Black Sheep Brimley

Chloe getting here ears pierced

2012-01-24T11:45:00.002-07:00

BABY DIAPER CAKE AND SOFIES TUMBLING CLASS

2011-07-24T21:58:00.008-06:00

pictures of the girls

2011-06-15T16:44:00.008-06:00

Livi's 2nd Birthday

2010-10-26T12:00:00.005-06:00

I can't believe my baby is two now, we celebrate her birthday 2 times

because chris had to leave for chicago for work so we celebrate before then

the we celebrated again after grandma and grandpa returned from oklahoma.

Chloe's 5th b-day

2010-09-20T11:12:00.007-06:00

I can't believe my oldest is five years old

another toilet paper cake and sofie 3rd b-day

2010-08-20T18:47:00.003-06:00

I made this for a lady at my moms work that is getting married

soon.

Homemade Cakes

2010-07-15T08:32:00.005-06:00

They are not very fancy, but I made chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting, and then of coarse sprinkled peppermints on top.

Dont know why it went blue on me, but this one is the same but has butterfinger on top

Same but has snickers on top

2010-07-15T08:28:00.004-06:00

Just a little drive

2010-06-25T13:03:00.006-06:00

Chris had the day off yesterday so we took a little day trip to Oakley, Utah

Here we are at the park

2010-05-19T11:13:00.010-06:00

So the girls wanted to go to the park, so Chris and I

took them to the Amelia Air hart school down by the

airport.

Riding the train in Heber

2010-04-17T22:21:00.013-06:00

So Chris and I took the girls to Heber to ride the train,

Chloe not liking the sound of the horn but also patiently waiting

A wee bit curious

Livi had too much fun as you can see

picnic at the park/frosting cookies

2010-04-05T09:45:00.012-06:00

Stacie and her family had come to utah to visit, so on monday

we took the kids the the nelson park by walmart and had a little

picnic.

Cade had fun watching

Picnic

2010-03-03T08:14:00.007-07:00

I thought it would be fun to go on a picnic just cause the girls had been cooped up in the house, so we went down by Utah lake.

building a snowman and daddy being fancy nancy

2010-01-27T14:16:00.002-07:00

We have this book called fancy nancy, Its about a little

girl who dresses up fancy and then teaches her

family to be fancy so the whole family has to dress up

So chris had the privilege to be fancy.

Girls building a snowman out front

valentines tiles

2010-01-19T11:07:00.004-07:00

I just made these for fun so if anybody is interested just

let me know and I will make similar ones

Girls in their christmas dresses

2009-12-23T13:36:00.003-07:00

seeing santa

2009-12-22T11:04:00.001-07:00

Such happy girls

She got caught

2009-11-28T09:36:00.005-07:00

Sorry its a little blurry, but this is what I caught livi doing. She had reached up on the table and grabbed the pizza.

the train show

2009-11-11T09:41:00.010-07:00

The depot he built for ray took first place

My awesome hubby took best of show with the dominion bldg

The girls got to ride a train

How cute are they

livis 1st birthday

2009-10-22T20:22:00.003-06:00

The paper florals

2009-09-29T10:59:00.010-06:00

I started out by just doing birthday ones that I will show in a minute, but then I decided to do holiday ones. To tell you the truth I love doing these, It gives me more Ideas and helps me improve. As you can tell this is the thanksgiving one.

And then here is the halloween one,

the saying on it says I'd turn back if I were you

Here are the birthday ones

chloe's 4th birthday

2009-09-15T10:30:00.005-06:00

First of all, chloe wanted a bounce house. So I thought about it for a while and decided that we will rent it for her party, well my parents back yard became a swamp so there was no way we could do it, because on their contract it says not to water the night before. So I canceled it like 2 weeks before her party, so I thought we were safe. Well saturday morning at 8:00 in the morning they showed up ready to put it up. I was a little releaved to not have to think of other games to do. The kids had a blast so that was good.

The kids decorating their sword and crowns, and wands

Jumping in the bounce house

(clive, eli, zion)

Present time

Tattoo Artist

2009-08-25T15:24:00.003-06:00

Apparently you can tell that sofie got hold of a green marker,

it says it is washable but let me tell you she still has marks.

Homemade flowers

2009-07-31T08:59:00.005-06:00

So I made this for my mom out of paper flowers, just for a thank you for all you have done thing, and I am actually proud of how it turned out. It was a lot of fun doing it. then I put her favorite candy in it to complete it off.

olivis new face and the girls fort

2009-07-20T09:46:00.005-06:00

the 4th

2009-07-07T09:20:00.008-06:00

Every candy sofie picked up she ate it

We had a fun fourth, it was a little crazy but

watching the girls have fun made it enjoyable.

The best was seeing chloe hide from the water

smiles

2009-06-15T10:38:00.005-06:00

I just love her smile, she is always such a happy baby

This one is my very favorite

My three blue eyed girls

sofies new haircut

2009-06-08T09:42:00.004-06:00

As most of you already know, sofie got a new haircut

by chloe. its not very noticeable when its up in a ponytail

but I guess every kid does it.

Livi sitting up and sofies new hair style

2009-05-14T10:33:00.008-06:00

I helped sofie make a hand print card for

my mom for mothers day and this is how it ended.

I can't believe Livi is sitting up

Meeting Frank and Kim

2009-04-29T12:26:00.008-06:00

Well as most of you know Chris and frank have gotten together to form a website called nscalelimited.com. Chris and I met up with Frank and his wife kim last friday afternoon, and I tell you it was a blast. Frank and Chris have so much in common it is pretty scary. Kim and I also got along great it seems that we have been friends forever. We met at his hotel in slc and then rode the front runner up to ogden and went to the Ogden union station. It was so fun, Kim really liked it here so we are hoping they will move out here. But if not we have friends in Riverside new Jersey. I am sure if you see chris he will tell you all about it.

Boys will be boys

My three girls

2009-04-14T14:57:00.011-06:00

Lets go fly a kite

2009-04-02T07:11:00.011-06:00

The wind was great but her kite just wouldn't cooperate

All tangled up

Daddy to the rescue

N scale limited

2009-03-27T23:27:00.003-06:00

I know most of you heard about chris' new website, it is up and running now. He and a friend back east started this website for train addicts. It is awesome because they have put alot of work to it. and hours. It shows some of the buildings chris has scratched built and what frank has done himself. Please just go to it and see. the website is www.nscalelimited.com

YW Values

2009-03-18T09:46:00.008-06:00

I thought I would so these off, not all done yet. I am going to hang them somewhere but I am not sure where yet. I just used tile for the back

The Girls

2009-03-11T09:18:00.009-06:00

Chris had bought chloe her own

building to put together and paint , and here

is the finished project.

Anybody want some pudding?

Sofie, Chloe and my nephew Trey eating Ice cream

together.

I was just trying to see how she would react, she

really didn't know what to think.

Little Miss, I didn't do anything

2009-01-31T08:35:00.011-07:00

Guess who decided to make a mess

Here is a better look of the mess, but of coarse I was the one picking them up, even though chloe helped me a little.

Sofie just standing and watching

I heard this clomp clomp clomp and this is what I found Sofie wearing my shoes.

random pic of the girls and one of my handsome husband

2009-01-03T12:43:00.013-07:00

I had to get a picture of chris on my dads four wheeler. His first time to plow the roads

Sofie in her Christmas jamas

I know these are little late, but here is chloe with here Mac book laptop.

Chloe got a little kitchen for christmas, but sofie enjoys playing with the stuff more.

I can't believe that Olivia is two months old, she's growing so fast.

Top 10 albums of 2008 countdown: #3

2008-12-30T12:17:00.002-07:00

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Yeah I know I didn't post #3 yesterday, I sorta kinda forgot.

So today we explore the world of MGMT (pronounced Management). They have set the new bench mark for many bands to ascend to, and this was their first album! The music is new fresh sound and they explained best on the Tonight Show "its like 70's music, but from the future", that quote makes me laugh when ever I think of it.

Recommended Songs:

Time to Pretend, Weekend Wars, Electric Feel, Kids

Our video is kind of a interesting one, the song is Electric Feel, but is preformed by the sweet band from Showbiz Pizza known as, Rock-afire Explosion.

Top 10 albums of 2008 countdown: #4

2008-12-28T19:50:00.002-07:00

Beck - Modern Guilt

Ah yes Beck, Beck has not had a bad album sense the early 90's, he continually progresses and experiments, and because of this every album of his is unique, but still retains his trademark sound. Modern Guilt feels a little darker than some of his albums but doesn't depress you like Sea Change (strangely my favorite album of his).

Recommended Songs:

Orphans, Gamma Ray, Modern Guilt, Profanity Prayers

Todays song from Modern Guilt is Orphans, this is the opening song for the album and sets the mood very well.

Top 10 albums of 2008 countdown: #5

2008-12-27T22:32:00.002-07:00

Passion Pit - Chunk of Change EP

I technically should not have this on here cause it is a EP not a album, but it is amazing. They are a very new group, as in so new they have not even released an album yet, but when they do, presumably next year it should be great. They are an electronic group again and like a great deal of new stuff coming out is heavily influenced from the 80's.

Recommended Songs:

Cuddle Fuddle, Live to Tell the Tale, Sleepyhead

This is Sleepyhead, a very very fun song, it is one that causes you to start toe tapping. Enjoy!

Top 10 albums of 2008 countdown: #6

2008-12-27T12:39:00.002-07:00

Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

Death Cab has been within my top five favorite bands for a few years now. This is a great album but I am worried they are slipping (becoming more mainstream). The album has received great press and reviews, but is not the Death Cab of old. But again their okay albums are better then 90% of the best stuff out there, hence it being on my list. It is a fun album and Death Cab is a great way to be introduced to indie rock, its how I started.

Recommended Songs:

Bixby Canyon Bridge, I Will Possess Your Heart, No Sunlight, Cath..., Long Division

Our video is the radio edit for I Will Possess Your Heart, the full version has a four minute intro that I love, but I figured you wanted the just hear the song.

The Little One

2008-12-27T12:28:00.002-07:00

Olivia has in the last week come alive. She started smile allot more and is cooing for awhile at times. These are a few pictures I got of her while Cassie was at work.

Top 10 albums of 2008 countdown: #7

2008-12-26T18:51:00.004-07:00

She & Him - Volume One

First off I need to apologize, I have been having issues with videos from Youtube being attached to my posts. That issue is obviously fixed and then I have been kinda busy the last two days. So I will do one post tonight, then I will do two on Saturday & Sunday to make up for lost time.

She & Him is what the name says, a girl and a guy, thats the band. The she is Zooey Deschanel, one of the few if not only actress to transition to music successfully. If you don't recognize her name, she has been in Elf, Yes Man, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and many others (Her sister is the lady in Bones). Unlike most actress's that do music, she wrote most of the lyrics (a few are covers), plays all the piano, and does the vocals. The Him is M. Ward who is well known in the Indie music world, and he does just about everything else that Zooey does not do.

The album has a heavy influence from 60's female pop groups, and a dash of country (yes I know, I hate country music). Because of this it has a more timeless feel to it and is great to crash on the couch with this comforting your thoughts. Other than that I think you need to listen for yourself. A few music critics have given this their top honers and labeled it album of the year.

One other thing; you can download the entire album off Amazon.com for only $5.00.

Recommended Songs:

Why Do You Let Me Stay Here, This is not a Test, I Was Made For You, Sweet Darlin'

This is the Video for Why Do You Let Me Stay Here below, also you can click on the recommended songs and hear a 30 second clip.

Top 10 albums of 2008 countdown: #8

2008-12-23T11:57:00.003-07:00

Tokyo Police Club, Elephant Shell

Today we move from the world of electronic and venture into indie rock. TPC has been around for a few years but this is their first full length studio album, they had a EP come out in 2006 called A lesson in crime, that I like more than this. Elephant Shell has a more polished sound than previous EP's and LP's, but the feel is still intact (thats good).

My only gripe with the album is the average length of each track is about 2:30 long, that is a little to short for my personal tastes. All in all it is a very solid album and I look forward to future albums as they hone their sound and skill. I think they will be around for awhile and could potentially become more mainstream and popular if they sign with a bigger record label (that could be bad).

Recommended Songs:

Centennial, In A Cave, Juno, Nursery, Academy, Listen to the Math.

This is the music video for In A Cave, they do a good job at making plastic cups look cute.

Top 10 albums of 2008 countdown: #9

2008-12-22T12:15:00.003-07:00

Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles

Im gong to bet all of you will dislike this album, it takes a certain kind of person to like this. First off it is electronic and I love electronic music. Second it sounds like good old 8 bit Atari and Nintendo music. I heard that they have a Atari sound chip built into a synth, to accurately reproduce the sound. This is their first album and as of yet they have had nothing but praise from music critics and fans alike.

Recommended Songs: Crimewave, Air War, Vanished, Black Panther

The track I have for you below is Crimewave, so give it a try.

Top 10 albums of 2008 countdown: #10

2008-12-21T10:18:00.003-07:00

For the next few days I will be counting down my ten favorite albums of 2008. Chances are most of you will not like what I like, cause I dislike most top 40 tripe. I will post the album cover and sample of a song, some are not the best examples but it is all I can find. So enjoy what you see and hear and let me know what you think.

#1o Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears, Flight of the Knife

This album took a few listens to fully sink in, but now has grown to be one of my favorite albums to listen from beginning to end, and it gets better each time around. They have one of the biggest sounds I have heard, and they move around quite a lot. One minute they sound like Queen then jump over to ELO back over to Ben Folds and the lead singer sounds a bit like John Lennon, they have also been compared to David Bowie, The Who and many others. So the reason it was hard to listen to initially is its like ADHD album, it jumps all over the place. Also the whole album revolves around the theme of flight.

The track I have for you to sample (Fire Tree Bird) is not my favorite one but not much is out there.

Recommended songs: Imitation of the Sky, Heaven On a Bird, Venus Ambassador.

Part time job

2008-12-15T12:35:00.003-07:00

Well as most of you don't know, I applied for a job at archivers ( a scrapbook store) in the university mall. And come to find out I got the job. I am really excited but also scared, just because I haven't worked for 3 1/2 years so I hope it goes okay.

Pics of livi

2008-12-02T12:02:00.007-07:00

chloe thought she should be in

the picture to.

I guess I better put a picture of sofie on here

so she won't be sad ( like she will know anyway).

Badly learning how to use our new camera.

2008-11-26T15:47:00.003-07:00

I just picked up a new digital SLR for steal. It was on clearance and then dropped to 50% off with an additional $100 in other savings and a $100 gift card, so I got it for about $115. The cheapest that I can find it on line is for $450-500, I guess I could sell it but I have been wanting one of these for awhile. So these are just a few meh! attempts that I took of the girls.

Sofia Autumn

Chloe Marie

Olivia Ann

Gumby - Lost and Found

2008-11-25T19:05:00.001-07:00

I love Gumby, I remember watching this all the time at a friends house when I was a kid. I now have Chloe hooked on this brilliant show, and when she is at the appropriate age she will introduce it to her kids and so on.

More of Sofia

2008-11-19T20:07:00.003-07:00

Sofia is a cute little demon, she can be so innocent when she is doing something bad that you forget about what is. Then it dawns on you what she is doing and tell her to stop! and she will turn and give you a scowl that will burn right through you. These are some of her scowls that I have been trying to preserve in picture for ages (she is sitting on my lap laughing at the pictures of herself as I post this).

I will post more of the other girls soon, Sofia has just been overly entertaining lately.

3 weeks old

2008-11-14T14:48:00.008-07:00

Olivia had he doctors app. She weighs 8 lbs 12 oz so she is in the 50% and she is 21 inches long and in the 75%. She is doing great, she mostly sleeps through the night, even though sofie still doesn't but oh well.

Our version of time-out

2008-11-12T20:10:00.002-07:00

When you are bad in our home... we stick you on the top shelf of the pantry!

Halloween Candy

2008-11-11T11:52:00.003-07:00

Sofia is a little stinker, spend a little time with her when her big sister is not around and she will have you laughing to tears. These are a few photos of her expressions with candy that she was given as an experiment to see her expression (by me of course) or some she found. enjoy.

I gave Sofia a lemon sour patch kid to see what she would do. This is right after I gave it to her.

This is when it took full affect, if you think I was being mean she loves them now, but fortunately there was not very many.

Cassie had to change Olivia and while she was distracted Sofia got ahold of some skittles and stuffed her cheeks full. She's a little poo, but she entertains us.

Retro Intro #2

2008-11-06T21:26:00.001-07:00

Well this is the next intro I will post from my childhood. I remember watching this show religiously......it is not as good as I remember it.

Snow Day

2008-11-06T15:32:00.003-07:00

Well as most of you know we got a light dusting of snow yesterday. Chloe woke up before Cassie and I because we wanted to sleep in due to Sofie having a little cold. She was up for a healthy chunk of the night and Olivia did her usual routine as well. I was awoken from noises coming from the girls room, Chloe was standing there with nothing on but a pull-up and snow boots, boy was she ready to go out and play.

Chloe in the snow after I made her put on the proper attire

Sofia watching from the warmth of the house because she has the perpetual runny nose plague

Two weeks old

2008-11-05T12:28:00.003-07:00

I can't believe two weeks have already gone by. She

is actually a great baby only wakes up once or twice

during the night. She has to be held all the time. I try

laying her down when she is asleep but minutes later she

wakes up and wants to be held while she is sleeping.

NMRA Show

2008-11-03T20:23:00.003-07:00

Cassie gets angry at me cause I don't let many people know about some of my hobbies, it is just the way I am and I try not to impose myself on to others. But due to pressure from Cassie and some guy's that I know, I entered two of my structures into a judged and popular vote competition. Cassie can tell you how I couldn't sleep and was very worried about the whole thing. But I ended up doing okay and this is how I faired.

Newton County Co-op:

2nd in judged portion

1st in popular vote

M.S.Butler Farmers Supply:

1st in judged portion

Best of show in judged portion

2nd in popular vote

More detailed photos and shots of them being built are on my separate blog, a link is in my blog list under rotating coupler.

Well she finally came.

2008-10-21T20:32:00.004-06:00

So I would like to introduce the new addition to our clan. Her name is Olivia Ann Brimley (what else would her last name be). She was born at 16:40, weighs 7.7 lb. and is 20 in. long or tall or short. . . . . whatever. For Cassie's sake it was the fastest labor yet, just 8 hours and then she only pushed 3 times. Both are doing very well, everything went smooth, there was only a few little hiccups is all. Oh I am doing fine as well just so everybody knows, it's hard work sitting in that chair, not doing anything productive. Olivia has a bit of what the nurse's call "Stork Bite" on her face, it has some technical name but who cares about that. It will clear up in a few days so it not that big of a deal. They should both be home on Thursday and thats when the real fun begins.

Frontrunner Daddy Daughter Trip

2008-10-17T12:28:00.006-06:00

Yesterday I took Chloe out on a little Daddy Daughter Day to give Cassie a break for a bit. We drove up to Salt Lake Central Station and rode Frontrunner to Ogden. In Ogden we spent about a hour walking around historic Ogden Union Station. They have a couple of museums there, but we just looked at the old locomotives and rail cars outside. Then we rode the train back to Salt Lake and walked around the Gateway, then drove home.

I knew Chloe would have fun, but I didn't think she would have as much fun as she did. When we came home she couldn't stop talking to Sofia about the whole adventure. She then made her own train out of chairs so Sofia could ride along. Chloe wants to go ride the train again right NOW.

Chloe standing in front of the Frontrunner #2 MP36 diesel electric built by Motive Power inc.

These are the Bombardier bi-level cars that we rode to Ogden and back in.

I stuck Chloe on the front of this old 0-6-0 yard goat steam engine at Ogden Union Station.

These big guys used to be fenced off but now you can go right up to them. The purple thing on the right was a special car build by Union Pacific for the 2002 Olympic Torch relay. The yellow loco in the center is a massive DDA40X built in 1969. The steam engine on the left is a 4-8-4 wheel configuration, it's sister engine is still being used today.

Chloe standing by one of the main drivers on the 4-8-4 #833.

You don't realize how big these are until you are right next to it.

Standing between the beastie creatures.

An old Rio Grande caboose that Chloe liked playing on.

This is the train that Chloe built after we came home.

Dollhouse Show

2008-10-11T16:01:00.004-06:00

Yesterday the girls and I decided to attend the dollhouse show at the Provo Library. I was excited to attend due to the fact that I want to build one for the girls when they get a little older. I wanted to get some ideas and study the fine craftsmanship of some of the examples. The whole thing was advertised on buses, in newspapers and on television and I thought it was kind of a big thing.

Well what a bust it turned out to be, I felt like I was at a dollhouse garage sale. I thought I was setting my standards a little high but even Chloe didn't seem all that interested in anything. 95% of the dollhouses were something I would let a family of rats live in. Another problem I had was there was two large rooms that had a bunch of thrift store fodder that was for a silent auction, then all the dollhouses were thrown out in hallways.

So I am sorry I am being so negative but I was expecting quite a bit more. Here are a few moments that we preserved in picture.

One of the few good ones.

A view of pressboard estates.

Chloe studying a fine example of a tenement, the one on the right was okay.

This one had potential.

3-2-1 Contact Opening Theme/Intro

2008-10-04T15:56:00.001-06:00

Ok for this little post we are going on a journey to the world of 1983. I started watching intros and episodes of shows I used to partake of as a child. I will post more of these in the near future. Those of you with parental reality blockers, too bad!

Fours........uh what am Im I doing with this Laura

2008-09-30T14:05:00.005-06:00

Four random things I love about my husband:
1. Uh...I don't have a husband
2. Sorry, no husband
3. Please stop asking me about this
4. Still no husband

Four jobs I've had:
1. Sawed logs
2. Master Stocksman
3. Sanitation Engineer
4. Store Support Manager

Four movies I have watched more than once:
1. TRON (Tron 2 is coming out soon)
2. Fight Club
3. Goonies
4. Any James Bond except Die Another Day (that one is poo)

Four TV shows I watch:
1. Myth Busters
2. Older Simpson's (newer ones aren't that good)
3. The American Experience
4. Northern Exposure (I have it all on DVD)

Four places I have been:
1. Orem, UT
2. A T-shirt store in Jackson Hole, WY
3. Wendy's on Canyon Road in Provo
4. Uh...my bed (I've been there many times)

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Pizza (for some reason, left over pizza is some of my favorite)
2. Some pastas
3. Gandolfo's (its practically a food group to me)
4. basically any form of sandwich

Four places I would like to visit:
1. Bigfoot's home
2. Lego Land in Denmark
3. Hong Kong
4. Road trip towns all over the East Coast

Four things I am looking forward to in the coming year:
1. Graduating UVU
2. accidentally writing 08 instead of 09 for the first few months
3. Tax Return
4. Watch the girls grow up

Four people I tag:
1. Sorry, I am anti-social and I don't know anybody
2.
3.
4.

Chloes 3rd Birthday

2008-09-17T12:09:00.011-06:00

Monday was chloe's 3rd birthday, I can't believe

how fast she has grown. We just had a little get together

with my family. Leroy, tricia, trey, farley, tina and

my parents were there to have hamburgers, hot dogs

and of coarse the best part, Ice cream and cake. Lindsay

was also invited but she had plans, thanks for the presents though.

Tricia and Leroy gave her that Miss spider giant sticker book.

Farley and Tina gave her play dough, and she has not stopped

playing with it since. Thank you for coming and for giving her

something to keep her busy.

This is the cake that I had made her, We didn't have any

candles so we had to pretend she was 5 cause that was the only

candle we had. The table that it is sitting on is the table chris

and I gave her.

This is the fairy outfit and mike that my mom gave her.

She has worn it ever since and loves to sing in the mike. I

am not sure what she is singing but she feels like a star.

Amazing work

2008-09-14T13:20:00.012-06:00

I know chris has his own little blog of the work he has done on these buildings, but I just wanted to post them on the family blog, to show everybody what and amazing job he does by scratch. I wish I was that creative. There is still a little to be done, but I am truly proud of him.

This one is the Depot, I am sorry it is a little blurry. This is also one he built by scratch.

I am so thankful that my best friend has such wonderful talent. He has built so many things for us girls, well for his girls. They wouldn't have had a crib to sleep in if he had not built one so simple or a dresser for their clothes. I love you so much. Thank you

M.C.U.

2008-09-06T13:07:00.004-06:00

BEHOLD! the Mobile Command Unit in all its majesty and grandeur. To lug children and soccer balls from point A to point B and on weekends point C at a swift pace 5 mph slower than the decided upon posted speed by our elected officials.

Well I can't believe I was painted into a corner and had to buy one of these things, let alone posting about it (sniff, cry, sob). Next week we are going to have a Mr. Fusion system installed along with front and rear spoilers. In the next few years when we have the funds we may have a hover conversion done. But oh well I guess this is the dark side of having more than two children. I tried to find one of those station wagons with the rear facing back seat but they are sort of hard to come by.

She's walking... watch out

2008-09-04T21:18:00.003-06:00

Chris and I thought that this day would never come,

though we did figure she likes to take her time. We

actually didn't bribe her with anything, we just put

our hands on her side to help balance her and then

let her go. Sorry it is such a short clip.

sofies birthday

2008-08-21T12:46:00.012-06:00

Well sofie turned one last thursday on the 14th,

I can't believe she is one. Time flies by so fast.

It was a fun birthday, farley, tina and my grandparents

from Idaho and tricia and leroy came to the party

plus my parents. I think chloe has found a new friend. Thank you

all for coming

I made this care bears cake for sofie, though

you can't tell but chloe smooshed the care bear

down into the cake so I had to fix it.

I thought sofie would dig into the cake but

apparently she just picked at it. We did give her

ice cream she didn't like it cause it was to cold.

Over the weekend sofie had a little bit of the flu,

then by tuesday morning she looked like a spotted

leopard, from the high fever she had, it covered her

whole body.

Star Valley Photos. part 2, Daddy Chloe Tee Time

2008-07-14T15:51:00.006-06:00

We had to wait for about 40 min. before we could tee off, for my sanity there was a little playground for Chloe to play on.

Chloe waiting to be amazed by my shot on a par three hole.

I let her steer while she sat on my lap, she loved it.

Pulling the pin for me on the last hole.

The little girls playing. (note: Cassie incapacitated on the couch)

Star Valley Photos. part 1

2008-07-12T21:42:00.009-06:00

Girls about 10 minutes into the drive.

Girls about 30 minutes into the drive.

View of Star Valley from cabin.

Another view from our backyard.

View of first hole from deck of cabin.

The girls.

Sofia trying to power herself through a screen door.

A deer that was always hanging around the cabin

Star Valley Adventure

2008-07-12T20:24:00.003-06:00

We just got back from our little trip to Star Valley, Wyoming. If you don't know where its at its in the little bit of Wyoming that isn't a waste land. The girls had fun about 25% of the time, the rest was about 25% sleeping and about 50% screaming and crying (when I say girls I also mean Cassie too). The first day we drove up through (in order of appearance) Provo, Heber, Park City, Echo, Evanston, Woodruff, Randolph, Coalville, .......some town I can't remember, Afton, and the town of our temporary residence Thayne.

That night we ate at a good little Italian restaurant run by trailer trash called Tootsies. We got pizza just so you know, it had Canadian bacon and olives on it, oh and some cheese. Then for the rest of the night we hunted for Bigfoot.

The next morning Chloe & I went golfing. Oh I forgot to educate you about the cabin we squatted in. Its owned by a friend of my dads, its not a bad place, its very comfy and cozy. The great thing about it is the backyard is the fairway of the first hole on a fun 9-hole golf land. Ok back to golfing. I forgot to bring Chloe's clubs so she just rode along in the cart, on some of the holes far away from the club house I let her drive, she loved it for some strange reason. That night the rest of the clan showed up. It went from blah blah blah to BLAH BLAH BLAH in no time flat, due to the fact there were about 12ish grand kids now.

The next day everybody slowly awoke and then in a convoy of 4 cars we headed north to Jackson or Jackson Hole as some call it. We ate some food at a local establishment and then blended ourselves in with the Asians, and the very obvious tourists wearing fanny packs, flip flops with socks and to top it off, a cowboy hat. The amazing thing there was multiples of these strange anomalies. Yet another thing about Jackson Hole is the whole town is one giant T-shirt store with some crappy art galleries sprinkled about. So Chad (my brother), and I with our corresponding families high tailed it out of there so we could get some more very important golf in. On the 7th hole tee box Chloe decided to whiz in her shorts and shoes, not very funny.

After golf we had dinner and celebrated my moms 60 somethingish birthday (sorry mom I cant remember your age).

The last day I, surprise surprise went golfing again, this time with my brother in law Todd and my sister Mindy and her powerful child Cole. This time I came only six feet away from hitting a house I pelted 3 years ago and got their driveway 2 years ago (we have a very close relationship). Todd did nail a house that was fortunately under construction. After that we drove home and now I am bringing you this fine story of our travels.

Random pic of the girls

2008-07-01T17:28:00.000-06:00

I made sofie some maccoroni and by the way

she is smiling I can see that she is loving it

Daddy and chloe having fun in the pool, and

getting eachother wet.

Sofie enjoying the outdoors, but wouldn't go

near the water.

Sofie just being herself

NASCAR Coach Reveals Winning Strategy: Drive Fast

2008-06-24T20:54:00.001-06:00

A coach talks about the incredible skill and focus it take's in NASCAR.

Having too much fun

2008-06-23T20:12:00.000-06:00

I went out and bought chloe a new swimming pool,

cause the one we had before had a hole in it. When I got

home with it she made me open it up and get it ready

for her to swim in. I think she went up and down that slide

for almost an hour. The hard part was trying to get her to come

in the house after so long.

Sofie trying out the water but not liking it so much

Having fun in the sun

Chloe loves the water, its either swimming in the pool

when she can or trying to swim in the bathtub.

New Bike

2008-06-17T11:08:00.000-06:00

I picked up Chloe a new bike for summer, she has been wanting one for a while. The good thing was I bought it cheep, because of that its so bloody ugly, oh well you get what you pay for. So far she likes it but she has a problem with the whole theory of pedaling. She like many people says its broken if you can't figure it out. We'll keep working on it. I might try to forge a side car for Sofie to ride in.

Vroom Vroom

2008-06-12T14:33:00.000-06:00

Chloe and Sofie going for a ride

Sofie has this thing of squinting her eyes every time we try to take a picture. So who knows if we will ever get a picture of her with her eyes open.

Sofie wishing she was already sixteen, but I hope she doesn't drive with her eyes closed when she does turn sixteen.

I know this picture isn't them in the car, but I just thought it was a cute one of them playing together.

Since Chris and I were wanting a boy so bad, I guess I will just have to claim Trey (Bam Bam) as ours. If tricia and leroy don't mind.

Human snake

2008-06-10T17:34:00.001-06:00

Don't know how many of you had a old Nokia phone, but this is a take on the game that came on them.

chloe an sofie

2008-06-05T13:56:00.001-06:00

Chloe is one anxious little girl, once I tell her we are going to the park today. It is almost a mistake though, cause once we get there, there is no going home. I even try convincing her by asking if she wants ice cream but that doesn't help

The only bad part of her being outside is she fries like crazy, so I lather on the sunscreen.

This park is by Tricia's house so it is nice for her to walk trey here when he is older. But for us we have to drive because there isn't a nice park like this one by Grandma arthur's.

Sofie was excited to finally venture outside and soak in the sun

I'm starting sofie early by helping me fold the clothes

Death Cab's "Crooked Teeth"

2008-06-03T22:59:00.001-06:00

Last week on Memorial Day Cassie and I went to a concert of Death Cab for Cutie. Everybody gave us a funny look when we said who it was we were seeing. So I thought I would share this video of theirs.

Our adventure at the Hogle zoo

2008-06-03T13:53:00.001-06:00

Chris had the day off so we decided to venture our way up to the zoo and have fun with chloe and sofie. When we first arrived, chloe was more interested by the ladybug on the fence then the turkeys. When we had pulled up to the parking lot, of course we and hundreds of other people were sharing the zoo with ten school buses of kids, but all was well we just mainly stayed away from where the kids were going.

Chloe was a little thirsty

Sofie's first time at the zoo with Daddy, Mommy, and chloe. Even though she was still too little I think she enjoyed watching the animals.

I do have more pictures, but they don't want to load so here are the ones that did, but anyway we took a little 2 minute train ride around part of the zoo, and then ventured our way back home.

Rotating Coupler

2008-06-03T11:18:00.000-06:00

Just to let all two people who look at this, I started a seperate blog for some of my stuff so I don't bore you further. Its called roating coupler and its link is down below, so take a gander if you care.

Brilliant Sign

2008-06-03T01:16:00.000-06:00

Seeing the sign that Andrew posted on their blog, made me think of this one that I discovered at Hoover Dam.

Its a..........

2008-06-02T21:06:00.000-06:00

So to let everybody know we are following in the foot steps of Patty, and we are having another girl. We have also decided that we will change the names of our other girls to Marsha and Jan. Our new one will be named Cindy.

Sorry we have no pictures yet, you people will need to wait a few more months.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

2008-06-02T21:02:00.001-06:00

Sweet I figured out how to add stuff from Youtube, so this will be the first one I will post, please enjoy this, very creative.

2008-06-02T20:35:00.000-06:00

Just testing the waters with video, if the resolution is about as good as grade "A" tripe then I might abandon the whole thing. Sorry not the best video but my flux capacitor doesn't like longer videos.

Show off and tell

2008-06-02T19:45:00.000-06:00

Fine since everybody is having a "come a part" because I believe you don't need pictures, just words, then its up to you to use your mind to figure it out. I guess my philosophy doesn't work on this whole inter-web thing. By the way, those that don't know me, sarcasm is a second language to me. So here is some pictures of the girls. I will let Cassie (the wife) post pictures of our great trek to the place where a bunch of screaming kids point and stare at some of the most depressed animals in the world. We call this magical place prison..........I mean the zoo.

Chloe going commando while bothering Sofie

Chloe at a plastic jungle

Sofie crawling

2008-05-13T18:17:00.000-06:00

Well sofie is mobile now so everybody watch out, or we should watch out. Now it is double trouble for me I guess. Sofie is just as sweet as can be when she isn't sick for a whole week. Chris and I took her to the doctor last week, she was having really yucky diapers, so then he told us it was a virus, but we were amazed because none of us had gotten it, well by saturday night she cried for almost 5 hours straight so 2:30 a.m we ended up taking her to the er, and when we pulled up she had stopped, so I guess she just wanted to go for a ride. But all is well we have our little jabber mouth back.

2008-05-12T22:45:00.000-06:00

Well I guess everybody else has one of these things so I guess we must give in to peer pressure.