Track & Field

This is the BOY, in his Track uniform, lookong kinda KOOL.

Chris threw the Discus,and the Shotput in the field events,and did pretty good for his first time throwing, his best distances were 70.4 Feet for Discus and 29.5 Feet for the Shot.

Christopher had alot of fun on the track team, and is looking forward to next season.

The coach, who is also going to be the Basketball Coach, has given Chris a summer conditioning schedule, to help him get a little faster and stronger. (He wants to have Chris on the B.Ball team.

He's an awsome Coach and Teacher, The Students really love him.)
We are very happy with this School,( taylorscrossing.org ) the Harbor Method is very learning friendly, Charter Schools teaching this meathod are spreading around the country fast, I strongly recomment this type of learning for Any child. O.K. the Plug is in.

The New building for the school is under construction, and is scheduled to open in October.

The staff and students,are very excited to get out of the Modulars,( The schools nicname has become "Trailers Crossing", which is quite a joke with all involved) once the "Trailers" are done we can get to work on the soccer field and finish the Playground ,Etc... Here are a couple pics of the school. If you can't tell this was the very beginning, It is very exciting to be involved with the school( I never ever thought I would say that) Parental involvment is requested,and appreciated. MaryLyn is a Learning Aide in the Second grade class, and loves the kids.(They kinda like her too)

I'll add more pics later

Summer!!!!

Summer!! Where are You? Or How about Spring? Do you not exist anymore?
Today on JUNE 11th I woke up to 1/2 inch of snow. Yes you read it right SNOW!!
we really appreciate the moisture,but we would like to have some warm temperatures, so maybe we could at least go outside. This is definately a crazy year, Wet and cold in the West, Record high Temps. in the East, and the middle of the country is, well Under Water. I Feel for all the people who have lost everything, I can't Imagine what that is like...........
Maybe I should Patch the bottom of my boat tonight, or put some floatation devices on the Trailer, Yeah that would be better, then I'ld have a Pontoon Bed, but probably just a wet Trailer.
Soooooo...... Back to the original subject... I am anxious for Summer...... Oh Wait!!,
as long as it's snowing, I DON'T HAVE TO MOW!!!! KEEP SNOWING PLEASE!!

Lawn Mowing Season

I don't want to sound negative, but .....
Lawn Mowing season really sucks, Not Mowing itself,But the lawn mowers.
I Started out the season, Got the Mowers out of cold storage, now the riding mower was also used all winter plowing snow,so there wasn't much to do to it, I got everything operational, then we started mowing, first the hand mower started acting up,and then we lost the engine on the riding mower. so, I cleaned the carburator on the push mower, started mowing the front yard, got 3/4ths done and it quit alltogether, now i'm without a mower. The other night I was at the neighbors house, I noticed an old riding mower in the weeds, so I promptly went to look at it,Because if it's sitting in someones pasture, somehow it's a jewel. The engine looked the same, So I asked my neighbor about it. His reply, much to MaryLyns Horror, was, "I would love it if you hauled that thing off". well he didn't have to tell me twice, I went right home and got the 4wheeler and a rope,took Christopher with me, and we drug that old mower home.(the tires were all flat and only one would hold air)
The first thing we did was put gas in it, and tried to start it, Funny, It started right up, it didn't run great, but it ran, For about 2 minutes.
After cleanig out the whole fuel system, we got it running again, and thought it was going to run good, so we gave it a test. First we engaged the mower deck, that was a thumbs up, then we tried the drive system, seemed to work good too. so I couldn't help myself, I had to try mowing the grass,( remember the flat tires). I sat on the machine, kinda fwabbled across the driveway to the grass, and engaged the mower deck. I couldn't believe it, it was working too good, it was mowing nice and even, and that was with flat tires too! Too good to be true!!
on the second pass,('cause one wasn't enough) it quit. so I'm now back to the begining except I have another junker in the yard. It's a good thing scrap iron is at an all time high, I'ld have alot of "Lawn Ornaments" in the yard.

Christopher

Christopher is now 14?!! Wow! when did this happen? The cute little boy is now GONE!! Now he's 6' tall, has a deeper voice than he used to talk in,(for those of you that don't know, Chris, When having something important to say, Would lower his voice,and talk with a very authoritive tone.{like his dad}). Not to mention, He's now a Teenager to the Extreme, We are working through that, He's a good kid though. He Was Ordained A Teacher on the 4th of May,and recieved his Deacons Duty to God as well, We are proud Parents. School is going pretty good for him, However he is excited for it to be over with. Weren't we all at that age? Summer should turn into a real adventure for Christopher, The neighbor has hired him to move pipe and build fences on his ranch, Chris is excited for that. I think Mom is too...

Lightning

Have you ever had one of those days where you just can't get enough of nature? I Had one of those days today, Except it was snowing, Again, or Still, and cold, And I didn't have my raincoat with me, and then I thought of growing up in Washington, If you didn't do something cause it was raining and cold, you just didn't get to do anything at all. That's when I got up and went outside, watched the rain and snow, stood in it and enjoyed the moisture. Then I started to notice other things again, like the different colors in the pine trees, and the way the birds react to the storms, and then the Lightning came, it seems weird to have Lightning and snow in the same storm, But it made me think of the Awesome power it took to create the Earth. Anyway I love to watch storms. That is one big pluses to living in the Mountain Desert, you get to see the storms coming from a hundred miles away, and then in a couple of hours, they are on top of you. For those of you who have never experienced that, it really is exillerating.(is that spelled right?)
I really do Love the outdoors.

Spring?

O.K. I know it's supposed to be spring and all, but it only quit snowing here the other day.
However, the past 2 days have been more like late summer, 85 degrees, a light breeze blowing,what a wonderful weekend it was. Well, at least the weather was good.
so I got out the hoses and sprinklers, hooked them all up to the ditch pump(about 400' of hose and 4 spinklers),then I put the suction hose in the ditch,and primmed the pump,at this point I
knew i should have left the sprinklers off the hoses when starting the pump for the first time,
but I didn't,and as a result, every rainbird got plugged up solid, The dirt was packed in so tight I had to disassemble all the sprinklers and dig the dirt out with a wire. You would have thought that I'ld learn from that experience,and turn the pump on Without the sprinklers on the hoses.
Wrong again, I promtly put the things back on the hoses and turned the pump on. Vuala the sprinklers again plugged up. well by this time I had had enough, I turned off the pump, walked into the house,and looked up the weather. What do you know, it's supposed to snow again this week. ( I can't imagine why it wouldn't be snowing in the middle of MAY ) So I'll let the stupid sprinklers sit there for a few more days. Spring is Great isn't it?

Suicide Deer

Well, It finally happened. The famed kammakazi deer, ran out to greet me, however the greeting wasn't so cheerful for the Deer.
I was driving to work, I made it about half way there, it was about 6:00 am, and I'm the only one on the road for miles. I was going down this hill,and this Deer ran out to greet me. only it didn't slow down,( oh and neither did I) so it slammed into the side of my truck,nose first
into the drivers door( if it's not too graphic for you, imagine that at 70 miles per hour +) It's
shoulders took out the rear door,and for the finishing touches it's butt came around and smashed
the bed side. Over $3000.00 to get it fixed. thank goodness for Insurance companies
My boss wasn't really happy about it,but he understands that **** Happens.