Was able to get the newsletter to work. If someone could fill me in on how to add files to the blog, I'm more than willing to upload it. I think I sent it to everyone. If you did not receive it, let me know. EDIT you can download here -->NEWSLETTER
Dan
Friday, December 26, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Asha Sings
Asha has her own version of the song from Madagascar, I Like to Move it Move it. Her verions goes like this..."I like to fart it fart it (accompanied by odd smell) I like to fart it fart it (and yet another odd smell). " Welcome to my world.
NEWSLETTER
So, the newsletter is completely done. But, I have an unnamed brother asking to wait so his stuff can go in it-as if I didn't give you all enough time-snicker snicker. Anyway, as soon as I get his stuff put in, I will set it up so you can all print it off and enjoy. It really is a good one with lots of good stuff.
Just for Mom
I decided to teach Asha how to say her prayers. So I start by telling her to say "Dear Heveanly Father, thank you for Mommy, and Daddy and brother." Before I can say another word she says "Daddy, don't talk to much go to bed" and that was the end of that.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Okay, So I LIED
I am usually one of those frank, tell the truth no matter what kind of gals. I wouldn't want you to think I lied on purpose. It was an accident, really. Kyrie's good friend from B'ham is at Disney World with her bro and dad and wants Kyrie to come for the day. Sigh....Kyrie, who claims she HATES theme parks, Kyrie who every time I MAKE her go with the family sits on a bench while we do the fun stuff, giving us all dirty looks, and only smiles or has fun when I'm not looking. Kyrie, who would rather sleep in until 12:00 noon every day, who went to bed late last night, is up bright and early before 8:00am getting us all out of bed so she can be there on time.
I've decided since I have to drive there anyways, I will take the boys for the day too. I just love fighting the crowds, especially with a stroller.
In other news. I will never be embarrassed or disappointed that I voted for the Bush/Cheney ticket twice. While I certainly don't agree with the bailout crap that has been going on, or his policy on immigration/illegals/amnesty, I think he has a bit more insight into these issues and probably knows more about them than I do and did what he thought was right. Both of these men are heroes in my book and here is just one reason why.
Washington Times:
Bush, Cheney comforted troops privately: Met with thousands of war injured, kin out of spotlight
by Joseph Curl and John Solomon
For much of the past seven years, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have waged a clandestine operation inside the White House. It has involved thousands of military personnel, private presidential letters and meetings that were kept off their public calendars or sometimes left the news media in the dark.
Their mission: to comfort the families of soldiers who died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and to lift the spirits of those wounded in the service of their country.
On Monday, the president is set to make a more common public trip - with reporters in tow - to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, home to many of the wounded and a symbol of controversy earlier in his presidency over the quality of care the veterans were receiving.
GIVING SUPPORT: Vice President Dick Cheney, an avid fly-fisherman, practices his cast with wounded troops from Walter Reed Army Medical Center during one of the half-dozen barbecues he’s hosted at his Naval Observatory home. (White House photo)
But the size and scope of Mr. Bush’s and Mr. Cheney’s private endeavors to meet with wounded soliders and families of the fallen far exceed anything that has been witnessed publicly, according to interviews with more than a dozen officials familiar with the effort.
“People say, ‘Why would you do that?’” the president said in an Oval Office interview with The Washington Times on Friday. “And the answer is: This is my duty. The president is commander in chief, but the president is often comforter in chief, as well. It is my duty to be - to try to comfort as best as I humanly can a loved one who is in anguish.”
Mr. Bush, for instance, has sent personal letters to the families of every one of the more than 4,000 troops who have died in the two wars, an enormous personal effort that consumed hours of his time and escaped public notice. The task, along with meeting family members of troops killed in action, has been so wrenching - balancing the anger, grief and pride of families coping with the loss symbolized by a flag-draped coffin - that the president often leaned on his wife, Laura, for emotional support.
“I lean on the Almighty and Laura,” Mr. Bush said in the interview. “She has been very reassuring, very calming.”
Mr. Bush also has met privately with more than 500 families of troops killed in action and with more than 950 wounded veterans, according to White House spokesman Carlton Carroll. Many of those meetings were outside the presence of the news media at the White House or at private sessions during official travel stops, officials said.
The first lady said those private visits, many of which she also attended, took a heavy emotional toll, not just on the president, but on her as well.
“It is just so unbelievably emotional to be with the families, for everybody involved. I mean for us and for them and for everyone,” she said in a telephone interview with The Times on Saturday. “I’m very aware of how emotional it is and how draining it is for the president and for me, too. Both of us. But I think we do support each other, not by saying anything so much, but just by the comfort of each other’s presence, both when we are with the families and then afterward when we are alone.”
I've decided since I have to drive there anyways, I will take the boys for the day too. I just love fighting the crowds, especially with a stroller.
In other news. I will never be embarrassed or disappointed that I voted for the Bush/Cheney ticket twice. While I certainly don't agree with the bailout crap that has been going on, or his policy on immigration/illegals/amnesty, I think he has a bit more insight into these issues and probably knows more about them than I do and did what he thought was right. Both of these men are heroes in my book and here is just one reason why.
Washington Times:
Bush, Cheney comforted troops privately: Met with thousands of war injured, kin out of spotlight
by Joseph Curl and John Solomon
For much of the past seven years, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have waged a clandestine operation inside the White House. It has involved thousands of military personnel, private presidential letters and meetings that were kept off their public calendars or sometimes left the news media in the dark.
Their mission: to comfort the families of soldiers who died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and to lift the spirits of those wounded in the service of their country.
On Monday, the president is set to make a more common public trip - with reporters in tow - to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, home to many of the wounded and a symbol of controversy earlier in his presidency over the quality of care the veterans were receiving.
GIVING SUPPORT: Vice President Dick Cheney, an avid fly-fisherman, practices his cast with wounded troops from Walter Reed Army Medical Center during one of the half-dozen barbecues he’s hosted at his Naval Observatory home. (White House photo)
But the size and scope of Mr. Bush’s and Mr. Cheney’s private endeavors to meet with wounded soliders and families of the fallen far exceed anything that has been witnessed publicly, according to interviews with more than a dozen officials familiar with the effort.
“People say, ‘Why would you do that?’” the president said in an Oval Office interview with The Washington Times on Friday. “And the answer is: This is my duty. The president is commander in chief, but the president is often comforter in chief, as well. It is my duty to be - to try to comfort as best as I humanly can a loved one who is in anguish.”
Mr. Bush, for instance, has sent personal letters to the families of every one of the more than 4,000 troops who have died in the two wars, an enormous personal effort that consumed hours of his time and escaped public notice. The task, along with meeting family members of troops killed in action, has been so wrenching - balancing the anger, grief and pride of families coping with the loss symbolized by a flag-draped coffin - that the president often leaned on his wife, Laura, for emotional support.
“I lean on the Almighty and Laura,” Mr. Bush said in the interview. “She has been very reassuring, very calming.”
Mr. Bush also has met privately with more than 500 families of troops killed in action and with more than 950 wounded veterans, according to White House spokesman Carlton Carroll. Many of those meetings were outside the presence of the news media at the White House or at private sessions during official travel stops, officials said.
The first lady said those private visits, many of which she also attended, took a heavy emotional toll, not just on the president, but on her as well.
“It is just so unbelievably emotional to be with the families, for everybody involved. I mean for us and for them and for everyone,” she said in a telephone interview with The Times on Saturday. “I’m very aware of how emotional it is and how draining it is for the president and for me, too. Both of us. But I think we do support each other, not by saying anything so much, but just by the comfort of each other’s presence, both when we are with the families and then afterward when we are alone.”
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Only in Idaho
While Chris and family is enjoying 85 degree weather Florida the weather service is predicting 10 inches of new snow for the bench areas of Pocatello, and around IF by Monday.
Last night as I went to get into my car to drive to the store there was a young man ice skating.......... up and down the ROADS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. Guess the roads could be called a bit icy.
UPDATE: In the front yard there is currently almost 10 inches and it is still falling.
UPDATE 2: Least a foot in the yard now and it is ground blizzarding. I've never seen the roads in my neighborhood this bad. 2-3 foot drifts everywhere. I had to pull a subaru out of a snowdrift on my way into the neighborhood tonight.
Last night as I went to get into my car to drive to the store there was a young man ice skating.......... up and down the ROADS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. Guess the roads could be called a bit icy.
UPDATE: In the front yard there is currently almost 10 inches and it is still falling.
UPDATE 2: Least a foot in the yard now and it is ground blizzarding. I've never seen the roads in my neighborhood this bad. 2-3 foot drifts everywhere. I had to pull a subaru out of a snowdrift on my way into the neighborhood tonight.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Time to buy stock in skido
Snow has started to accumulate here in Rigby. Has been snowing for about the last 5 days and some snow is in the forecast for every day for the next week. Don't tell him but I bought Lucas a little pair of cross country skis for Christmas. Looks like he will have plenty of opportunities to us them. We currently have 6-8 inches in the front yard and it is still snowing. If this year is anything like the last we should have 2-3 feet by the end of February. Then again it could warm up and it all melt..... but the projected Hi temps for the next week at no point exceed 20 f.
Idaho Winter Wonderland
Can someone send (email) me Mom and Dad's physical address. We have a couple of Christmas presents we need to send them, though as usual we are late and our gifts will probably get there late.
Lucas participated in his first "Batizado" (capoeira belt ceremony) on Saturday. He got his green-white belt, which is mostly a "welcome to our group" belt, but he can do a number of moves, and is learning more all of the time. He play the pandeiro and berrimbau and sings the songs. He had fun playing with the other kids, and with the adults. He was by far (by a margin of 2 years) the youngest to get a belt.
Mestre Lucas is in the house!
Can someone send (email) me Mom and Dad's physical address. We have a couple of Christmas presents we need to send them, though as usual we are late and our gifts will probably get there late.
Lucas participated in his first "Batizado" (capoeira belt ceremony) on Saturday. He got his green-white belt, which is mostly a "welcome to our group" belt, but he can do a number of moves, and is learning more all of the time. He play the pandeiro and berrimbau and sings the songs. He had fun playing with the other kids, and with the adults. He was by far (by a margin of 2 years) the youngest to get a belt.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Newest Bailout, What's Next?
From the WallStreet Journal...
With the government on the brink of rescuing the U.S. auto industry, we have learned that the Treasury Department is drawing up plans to bail out Christmas. "We have reason to believe," said a person close to the matter, "that without an immediate capital injection, Santa Claus will fail before December 24." Mr. Claus could not be reached for comment.
Government officials are said to be concerned at the risk that the collapse of Santa Claus could pose to the nation's intricately related system of holiday happiness. Though a failure by Santa Claus poses the largest systemic risk, the government is also prepared to step in to bail out Christmas trees, caroling parties and mistletoe producers.
President-elect Barack Obama has been briefed on the initiative, and through a spokesman was quoted as saying, "I'm OK with bailing out Christmas."
Inside Treasury, some officials privately worry that such a precedent could result in the nationalization of Santa Claus, leading to similar calls for help next year from the Easter Bunny and even Valentine's Day. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson personally concluded, however, that "Santa Claus is too big to fail."
With the government on the brink of rescuing the U.S. auto industry, we have learned that the Treasury Department is drawing up plans to bail out Christmas. "We have reason to believe," said a person close to the matter, "that without an immediate capital injection, Santa Claus will fail before December 24." Mr. Claus could not be reached for comment.
Government officials are said to be concerned at the risk that the collapse of Santa Claus could pose to the nation's intricately related system of holiday happiness. Though a failure by Santa Claus poses the largest systemic risk, the government is also prepared to step in to bail out Christmas trees, caroling parties and mistletoe producers.
President-elect Barack Obama has been briefed on the initiative, and through a spokesman was quoted as saying, "I'm OK with bailing out Christmas."
Inside Treasury, some officials privately worry that such a precedent could result in the nationalization of Santa Claus, leading to similar calls for help next year from the Easter Bunny and even Valentine's Day. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson personally concluded, however, that "Santa Claus is too big to fail."
Monday, December 15, 2008
My Very Expensive Make-Over
My new look. You can get one too at faceinhole.com And no, it didn't cost a dime. Not even a penny.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Your 8 Great Grandfather!!
Just found this newspaper article on the internet, thought you all could appreciate it! Christian is the brother to Hans Michael Goodnight who is our line, but if we could go one generation back then yours and his (forgot to insert his - as being Obama's )8/7 greatgrandfathers are the same. Just remember that Harry S. Trumans is also one of his grandsons.
CHRISTIAN GUTKNECHT-GOODNIGHT
'The dark and bloody ground'
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September 9, 2007
BY SCOTT FORNEK Political Editor
Two brothers slain by Native Americans -- and a niece who was kidnapped and made an American Indian bride.
If Obama's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Christian Gutknecht had an adventurous life, it's lost to history. But the fate of his brothers and their families could fill a TV mini-series.
Christian and his brothers, Hans Michael and George, all emigrated to the New World from Germany on separate ships in the mid-1700s. All three went by Goodnight once they arrived.
Both Hans -- also known as John Michael, or just Michael -- and George were slaughtered by American Indians in separate late-18th century attacks in frontier Kentucky.
"They pioneered into the Kentucky wilderness among the earliest of those who went there; the blood of both brothers, spilled in Indian warfare, helped make it 'the dark and bloody ground,' " wrote descendant S.H. Goodnight in The Good(k)night Family (Gutknecht) Family in America (1936).
George was killed in 1780 in a British-led raid by 500 Canadians and Native Americans on Ruddell's Station in frontier Kentucky. Five of his children were captured by American Indians.
His daughter Elizabeth had two sons by a Native American before she returned to her family.
"George was massacreed in the most barbrous manner while his children were scattered among the Indians," according to a family letter written in 1883 letter. "My father was taken to Detroit and sold to the French and taken to Canada. Elizabeth never got to her people until she was twenty two years old."
Accounts vary on exactly how Hans Michael met his fate.
One version has him being killed by Indians while his family was part of wagon train of pioneers heading from North Carolina toward what is now Mercer Co., Ky., in 1781.
His son was wounded, and his pregnant wife escaped into the woods, where a search party found her days later "lying prostrate upon the ground in a semi-conscious state, her face covered with a blanket," according to the unattributed family account published in a newspaper in 1973.
But a version passed down in old family letters has Indians attacking Hans Michael and his son while the two were apparently travelling alone. According to this version, they were returning to their Kentucky settlement after a trip to North Carolina to retrieve some of their possessions. Native Americans killed -- and scalped -- Hans Michael and wounded his son, who was able to escape.
"The Indians came upon them at their camp fire, killed the father," a descendant wrote in 1883. "They shot the son, the arrow entered one side and came out at the other, and the surprising part is in that condition he made his way to the horses, stopped the bell, concealed himself and the next day went to the white settlements."
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"Great grandfather was killed by the Indians and John was shot but got away in Ky. and one of my grand aunts was stolen by the Indians and had two sons by the Indians before she got back to her folks."
Source: Family letter written by John S. Goodnight in 1884 and reprinted in The Good(k)night Family (Gutknecht) Family in America by S.H. Goodnight (1936).
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"The family version of the removal to Kentucky and the killing of Michael Goodnight by Indians is told in this manner:
"'After locating and building a cabin at Harlan's Station in what later became Mercer County, [Hans] Michael Goodnight returned to North Carolina and then set out again to Kentucky in July 1781, with his family and household effects. They were a party of a caravan composed of other pioneer families, who were guarded by thirty armed men.
"'No serious mishap befell the emigrant train until it arrived within half a day's journey of Harlan's Station, where a camp was pitched for the night. All was secure but at midnight, the fearful cry of the savage was heard, followed by gun shots, screams and confusion.
"'Michael Goodnight was killed in the first onslaught and his son, John, was severly wounded, but he succeded in making his escape. Mrs. Goodnight was expecting another child at the time; she fled into the dark forest.
"'Many of the immigrants were massacred, but a few escaped to the station where the alarm was given. A party was made up to search for Mrs. Goodnight and she was found two days later in woods lying prostrate upon the ground in a semi-conscious state, her face covered with a blanket.
"'She was taken to Harlan's Station, where four months later, January 1, 1782 a son, Isaac Goodnight, was born. A curious circumstance, preserved in the family traditions, is that from his birth until the day of his death Isaac could never go to sleep without covering his face.'"
Source: Unattributed historical family account printed in the Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Ky., on Jan. 18, 1973.
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Excerpt from 1883 family letter:
"The two brothers, John (Michael) and George, in the days of General Logan and Boon emegrated to the state of Kentucky and met sad misfortune. George and his entire family except two sons who were in the service were captured I think at Kentons [Ruddell's] station.
"George was massacreed in the most barbrous manner while his children were scattered among the Indians. My father was taken to Detroit and sold to the French and taken to Canada. Elizabeth never got to her people until she was twenty two years old.
"John (Michael) and his son John went back after some of their goods which they had to pack on horses for want of roads, the Indians came upon them at their camp fire, killed the father. They shot the son, the arrow entered one side and came out at the other and the surprising part is in that condition he made his way to the horses, stopped the bell, concealed himself and the next day went to the white settlements.
"I have given the outlines of our people in America. . . . . .
Respectfully, Farewell,
S. W. Goodnight.
Source: Family letter written in 1883 and reprinted in The Good(k)night Family (Gutknecht) Family in America by S.H. Goodnight (1936).
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CHRISTIAN GUTKNECHT-GOODNIGHT
'The dark and bloody ground'
Recommend (14) Comments
September 9, 2007
BY SCOTT FORNEK Political Editor
Two brothers slain by Native Americans -- and a niece who was kidnapped and made an American Indian bride.
If Obama's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Christian Gutknecht had an adventurous life, it's lost to history. But the fate of his brothers and their families could fill a TV mini-series.
Christian and his brothers, Hans Michael and George, all emigrated to the New World from Germany on separate ships in the mid-1700s. All three went by Goodnight once they arrived.
Both Hans -- also known as John Michael, or just Michael -- and George were slaughtered by American Indians in separate late-18th century attacks in frontier Kentucky.
"They pioneered into the Kentucky wilderness among the earliest of those who went there; the blood of both brothers, spilled in Indian warfare, helped make it 'the dark and bloody ground,' " wrote descendant S.H. Goodnight in The Good(k)night Family (Gutknecht) Family in America (1936).
George was killed in 1780 in a British-led raid by 500 Canadians and Native Americans on Ruddell's Station in frontier Kentucky. Five of his children were captured by American Indians.
His daughter Elizabeth had two sons by a Native American before she returned to her family.
"George was massacreed in the most barbrous manner while his children were scattered among the Indians," according to a family letter written in 1883 letter. "My father was taken to Detroit and sold to the French and taken to Canada. Elizabeth never got to her people until she was twenty two years old."
Accounts vary on exactly how Hans Michael met his fate.
One version has him being killed by Indians while his family was part of wagon train of pioneers heading from North Carolina toward what is now Mercer Co., Ky., in 1781.
His son was wounded, and his pregnant wife escaped into the woods, where a search party found her days later "lying prostrate upon the ground in a semi-conscious state, her face covered with a blanket," according to the unattributed family account published in a newspaper in 1973.
But a version passed down in old family letters has Indians attacking Hans Michael and his son while the two were apparently travelling alone. According to this version, they were returning to their Kentucky settlement after a trip to North Carolina to retrieve some of their possessions. Native Americans killed -- and scalped -- Hans Michael and wounded his son, who was able to escape.
"The Indians came upon them at their camp fire, killed the father," a descendant wrote in 1883. "They shot the son, the arrow entered one side and came out at the other, and the surprising part is in that condition he made his way to the horses, stopped the bell, concealed himself and the next day went to the white settlements."
******
"Great grandfather was killed by the Indians and John was shot but got away in Ky. and one of my grand aunts was stolen by the Indians and had two sons by the Indians before she got back to her folks."
Source: Family letter written by John S. Goodnight in 1884 and reprinted in The Good(k)night Family (Gutknecht) Family in America by S.H. Goodnight (1936).
******
"The family version of the removal to Kentucky and the killing of Michael Goodnight by Indians is told in this manner:
"'After locating and building a cabin at Harlan's Station in what later became Mercer County, [Hans] Michael Goodnight returned to North Carolina and then set out again to Kentucky in July 1781, with his family and household effects. They were a party of a caravan composed of other pioneer families, who were guarded by thirty armed men.
"'No serious mishap befell the emigrant train until it arrived within half a day's journey of Harlan's Station, where a camp was pitched for the night. All was secure but at midnight, the fearful cry of the savage was heard, followed by gun shots, screams and confusion.
"'Michael Goodnight was killed in the first onslaught and his son, John, was severly wounded, but he succeded in making his escape. Mrs. Goodnight was expecting another child at the time; she fled into the dark forest.
"'Many of the immigrants were massacred, but a few escaped to the station where the alarm was given. A party was made up to search for Mrs. Goodnight and she was found two days later in woods lying prostrate upon the ground in a semi-conscious state, her face covered with a blanket.
"'She was taken to Harlan's Station, where four months later, January 1, 1782 a son, Isaac Goodnight, was born. A curious circumstance, preserved in the family traditions, is that from his birth until the day of his death Isaac could never go to sleep without covering his face.'"
Source: Unattributed historical family account printed in the Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Ky., on Jan. 18, 1973.
******
Excerpt from 1883 family letter:
"The two brothers, John (Michael) and George, in the days of General Logan and Boon emegrated to the state of Kentucky and met sad misfortune. George and his entire family except two sons who were in the service were captured I think at Kentons [Ruddell's] station.
"George was massacreed in the most barbrous manner while his children were scattered among the Indians. My father was taken to Detroit and sold to the French and taken to Canada. Elizabeth never got to her people until she was twenty two years old.
"John (Michael) and his son John went back after some of their goods which they had to pack on horses for want of roads, the Indians came upon them at their camp fire, killed the father. They shot the son, the arrow entered one side and came out at the other and the surprising part is in that condition he made his way to the horses, stopped the bell, concealed himself and the next day went to the white settlements.
"I have given the outlines of our people in America. . . . . .
Respectfully, Farewell,
S. W. Goodnight.
Source: Family letter written in 1883 and reprinted in The Good(k)night Family (Gutknecht) Family in America by S.H. Goodnight (1936).
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Last Call
Just a few of you left have not turned in a newsletter. This is your last chance. You know who you are.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Finding the perfect tree! For fee!
Step 1: Purchase first christmas tree at walmart when married.
Step 2: Due to the quality of said chinese made tree, tree crumbles after four years of use.
Step 3: Get new tree by pilfering used tree from in-laws.
Step 4: Lose pieces to said pilfered tree, and get lucky when parents feel that their old tree is no longer desired.
Step 5: Remove said tree for free from said parents house and use it as your own.
Step 6: Enjoy for years to come!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
For Danny
Bengals Shock RPI #3 Utah 72-68 for First Win Over Utes in Almost 50 Years
Pocatello, ID --- Idaho State University picked up their biggest win in perhaps the past 31 years as Idaho State led nearly from start to finish, and then hit their free throws in the end, shocking Utah, the #3 team in the latest RPI rankings, 72-68 in front of 2,816 fans in Holt Arena, led by an incredible night by Matt Stucki just days after the birth of his first child.
Stucki, who missed ISU's 60-41 loss at Washington State to witness the birth of his first son Colton on Wednesday, nearly turned in the third triple-double in Idaho State history, scoring 20 points and grabbing nine boards while dishing out nine assists.
Idaho State led nearly the whole way, as Austin Kilpatrick drained a three as part of a four-point play to give ISU a 6-2 lead early on, but that was it as Kilpatrick sprained his ankle on the play. Idaho State, who hit seven of their first eight shots, took their biggest lead of the season at 26-18 in the first half, and they pushed that all the way to 15 in the second half, but Utah eventually came storming back.
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Up 55-42, the Bengals went nearly seven and a half minutes without a basket, and Utah pulled even, and eventually ahead at 61-60 with 4:56 to go on a pair of Shaun Green free throws, but that would be the only lead that Utah would have. Devidias Busma, who held Luke Nevill to just three rebounds on the night, hit a jumper from the foul line to give ISU the lead right back, and then held for three straight defensive possessions until Morgan scored on a driving layup with 2:34 to go for a 64-61 lead.
ISU led 66-61 before Utah got a couple of free throws and then a basket with 36.1 left to make it 66-65, but Morgan hit a pair of free throws, and then Tyler Kepkay missed a three, putting Stucki on the line with 18.1 left. Matt hit one of two, and with 8.1 left, Lawrence Borha hit a wild three-pointer to make 69-68, but Morgan hit two more free throws, and Utah's desperation three with second seconds left missed, and the celebration ensued.
The win over Utah was ISU's first over the Utes (5-2) in six meetings, and their first since a 71-65 win over Utah in the consolation round of the NCAA Tournament in 1959, almost 50 years ago. It also was ISU's first win over Utah in Pocatello in 73 years, dating back to a 35-30 win in 1935.
Asked how it was in the locker room after finally ending a five-game losing streak, head coach Joe O'Brien summed it up in one word..."Great!" He added, "The locker room is an entirely different place right now. I mean we knocked on door at Hawai'I, at Boise State, and against Long Beach, and to woulda coulda shoulda and not win one was frustrating. It wasn't an overtime win, but you know, I think we'll keep this one."
Stucki was the hero, draining a few early threes and he certainly brought a steady hand to an offense that looked mired in quicksand without him on Tuesday night. ISU had more points in the first half, 45, then they did in the entire game against Washington State, 41, and O'Brien felt that having his baby during the week eased things for the senior.
"The Pressure is off for Matt. They had the baby and life is back to normal for him," said O'Brien, who added jokingly, "The mom's do all the work and the dad's worry." Stucki's baby was the first of two this week, as Associate Head Coach Steve Swanson and his wife Sandy welcomed their second daughter on Friday night.
The win was probably the biggest for Idaho State since the 76-75 win over UCLA in the 1977 Sweet Sixteen, but with Utah's RPI at 3 out of 348 schools, it certainly might be the biggest win since then, at least in the regular season. "I don't know if this is bigger than the win over Montana in the conference tournament last year because the tournament is what it is all about, but certainly it's right up there," said O'Brien.
Things however don't get any easy, as ISU heads off to the Midwest for a two-game swing starting Tuesday night at the Kohl Center to face Wisconsin, who are 6-2 and coming off a 61-58 loss at Marquette.
NOTES: Along with Stucki's 20 points, Morgan scored 14, and Demetrius Monroe had 11 ... Utah's Luke Nevill had 22, Shaun Green had 14, and Carlon Brown had 11 ... ISU had a season-low nine turnovers ... Idaho State went 16-for-22 from the line, .727, a marked improvement over the three games when ISU shot under 59% ... ISU shot .621 from the field in the first half ... Joe O'Brien had new glasses for the game, going with a more horn-rimmed type.
Afternoon at Luogunan Xiang
Luoguxiang with nice shops and restaurants
Asha at dim sum
Asha always makes the girls at the restaurant play with her. She says "Daddy, want play with the girls". And she always says ni hao when we enter.
Asha at dim sum
Asha always makes the girls at the restaurant play with her. She says "Daddy, want play with the girls". And she always says ni hao when we enter.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
How to Procure a Tree in China
(Sorry, no photos).
1. Hop in cab after bundling up kids as only 12f
2. Drive to Ladies Street
3. Buy freshly roasted cashews from street vendor
4. Peruse 20 or so shops that sell trees and ornaments
5. Go into clothing area and end up spending money on new sweater and long coat for wife as she is cold
6. Go back to tree area
7. Pick tree, only to find out height is not available in that model
8. Select other tree, bargain on price
9. Collect tree and other ornaments, flag a cab, throw everything in the back and go home
10. Drop off everything and head to McDonalds for late lunch
1. Hop in cab after bundling up kids as only 12f
2. Drive to Ladies Street
3. Buy freshly roasted cashews from street vendor
4. Peruse 20 or so shops that sell trees and ornaments
5. Go into clothing area and end up spending money on new sweater and long coat for wife as she is cold
6. Go back to tree area
7. Pick tree, only to find out height is not available in that model
8. Select other tree, bargain on price
9. Collect tree and other ornaments, flag a cab, throw everything in the back and go home
10. Drop off everything and head to McDonalds for late lunch
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Guess Who's Back!
Back Again....the not so slim shady....I missed being able to post pithy comments so decided to rejoin this sorry group.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Tree Hunting Tips
When hunting for a Christmas tree in SE Idaho follow these few basic guidelines for a successful trip.
* The most common species of evergreens in the area are douglas fir and lodge pole pine. Both make terrible Christmas trees, both are too sparse and have weak branches that poorly support ornaments. Look instead for blue or engelman spruce, white fir, noble fir, or sub alpine fir. All of the good species prefer colder climes so look for them in north facing slopes above 6000 feet.
*Drive to an alpine area with elevation of at least 6000 feet. Throw a saw, rope and tarp into your pack and an almost 3 year old, near thirty pound little boy on your shoulder and slog a 1/2 mile, 1000 foot elevation gain path through 3 inches of fresh snow.
*Look and find the perfect tree. In this case a white fir located around the 7000 foot line. Let the little boy chop the tree down.
Hey look! A saw!
Daddy, let me do it!
*Once the tree has been felled, wrap it securely in the tarp, tie a rope to the tree and stuff all of your leftover gear into the tree's branches. Tie a big loop in the end of the rope, put it over one shoulder bandolier style and throw the almost three year old little boy back on your shoulders. Lug the tree out, catching on every stump, aspen, bush and deadfall between where you cut the tree and the rig (about 1/2 mile). Dump your stuff out of the tree and end up carrying it in your hand. Take frequent breaks, to catch your breath, keep from passing out and keep your heart from exploding.
*Once at the car, stuff the little boy into the car, and put some hand warmers in his hands when he tells you his hands (now without his gloves) are cold. Securely lash the tree to the roof of the rig and drive home after securing said little boy in his car seat. Little boy will promptly fall asleep.
*Now that you are home do a little trimming to the desired height and lug the tree and stand into the house. With the assistance of the little boy, and Vovo (grandma) Zeze mount tree in stand.
*Now enlist the aid of everyone you can find to decorate tree. Throw 15 strands of lights, 200 glass balls and the accumulated ornaments (Thanks Julie!) of the years onto tree.
Good help is essential!
*Let the supervisor sleep. He is grumpy when woken, and can be enchanted with the lights later.
Supervisor Joshua
*Two hours, and many exasperating moments with the little boy later, sit back and enjoy the fruit of your labors: the aching back and thighs, and the beauty of the tree.
All done!
* The most common species of evergreens in the area are douglas fir and lodge pole pine. Both make terrible Christmas trees, both are too sparse and have weak branches that poorly support ornaments. Look instead for blue or engelman spruce, white fir, noble fir, or sub alpine fir. All of the good species prefer colder climes so look for them in north facing slopes above 6000 feet.
*Drive to an alpine area with elevation of at least 6000 feet. Throw a saw, rope and tarp into your pack and an almost 3 year old, near thirty pound little boy on your shoulder and slog a 1/2 mile, 1000 foot elevation gain path through 3 inches of fresh snow.
*Look and find the perfect tree. In this case a white fir located around the 7000 foot line. Let the little boy chop the tree down.
*Once the tree has been felled, wrap it securely in the tarp, tie a rope to the tree and stuff all of your leftover gear into the tree's branches. Tie a big loop in the end of the rope, put it over one shoulder bandolier style and throw the almost three year old little boy back on your shoulders. Lug the tree out, catching on every stump, aspen, bush and deadfall between where you cut the tree and the rig (about 1/2 mile). Dump your stuff out of the tree and end up carrying it in your hand. Take frequent breaks, to catch your breath, keep from passing out and keep your heart from exploding.
*Once at the car, stuff the little boy into the car, and put some hand warmers in his hands when he tells you his hands (now without his gloves) are cold. Securely lash the tree to the roof of the rig and drive home after securing said little boy in his car seat. Little boy will promptly fall asleep.
*Now that you are home do a little trimming to the desired height and lug the tree and stand into the house. With the assistance of the little boy, and Vovo (grandma) Zeze mount tree in stand.
*Now enlist the aid of everyone you can find to decorate tree. Throw 15 strands of lights, 200 glass balls and the accumulated ornaments (Thanks Julie!) of the years onto tree.
*Let the supervisor sleep. He is grumpy when woken, and can be enchanted with the lights later.
*Two hours, and many exasperating moments with the little boy later, sit back and enjoy the fruit of your labors: the aching back and thighs, and the beauty of the tree.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Next Thanksgiving
Already planning. Going to make a turbaconducken! Looks yummy. I can already hear my arteries hardening.
December-Happy Birthdays!!!
As I have missed a few important Birthdays by not posting the first of the month I thought I had better start earlier this month as today is Paige's birthday!!
Dec. 1 - Paige turning 4. She is still the Princess of her home we are told. Should be a lot of those around for her bd. Have a great day Paige.
Dec. 3 - Look who turns the big 30!! on this day. Another Princess -Sarah. Don't worry Sarah you are not getting older just better!!! Have a great day.
Dec. 18 - Looks like this day all belongs to Angie. Hope you have a great birthday. Make the family treat you like royality!!
Dec. 22 - Tayte this is your date and you turn the big 10!!! This is just the start of those big dates with the 0 behind them. So enjoy this day to the fullest - and many more of them.
Dec 26 - This day we celebrate Wade's birthday!! Hope you have a great day. Treat all those kids to a ice cream cone to celebrate this day. Since it is right after Christmas you probably never get many presents so treat yourself!!
To everyone who has a birthday this month - have a great day. We must also remeber the birth of Christ during this month. The "reason for the season". Luv to all M&D, GM&GP
Sunday, November 30, 2008
YOU ALL ARE ....
Seriously!!!! I have received three newsletters so far, Kevin, that does include you (sorry I haven't had a chance to call or email). This is your last chance. If you want to be a part please send pics-that includes ALL OF YOU. Or you will just see lots and lots and lots of pics of my kids. Get on it.
Were is everyone?
This has definitely been a very busy Thanksgiving holiday, because no one has posted in over 5 days. This has also been the case for us. We are currently decorating the Christmas tree and hanging our decorations for this festive season. We have seen just about every single cosuin from all sides of our repective families. We had Thanksgiving dinner at Amber's dad's house, and we also celebrated Carley and Keeley's birthday last Saturday. We had over 30 kids show-up. To say the least it was very noisy and busy. Thats about it. We will have pictures posted on our family blog later this week.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
It is really snowing here in the Ukraine. It started yesterday, rained some in between but this morning it is snowing again, pretty hard with the wind blowing. Must put my liner in my coat before we head out to church. Dad listened to some of the game last night, I went to bed when the score was 10-3, he came to bed with eight minutes left, 41-24. To many interceptions for BYU team to win. Oh, well it is just a football game as Dan would say. There's life after college football, right? I know nothing about Twilight except I find it hard to think about Vampires fitting into any part of my life. I don't even like to read those type of stories, but I have the same feeling about all those books my other children like, animals that can talk, etc. Just never been my thing. We are doing good, will have the District over for Thanksgiving then go to center to meet with the Senior couples. Have to make pies for that -should be interesting. Hope you all get to be with family for the Holidays - we love you all very much. Luv M&D
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Give a mother a kareoke machine, you get really off key singing....
Yup, thats how it is. My mother is a decent singer, but she's driving me nuts. So anyways, I totally aced this bio test that i hardly study for and my teacher wants me to be a biologist so i wont waste my smarts, but bodies are really gross and disgusting so he'll have to deal with it. Anywho, i'm in a pleasant mood at the moment. No school ( I can waste my time doing nothing or bothering my mother), and i have my permit! But my mom refuses to let me drive ANYWHERE cos she expects me to know how to drive REALLY FREAKING GOOD and i cant cos ive never driven before and she really needs to get over herself and realize im only 15! So im in a good mood cept for that. Yeah er, i called one of my really old friends from 8th grade (her name's grace) and we were talking and all the people that i used to envy are either pregnant, on drugs, or total sluts. Go them, i no longer envy them. At least i have a DECENT reputation at school. Apparently my mom is holding a elder quorums( did i spell that right) party and my room is still messy so i will proabably be kicked off soon. Ugh she's sing we're not gonna take it. *cringes* Ughhhh, she needs to go to bed. Yeah school was pretty okay today since most of our teachers were gone on holiday or on the senior trip. I think they're floating down a river on air mattresses or something like that. I'm so sick of daniel. He turns three and hes ten times worse than he was the day before. I forgot it was his birthday haha. Sorry! Sooo, the Bowens are coming down for thanksgiving and im SUPER EXCITED. We will party and drive our parents mad haahahahah. Go us. Catch you guys later. ♥
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Reminders
Just want to remind everyone if you owe me money, please mail it to me. Seeing how my husband is out of a job now, it does matter more...Also, please turn in your newsletters and anything else we might have previously talked about that you should have given me on Saturday and didn't. I just wanted to also invite anyone who will be down here this way on Saturday to T-man's party. 12:00 my house, you know the drill. It will go until 2:30 and there will be lots of crawly, creepy things there.
Monday, November 17, 2008
November Happy Birthdays!!!
Looks like I missed one of these already.
Keeley - 4 Nov talked to her yesterday and she sounds like she is so big - just turned 4 this year. Said that she had a great birthday. Her eyes are big and bright as ever from the picture I saw.
Daniel - turns into a terrific three young man on the 17 Nov. He promises to be a big help to Mom and Dad at home.
Tanner - turns 6 on 21 Nov. Think his mother and dad are going to have to put a brick on his head as he is growing like a weed, so fast, reminds me of Danny sometimes. Better put a BB in his hand and let him dribble it all the time. He is almost as tall as Alyssia.
Carley - will turn 5 on Nov 25 and she tells me that she is learning to read. Sorry I did not see a picture of her from Kevin's. Mom please post one.
May you all have great birthdays. Know that you are all loved very much. Luv, GM & GP
Keeley - 4 Nov talked to her yesterday and she sounds like she is so big - just turned 4 this year. Said that she had a great birthday. Her eyes are big and bright as ever from the picture I saw.
Daniel - turns into a terrific three young man on the 17 Nov. He promises to be a big help to Mom and Dad at home.
Tanner - turns 6 on 21 Nov. Think his mother and dad are going to have to put a brick on his head as he is growing like a weed, so fast, reminds me of Danny sometimes. Better put a BB in his hand and let him dribble it all the time. He is almost as tall as Alyssia.
Carley - will turn 5 on Nov 25 and she tells me that she is learning to read. Sorry I did not see a picture of her from Kevin's. Mom please post one.
May you all have great birthdays. Know that you are all loved very much. Luv, GM & GP
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Please help with the boat
I am in need of some donations from everyone for use of the boat this summer. The cost to winterise the boat is $455.00. It was a bit more this year because the jack on the trailer was broken and so was the alternator belt.
I can't wing this cost on my own so I would appreciate it if everyone would make a contribution. I know it was use by some more than others so please think about that when you write your check. 8 families used the boat but some only once while others multiple times and this is not a small bill.
Everyone was great this summer by paying for gas and transportation and Truman got it ready last year on his own so we didn't need to worry about this. But as we know it is not a cheap hobby so everyone needs to pay their part.
I can't wing this cost on my own so I would appreciate it if everyone would make a contribution. I know it was use by some more than others so please think about that when you write your check. 8 families used the boat but some only once while others multiple times and this is not a small bill.
Everyone was great this summer by paying for gas and transportation and Truman got it ready last year on his own so we didn't need to worry about this. But as we know it is not a cheap hobby so everyone needs to pay their part.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Slippery Slope- Never mind we are already at the bottom.
As Americans and as a family based in the gospel we need to stand up and fight for or freedoms. Today, once again, the government announced another bailout with conditions. This bailout is for the auto industry. There is a catch. The government wants part ownership in the big 3 for the money it is going to give them. Family, this is not good. We are having our rights taken from us one small step at a time. This is exactly how it was foretold and we are not showing our colors, by allowing this to happen. It is time we stand up and do our part, if we have the means to do so. This is not the first ownership and it appears it will not be the last. Sadly, some our republican representatives allowed this to happen by passing the 700 billion bailout which gave the treasuary unlimited powers, and the government itself. This was a mistake. A unforgivable mistake that needs to be corrected. I now leave you with a quote from the Declaration of Independence, "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Our Veterans!
American Revolution Service - those known to have served, sure there are others:
Jeremiah Phillips 1745-1805 Battle of Brandywine
Thomas Burrus 1730-1817
Nicholas Burger 1761-1848
Walter Newman 1742-1815 Dunmore's War
George Frederick Spears 1731-1803
Edmund Powell 1742-1825
Baruch Prather 1742-1810
Daniel Cowgill 755-1843
James Vaughn 1746-1837
Indian Wars:
Harmon Greathouse 1762-1849
Dedication of Harmon Greathouse's Gravestone and Plaque, Monday, October 19, 1998:"Harmon Greathouse was born in Frederick Co., Maryland on June 30,1762. He was the fourth son of Harmon Greathouse, Sr., (grandson of) a German Immigrant. Harmon Greathouse served in the Sandusky, Ohio Expedition. His unit fought against the Indians in 1781 under Col. William Crawford and Capt. Charles Bilderback.. A lively battle was fought at a spot about five miles north of the old Sandusky Fort. Though about equal in numbers initially, Indian reinforcements soon gave the Indians a better than three-to-one advantage. Orders were given for the soldiers to retreat -every man for himself. Harmon Greathouse had a very fine filly and could have made his retreat without any difficulty. However, he came upon a fellow soldier who was afoot and lame. Knowing that this comrade-in-arms would be captured and scalped by the Indians, Greathouse dismounted and gave up his horse and a portion of his rations. He then bid the soldier farewell and continued his escape on foot. Greathouse met up with ten members of his old company and together they marched day and night for about a week. With little rest and only buds and roots for subsistence,they eventually reached their settlement. Only about 60 of the original 400 soldiers reached home. Among them was the lame soldier who retured with Harmon Greathouse's horse."
John Holder 1744-1799 killed by Indians
Richard Calloway 1717-1780
HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, by Lewis Collins, and J.A. & U.P. James, published 1847. Reprinted by Henry Clay Press, Lexington, Ky., 1968, p. 224 [Madison county]. This county [Calloway] was called after Col. RICHARD CALLOWAY, who removed with his family to Kentucky in 1776. He speedily became an efficient actor in the affairs of the infant settlements, and his services were numerous and valuable. As early as 1777, he and John Todd were elected the first burgesses to the general assembly of Virginia; while, in the spring of the same year, he had been appointed a justice of the peace. In 1779, he, with others, under an act of the Virginia legislature, was appointed a trustee to lay off the town of Boonesborough. The trustees declined to act; others were appointed. Mr. Morehead, in his eloquent Boonsborough address, classes Col. Calloway among the law-givers and defenders of the frontier. His career in the new settlements, however, was short. Like a great many other during spirits of the times, he was killed before he had an opportunity to very greatly distinguish himself.
Civil War:
Andrew Jackson Overstreet 1828-1903
WWII Era:
Ira Eugene Devenport 1917-1978
Korea War:
Franklin Roosevelt Embree 1933-2000
Vietnam War Era:
Leo van Staveren 1942-
John Mc Henderson Lackey 1942-
Harold Lee Devenport 1944-1986
Marine Service:
John McHenderson Lackey 1969-
Just want to say that I am thankful for those who have put their lifes in harm's way to protect our great country. May we always remember their sacrifices and not forget the responsibilities that we have because of their service. This country has a devine purpose and beginning let us never forget! (PS. this are only from Janie's side of the family)
Jeremiah Phillips 1745-1805 Battle of Brandywine
Thomas Burrus 1730-1817
Nicholas Burger 1761-1848
Walter Newman 1742-1815 Dunmore's War
George Frederick Spears 1731-1803
Edmund Powell 1742-1825
Baruch Prather 1742-1810
Daniel Cowgill 755-1843
James Vaughn 1746-1837
Indian Wars:
Harmon Greathouse 1762-1849
Dedication of Harmon Greathouse's Gravestone and Plaque, Monday, October 19, 1998:"Harmon Greathouse was born in Frederick Co., Maryland on June 30,1762. He was the fourth son of Harmon Greathouse, Sr., (grandson of) a German Immigrant. Harmon Greathouse served in the Sandusky, Ohio Expedition. His unit fought against the Indians in 1781 under Col. William Crawford and Capt. Charles Bilderback.. A lively battle was fought at a spot about five miles north of the old Sandusky Fort. Though about equal in numbers initially, Indian reinforcements soon gave the Indians a better than three-to-one advantage. Orders were given for the soldiers to retreat -every man for himself. Harmon Greathouse had a very fine filly and could have made his retreat without any difficulty. However, he came upon a fellow soldier who was afoot and lame. Knowing that this comrade-in-arms would be captured and scalped by the Indians, Greathouse dismounted and gave up his horse and a portion of his rations. He then bid the soldier farewell and continued his escape on foot. Greathouse met up with ten members of his old company and together they marched day and night for about a week. With little rest and only buds and roots for subsistence,they eventually reached their settlement. Only about 60 of the original 400 soldiers reached home. Among them was the lame soldier who retured with Harmon Greathouse's horse."
John Holder 1744-1799 killed by Indians
Richard Calloway 1717-1780
HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, by Lewis Collins, and J.A. & U.P. James, published 1847. Reprinted by Henry Clay Press, Lexington, Ky., 1968, p. 224 [Madison county]. This county [Calloway] was called after Col. RICHARD CALLOWAY, who removed with his family to Kentucky in 1776. He speedily became an efficient actor in the affairs of the infant settlements, and his services were numerous and valuable. As early as 1777, he and John Todd were elected the first burgesses to the general assembly of Virginia; while, in the spring of the same year, he had been appointed a justice of the peace. In 1779, he, with others, under an act of the Virginia legislature, was appointed a trustee to lay off the town of Boonesborough. The trustees declined to act; others were appointed. Mr. Morehead, in his eloquent Boonsborough address, classes Col. Calloway among the law-givers and defenders of the frontier. His career in the new settlements, however, was short. Like a great many other during spirits of the times, he was killed before he had an opportunity to very greatly distinguish himself.
Civil War:
Andrew Jackson Overstreet 1828-1903
WWII Era:
Ira Eugene Devenport 1917-1978
Korea War:
Franklin Roosevelt Embree 1933-2000
Vietnam War Era:
Leo van Staveren 1942-
John Mc Henderson Lackey 1942-
Harold Lee Devenport 1944-1986
Marine Service:
John McHenderson Lackey 1969-
Just want to say that I am thankful for those who have put their lifes in harm's way to protect our great country. May we always remember their sacrifices and not forget the responsibilities that we have because of their service. This country has a devine purpose and beginning let us never forget! (PS. this are only from Janie's side of the family)
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Danger Roy Robinson! Danger!
If only we had a robot to let us know that we are in dangerous waters. I am speaking of the implosion of the American way as we knew it. BO, is now, finally, coming out and letting the world know just who he really is. The talk is now the changes he is going to make using his executive orders to make policy changes without congress. I hope this backfires. His first goal is to declare himself God, and then walk on water! j/k. No, he wants to "fix" the policies that GW put into place and to move faster he is going to us the executive order. What is BO planning? Well he is planning on becoming a imperialist President. We have not had an imperialist President since FDR. But this will all change, and BO is good for it. Because Change for Change's sake is what he knows best. There, I am now done for today.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
How You Can Help
If you feel this election wasn't an honest one that has elected a candidate that is constitutionally eligible to be POTUS, I strongly encourage you to go to http://www.democratic-disaster.com and find out what you can do to help. Since most of you live in ID and UT that will vote for McCain in the electoral college, find your friends who didn't support BO in other states and get them involved. It will tell you what steps to take at this website. I will be working on my involvement over the weekend here in FL.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Stuff that really does not matter........
I would like to be able to post on the Fabulous Foster Four... Please add me. Plus if the admin that created the blog list that does not include grungeon.com please add it and remove the grungeon list. Apparently only the admin that created the blog list can add to it. Or you can leave it just like it is and not worry. I am going to try to post more on grungeon.com so maybe you will learn something you did not know before.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Hello famille!
Bonjour, je suis heureuse. Je suis allee au lycee et je suis arrive chez moi. Je vais aller a l'eglise et apres, je dois finir mes devoirs.
Anyways, i said i was happy and i went to school and came home. and im going to church and finishing my homework. Go french.
Anyways, i said i was happy and i went to school and came home. and im going to church and finishing my homework. Go french.
Gigi
Weep not for me though I am gone into that gentle night.
Grieve if you will, but not for long upon my soul's sweet flight.
I am at peace, my soul's at rest. There is no need for tears.
For with your love I was so blessed. For all those many years.
There is no pain, I suffer not, The fear now all is gone.
Put now these things out of your thoughts, In your memory I live on.
Remember not my fight for breath Remember not the strife.
Please do not dwell upon my death, But celebrate my life.
Copyright 1992 Constance Jenkins
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
My Lucky Day
For those of you who don't read my family blog, here is my post about my lucky day. Betcha wish you had one of these occasionally? Maybe you do have them and you should share them by BLOGGING MORE!!! For those of you who do read my blog, sorry about the repeat. It was just too good of a day not to spread it far and wide.
My Lucky Day
Yesterday was officially my lucky day. I am counting on this luck continuing into today ushering in a McCain/Palin victory.
My first order of business after dropping the oldest three at school was to head to the church for the official start of yoga. I will be teaching 2 yoga classes a week for anyone who wants to attend. I only had 3 show up, but one was so grateful that she brought me a warm plate of brownies "for FHE. I appreciate you spending your morning here for us, so I know you won't have time to bake anything for FHE so I wanted to bring something for your family." How sweet. I'm still eating them this morning. Yummy.
After yoga class I headed to Sam's Club to stock up. My kids really like their pork loin marinated in portabello mushroom and something. It sells for $3.87 a pound. While looking through the selection I noticed a number of them marked at $1.88 a pound. Strange. I knew it had to be a mistake, but loaded up on 5 or 6 and headed to the checkout lane. I notified the clerk that this price was probably wrong (part of my obsessive need to be brutally honest at all times) and asked her to check it. She called over the supervisor and sure enough, they had been tagged with the assorted pork chops price. However, they honored the price on the sticker so that I paid $23 for pork loins that should've cost me over $60. Wow. How lucky can one get? Obviously it wasn't everyone's lucky day.
As I was checking out I received a frantic phone call from Wade stating that he had ONCE AGAIN locked his keys in his car, could I please come rescue him. (This happens quite routinely with Wade. Maybe I should by him one of those grandpa/janitor belt key clippy things that keep your keys safely attached to your pants?) When I told him it would be 1/2 hour because I was in a different city he was irate. "Why are you in Lakeland? You should just shop in Winter Haven!!!" Well, yes that would an option IF WINTER HAVEN HAD A COSTCO OR SAMS CLUB!!!! Sorry. Back to my story. After rescuing Wade, I headed to my local gun shop.
Yes, you read that correctly, my local gun shop. I have been wanting to buy a semi-automatic rifle now for a few months and decided to take matters into my own hands since Wade hasn't had the time to shop around with me. I had talked with this particular gun shop owner a few times in the past week. He had a good idea of what I was looking for, since I really didn't. I am now the proud owner of a Ruger, Mini 14, semi-automatic, .223 gauge ranch rifle with a 30 round ammo clip. (Now all I need to do is learn how to load and shoot the damn thing.) Back to my lucky day. When I was looking at the rifle the owner told me it would be $399. Fine. I could do that. As he was writing it up he looks at me and says, "wow. This is your lucky day. I told you $399. The tag says it is actually $499." I look at the tag, sure enough, $499. "Okay," I said, "I'll pay you the actual price." "No, no. I told you $399. That's what you'll pay." I made up the difference in ammo. Firing range, here I come.
I was sorely tempted to press my luck and make a quick stop at a local car dealer to see if I could get my promised Ferrari for a Camry price
My Lucky Day
Yesterday was officially my lucky day. I am counting on this luck continuing into today ushering in a McCain/Palin victory.
My first order of business after dropping the oldest three at school was to head to the church for the official start of yoga. I will be teaching 2 yoga classes a week for anyone who wants to attend. I only had 3 show up, but one was so grateful that she brought me a warm plate of brownies "for FHE. I appreciate you spending your morning here for us, so I know you won't have time to bake anything for FHE so I wanted to bring something for your family." How sweet. I'm still eating them this morning. Yummy.
After yoga class I headed to Sam's Club to stock up. My kids really like their pork loin marinated in portabello mushroom and something. It sells for $3.87 a pound. While looking through the selection I noticed a number of them marked at $1.88 a pound. Strange. I knew it had to be a mistake, but loaded up on 5 or 6 and headed to the checkout lane. I notified the clerk that this price was probably wrong (part of my obsessive need to be brutally honest at all times) and asked her to check it. She called over the supervisor and sure enough, they had been tagged with the assorted pork chops price. However, they honored the price on the sticker so that I paid $23 for pork loins that should've cost me over $60. Wow. How lucky can one get? Obviously it wasn't everyone's lucky day.
As I was checking out I received a frantic phone call from Wade stating that he had ONCE AGAIN locked his keys in his car, could I please come rescue him. (This happens quite routinely with Wade. Maybe I should by him one of those grandpa/janitor belt key clippy things that keep your keys safely attached to your pants?) When I told him it would be 1/2 hour because I was in a different city he was irate. "Why are you in Lakeland? You should just shop in Winter Haven!!!" Well, yes that would an option IF WINTER HAVEN HAD A COSTCO OR SAMS CLUB!!!! Sorry. Back to my story. After rescuing Wade, I headed to my local gun shop.
Yes, you read that correctly, my local gun shop. I have been wanting to buy a semi-automatic rifle now for a few months and decided to take matters into my own hands since Wade hasn't had the time to shop around with me. I had talked with this particular gun shop owner a few times in the past week. He had a good idea of what I was looking for, since I really didn't. I am now the proud owner of a Ruger, Mini 14, semi-automatic, .223 gauge ranch rifle with a 30 round ammo clip. (Now all I need to do is learn how to load and shoot the damn thing.) Back to my lucky day. When I was looking at the rifle the owner told me it would be $399. Fine. I could do that. As he was writing it up he looks at me and says, "wow. This is your lucky day. I told you $399. The tag says it is actually $499." I look at the tag, sure enough, $499. "Okay," I said, "I'll pay you the actual price." "No, no. I told you $399. That's what you'll pay." I made up the difference in ammo. Firing range, here I come.
I was sorely tempted to press my luck and make a quick stop at a local car dealer to see if I could get my promised Ferrari for a Camry price
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Our pumkins
I know its a little late but we lost our camera and I had to find the software to get the pictures off of my phone. But I would say that this pumpkin is the best. Absolutly 100% carved by my kids.
These other two were carved by me but designed by the kids. We also found a pumpkin that was too hard to carve. I spent ten minutes trying to cut the top open and only got a quarter way around and this is with cutco knives. The kids painted that one.
These other two were carved by me but designed by the kids. We also found a pumpkin that was too hard to carve. I spent ten minutes trying to cut the top open and only got a quarter way around and this is with cutco knives. The kids painted that one.
Super Mario Brothers
We wanted to enter a carved pumpkin for the contest...well I did at least, but never got around to it. Is it normal to carve pumpkins after Halloween is over? Maybe I'll carve a turkey into it and leave it up for Thanksgiving...
Here we are on Halloween. We haven't posted on this blog in so long I thought you might want to see our bright shiny faces - even if the both of us did forget to shave that day.
Hello to the Parentals out there
M&D
Where've you been? I've emailed you but haven't heard back and you haven't called me for awhile now. How are you doing?
Where've you been? I've emailed you but haven't heard back and you haven't called me for awhile now. How are you doing?
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Blessing Day
Saturday November 15th, starting at 11:30 am at the church building across the street from our house. Not at the stake center where we had it last time. Address of the church is 364 N 4100 E.
Joshua, if you get him in the right mood, talks, laughs, growls, smiles and clicks his tongue. The trick has been getting a good clip of him doing this on the camera as he is camera shy. He seems to pay more attention to the camera than he does in talking, whenever I try to film him. But, for your viewing pleasure I present "Joshua"
Joshua, if you get him in the right mood, talks, laughs, growls, smiles and clicks his tongue. The trick has been getting a good clip of him doing this on the camera as he is camera shy. He seems to pay more attention to the camera than he does in talking, whenever I try to film him. But, for your viewing pleasure I present "Joshua"
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Do Pumpkins from '04 count?
So this was my master piece one whole presidential election cycle ago. A true work of beauty. Maybe I should try one of Obama this year? That would truly be scary!!!
Pumpkin Carving Competition
Kevin, Ivana, Lucas, and Joshua's Entry
Looks better enlarged so click to enlarge.
Spooky fiery eyes!
Scary & Cute
Now who is the judge? (I added a poll so I guess we let the world decide.) Votes for non-represented pumpkins will be ignored against the final tally.
Spooky fiery eyes!
Now who is the judge? (I added a poll so I guess we let the world decide.) Votes for non-represented pumpkins will be ignored against the final tally.
Pumpkin Carving Contest
Everyone needs to post pictures of their carved pumpkins and we will have a contest. So-POST YOUR PICTURES.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Belated Birthday Wishes!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! A LOT OF BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES NEED TO GO OUT TO CHRISTIAN, ASHA, AND MATTHEW. HOPE YOU ALL HAD WONDERFUL DAYS.
The end of the Lore
I am trying to decide if you all were trying to be funny, not knowing what the Lackey Lore is, or if you really don't know. So, if it is the end, good-bye. If not, I need your newsletters soon.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Amazing
Everyone contemplating an abortion should have to see this and hear the story behind it. Go to the website to view the pictures. They are copyrighted so I didn't want to post them illegally. Aren't I a law abiding citizen?
Welcome to www.MichaelClancy.com
During a spina bifida corrective procedure at twenty-one weeks in utero, Samuel thrusts his tiny hand out of the surgical opening of his mother's uterus. As the doctor lifts his hand, Samuel reacts to the touch and squeezes the doctor's finger. As if testing for strength, the doctor shakes the tiny fist. Samuel held firm. At that moment, I took this "Fetal Hand Grasp" photo.
As a photojournalist, my job is to tell stories through pictures. The experience of taking this photograph has had a profound effect on me, and I'm proud to share this moment with you.
Michael Clancy
Welcome to www.MichaelClancy.com
During a spina bifida corrective procedure at twenty-one weeks in utero, Samuel thrusts his tiny hand out of the surgical opening of his mother's uterus. As the doctor lifts his hand, Samuel reacts to the touch and squeezes the doctor's finger. As if testing for strength, the doctor shakes the tiny fist. Samuel held firm. At that moment, I took this "Fetal Hand Grasp" photo.
As a photojournalist, my job is to tell stories through pictures. The experience of taking this photograph has had a profound effect on me, and I'm proud to share this moment with you.
Michael Clancy
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Halloween Party at the fifth son's house
Here are some pictures of our annual halloween party. This year we decided to forego our Barbque and went with a traditional party. As you can see our family went as the Berenstain Bears. The party was fun and we hope to make this more of a tradition. Though we might go with a mystery party next year.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
My Angels
My Boys
Lucas and Joshua
Every day I thank Heavenly Father for them, and my dear wife and pray that I can have LOTS of time to spend with them all. They are my life.
Lucas the Capoerista
Lucas is so strong. He now does summersaults, front handsprings and handstands. He gingas, kicks and esquivas and plays the Berrimbau.
Joshua
Joshua is now smiling back when you smile at him, and working on cooing. He is mostly calm, hardly cries and grunts a lot. He is a sweet little boy.
Every day I thank Heavenly Father for them, and my dear wife and pray that I can have LOTS of time to spend with them all. They are my life.
Lucas is so strong. He now does summersaults, front handsprings and handstands. He gingas, kicks and esquivas and plays the Berrimbau.
Joshua is now smiling back when you smile at him, and working on cooing. He is mostly calm, hardly cries and grunts a lot. He is a sweet little boy.
Steelheading
So who would like to go Steelheading on the Salmon river with me between Shoup and the Middle fork take out? Some time in the next 2-3 weeks.
Kevin
Kevin
A Visit From Number 5
Chet and Marin came down from Park City to hang out for a little bit. Marin stayed the whole day while Chet worked and left us to my own food cooking while he went to Ruth's Chris! Hardly seems fair, but I must say, my sweet and sour chicken was quite delicious. Although I didn't make enough. Anyway, we forgot to take the camera, but we did make it to go see the witches at Gardner Village. Other than that, the kids played pretty good and only destroyed my house long enough for me to tell them to put it back together again.
Again, and again?
I guess I need to start thinking about the next newsletter, if there is going to be one. I know I bring this up every time, but there continues to be a select few who feel like they don't have to contribute for whatever reason. Then, there are the other select few, who turn it in way late, delaying my publicaton, and then there are the other, other select few, who turn it in weeks before it is due and there info is outdated and old news four months later. So, I need to know if you all are really going to committ and want to continue. Because, we all have been made aware that we aren't posting the news of our families on this blog, and unless we START doing so, I think the newsletter is a good way to see what is going on. I would start a poll on the side of the blog, but I am not sure that I have the power and I really am not sure who does.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
We're Going to Disneyland!!
Tonight, we go tonight and will be there until Sunday!! I'm too excited to sleep...
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
New Recipe Site
I've created a new site where I will post quick and easy recipes. Have one you want to share? Email it to me and I'll try it out to add it.
http://quickandeasyrecipesthatwork.blogspot.com/
Happy cooking.
http://quickandeasyrecipesthatwork.blogspot.com/
Happy cooking.
As the old saying goes...
If you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all. This applies to one person in particular. Stop being rude to your neice. Thanks.
4 Inches
The amount of snow we have on Oct. 12. We should all now talk about global warming instead of politics. Can't we all just get along?
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Everyone Apologize to John
Okay...you all should apologize to John so he will sign back up to the blog and not remove himself in a hissy fit of protest. Then, stop posting boring political things because not everyone is interested in it, especially if they are not citizens of the USofA. We like hearing about the events in his and his family's life since we don't get to see them too often.
JOE BIDEN FOR VP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRXH7RkCZQ
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THIS, BUT I GOT A KICK OUT OF IT. ENJOY, OR CRINGE, WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THIS, BUT I GOT A KICK OUT OF IT. ENJOY, OR CRINGE, WHATEVER.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Blog Guidelines
I would like us to adhere to some basic blog etiquette.
The Blog is called the Lackey Legend. It is meant to be a forum for us to keep caught up as a family. It has recently turned into a rather boring and droll place for everyone to vent their political views and personal frustration at the fact that Obama is leading in the polls. And the fact that McCain is a lousy option as well...go GERIATRICS!!!!
I suggest if you want to publish political commentary then you do so on your own blog. There is a link to all of your blogs along the right panel and Kevin was kind enough to set it up so that we can see your latest posting. Anyone who wants to view your political opinion may now do so on your blog. I would like to keep this blog focused on family issues (for the most part anyway).
I have taken the dictatorial position that any future political postings onto the Lackey Legend will be DELETED!!!! Cause I'm tired of reading about all this crap. And if you don't like it go cry to your Mamma.....
The Blog is called the Lackey Legend. It is meant to be a forum for us to keep caught up as a family. It has recently turned into a rather boring and droll place for everyone to vent their political views and personal frustration at the fact that Obama is leading in the polls. And the fact that McCain is a lousy option as well...go GERIATRICS!!!!
I suggest if you want to publish political commentary then you do so on your own blog. There is a link to all of your blogs along the right panel and Kevin was kind enough to set it up so that we can see your latest posting. Anyone who wants to view your political opinion may now do so on your blog. I would like to keep this blog focused on family issues (for the most part anyway).
I have taken the dictatorial position that any future political postings onto the Lackey Legend will be DELETED!!!! Cause I'm tired of reading about all this crap. And if you don't like it go cry to your Mamma.....
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Kyrie Goes to Homecoming
In an effort to "get involved" and make some more friends here, and hopefully be happy here, and hopefully stop making her parents crazier than they already are, Kyrie agreed to go to homecoming. She decided the day before, which didn't leave us with many options on a dress. I think she looked beautiful, despite the bare shoulders. Believe it or not, there are no "formal" type dresses made with sleeves and if they are made, they aren't sold here in Florida. So, yes, I let my daughter wear a sleeveless dress to a dance and she looked great, bad tan lines aside.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Christmas Jar
So here's my challange and new tradition that I think that we should start as a family. I recently had the time to reread a book entitled The Christmas Jar. The jist of the story is that this young couple started saving all of their change each year in order to spend on Christmas. It started off really small. But with each passing year, they started earlier and earlier until they were doing it year round. Well, one year, as they were headed to the bank to cash in the change, the oldest daughter say a lady sitting on the curb, and felt to give the jar of money to this lady. I know that most of us probably don't use cash all that often. I know that we don't. But we all have been pretty blessed and I think that if we started doing something like this within each individual family, many lessons can be learned from it. Let the comments and ideas begin.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Debate
I think every relaized SP is not going to be a pushover. She showed pinash and is fiesty. It was great to see that she stuck to the issues and didn't get into too much mud slinging. Does our country not relaize that it is our current politicians who helped create the mess that we are in. Did you know that the federal government forced many banks into risky lending practices. Obama was a partner in a firm that sued banks for not having more liberal lending policies. Then they sit around and scratch their heads and wonder how we got into this mess. Has anyone thought that GWB last few years in office has been a debaucle because the Democrates have been in charge of the house and and borderline in the senate. Clinton benefited from a conservitave house and senate. I wasn't sure if Mcain would do a good job because he has crossed party lines. Maybe this will end up being good for our country as he is willing to compromise maybe it will be bad. I still think the presidential debate was very combative and they just took shots at each other.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
this is amber. i may sound dumb, but all of this political messiness is getting me so stressed, i have sort of tuned out. people keep talking about how pretty palin is rather than what she could do, which by the way, how fabulous is she!!! and obama bin laden is as terrifying, not to mention arrogant, as it gets, i cannot stand hilary clinton, but i would beg for her over him in an instant. mccain is definatly the lesser of the two evils, but i am not so in love with him. at least he has the experience and knowledge that it would take to run a country. the thing that gets me the most is the fact that a good 60%, at least, are voting for obama because of his race and the fact that he looks modern and new agey. they don't know anything about his politics. believe me, my hairdresser is, as my little sis puts it, one pair of shoes away from being a woman. he and i have had some educational discussions.
and don't even get me started on obama's loud mouth, obnoxious, and don't forget, unpatriotic wife. she needs to take up some needle pointing or something. she is the definition of back-seat driver.
and why is everyone is so worried palin wont be able do a good job as vice president because of her small children, have they forgotten that obama has small children as well that would be without a daddy for however many years. can we really put that out there in this feminist nation in which we live. i think she is great, i wouldn't want it for me, but she is already doing great as governor, why couldn't she do it as vp. at least she has gotten past the daughter, soon to be mommy.
i am just having a hard time with all of this, i really can't stand all of the two-faced backtalk going on.
and don't even get me started on obama's loud mouth, obnoxious, and don't forget, unpatriotic wife. she needs to take up some needle pointing or something. she is the definition of back-seat driver.
and why is everyone is so worried palin wont be able do a good job as vice president because of her small children, have they forgotten that obama has small children as well that would be without a daddy for however many years. can we really put that out there in this feminist nation in which we live. i think she is great, i wouldn't want it for me, but she is already doing great as governor, why couldn't she do it as vp. at least she has gotten past the daughter, soon to be mommy.
i am just having a hard time with all of this, i really can't stand all of the two-faced backtalk going on.
Okay, Funny, But Really Dumb Too
Levis' new add campaign. Please do not release my beast!!!
http://www.unbuttonyourbeast.com/?950dd91abac3e237a4ae2e7a6a999039
http://www.unbuttonyourbeast.com/?950dd91abac3e237a4ae2e7a6a999039
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Our blog
We now have followed in tradition and created our own blog. Here is the address.
http://thefifthson.blogspot.com/
http://thefifthson.blogspot.com/
Cars
for those of you (yes, you Mom) who don't know what the video is it's the Friday night practice session of the first Formula 1 night race in history that took place this past weekend in Singapore. Very fun, exciting and loud, had to put in earplugs the engines revved to loud as they came out of the corner and hit 300KPH (185MPH+ for the metrically challenged) down the straight.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Who Is It?
No cheating if you saw the pics posted somewhere else. In keeping with John's guessing game, who is it....Sarah or Chris
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