Fishin' Trip

Jennifer joined us this year for the Women With Bait '08 Steelhead tournament. This is a picture off the back of our boat on the Salmon River.

My first catch of the day...29"!

Jennifer and I at Mackay Bar...

Dad and I at Mackay Bar...this is where dad stayed for his big-horn sheep hunting trip a few years ago.
The girls...me, mom, Jennifer.

This was my 2nd catch of the day!

My 3rd catch of the day...Bruce helped me with this one....

All of us fine looking ladies after a day on the river - (from Left) Kristina, Audra, Glenda, Mom (GG), Me, Jennifer.

On Friday, February 29th, Jennifer and I rented some snowshoes and explored the golf course!

Brundage Mt. in the background....

Kelly brought the boys up on Saturday...Wyatt thought all the snow was pretty cool!

We found a hill to do a little sledding on....

Wyatt da bomb....

Kelly showing us all how it's really done!

The Barbs...

Wyatt on mom's lap and James on dad's lap racing down the hill. Dad and James won.....

James diggin' the speed!

Anther ride down the hill on mom's lap.

The 3 Women With Bait in 2008!

December Update...

Here are a few events that made up our December....

Morgan's piano recital...he is becoming quite the accomplished pianist and we are very proud of his commitment. This year’s recital was held at a retirement home where many of the residents joined the audience to enjoy the holiday music. Some even sang along.
Morgan and I enjoying the recital after-party!

This fall my women's volleyball team won first place in our league tournament. We celebrated at Harry's where our team name originated! The Big Fat Tire's look forward to dominating this Spring as well!!

Jamesy turnes One!!!

James Duke's 1st birthday!

I hope Kelly and Jennifer don't mind but the next 5 pictures are comical. I think that any one of these would make for the perfect Christmas card photo. 2 boys, a dog, the holidays and chaos!!
As you can tell James wasn't diggin his birthday hat at which time Bluebell walked by and put the candle out with her tail.....
I'm not quite sure how many drinks Jennifer and Kelly have had at this point?

We almost got this one but I got part of Anna's head in the shot and I think Wyatt was done taking pictures.

This one speaks for itself.....

James did like his birthday hat...just not when it was actually on his head.

Big brother!

A man after Uncle Jadd's own heart. I believe I have a picture of Uncle Jadd with the same chocolate induced coma look (if there really is such a thing) in his eyes...I believe it was in front of the chocolate fountain at Aunt Kate's wedding.

The birthday boys....

Since I couldn't get everyone to look at the camera at the same time here is a shot with Anna...

Here is the same shot with Nanna looking at the camera...

Gee are you guys related?

Say cheese!!!

This is James coming down off of the sugar high and showing off his vocal talent.

Happy Birthday!!!

Here is the birthday boy!! And his cake does not have a pink flower on it. That was my attempt to make a red poinsettia...buttercream frosting doesn't do red well.

A few friends joined us for dinner at the Barbacoa.

Kelly & Jennifer

Tracy & Jadd

Something about the El Grande was spoke of here (more about that once I have copies of Jennifer's photo's).

Jennifer reliving her allergic reaction to parsley!

The 3 steps to milk tasting: Look, Smell, Taste. Kelly is our very own, in-house, milk connoisseur. This particular glass was a very nice vintage.

Jennifer's reaction to my dessert! It WAS good.

The gang full of good food!

After dinner Jadd & Tracy "shared" their gift to Kris...a very nice bottle of wine.

There is a very good story behind this one that Jadd is still feeling a little guilty about.
On Sunday we kept celebrating...joining the fam at the Ram...I am such a poet. Gramp sat next to Kris to keep him in line!

The best part of the meal!!! The mile-high mud pie!

Gramp, Kris, Granny, Mom, Dad and Grandma Melva joined us in celebrating!

The Game...the pictures say it all.

Happy Birthday Mom...

Mom's bday party...love you mom!

La...La...Las Vegas!!!

Man it is about time we get back to blogging...we come back from Italy and just fall of the face of the earth....so we are back!! Just thought we would give you a quick update on what we have been up to.

A couple weeks ago we spent the weekend in Las Vegas with a few good friends. Thanks to the McGee's we stayed in some very nice accommodations...this was due to their support of (Albertson) College of Idaho. You guys were extremely gracious to extend the invite! Kris and I flew in on Thursday with Hanna and her sister Abby. Jadd and Tracy rolled into town the same day...well actually very early in the morning the following day...brave souls drove! We did our best to stay up and wait for them but our old bones were dragging!!!

Friday morning (ok well like around noon) the girls hit the shops. By late afternoon we were exhausted BUT thanks to Abby we decided to roll on down and catch the "Thunder From Down Under". For those unfamiliar with the TFDU...they are male strippers. Yep, first time ever seeing male strippers...I don't really have the words to describe the experience. Other than to say male strippers know they have nice bodies and therefore really don't care about actually performing (in a theatrical sense - of course). But the one thing that saved the evening was Abby...lets just say she put on the performance of a lifetime...surprised all of us...and I think maybe herself...

The rest of the weekend was full of good food, a little gambling (John was on fire Saturday night), and just all around good times with great friends! Tracy and I were able to squeeze in the Body exhibit...I highly recommend it and can't wait to go again.

As Sunday rolled around we had to say our farewell's to Abby, Jadd and Tracy. The McGee's stuck around for one more night. Hanna and I caught Zumanity...very good...and met up with they guys after for an awesome dinner at the Delmonico (one of Emeril's find dining establishments).. So it was a wonderful end to a great weekend.

Here are a few pic's from the trip:

Kris and I at the Paris

The always lovely Ness sisters...Jadd's awesome injury - Thursday morning Jadd fell off a ladder and sliced his arm open...hopped in the car later that afternoon and came to Vegas. Dedicated. Tracy was very sweet and helped him change the bandaid everyday...paid off....looks great now.

The boys and all their shopping bags...they look thrilled.

Abby, Hanna, Tracy....and uhm, who let John take his shirt of again???? Seriously.

Abby and Hanna with Abby's new boyfriend on the bigscreen in the background.

John doin' his thing at the (ACI) C of I game.