Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Mason and Daddy
Here's my little guy - a lot of people think he looks just like me. . .poor kid. :o)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Aurora's Birthday Party
Well, it was finally THE day! I think Heather and I were just as (if not more) excited about Aurora's party as she was! We've been reminding her every day - just 7 more days, just 6 more days. . .just two more hours. . .just 30 more minutes. . . :o)
Here's the *mostly*-finished cake - 5 boxes of cake mix, two bags of powdered sugar, three cans of pre-made icing, four ice cream cones, marshmallows, chocolates, good-n-plenty's. . etc, etc, etc. . . Oh, yeah - it was 5 layers tall!
Here it is with all it's final flair - the Pink Princess Pony Castle (of Power).
Notice the ponies are having their own cake - on top of the cake. :o)
Here's the *mostly*-finished cake - 5 boxes of cake mix, two bags of powdered sugar, three cans of pre-made icing, four ice cream cones, marshmallows, chocolates, good-n-plenty's. . etc, etc, etc. . . Oh, yeah - it was 5 layers tall!
Here it is with all it's final flair - the Pink Princess Pony Castle (of Power).
Notice the ponies are having their own cake - on top of the cake. :o)
The birthday girl enjoying her "Pony Princess Castle"
Monday, August 04, 2008
The knee story
So, here's the full story of how my knee injury came to pass: I rolled my right ankle, and my left knee popped three times as I fell. Yep, that's it - nothing exciting, no treacherous cliffs, wild animals, or falling trees involved. I did learn lots of things as I sat icing my leg in the creek (see picture of the creek below), such as "why didn't I tie my shoes?" or "why didn't I keep my eyes on where I was walking?".
Despite the blandness of the injury, I was taught a wonderful lesson about charity and service. Saturday morning, I woke up early and left with about half of the scout troop down the mountain. One scout stayed with me while the rest tried to hurry to the bottom to borrow or rent a horse. It was about 8 miles to where the cars were parked, and we hoped that a horse would help. After 4 1/2 hours I had only made it about 2 1/2 miles on foot, and started to get a distinct feeling that I would not make it all the way down on my own. When I saw the first group of horseback riders, I started to get hopeful - perhaps our scoutmaster had talked to them and they were going to offer a horse! Unfortunately, they didn't want to change their plans for the day - but they offered to pick me up on their way back sometime that night, if they came accross me again. The second group of riders was similar - "Take it easy - you got a long way to go!".
By this point, I was seriously starting to think "Leave me - I'll set up a tent and split up the hike across two days - just leave the excedrin with me!". A third group on horseback appeared, and I wasn't even going to bother asking for help, but when they saw how painful it was, they gave me one of their horses and turned around to come back down with me. Not only that, they gave me the smoothest horse they had, so it wouldn't jar my knee, and I found out later that they had lost a horse in the woods a few weeks ago and this was one of their last days to look for it!
So, thank you Brian, Pat, Kevin, and Jim, for your example of kindness to strangers and your sacrifice - I hope you find your horse!
Aurora drew them this thank you picture, which we're going to send to them this week.
Despite the blandness of the injury, I was taught a wonderful lesson about charity and service. Saturday morning, I woke up early and left with about half of the scout troop down the mountain. One scout stayed with me while the rest tried to hurry to the bottom to borrow or rent a horse. It was about 8 miles to where the cars were parked, and we hoped that a horse would help. After 4 1/2 hours I had only made it about 2 1/2 miles on foot, and started to get a distinct feeling that I would not make it all the way down on my own. When I saw the first group of horseback riders, I started to get hopeful - perhaps our scoutmaster had talked to them and they were going to offer a horse! Unfortunately, they didn't want to change their plans for the day - but they offered to pick me up on their way back sometime that night, if they came accross me again. The second group of riders was similar - "Take it easy - you got a long way to go!".
By this point, I was seriously starting to think "Leave me - I'll set up a tent and split up the hike across two days - just leave the excedrin with me!". A third group on horseback appeared, and I wasn't even going to bother asking for help, but when they saw how painful it was, they gave me one of their horses and turned around to come back down with me. Not only that, they gave me the smoothest horse they had, so it wouldn't jar my knee, and I found out later that they had lost a horse in the woods a few weeks ago and this was one of their last days to look for it!
So, thank you Brian, Pat, Kevin, and Jim, for your example of kindness to strangers and your sacrifice - I hope you find your horse!
Aurora drew them this thank you picture, which we're going to send to them this week.
Stuck in Hail
A slideshow from another scout leader can be found here.
We scrambled to put on ponchos - but were already soaked when the rain started to freeze!
This is a creek right by our campsite.
Troop outing to Jack's Creek
Some pictures of the Pecos Wilderness (Jack's Creek Trail)
Local wildlife - caught on film!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Our Treasures
"In the eternal perspective children,not possessions, not position, not prestige— are our greatest jewels." Ezra Taft Benson
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Henry and Kathy Holmes' 6 grandchildren
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