Random

So a few weeks ago, Christian scratched Kinlee's eye and we had to take her to the doctor because it wasn't feeling any better after a couple hours. The doctor determined that her cornea had been scratched and Kinlee had to wear an eye patch for one day. Luckily when we went back the next day it was pretty much healed. Daddy was calling her Captain Jack Sparrow and telling her to "walk the plank" etc. The teasing never ends around our house.

Here is a picture of Dude shortly after I gave him a jolly rancher to eat. He came back a couple minutes later and it was stuck in his hair. It wasn't exactly easy to get it out. Just something funny I had to take a picture of.

OOPS.... THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE A MARK.

So if you ever wondering what stupid looks like, this would be it. Jill has been bugging me to post this for a while, so here is the whole story. I had to work all weekend six months ago so Jill took the kids and went to St. George. I was in the shop at 5:30 in the morning rushing to get stuff done and wondered how quickly I could take my finger off. 0.25 seconds is about how long it took if you are wondering. Anyways I was the only one there and so I picked up what was left and drove myself to the hospital in Provo 16 miles away. I don't know what was worse, cutting my finger or getting blood all over my truck. Long story short I made it, walked in the front door showed the 70 year old volunteer lady my finger, watched her pretty much faint, then walked back to the ER and sat down. The worst thing was they did not have any hand doctors on call so I ended up having to have a friend drive me up to SLC to get it fixed.

My friend had to laugh that while I was in the hospital waiting for the x-rays (like you couldn't tell what was wrong) all I kept asking for was a diet coke In my defense I have had a diet coke for breakfast for close to 20 years so I really wanted one. So while we were driving to SLC we stopped off and got a coke. I can still remember the white trash dude taking my money and asking "hey dude having a rough day?"

In Salt Lake they reattached as much as they could and thats about it. The worst part of this story is I didn't tell Jill till she got home from St. George later that night. (She was way less than impressed). So there you have it. Went to work the next day and that is that.

The second worst part is having to deal with all the grief. Like my kids coming up to me and saying " hey dad high four" or my nephews asking me if I ever stole something "would you be getting the four finger discount?" or my guys at work "we were wondering if you can still count to ten?" All those years of teasing people has finally caught up to me. So if you are wondering if it hurt, yes it did, but life goes on. As long as Jill will keep loving me I guess it is alright.

I HATE MY SISTER........

My whole life I have been the brother that could do it all. Skiing, Biking, Sports, you name it I could do it, and always felt that I was a little better at it than my siblings. But as I get older I find the need to eat better and exercise more important. So for the last year I have taken up running and have run several races(granted only little 10k's) and have gotten to were I can run pretty good. So my sister Leigh Anne convinced me to train for a 1/2 marathon. Ok no bid deal, all it requires is me to eat a little better and increase my distances. I've heard that Lee is pretty quick and has run several bid races this year (Ragnar, King of the Mtn. etc.). So she hauls me out last night to run a 10 mile down the Canyon. No bid deal, I can do this. So we start out and both are running pretty good. Halfway thru, no big deal. Towards the end Lee picked up the pace and I thought "man this chick can run". So for the last 2 miles I was running like a rape victim just to keep up. I guess I better train a little big harder for our Snow Canyon 1/2 here in 2 weeks. Here is a pic of Lee, she's in great shape.

Kinlee gets baptized

We baptized our sweet little Kinlee the first weekend in September. It was a great day... we got to be the first baptism in the stake and the only one from our ward so it turned out perfectly. Afterwards, we had lunch over at the clubhouse and enjoyed hanging out with family and friends. Here are some pics below...

OLD PEOPLE CONCERT

SO LAST SATURDAY JILL AND I WENT TO SEE JACK JOHNSON AT THE USANA AMPITHEATER IN SALT LAKE. IT WAS A GOOD CONCERT AND HE JAMMED FOR CLOSE TO TWO HOURS. WE HAD GOOD SEATS AND COULD SEE THE STAGE REALLY WELL. I MUST ADMIT IT WASN'T QUITE THE RAGING CONCERT THAT I AM USED TO, BUT IT WAS A NICE EASY GOING CONCERT. WE DIDN'T FEEL TO OLD BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THERE WERE OUR AGE.

HOLY COW WE ARE GETTING OLD

This summer was Jills and mine 20 year high school reunions. Were has all the time gone. Mine was up in Canada and Jills was held up at Snowbird. We attended both and had a good time. One thing i did notice is that Jill is aging very gracefully and looks as good today as when i married her. (me not so much)

DUDE WAKESURFING

I THINK AT THE TIME DUDE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT HALFWAY THROUGH HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND GOT A LITTLE CONCERNED. GOTTA LOVE THAT LITTLE WHITE HAIR.

SERIOUSLY,,, NO MORE M+M PEANUTS FOR ME.

So for July 24th we decided to run in the 10k Pioneer race in Orem. We did well and had fun, this race was harder than the rest, the first two miles were straight up timp hill which wasn't fun, but once we crested out it was all downhill from there. It took us both a minute longer than our last race but we will blame it on the hill. The temperature was just right and there were a lot of people running this year. Anyways it wasn't too bad, our next race is called the "dirty dash" and is in midway next month. It is a six mile army obstacle course and doesn't look fun. So we had better get training and lay off the m+m peanuts for awhile.

THE MANY FACES OF "DUDE"

Christian our youngest has the unique nickname of dude. He likes his nickname. If people ask him what his name is he says "I DUDEY". Anyways he is 2 1/2 and is really starting to enter his terrible twos. He plays hard and sleeps even harder, so here are a few pics in a typical day of the dude.

THE 4TH AT THE CABIN

Well another 4th of july came and went. We spent it at the cabin as usual, lots of food, lots of cousins and too much of my sisters. Jill didn't go this year because of family reunion stuff she attended down here. So it was just me and Dylan and Kinlee. Kinlee learned to wakesurf this year and did really well. Dylan wakesurfed and wakeboarded as usual and is getting quite good. Oh well, here are some pics of the little rug rats doing what they like best. We are going up there the first week of August. It's hard to beat Montana, it is so beautiful up there.