL trashed Toronto 3-0 with a few really pretty goals. The weather was perfect–and I mean perfect–for a night out like that.

We even got to get a picture with Leo the Lion…Real’s studly mascot. Big thanks to Ryan and Mandy for the invite, you guys are awesome.

Filed Under: entertainment, exercise/sport, friends, out of town Tagged With: real salt lake

Rock Cliff Triathlon

June 27, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment

This morning I completed my first triathlon, the Rock Cliff Tri at Jordanelle Reservoir near Park City. I know it’s only one…but I’m hooked. I’ve already signed up for another–the Moab Xstream off-road triathlon on Labor Day. Here’s a quick recap:

We got up at about 5:30 so that we could pick up [my support team] Nathan and Kendra and leave by 6:00. Despite taking a wrong turn on the way and forgetting my race numbers at the car (Nathan–thanks for saving my life), I was ready and stoked by race time.