Buddies

Cousins pose for a quick photo.

Show me your tongue ?

Bet you can't touch the bottom of your chin with your tongue . . . . . . . . . . . Braden can.

First Tractor Ride

Braden came to spend a couple of days and helped with tilling the garden. He loved the tractor.

Charlene and I spent the weekend with Dallin, Paula, Gavin, and Shelbi in Fort Worth, Texas. We had a wonderful time with them. We rented a mini-van so we could all travel around together. We visited downtown Dallas where we saw the Dallas aquarium and the Kennedy assasination museum. We attended a Texas Rangers baseball game where they beat Oakland 4-0.
A funny thing happened at the game. Gavin was digging into a cup of frozen watermelon ice with a spoon. Suddenly a large chunk flipped out and went down the back of a mans pants who was sitting in front of us. Needless to say he wasn't happy, but it was quite funny.
We also went to the Fort Worth stockyards and saw a cattle drive reinactment and attended a rodeo. The trip went really well until the morning we left when Dallin developed some kidney stones and spent some time in the hospital. He is slowly recovering and we are glad that it happened at the time it did and not during his finals. Dallin and Paula were great hosts and it was a memorable weekend. For more pictures go to:
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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.