Orlando

Charlene and I spent a long weekend in Orlando Florida March 13-18. The weather was pleasant and our trusted new Garmin GPS helped us navigate our rental car like a local resident. We attended the True Value market with its usual grueling walking and meetings. In addition we took some time to see Cirque de Soleil at Disneyworld and attended a local ward Church meetings. We spent one whole day at SeaWorld which turned out to be a highlight to the trip.

I took an early morning helicopter flight to inspect the snow pack, the flood channel, and the construction progress on the upper Enterprise Reservoir dam. There is more than 40 inches of snow above the reservoir area and the dam is still not ready to hold water due to the delays in construction. It might lead to an interesting spring. For more pictures go to:

The news media immediately picked up on it and as usual did their spin on what what was really taking place. Some of them seem compelled to exaggerate, embellish, and try to make dramatic the reality of what was actually happening. Before I knew it some media was reporting about evacuation plans in case of a possible a dam failure. The Red Cross even called and offerred their help with sheltering and feeding the evacuees. WOW, and all from simply trying to be prepared and keeping the public informed.

Shotshow 2008

UFC Champion Tim Sylvia poses with two former UFC contendors at the Shot Show in Las Vegas. Paul Hirschi, Ian Mcomie, Rand Bracken, Mical Bracken, and Colten Bracken joined with me at this two day event. We had a great time. For more photos go to: http://groups.msn.com/BrackenGolfClassic/shotshow2008.msnw

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Occasionally even the best families will buckle under the stress and presure.

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Christmas 2007

Christmas 2007 was a memorable one for the Bracken Family. Everyone was home this year and although the house was a bit crowded and hectic, it was a fun time to enjoy each others company and friendship and to allow the cousins to play together. Whether it was snow boarding, eating, playing board games, rabbit hunting, sledding behind the 4 wheeler, watching movies, or just hangin out, it was a fun week. View 125 pictures of the Christmas event by going to: http://groups.msn.com/BrackenGolfClassic/christmas2007.msnw . Email me to request a cd of all 300 photos.

Trevor Leaves for Mission

Many family members joined with Trevor at the Church Offices in Salt Lake on Wednesday December 19th as he met with Elder Richard G Scott and was set apart for his full time missionary service. It was a great experience for everyone. Afterwards we journeyed to Provo to the MTC where Trevor began his missionary training.