Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Cool Trivial

This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays.

July

The same thing will happen again in 2022, 2028, and 2033.
Kind of cool trivia hu?

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Master Josh Burgess

Today was AWESOME!!!

and I am so glad I was there.

After ALL the intro to the start of the HTF National Tournament were done and with all those that would compete and observe, Josh was called to stand before the HTF Masters.

There he recited the oath of a Master

( I wish I had the words)

Josh was welcomed into an elite group of men and women,

as a

Master of Taekwondo

and a place at the tale of HTF Masters.

It was a dream being completed, years of work, dedication and desire

led to this day.

Joining Josh in a photo are

8th degree black belt, Grand Master Jack Pierce

7th degree black belt, Senior Master Jay Hartwell.

and

the most special

Miss C with her daddy.

Josh, Congrats! You are amazing!

Friday, June 24, 2011

It's 3am

If all the family is together at 3 am and AWAKE

what do you do...

Why not

get in your cars and drive...

a LONG TIME

and then you all hang out...

watching the fish mongers

being amazed at all the fresh fish and flowers

shaking your head at all the things that were for sale and prices that only ~~really stupid~~ tourist would pay.

no we did not purchase anything...

But, OH WE ENJOYED THE VIEWS

the places and the smells.

and the views

in Seattle and on the drive.

I wish my pictures through the Snoqalmie Forest had turned out

because it was so beautiful with so many flowers and GREEN...

and reminded me why it was so hard to leave the state of Washington almost 30 years ago.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Have you ever heard of Flat Stanley?

Flat Stanley is a 1964 children's book written by Jeff Brown (1926 – December 3, 2003) and illustrated by Tomi Ungerer. It is the first in a series of books featuring Stanley Lambchop, a completely flat boy.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I had never heard of the book, but several years ago I received my 1st flat Stanley in the mail. Wikipedia refer to it as "The Flat Stanley Project.

Come to find out Flat Stanley even has his own web site!

I actually enjoy taking Flat Stanley around our little farming community to take pictures and then send them back to the "student" .

EXCEPT the Flat Stanley (Flat Heleman) that arrived last month.

I took this little paper guy that had been sent to me ALL OVER THE PLACE and when it came time to make copies of the pictures I had taken my computer had "hid" my pictures in tons of different files.

I felt like I had been sent WALDO...get it..."Where's Waldo"...OK maybe not that funny...

Well, when it comes time to send the pictures back to this nice little girl who had named her guy,"BOB" back in the mail...I think I found 3 total pictures.

I was just sick...Well, a few days ago I decided I was going to find my little Flat Waldo...

I found some of the pics and thought I would share them with you.

Because darn it....I took some really cool picture!

For instants, in the letter that arrived with "Bob" said he liked Nachos

So, heck yea...I took him to the BEST nachos around.

Taco Bandito in Burley! (they don't have a web page or I would link it)

to the Oregon Trail Ruts

Shoshone Falls

We even had a new colt arrive the same day that "Bob" did.

and the ghost town of Milner, Idaho

The "door" you see... is the door to the bank vault that was in the town of Milner.

You can also see the walls that had fallen down.

It is the only part of the town that remains.

anyway...enjoy the pictures!

Oh and there are still a lot more pics with Flat "Bob" that I have not been able to find YET.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Miss C is 1 YEAR OLD!

One year ago today, I snuck home from Utah to see this little sweetheart born.

To stand next to Josh as his daughter was born is a memory I hope to never forget.

It was amazing to think that Kirk and I were grandparents!

It was such a special day for us as a family.

even though Miss C was getting to look like a fly for a night she was as beautiful as she could be to me.

Her GREAT aunt 'lene was able to be here when she arrived!

1 week later, she had started to change...

Oh my how she has changed yet stayed so much the same...

Derek had to wait for about a month before he was able to see his first niece.

I just love how she liked to hang out.

She got her first female cousin when she was 6 1/2 months old.

Miss Celes has grown up in just a few short months.

On Saturday, (18th) Celes had HER first Birthday party.

Her momma made a cute bathtub cake, because well Celes LOVES playing in the bathtub.

She had fun opening ALL of her gifts.

And blowing out her birthday candle.

and eating her own piece of cake

Happy Birthday Miss C, your "Gram"ma loves you very much.

hum...does she look like someone else I love very much?

...maybe just a little

Happy Birthday Miss C.

We are looking forward to each of many birthday we get to celebrate with you.