It's A Sickness

My lucky, lucky neighbors (haha.. sorry friends) get to see stuff like this in front of my house on a regular basis. Mel brought home his car (1934 Chevy) today and parked behind Josh's truck (1946 Chevy). I thought these cars went out of style a long time ago but apparently they are all the rage around our house. Oh well, it keeps 'em busy!!!

Carlsbad - June 2009

Just got back from an awesome vacation on the beach! We had a blast! Cindy & her family invited us to join them at their timeshare in Carlsbad California. We planned on only staying for 3 days but ended up staying almost a whole week. We just couldn't tear ourselves away. Monday we spent at Knott's Berry Farm we had fun but if must have been free school kids day because there were bus loads of kids.
On Tuesday Mel, Ozzy, Jack and Cole went on a fishing excursion. They caught barracuda and large mouth bass. The girls hit the outlet mall and did a little shopping.
Wednesday Ozzy went to Lego Land with his cousins and Thursday we all went to San Diego. Most of the group went to tour the USS Midway while Mel and I took Casey on a walk to Sea Port Village. Of course we spent a portion of every day down at the beach. Austin and Cole played in the waves until they were exhausted.

Casey at the marina at Sea Port Village
Casey & Mel

Ozzy & Cole

Sunset...

Mel, Bonnie & Ozzy

Here is a picture of the court yard where we stayed.

(Since Josh hasn't been on the job at his new employment very long he had to stay home and work... wish he could have been with us!)

We had a great Memorial Day Weekend this year. We had lots of family in town for Josh's graduation so we just made a weekend out of it.
Saturday we took an outing to Sand Hollow State Park which is a reservoir and recreation area. Just about the time we got there and set up, there was a wild storm that came up. So, not only did we sink Cindy's car in the sand (below), we also about sunk the boat. This picture was taken just before the storm hit so there is a little sun. We had to run the boat up on the sand because we could not take it back across the reservoir to put it on the trailer. The wakes were WAY too big to get the boat off the water so we just had to set the storm out. Jo & I sat on the boat so it didn't get away and the rest of the crew went to get Cindy's car out of the sand. What a mess!! We did have a great weekend though, definitely one for the books! Besides the excitement over at Sand Hollow, we went fishing at a local fish pond. The kids had lots of fun and even caught some fish. We found out the best bait was Cheetos - it worked every time.

Name that kid

If you guessed Josh... YOU'RE RIGHT! Yes, the cute little kid in front of the Pizza Hut in Burley and on grandpa's tractor is Josh. My what a few years can do for a little guy!

These pics were taken on April 22, 1995. That was the year Mel decided he could make something out of these old junkers. Now, 14 years later, the car is almost complete. He hopes to take it to the Logan car show over the July 4th weekend.