These pics are at least a year old, but they are a few of my favorites.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Kids Pictures
I am at work again and only have a few older pics of the kids, but I will post them up for you all to see.
These pics are at least a year old, but they are a few of my favorites.
These pics are at least a year old, but they are a few of my favorites.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
First "BLOG" Post for me......here is goes.
I have been inspired by all the new "bloggers" in the family so I decided it was time to give it a try. I am at work tonight, so I will attempt to add pictures later.....
Things have been really busy for us the last few months. We added onto our house again last year but the $$ ran out before we were able to finish the outside. We finally got the outside finished in March. It is a nice deep brownish color stucco with off-white trim and window "pop-outs." We painted the front door a deep red to give is a nice splash of color. We are really happy with how it turned out. A couple weeks later Roger, Harry, Kricket and Bryce and their families came down and stayed for a few days. Having the extra room was nice as Harry and Sue stayed with us in the girls room which is big enough for all of the Harry Clan. Then Roger and Lou stayed out in our travel trailer with their kids. It was a very nice visit. We did put them to work helping us finish our back yard. We raked up all the rocks, put in a sprinkler system and planted sod while the extra help was here.
The kids had to wait about 2 weeks before they could play on the new grass. Everyday they would ask how many more days they had to wait. The day finally came and we put the swings back down to the "kid level" and reattached the slide and let them loose. Now they are out there for almost all their free time. Thats what we have been up to around the house. As far as the kids go, they are very busy with school and the extra stuff. Kody goes on alot of field trips and has tutoring 2 nights a week after school. Abby and Macy have been selected to be in a local musical and have singing and play practice about 4 nights a week. Thats in addition to the gymnastics that they have once a week as well. There are many nights a week that they struggle to find time to eat dinner between all the other stuff they have going. We often eat in shifts but we try to eat dinner together as much as possible. Brody has pre-school 2 days a week and keeps his mom hopping around the house. He is really looking forward to kindergarten next year, but his mom will miss him like crazy. He gets to go on all my garage door jobs with me as well, but kindergarten will put a damper on that as well.
Diana has a full time job at home. She is the family bus driver, chef, maid, counselor and still my best friend in the whole world. Diana spends time most every day running and training for her next race. She does alot of 10K runs and 1/2 marathons. She has a couple girl friends that run with her. She probably averages about 5 or 6 miles a day with an 8 or 10 mile day on Saturdays. She has put her name in for the St George full marathon this year. She will find out later this summer if she is drawn out to run it. I am nervous for her to run a full 26 mile marathon. We will keep you posted on her races and upcoming events.
I am keeping myself busy with work at Nevada Power and Morgan Door. The door work has slowed considerably as compared to the 2005-2006 boom we had. This is okay because Nevada Power wants us to work all the overtime we can. We have been short staffed for the last couple years and they need us to work overtime to cover the empty slots. I was promoted to "Control Operator" last November. This means that I am inside the control almost all the time now. The only time I get to work outside is when I am working overtime on other crews. Being a control operator has been a really good job so far. There is alot of added pressure, but it is also alot of fun running the units. Besides, I look forward to spending the summer inside the air conditioned control room as opposed to being outside where it can often reach 125°F and even hotter when your walking down the boilers everyday. I did that for 7 years so now its someone else's turn while I stay inside.
Anyway, this has been alot lengthier first BLOG that I intended. I will try and keep things updated on a regular basis.
Things have been really busy for us the last few months. We added onto our house again last year but the $$ ran out before we were able to finish the outside. We finally got the outside finished in March. It is a nice deep brownish color stucco with off-white trim and window "pop-outs." We painted the front door a deep red to give is a nice splash of color. We are really happy with how it turned out. A couple weeks later Roger, Harry, Kricket and Bryce and their families came down and stayed for a few days. Having the extra room was nice as Harry and Sue stayed with us in the girls room which is big enough for all of the Harry Clan. Then Roger and Lou stayed out in our travel trailer with their kids. It was a very nice visit. We did put them to work helping us finish our back yard. We raked up all the rocks, put in a sprinkler system and planted sod while the extra help was here.
The kids had to wait about 2 weeks before they could play on the new grass. Everyday they would ask how many more days they had to wait. The day finally came and we put the swings back down to the "kid level" and reattached the slide and let them loose. Now they are out there for almost all their free time. Thats what we have been up to around the house. As far as the kids go, they are very busy with school and the extra stuff. Kody goes on alot of field trips and has tutoring 2 nights a week after school. Abby and Macy have been selected to be in a local musical and have singing and play practice about 4 nights a week. Thats in addition to the gymnastics that they have once a week as well. There are many nights a week that they struggle to find time to eat dinner between all the other stuff they have going. We often eat in shifts but we try to eat dinner together as much as possible. Brody has pre-school 2 days a week and keeps his mom hopping around the house. He is really looking forward to kindergarten next year, but his mom will miss him like crazy. He gets to go on all my garage door jobs with me as well, but kindergarten will put a damper on that as well.
Diana has a full time job at home. She is the family bus driver, chef, maid, counselor and still my best friend in the whole world. Diana spends time most every day running and training for her next race. She does alot of 10K runs and 1/2 marathons. She has a couple girl friends that run with her. She probably averages about 5 or 6 miles a day with an 8 or 10 mile day on Saturdays. She has put her name in for the St George full marathon this year. She will find out later this summer if she is drawn out to run it. I am nervous for her to run a full 26 mile marathon. We will keep you posted on her races and upcoming events.
I am keeping myself busy with work at Nevada Power and Morgan Door. The door work has slowed considerably as compared to the 2005-2006 boom we had. This is okay because Nevada Power wants us to work all the overtime we can. We have been short staffed for the last couple years and they need us to work overtime to cover the empty slots. I was promoted to "Control Operator" last November. This means that I am inside the control almost all the time now. The only time I get to work outside is when I am working overtime on other crews. Being a control operator has been a really good job so far. There is alot of added pressure, but it is also alot of fun running the units. Besides, I look forward to spending the summer inside the air conditioned control room as opposed to being outside where it can often reach 125°F and even hotter when your walking down the boilers everyday. I did that for 7 years so now its someone else's turn while I stay inside.
Anyway, this has been alot lengthier first BLOG that I intended. I will try and keep things updated on a regular basis.
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