Kids and Grandkids

All Together!

Ashley, Mellany, Ruby, Preston, Spencer, Melissa, Wesley, and Alec

We have just returned from one of our infamous 1,500 mile trips. We left Star Valley last Friday morning at 9:30 am. 690 miles and 12 hours later we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Fallon Nevada. We stayed there until Sunday morning, then it was off to Grandma and Grandpa's house in Ely Nevada. We came home today.

Tonight I am tired and need to relax. But we will certainly be posting more about this trip later!

Photo Taken: August 4, 2007

Way to go Harry

Harry Reid has announced he will do everything he can to prevent the development of two power plants in White Pine County, Nevada. First he supports Las Vegas piping all of White Pines water to supply southern Nevada's uncontroled growth, and now he is going to do what he can to take away economic development. He says that it would be wise for him to support the projects for 'political reasons' but his conscience won't let him do it. What a laugh! Where are the votes Harry, Las Vegas or White Pine County?

Cartoon from Elynews.com

Marriage Meme

Montserrat has a meme on her blog and has kindly given me the option to participate. Montse has been a valuable help to me as an amateur blogger. So here goes!

Eight facts about our marriage:

1 - We both lived in Ruth Nevada as small children and new each other. Angela moved away when she was 6 years old and I was 8 years old. That was 1971! (That sure dates me)!

2 - 21 years later we were introduce to each other through a mutual friend, in Fallon Nevada. After some conversation we realized that we knew each other as kids.

3 - We were married February 4, 1994 in Virginia City Nevada.

4 - 30 minutes after saying 'I do', we were in a car wreck in Reno Nevada. I was turning into a 7-11 on Virginia street when a car speeding up the 'parking lane' hit the side of my car, in the passenger door, where Angela was sitting. Luckily neither of use was hurt. A Washoe County Sheriff Officer was in the parking lot and witnessed the accident. The driver of the other car was cited. Later we found out he had no insurance, and then he fought the findings of the police in court. He lost. It took us nearly two years to recover the cost of repairs to the car. To this day we still comment about 'Oregon drivers', when we see Oregon plates on a car.

5 - February 4, 1998 we were sealed in the Oakland Temple. The weather over Donner Summit, on I-80 was nearly impassable. The freeway was shut down soon after we made it through. There was heavy rain in the Bay area and many of the highways were flooded and closed. There was real concern that we were not going to make it. We did!

6 - When we were married I believed that we would never have kids. Angela's tubes had been tied. Through the help of artificial insemination we now have 3 kids together. An 8 year old girl and twin boys who are 5.

7 - We lived in Fallon Nevada until October of 2004. We then moved to Star Valley Wyoming and have been here since then.

8 - It would be wonderful if we could make it through an entire night without one of the kids climbing in bed with us!

I am suppose to tag someone else at this point. Problem is I don't know many blogger's, and the few I do know have been tagged! But hey, if you read this and feel like participating, be my guest!

Afternoon Hail

We have had a lot of weather the past couple of days. A lot of thunder and lightening. A lot of rain, and even some hail! It rained 2" in about 15 minutes at work on Wednesday. I was in Pocatello at meetings, but the blackberries were full of images from the mine. The haulage routes were running like rivers.

Photo Taken: July 27, 2007

The Largest Spider Ever

Captured

You may remember my post Chasing Spiders? Since that time Ruby has, several times, come running in the house and asked me to grab the camera! "The giant spider is out Dad"! I would grab the camera and head out to the window well to try a get a picture. Every time the spider was gone, hiding under the siding. Ruby has been persistent. She has learned to trick the spider to come out of hiding by vibrating the web. So today she asked to use the camera, went to the window well and threw a piece of grass onto the web, and right on cue the spider scampered to the center of the web. Ruby snapped this picture of the 'Largest Spider Ever'.

I am impressed with her photo! It certainly deserves a place in the blog.

Photo Taken: July 27, 2007 - By: Ruby

Rubys Choice

Ruby and Savanah

For her choice Ruby chose this picture of her and friend Savanah. It is probably not the picture she would have chosen if not for this evenings events. Ruby invited Savanah to stay the night for a sleep over. Savanah went to jump up on our fire place and caught her leg on a corner of the rocks that make the base. She ended up with a very bad cut below her right knee. I called her mother then took Savanah and Ruby to her house. Her mother took her to the emergency room where she recieved ten stitches. Ruby went along for morale support. After the stitches Savanah came back for the sleep over! She was quite the trooper, she hardly even cried.

Photo Taken: July 24, 2007

Prestons Choice

Preston

Tonight I gave Preston the opportunity to pick a picture for my post. All his favorites were of him! He finally settled on this one. It was taken during our recent fireworks show. The picture was taken from the back deck, and he is standing below on the concrete patio.

Photo Taken: July 20, 2007

Spencers Choice

This picture of Christ is in our living room. Spencer asked me tonight if he could choose a picture to put on my blog. I said sure, and immediately he said the Jesus picture. I can't say that he made a bad choice at all.

spencer

(spencer had to type his name above, since this is his post).

Photo taken: July 20, 2007

Multi Colored Noise

Fountain of Sparks

Add some Bang

The last couple of nights we have used up the last of the fireworks we had left. We shot off the 'good stuff' on the 4th, but angela picked up a few more that had gone on sale after the holiday.

In Wyoming most fireworks are legal. You can buy some really awesome fireworks! On holidays there is always fireworks to watch.

Photos Taken: July 20, 2007

Before the Show

Doesn't Alec look happy?

We had a small fireworks show last night. All we did was set off some showers. No rockets or any thing like that. I had Alec light them for the kids.

I took this picture before we began. It doesn't get dark until nearly 10:00 pm in the summer here. So it is hard to get the kids in bed very early.

Maybe tomorrow I will post some photos of the fireworks.

Photo Taken: July 20, 2007