RED NECK BOY

May 26, 2008

Memorial Day 2008

Who says Austin doesn't know how to have fun?? We had a great day on Monday. We took the bikes and went down by Mesquite Nevada and spent the day riding. We found some really cool metal corigated tunnels that run underneath I-15, from one side to the other. They were about 12 foot in diameter and about 150 yards long. They only have water in them when it rains for days at a time so they were dry and empty. It was very dark inside and you could only see the pin hole of light of the other end. We wanted to get to the otherside of the freeway so some one had to go first. I had headlights on the four wheeler so I was chosen to go "first". I took off into the tunnel with Mel, Josh, Andy and Austin behind me. I made it through OK but it was a little scary. All that was running through my mind was what I would do if there was someone living in there. We were lucky, there wasn't. I made it out the other side, then Josh, Andy and Austin. Where was Mel??? Appearantly, he got a little dizzy riding in the pitch black and kinda hit the side of the tunnel. To give you a visual, think of the noise it makes when you drive off the side of the road a little and you hit those little divets in the road that wake up you up. That's what Mel was doing along the side of the tunnel he side swiped.

He showed up soon and only had a few little bruises just coming to the surface. We found three more tunnels and of course we had to go through them. This time I brought up the rear shining my lights behind them.... much better idea.

We also road by the river bottoms and Austin found the best mud hole.

After we finished riding we went back to the hotel and went to the pool. If was sooo nice. The weather was perfect. The boys played for a few hours in the pool and then we went to dinner.

December 2007 - For Christmas, we decided to do something a little differant this year. We decided to go on a cruise to Mexico. Those who went were Mel, Bonnie, Josh, Oz, Justin and Jessilee. We set sail from Long Beach California on Dec. 17 and returned Dec. 21. The first stop was in San Diego CA. While we were there we went down town to a huge mall and did some shopping. We also went to Sea Port Village and toured the USS Midway (now that's a big boat!) Next day we went to Catalina Island. We road a bus up the mountain a way a just looked at the scenery. We shopped in the shops and Mel and Oz went on the Glass Bottom Boat tour. That night back at the Ship (Monarch Of The Seas) we had a great dinner and later, at midnight, we had the famous Everything Chocolate Buffet. WOW!! The next day we went to Ensenada Mexico. We took a bus over to the city and walked through the town and took in the sights. By this time Austin was DONE being a tourist, so him and I went back to the ship. I insisted that he take a nap before we did anything else. He fell asleep in a chair in one of the lounges. He slept there for about two hours then I made him go back to our room. He slept another 3 to 4 hours, guess he was TIRED! Mel, Josh, Justin & Jess stayed in town and found somewhere to rent 4 wheelers. They took the 4 wheelers down the beach and had a blast!

On the ship there was plenty of things to do. They had an open air basket ball court, rock wall, arcade, food - all the time, and lots of activites for the kids. Our favorite was the karioke lounge. We had a good time there - just watching of course. In all we had a great time and plan on going again, SOON!

(PS - I know I'm going backwards in time with the last few posts, but that's the story of my life!)

Spring Break 2007

For Spring Break this year we went to Southern California. Ozzy went to Disneyland with his cousins, Cole and Casey. We visited the Aquarium, went on a shore cruise and went to the beach. After we were done with California, we drove over to Phoenix AZ where we spent the rest of Spring Break. While in Phoenix we got to do lots of shopping. During our trip to the mall, our Excursion was broken into and they stole the DVD player & stereo.
In Phoenix we were able to go to a Suns/Timber Wolf game. Cindy pulled some strings and we got to sit up in the lounge area to watch the game. That was really fun. We had a great time. The best part of the trip though was when we were at the aquarium, we got to pet lot of creatures. String Rays, Star Fish, Sharks, you know, all the good stuff. While we were "petting" some creatures in a running stream, Oz finally was interested in what we were doing. He put his hand in the water and petted a lot of things. He was particularly interested in a cool rock looking creature. As he was petting it he asked the guide what it was. Can you believe it was actually a rock?! Who knew!! (That's O.K. Oz we all thought it was a creature too.)

Cute Boys

Austin, Kade and Ethan standing still for one minute. (I know, it's a miracle!)

Josh welding on his '46 Chevy

Here are a few pictures of Josh working on his old truck. This keeps him busy for hours everyday. School will be out in 1 1/2 weeks... watch out world!

The fishing trip was productive today! Josh caught the first big one.

Headless Mel caught the next big one. They both had good luck yesterday. As for Oz and me we prefer sleeping at 5:30AM on Saturday mornings. We learned a while back that you should never bring fish home in St. George because when you throw the guts & stuff away and it sits in the garbage container out in the sun, it stinks up the whole neighborhood. Thus we "catch & release" ALWAYS (Bonnie's Rule)!!