There are some pretty nifty places up AF Canyon.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Nature pics from AF Canyon
They only let me upload 5 pictures to the last post.
There are some pretty nifty places up AF Canyon.
There are some pretty nifty places up AF Canyon.
AF Canyon
Ever since we got home from California last weekend, I've been sick. It hasn't been too bad, but I've been pretty much out of it. We got home on Monday, and I worked Tuesday-Saturday nights. For those of you who don't know, I work 6:30 pm to 6:30 am. Every morning when I got home, I'd drug myself up with Nyquil so I could sleep, I'd wake up 7 or 8 hours later, and get ready to go to work again. I haven't been able to spend much time with anyone this week.
I slept through church today (I want to get healthy, and I don't think it's right to go to church and get other people sick). I'm not quite 100% yet, but I'm getting there. It was a nice day out, so we decided to go for a drive up AF Canyon. I don't remember too much about it except for that Timp Cave is up there. I think that's as far as we've ever gotten.
Anyways, there's some cool stuff up there. We're thinking about driving up there again next Sunday after conference, when there is a little more daylight. Here's some pictures.
I slept through church today (I want to get healthy, and I don't think it's right to go to church and get other people sick). I'm not quite 100% yet, but I'm getting there. It was a nice day out, so we decided to go for a drive up AF Canyon. I don't remember too much about it except for that Timp Cave is up there. I think that's as far as we've ever gotten.
Anyways, there's some cool stuff up there. We're thinking about driving up there again next Sunday after conference, when there is a little more daylight. Here's some pictures.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Trip to California
We just got back from a very short trip to California. As some of you may know, I play (am addicted) to a (stupid) computer golf game. This game is normally played on the internet, but Saturday, there was a live tournament in Los Angeles, that led to a World Final in Korea in November. I had to place at least 3rd in this tournament to get the free plane tickets to Korea for a chance at winning $5,000.
I was pretty certain that my chances of advancing were pretty much non-existant, but with a few lucky breaks, I could have made it. I just happened to get put into a first round matchup with the guy who eventually won the whole thing. I only lost to him in the first round by a stroke, which was his stiffest competition all day.
Last year, I got a nice little digital camera as a consolation prize for not getting the trip to Korea. It takes nice pictures (you'll see some in this post when I get around to it). This year, the consolation prize was a new mouse..... a little bit of a dropoff in prizes if you ask me. It's a nice mouse, probably worth about 30 dollars brand new, and therefore, probably the best mouse I'll ever own. I stuck around for the prize auction and won another mouse, hooray! So, the total value of my prizes ended up being about 60-70 dollars, which I wouldn't have spent myself. I did however spend about 200 bucks on gas getting there from Utah.
It would have been a really stupid trip to take if it hadn't been for being able to take Jenn and the kids down for a visit. 4 months ago, we went on a vacation to St. George, and went to Bryce and Zions. Jennifer was bent on getting some family pictures taken next to some spiffy red rocks. It never happened. At one time, she mulled the idea of driving down there one afternoon for the specific purpose of taking a unique family picture. When I was invited to the golf thingy in LA, it represented a great opportunity to go take those pictures, and also visit with my mom and dad. So we all piled into the van wearing nice clothes, and drove 4 hours to St. George with a bunch of starving kids (can't have them messing up their clothes, right?) We took some ok pictures, but a lot of them have some very visible shadows. The idea was cool though. Some of the pictures turned out pretty decent, you wouldn't even be able to tell that the kids in the pictures were grumpy and whiny. (The kids were all excellent on the trip actually, and were sometimes able to go more than 15 minutes without asking for treats. On the trip home, we only had one potty break, which for an 8.5 hour trip is amazing)
We also had to make the trip, because apparently, Jenn has pictures of all our kids taking bath's in my parent's kitchen sink. Emery will soon be too large to do this, so we had to act fast.
All in all, I'm very glad we made the trip, even though I totally sucked at golf. I got some good tips from Dad about how to act and not to act during my fire interview, and some good information on passing the Agility test. I'm looking forward to getting it under my belt in October.
I was pretty certain that my chances of advancing were pretty much non-existant, but with a few lucky breaks, I could have made it. I just happened to get put into a first round matchup with the guy who eventually won the whole thing. I only lost to him in the first round by a stroke, which was his stiffest competition all day.
Last year, I got a nice little digital camera as a consolation prize for not getting the trip to Korea. It takes nice pictures (you'll see some in this post when I get around to it). This year, the consolation prize was a new mouse..... a little bit of a dropoff in prizes if you ask me. It's a nice mouse, probably worth about 30 dollars brand new, and therefore, probably the best mouse I'll ever own. I stuck around for the prize auction and won another mouse, hooray! So, the total value of my prizes ended up being about 60-70 dollars, which I wouldn't have spent myself. I did however spend about 200 bucks on gas getting there from Utah.
It would have been a really stupid trip to take if it hadn't been for being able to take Jenn and the kids down for a visit. 4 months ago, we went on a vacation to St. George, and went to Bryce and Zions. Jennifer was bent on getting some family pictures taken next to some spiffy red rocks. It never happened. At one time, she mulled the idea of driving down there one afternoon for the specific purpose of taking a unique family picture. When I was invited to the golf thingy in LA, it represented a great opportunity to go take those pictures, and also visit with my mom and dad. So we all piled into the van wearing nice clothes, and drove 4 hours to St. George with a bunch of starving kids (can't have them messing up their clothes, right?) We took some ok pictures, but a lot of them have some very visible shadows. The idea was cool though. Some of the pictures turned out pretty decent, you wouldn't even be able to tell that the kids in the pictures were grumpy and whiny. (The kids were all excellent on the trip actually, and were sometimes able to go more than 15 minutes without asking for treats. On the trip home, we only had one potty break, which for an 8.5 hour trip is amazing)
We also had to make the trip, because apparently, Jenn has pictures of all our kids taking bath's in my parent's kitchen sink. Emery will soon be too large to do this, so we had to act fast.
All in all, I'm very glad we made the trip, even though I totally sucked at golf. I got some good tips from Dad about how to act and not to act during my fire interview, and some good information on passing the Agility test. I'm looking forward to getting it under my belt in October.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Emery Laughs!
We got Emery to laugh for us on camera. I only had to act slightly like an idiot to get it recorded.
Regional Conference
Today, we had a multi stake conference which involved all the stakes of Utah and Wasatch Counties. President Uchtdorf, President Packer, Elder Jensen of the Seventy, and President Monson's daughter, Sister Dibb spoke to us. The main conference was held at the Marriot Center, and was broadcast to stake centers throughout the region. There were 135 stakes and 400,000 members invited from what I could remember. I usually pride myself on my memory, especially with numbers, but I have a hard time remembering anything beyond who spoke.
It's true that I just switched to working night shifts, and even without sleep deprivation, I have a hard time staying awake at church. It was so noisy at our stake center that I couldn't even sleep. I've heard quieter crowds at sporting events. No one would bother taking their noisy kids or crying babies out of the chapel. It wasn't just kids though, there weren't just frequent bursts of noise, there was a steady hum of conversation. I wish all the people that treat conferences like social gatherings would just stay at home.
I am proud of our kids though, they stayed pretty quiet throughout the 2 hour meeting, and only occasionally contributed to the steady stream of noise that overwhelmed the speaker system. Sometimes I think we have horrible little monsters, but they are generally very good kids. I'm glad they proved themselves today. They stayed quiet with the ruckus that was going on directly in front of and behind them. They didn't complain about wanting to go home until the final speaker.
One funny thing. Sister Dibb has the same speaking style as President Monson. It's almost like she was doing an impression, her camera presence was a spot on knock off if that's what she was going for. I don't really remember much about her talk except for hot rolls and peach jam because of the aforementioned noise in the chapel.
Since speakers usually tell their jokes a little louder than their actual talks, we did share a few chuckles with the speakers. Sadly, that's about all we got out of it.
It's true that I just switched to working night shifts, and even without sleep deprivation, I have a hard time staying awake at church. It was so noisy at our stake center that I couldn't even sleep. I've heard quieter crowds at sporting events. No one would bother taking their noisy kids or crying babies out of the chapel. It wasn't just kids though, there weren't just frequent bursts of noise, there was a steady hum of conversation. I wish all the people that treat conferences like social gatherings would just stay at home.
I am proud of our kids though, they stayed pretty quiet throughout the 2 hour meeting, and only occasionally contributed to the steady stream of noise that overwhelmed the speaker system. Sometimes I think we have horrible little monsters, but they are generally very good kids. I'm glad they proved themselves today. They stayed quiet with the ruckus that was going on directly in front of and behind them. They didn't complain about wanting to go home until the final speaker.
One funny thing. Sister Dibb has the same speaking style as President Monson. It's almost like she was doing an impression, her camera presence was a spot on knock off if that's what she was going for. I don't really remember much about her talk except for hot rolls and peach jam because of the aforementioned noise in the chapel.
Since speakers usually tell their jokes a little louder than their actual talks, we did share a few chuckles with the speakers. Sadly, that's about all we got out of it.
The start of something really really small...
So, I've never been told to my face that my mom wants me to start a blog. I just sort of heard that through the grapevine (thanks Brie... I think)
HomestarJr is my nickname on numerous online forums and games. It's also a not so obscure reference from homestarrunner.com (just in case anyone outside my family ever reads this, I'm not really hoping to reach a broad audience). Somebody eat that sandwich is a line uttered by Homestar Runner at the end of "Where's the Cheat" after Marzipan becomes attached to and refuses to eat the veggie burger that was made for her. I thought that would be a good name for my blog, because if anyone ever asked me to eat a sandwich, I would oblige. I think everyone who knows me knows that.
We'll see how this works out. I don't really plan on updating this thing religiously, but you never know. I like to write, and if enough people laugh at the stuff I write that is supposed to be funny, I might just keep going.
HomestarJr is my nickname on numerous online forums and games. It's also a not so obscure reference from homestarrunner.com (just in case anyone outside my family ever reads this, I'm not really hoping to reach a broad audience). Somebody eat that sandwich is a line uttered by Homestar Runner at the end of "Where's the Cheat" after Marzipan becomes attached to and refuses to eat the veggie burger that was made for her. I thought that would be a good name for my blog, because if anyone ever asked me to eat a sandwich, I would oblige. I think everyone who knows me knows that.
We'll see how this works out. I don't really plan on updating this thing religiously, but you never know. I like to write, and if enough people laugh at the stuff I write that is supposed to be funny, I might just keep going.
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