Thursday, September 18, 2008

Big-Rig turns 1

Sept 11 - one years old!

Big ball, little basket

Think you got game?

yummmmm
Tradition - give the kid a big slice of cake with chocolate frosting on their first b-day
Happy birthday Ridgon

Dagan tunrs 6!!

Aug 28 Ushered in Dagan's B-day - With a guest appearance from Spidey!

Guns are Cool - Star Wars Guns are the bomb!

Storm Trooper Dagan, Reporting for duty
Indiana Jones Lego game and Spiderwick

Pin the tail on the Marvel Nemesis
Grandma even got in on the action

Happy B-day Dagan!!

Labor Day

Sept 1 - Labor Day - We took the kids hiking / biking at Cheyenne Canyon.

he's our Troll doll - if his hair was blue, we'd be set

down by the creek
on the bridge

bushwacking We had a fantastic time in the canyon.

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!

Saturday, August 9, 2008

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!!




Saturday, May 10, 2008

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