Red Bluff Camping

So this weekend we took the kids to my childhood camp ground. Red Bluff. It was the second time my little family has been there and my...well too many to count. Camping at Red Bluff will always be one of my best childhood memories, and now I can share that with my wife and kids. It was a perfect camping weekend...not too hot during the day, and cool nights. We stayed from Thursday till Sunday. Mom and Dad came down on Friday to eat supper and hang out at the site before going to a hotel to spend the night. They came back to enjoy my campfire breakfast complete with fresh blueberry pancakes, eggs, Burgers Smokehouse bacon, and sausage. We also learned to make coffee with a campfire coffee percolator! Good stuff. Both my sisters and their kids and James came down as well. It was Dylan and Evan's birthday and we enjoyed having all of them down there with us. Some of the pictures I took are below.

Birthday Weekend

This past weekend we, once again, went to Six Flags. This was the only thing I really wanted for my birthday. Why? you ask. Well, Colbie Caillat was there giving a concert, and not only did we go, but my hubby forked out the extra buck to get us into VIP seating. That's right we were center stage, three rows back. WOW!!!!!! Anyhooooo, here are some pics of our day.

Taylor and RaeAnn with their super hero capes.

Rae contemplating whether being a super hero is worth it.

Colbie and her band singing "Killing Me Softly" which is the song that made her want to be a singer IN THE 6TH GRADE. As if I needed to feel older, I believe I was in college when that song came out.

Colbie singing the last song of the night "Bubbly"

Just for fun

This picture disturbs Deidra. Thus the reason I posted it. Maybe the eye...maybe the expression...but probably more cuz It shows a flash forward of his "shaving" days yet to come...lol! Click on the pic to bring up the bigger version with more detail. Good stuff.

Out and about

Since buying my bike I have realized many things that I have been missing out on. For one, on the way to work I smell everything....I have really taken notice that the honey suckles are out in full form lately. I smell them around almost every turn with trees or bushes around. I have also enjoyed the change in temp from out on a highway in 85 degrees one minute to going around the bend and down a hill into a valley where it seems to change to 75 degrees instantly. It feels cool on the skin. Then there are the negatives. You know when you are going down the road and you smell a skunk? Well on the bike...you SMELL skunk! I mean it would be like someone threw one IN your car as you were going down the road. Also...I have to tell ya...a light rain...STINGS! All in all it has more positives that I cant really explain but that all of you that ride understand without me having to. I had to fill my gas tank today. I got about 130 miles on my little tank before it started to sputter. I could have rode another 30 or so on my reserve tank but I filled it this afternoon. A whopping $7.83 filling of premium gas. Ill have to fill it again in a couple months so I better start saving now...HA! (..a 84 Ford Bronco is heard crying in the background) I have to say, I love the ride.

St. Louis Weekend

We recently took a family trip to St. Louis and had a ton of fun. It started Friday by spending the day at Six Flags. You would think that the Friday of Memorial Day weekend that it would be packed, but we literaly walked on to "Batman the Ride." I think the longest we waited was 10 min for Thunder River. On Saturday we went to the Science Center and the Planetarium to watch the star show. Its amazing to see what is up in the sky if you get away from the city lights and up higher in the air. Like say on a mountain in Colorado :-) Anyway here are some quick pics of our day.

Rae sending her paper airplane into flight.

Taylor and RaeAnn after the Star show.

After many trips to the pool and hot tub, our trip was coming to a close. But not until we hit the essentials and my and Bryant's main reason for going to St. Louis.....World Market (chocolate-caramel sauce), Trader Joe's ( two-buck chuck wine...lots of it), and White Castle (belly-bombers). All in all it was a great weekend and I can't wait to go back.

Ok...so what I meant to say was....

Maybe.....

But anyhoo, here I am once again apologizing to my blog fans about not being on for a long time. Its hard to keep this up when ya got so much going on...but Deidra says she will start blogging with me! YAY! So whats goin on in our lives???????

THE NUGGETS!

Tearing Dallas up and down back and forth they are now resting and waiting...for anyone to step up. I'm loving the way they are tearing it up! They have not been anywhere close to win this thing since 1985. Nice to see them step up their game. Bout darn time!

So Ive been riding around on the motorcycle a bit more now that it is warming up but to get a warm day lately isn't the problem...its the rain. Now I love a thunderstorm more than anyone else out there...but I want to ride the bike. Cant the rain stick to Friday-Sunday times?

Go Nuggz!

So Deidra and I just got our first Blackberry phones and we love them. In fact this blog entry is being done on mine. Ill post from my computer tonight. Promise.

10 YEARS!

I have been blessed to be the second half of a perfect relationship for the last 10 years. I look back at the last decade and smile with an almost childlike innocence...but look forward to the future with the excitement of knowing how good it is going to get. This picture was taken in the very early morning hours in St. Thomas. Deidra and I woke up and realized that this particular moment in time would never come again. Sure we would experience a similar situation...maybe even in the same location...but never would this second..minute..or hour ever happen again. So we sat out on that balcony...and enjoyed what we knew was a perfect moment, as Taylor and Rae lay sleeping soundly only 10 feet away. That moment will be something that I will never forget. You are the perfect match for me in every way. I look at you and I do not only see my wife...but someone I still feel honored to just stand next to. Someone that amazes me in every way only to amaze me yet again in another just moments later. You make me see the person I need to be and the person I want to become. Happy Anniversary baby. Thank you. I love you.

Qick Update to the website!

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you all know to look over to the right and check out the new updates. I added 2 new live web cams for my mom and dad. They are the web cams we used when we were down in the Virgin Islands! CJ, you should remember the St. John Spice cam! I also added a new link for Veterans Holidays. Those of you that don't know about it and you or your family member is a Veteran this will apply to you. Its a bit of a unknown secret among our fellow retired armed forces. Very good prices on booking resorts just about anywhere you would want to go in the world, and no...it is not too good to be true. It is the real deal. Also added are 2 new wine links: Colorado Wineries and Missouri Wineries for those wine enthusiasts out there like me. Anyone interested in having a link or anything else added to this website...let me know. Just tell me what you would like to see added by posting a comment on any blog entry. It goes directly to my email.

Sick yet again

Well here I am on another Monday sick yet again. My kids are carrier monkeys I swear, and with my asthma Ill be down for the count for a week or so. Time to go watch some sort of TV reruns of some kind and drink lots of water.

Off today! Nice day for a ride? Nope...52 degrees. Poop.

Got some things to do today so I took the day off. 1st on the list is to go get my NEW MOTORCYCLE! BooYA! Decided to go with a 750 although many tell me I will want a bigger bike soon. Its an 07 Honda Shadow Aero. Not a bad starter bike. Went online and found a picture of the exact bike I bought though it does it no justice. Here is a pic of it below. Real pics of the bike (and me on it) to come really soon. Also, I would officially like to let you all know that I am ready for the spring. I got my yearly winter fix...and now its onto looking forward to the spring. Not to say a couple big snow storms would not be too shabby.