Family camping trip May 2013 - Sugar Pine Lake

Grandpa teaching the kids about FIRE.

Peter enjoyed his dinner.

Grandpa gave Ben a pocketknife and he used it every chance he got.

 Of course we took bikes - did you have to ask?

 Ben found a turtle while geocaching.  Upon closer inspection, we noticed that the turtle had a fish hook stuck in it's mouth.  It looked like it had been there a while by the amount of rust on the hook...

We were able to get the hook out and the turtle swam away - rescue complete!

Crazy cyclist

So this is the major headline in today's news.

Unusual freezing rain causes dangerous commute http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=23839268&nid=148

It was an extremely slippery drive to school and i saw a lot of crashed cars and even saw some happen. In the middle of driving,  focusing on keeping the rain from not freezing on the windshield and making sure i don't slide into anyone and nobody slides into me, i see in the distance a man riding his bike with a trailer on the back with his kids in it. Proof that there are people who are just as crazy or even more crazy than dad!

kitchen remodel

Here are some pictures of our kitchen remodel.  

this is Ann while I work on it.

after a couple of weeks of patching, sanding, lighting --- its time to paint.

all ready for the counter tops.