You know summer is just around the corner when you can get good strawberries and put them to good use. Mel forced me to make a couple of batchs of Strawberry jam. Wish you were here - we would share! Sunday, April 19, 2009
Strawberry Jam Anyone?
You know summer is just around the corner when you can get good strawberries and put them to good use. Mel forced me to make a couple of batchs of Strawberry jam. Wish you were here - we would share! 
Monday, April 13, 2009
Happy Easter!!!
Happy Easter everyone!! We had a nice, QUIET Easter though the boys didn't get out of coloring Easter Eggs. I think Josh might have even smiled a bit! We went to the Easter Car Show on Saturday and a movie that afternoon. Mel made a very nice ham dinner on Sunday and it was a BEAUTIFUL day in Southern Utah.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Automotive Contest 1st Place Winner
Here he is - the 1st Place winner of the Dixie State College Automotive Contest. And NO - his dad did NOT help him.
Josh participated in the annual contest held at the college this spring. All of the local high schools were invited and brought their best automotive students. They went through several "stations" some of which were: brakes, heating & cooling, steering & suspension, transmissions, tool recognition and more. He also had to take a written exam. He got the top score out of all the students. (He was outscored only by an instructor that participated for fun - and it wasn't by far!). His prize - a tuition wavier to Dixie State College! Though he was ineligible because his dad works for the college he still got to choose from some pretty cool tools. WAY TO GO JOSH!!! (and you though he was just a pretty face-hehe!!)
Josh participated in the annual contest held at the college this spring. All of the local high schools were invited and brought their best automotive students. They went through several "stations" some of which were: brakes, heating & cooling, steering & suspension, transmissions, tool recognition and more. He also had to take a written exam. He got the top score out of all the students. (He was outscored only by an instructor that participated for fun - and it wasn't by far!). His prize - a tuition wavier to Dixie State College! Though he was ineligible because his dad works for the college he still got to choose from some pretty cool tools. WAY TO GO JOSH!!! (and you though he was just a pretty face-hehe!!)
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Spring Break 2009
We have had a great Spring Break this year. The boys have been out of school all week and have had lots to do. Josh went on a road trip with a few of his friends to Toole and then to Delta Utah. They took their motorcycles and went riding first on the race track at Toole and then drove to Delta to camp and ride there. They "camped out" - which consisted of sleeping in the vehicle and eating a whole package of hotdogs between the four of them. (No ketchup, mustard or paperplates involved.) Guess they got those great "camping skills" through all of their Scouting adventures...
Austin wasn't going to be out done though. Him and friends, Jack and Steve, went on their first solo motorcycle ride. They went out to Fort Pearce and rode as long as they wanted. Mom - being the Nervous Nellie that she is - followed them out and made sure they got out there OK. Then it was up to them to get themselves home. They did and had a blast.
We also had Justin, Jesse and their cute baby girl Addyson down for the weekend. We were able to spend a couple days in Vegas with them and then Mel and I were on for babysitting duty while Justin & Jesse stayed another day in Vegas siteseeing. We had sooo much fun with Addyson. These are a few pics of Addyson playing in the water. (Why is it so much fun to watch somebodyelse's kids make messes?!?!)
Border League
After two rounds of try-outs, Austin was fortunate enough to end up on the roster for the Border League team. He is really excited to play in this league even if it means getting up at 5:00AM to be at practice at 5:45AM. He is about halfway through the season and since is buddy Jack, who is also on his team, has been out of town Austin has had the opportunity to play point guard. He was pretty nervous about remembering plays, but has done really well.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Rhino Rally 2009
Here is Ozzy coming through one of the check points. He did three 14 mile loops. He placed 5th out of about 40. He received a trophy for 5th place.
Here is Josh coming through one of the check points. He did one 56 mile loop and one 24 mile loop. He placed somewhere in the middle of 300 bikes... The results will be posted to the internet soon. He did really well. Only took a couple of headers - NO BROKEN BONES!!!! Yeah!!
Mel & Josh are somewhere in the line up below. Mel started off really well then ended up in a cactus. He didn't finish the race but he has a great story to tell about a darn magnetic cactus. Did you know that to remove cactus from a large portion of your body you should put Elmer's School glue on the affected part, let it dry and then peal off. Hum, who knew!?!?
There were several helicopters videoing and watch from the air.
That's a lot of bikes!!
Here is Josh coming through one of the check points. He did one 56 mile loop and one 24 mile loop. He placed somewhere in the middle of 300 bikes... The results will be posted to the internet soon. He did really well. Only took a couple of headers - NO BROKEN BONES!!!! Yeah!!
Mel & Josh are somewhere in the line up below. Mel started off really well then ended up in a cactus. He didn't finish the race but he has a great story to tell about a darn magnetic cactus. Did you know that to remove cactus from a large portion of your body you should put Elmer's School glue on the affected part, let it dry and then peal off. Hum, who knew!?!?
There were several helicopters videoing and watch from the air.
That's a lot of bikes!!
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