Desi's Frame and Pic

Well Desi & Scott ended up buying a house just recently so I made them a picture to hang in their living room. It turned out pretty good. Scott loves old barn wood so I made this out of an old pallet of wood that was sitting on the side of my mom's barn. The picture ended up not printing at a true 20x30 so I had to improvise by gluing a lariat onto the inside of frame... Not too shabby. Hope they like it.

Green Canyon 09

We went camping at Green Canyon with Jake, Tracy, Erika, Kayla & Brooklyn last weekend and had a blast. We were a little worried that it would be freezing up there but it ended up pretty nice weather. When we first got there we went 4 wheeler riding and then hiking up some huge rocks with cracks in them that the kids had a blast crawling through. Then it was dutch oven time. Tracy made the famous dutch oven chicken and everyone dug in leaving no room for any kind of desert until a couple hours later when it was time for smores over the campfire.

After a cozy night in the camper, it was off to shoot some 22's. As we were making our way to shoot, we drove upon some moose off in the distance. At the time, I thought it was a good idea following Jake as we hiked up the hill to take a few snap shots of the beautiful creatures, but once I had lost my breath from being so out of shape, it was hard to hold the camera steady and the results were a few fuzzy brown spots in the lense - sorry, I couldn't hold my breath long enough to take some good pics. It was fun watching Rick take the beasts head on though. Then watching him get a little worried when he got too close for comfort and hauling you-know-what down the hill. Awe, good times... After scaring Rick and the moose off it was time for shooting. FUN! Rick and Jake were our gofers when all the cans had been blasted off the barrels. Rick was a little bummed when he saw someone had drank all the liquor from the bottle on the ground. I think he was expecting a little reward for walking down to set up cans. Too bad Ricky-Pooh.

After a while of shooting, the kids decided it was time we went swimming in the hot pools. This is when Jake and I decided to have a contest to see who could sit in the freezing pool the longest. He never mentioned the fact that him and Kody did the same thing a prior time and Jake sat in the pool for 15 minutes and then made Kody get out when his lips turned blue. There is no way I will ever sit in that pool that long. Not worth winning in my opinion. So I technically lost when Tracy insisted that we get out once seeing the goose bumps & chattering teeth set in. I was the first to step out so that officially made Jake the wiener. Oh well! It was fun watching him freeze his butt & more off.

Once we made our way out of the pools it was back to camp for dinner and packing up to leave... So sad. Our camping trip had come to an end. Rick had to work the next morning. Just as we were leaving Kody and his girlfriend showed up to eat dinner and chat for a few hours. Too bad for us though, it was time to head home. There is always a next time, right guys?

Another Edited Photo of Jess & Fam

I found this free program on the internet for Mac computers that helps you do some awesome editing to photos.

Tauphuas Park

I've been wanting to post these pictures for a few weeks now but haven't had time.

The cousins - Kayla, Brooklyn, Kaden & Kolten all took a trip to the zoo a few weeks ago and got to feed the pelicans. They had a blast.

Kolten's immitation of a turtle I guess.

The pics were taken from my iphone - sorry they are a little blurry.

Kolten On The Tramp

How do you like that title?

Kolten has learned some pretty "Killer" tricks on the trampoline. This is the stuff he tries while staying the night at his friend's house.

Pics of Jess & Shelley

I took some much needed family pics of Jess, Shelley and Kaden the other day. Kaden was a pretty difficult subject to work with but we managed to get a few good ones. I had no idea it would be so stinking difficult to take a good photo. Jess and Shelley had to make sure they were positioned correctly cause all I could concentrate on was trying to get Kaden to look at me. Obviously, it didn't work.

Boating in August Again

What a WILD ride...

Notice Shelley is pointing and laughing at Rick... She said his face was hillarious everytime he wrecked.

Just before this wave, Shelley was yelling - Let go of my tube!!!!!!!!

She better be thankful Rick held on to her tube, she might have gone even higher.

I almost missed this one... They didn't even hit a wave yet.

It was my turn to tube with Shelley. All I can say is HOLY CRAP! I'm sure you'll notice that there aren't too many resting times for us to even think about what was happening.

There are so many things to be said about this photo.

Notice my smile... It was only because I stayed in the tube and Shelley didn't.

Not only does Shelley smash Kolten, she does it to me too.

What a mess! Shelley's hair tells it all...

By the time everyone was done riding on the tubes, the water turned to glass. It was awesome!

There's nothing like a wad of shorts crammed into the wetsuit...

This is why I married this guy... He's so goofy!