My Grillz

The cheese smile was Jolena's Request for the before braces pic:


Now Rolling with Braces

OKLAHOMA

I have to confess that I always thought Oklahoma looked black and white and was dusty and dry - this is largely a result of watching the Wizard of Oz as a kid....too many times. More than once = too many times.



I learned that was not the case: on our family trip to OK, we hit some pretty severe weather as we entereed the northern tip of Texas, he actually had to pull off to the side of the raod as hail pouinded our vehicle, then drive through strong wind gusts and pouring rain...good times.

Finally we pulled up to Jim and Charity's place:

The Puerto Rican's seemed to have adjusted well in their new OK homestead, they are the first redneck surfers I've ever met.

Eric, Stacey and their kids were there to greet us and Dave, Rainey and their kids were going to be arriving that following day - the recipe for fun!!

since lots of the kids were born around the same time- we celebrated a gigantic b-day party, with relatives (Rainey's Relatives) and those of os visiting, we exceeded the fire code regulation for the home by about 125. I think during lunch - we went through 100 hot dogs some steak, bratwursts, pizza and a couple cases of soda.

The cousinsa had a great time playing with eachother, swimming, catchin frogs, whatever they wanted to do in rural OK.

Broden was happily showing off the Bratz rings that he got from Cupcakes:

Dagan was having fun with lots of his girl cousins.

We couldn't pass up the opportunity to take some family pics:

Jim! what did you do to your forehead?

Ok - I was there - Dave was a little closer to the incident than I was, but I watched the event unfold before me. We were playing several games of sand volleyball Windsors-Clark vs the Christensens. We were on a roll - and closed out the day nicely for the Windsors-Clark Team. The Christensens felt the stars weren't aligned just right and wanted some more punishment - I think they thought they might actually step up their game. So the following day, we accomodated them:

They actually did step up their game (a little). It took Jim, digging for the ball and coliding his eyebrow with Dave's knee, for the Windsor's-Clark Team to lose a couple of games...Jim and Charity spoke the next day (Sunday) in sacrament meeting, Jim was able to point out his wound from the non-contact sport of volleyball.

Who would have thought that roles of hay would be soo much fun, this is at the Christensen Angus Ranch!

The latest at the Windsor House

The latest attraction here is a basketball hoop - it's expandable from 7.5' to 10'. One of my YM from the Ward is moving and gave it to me....Sweetness!!

Goodbye Jeep - Hello Cummins

I sold the Big Red Jeep I picked up this beast.

Dodge Ram 2500 - Cummins 12 Valve. This trunk roars!! I'm getting about 32 lbs of boost on the stock turbo.
Paint job??? I'm leaning toward a Dark Grey....what do ya think??
This is where the magic happens 5.9 Liter Gen 2 12 valve Cummins.
Jake - who moved his family to Idaho and is getting out of the Army in 3-4 weeks, has been staying with us, among other things,, he's a Diesel mechanic, and has been a tremendous help to me and the truck.

You may have seen a video of his dually pulling a sled (I filmed and posted on Youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-07RjonXVLA

The ladies Man!

We put up a b-ball hoop at the house - which now attracts a bunch of neighborhood kids. I caught Rigdon woooing the women.

Broden Turns 4!!

Disney Princess cake??? Yep - Broden's request.

Bunch o' party animals
Big-Rig and his uncle Tyler
yum....pizza!!
Thanks for an AWESOME party mom

Oh no!!!! not another present!!!!
Rigdon watching all the excitement at 'Pump it Up'
Crazy Man Dagan!
Cela breaking hte sound barrier
UFC style - Jojo went up against her mom with these massive gloves....I'm surprised I stopped laughing long enough to take pics.

Fun was had by all..

Happy B-DAY Brody!!!!!!

Estes Park

I had a three day training session in Boulder. Jolena and big-Rig came along. After the last day of class we went up to Estes Park.

Visit from Megan and Gordon

Megan and Gordon stopped by our humble abode on their way to the south. We enjoyed having them stay with us. We had a great time playing RockBand!!

Cela is 8!!!!

Well. our oldest turned 8 this week. The fun began Wednesday morning when she woke up to a new bike...just in time for Moab...Porcupine Rim anyone?

Then it was off to show for a much anticipated "Pioneer Day" Jolena made her the bonnet and dress...

After Pioneer Day preparations were made for Cela's baptism and b-day party...

Cela with Mom and Grandma Gaye

Cela and her Dad

Cela and Dagan

Cela and Broden

Yellow Belt Test

Tyler and I started attended Tae-kwon-do in early February. We took our yellow belt promotion test Saturday.






After a pretty intense (for me anywaay) 80 minutes, we were awarded with new bright yellow belts.

Only 7 belts remain from our current status to that of black belt - when Tyler and I will become ninja assasins.

Remaining belts:
(beginner)
Orange
Purple
(intermediate)
Green
Blue
Brown
(Advanced)
Red
Red w/ black stripe
BLACK

Cycling Merit Badge

Getting geared up for some long rides to satisfy cycling merit badge requirements, I've set up regular bike rides with the young men. We ride from my house about a mile to the fountain creek trail.


Meeting at the trailhead.

At the turn around point, we stopped for a short rest.

Sam and Tyler - trying to gather up enough courage to ride across some cement pipes...yeah - that didn't happen.

after leaving the trail we had to ride up the mesa back to my house - braving the elements

Here's Tyler - putting Shelley's bike to good use.

At the end of the ride - some of the boys climbed up a mulch pile...why not?

Rockband

Needed to present something for a group call - along with a bunch of photos - I presented the Rockband segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9p8Lj7RD-s

For some band intros:
jake - an excellent guitarist and killer drummer - a week after filming this segment - he was helping me build a playground unit in the back yard, and I ACCIDENTLY let go of a wrench, which split his eyebrow - a few stitches later he was good to go.

Tyler - Jo's little brother - another accomplished guitarist - and progressing with his drumming skills.

Jo - Our vocalist - the sexy one - she had to film, so she isn't in the video

and of course the guy with all the slick move...yours truly!

I'm hosting another game night (mostly Halo 3) for the young men in the ward. We plan on having some good games of 8-12 people, on 3 Tv's and a projector...I'll try to remember to take some pics.