Flat irons Photo

a picture of the flat irons I took before walking into the grocery store.

Missing

Now that I am in Colorado for a while for work and not for a visit or holiday. There are a few people that are not here, that usually are. They are my big Sis, Jill and her husband Todd. Along with three of the coolest kids on the planet Julia (JuJu), Samuel (sammy) and Caroline (Carebear). Not having these five people who I care dearly about in Colorado, when I am here. Feels like there is a piece missing. OK, so I should take a step back and let you know that for the past few years I have spent anywhere from a couple weeks to a month in Colorado during the summer training and visiting family and time at the Kobayoshi house was part of this trip.

Uncle Matt

Cool Site.

A friend and collegue has a website I feel you should take time to visit, read and view.
Documentingmywork.com

Engineer Mtn Hike

The photo that I am in is almost at the summit and the other photo is once Ben and I made out way to the top. The Peak is just shy of 13,000ft. Really fun day.

Thinking.

This summer has been a very good learning experience for me thus far. The things learned are not those in which I have been looking acquire knowledge about.
Many of the lessons learned this summer have come from the campers I have had a great opportunity to spend most of my mornings with Monday thru Friday every week and some weekends.
Flexibility is a key lesson that has been firmly planted in my mind.
Patience also is one thing that has been brought back to me, along with being adaptive to the current situation. There are many more things I have been reminded of and learned from the campers/students this summer that will be taken with me for many years to come.


Matt "always learning" Seagrave

camp photos

photos of the rocks I climbed on Animas Trail to watch sunset

Study Hall

One photo from study hall today.

Cool Poem

Why God Made Teachers
By Kevin William Huff

When God created teachers,
He gave us special friends
To help us understand His world
And truly comprehend
The beauty and the wonder
Of everything we see,
And become a better person
With each discovery.

When God created teachers,
He gave us special guides
To show us ways in which to grow
So we can all decide
How to live and how to do
What's right instead of wrong,
To lead us so that we can lead
And learn how to be strong.

Why God created teachers,
In His wisdom and His grace,
Was to help us learn to make our world
A better, wiser place.

July 4th Weekend

After dinner activities

So what we did was had two team of three people launching balloons in the air in hopes that they would land on the other 30 some odd camper and staff sitting in the triangle shaped groups in order to get points.

New Readers

I would like to take the time to welcome all new readers to this blog.

WELCOME :)




Matt

little update!

Durango Mountain Camp has been a blast and huge learning experience for me thus far.
The learning experiences I have had are learning the testing procedures for PST (writing), GORT and IOTA. 2 o'clock letters for teaching students to improve their penminship. Along with many other smaller things that will help to make a big difference in the fluency and comprehension of the students I have a chance to work with.
Yestardays activities would be a good example of a fun day. Work with students in the morning, lunch, mtb ride, dinner ultimate frisbee, desert and then one on one time reading with two students.
Today the morning was much the same except I had a chance to shadow a lesson with one of the tutors now off for some bouldering with staff and students then dinner and maybe a road ride before evening reading sessons.

Sorry for such a short update, but pretty busy here.

Matt

Day 1: Moved into cabin, rode telegraph, meadows, mikes and one other trail. Now, getting organized to start working at the camp tomorrow.
Will search for my camera later on today and start posting photos.


Matt

Pecos

I left Corpus this morning headed for Pecos, TX. Which is where I am sitting right now. The start of the day was driving along the water of the Texas Coast and the day ended with a drive into a beautiful sunset with the davis mountain off to the west. Along the way I was introduced to a really good BBQ joint in Junction TX, This worked out just right in that a good friend of mine Jason called to check on me and I just happened to be outside of Junction and he said there was this BBQ joint I needed to stop in and have a bite with some pie and so I did, man was that good.
Ok, so I need to find my camera, so there can be pictures to go along with these stories to make them more interesting. That will be one of my goals tomorrow, and maybe even a short mtb ride in Albuquerque.


Cheers,

Matt "traveling man" Seagrave

New Adventure

My travels now take me to Durango, Colorado. Where I have an internship with the Durango Mountain Camp. Where all the campers are dyslexic. In the morning there will be classroom work, then in the afternoon outdoor adventures. Such as rock climbing, mountain biking, horse back riding and fun times on the river. After an afternoon of fun, then the campers focus back on reading.
I am very excited about this opportunity and owe thanks for a handful of people.
Donna for introducing me to Mrs. Diorio and Julie Wingfield who introduced me to Joyce Steeves who was able to get me into contact with Joyce Bilgrave. All of whom have made this opportunity possible.
Again, the awesome opportunities I have had and will have are made possible with the help of others.


Thank you.

Matt Seagrave

Urban Assault

These photos are from a race this past weekend, here in Richmond, Va. I am in the black and gray cycling clothes.

New clothes

There was an email sent to my inbox a couple days ago stating that the new team clothing will arrive here in Virginia. So, stop back in to have a look of photos.


Matt

First MTB Race Results

I am running short on time this morning. So, the update will be short for now and hopefully longer later today.
Donna and I traveled about 40min. north west of our houses for Camp Hilbert MTB. I rode the middle of the race conservatively and was able to pull out 4th place for the day in the expert class. Even though I rode conservatively, when the race was over. My body was still very tired. The whole drinking while you are racing the mtb is not anywhere close to being as easy as drinking on a road bike. Ever time I found a good place to drink. That spot was gone. This part of race plan should really be put into action during the pre-ride.
Donna finished 5th in the expert class!!

Matt "root rider" Seagrave

Easter

I hope everyone had a fun and enjoyable easter. With family and or friends.


Matt "jelly bean eater" Seagrave