Easter 2009

Ok I am really slacking on this thing. I guess insomnia might have a couple of uses. This entry is about the trip the kids took with me to Sheridan Wyoming to spend with my family for Easter last year. Allison was kind enough to let me take them for the weekend. I think the kids had a good time, and I know my mom and Dad thoroughly enjoyed them. Breanne and her cousin Arianna are so funny. I hope I spelled that right. Anyway, it had been almost a year since they last saw each other and they seem to continue as if no time has passed. Michael had fun with Zach even though he is several years older. And from all appearances had fun with Steven as well. Alex had fun with Alyssa (again spelling. I feel like a terrible uncle)and even more so with all the Barbies. It was wonderful to see them include Sarah in their ventures too They fell right in together. It is nice having nieces and nephews fairly close to the same age. Michael also had fun with his cousin John Michael, who seemed to enjoy Michael as well. JM had his laptop with, and that is right up Michael's alley. The trip out was pretty fun as well. I had the laptop going with external speakers so they could hear. I was surprised that the movie they enjoyed the most was "National Security" with Martin Lawrence. I winced at the language, but when I suggested a different movie, all three objected. They weren't arguing and were laughing at the antics so I let it play. They watched on the way out and the way back.
I was really pleased with my children during Easter supper. Jim's dining are wasn't quite big enough for both the adults, older children and the smaller ones, so the little ones got the privelege of eating on the deck. Michael was the oldest child out there. He helped with the littler children with drinks other stuff. He finished his food with no prompting from me as well as Breanne. They even encouraged their little sister and cousins to eat up. They handled themselves very well and I was very proud of them. I think it was a fun and enjoyable time for us all. Alex has asked more then once when she was going to be able to go back. For that matter so have Michael and Breanne. Hopefully this Easter too kids!!


I am pretty sure she wasn't supposed to be eating in the living room.




Something has their attention!!


Michael was on a mission!! The nerf dart guns got brought out! Michael, Zach and Steven had a blast chasing each other around. I will admit I got in on the action a little as well. What can I say, its fun!!





And now to the Easter Egg Hunt. It's always such a joy seeing the surprise and satisfaction on their faces when they hunt and find them all.




The last three are of the return trip home. Along with getting more productive on this blog I think I need to get better at remembering my camera as well. They are only kids for a short time and then they start on their own.

High Angle Rescue Training

Ok I realize that it has been October of last year since my last post. So time for an update. I finished in Cheyenne around the end of September. From there I went to work back in Brookings South Dakota. That ended the 11th of December where I went through period of Lay-off. I am back to work and in a small town called Burlington in Colorado. It's pretty enough. I am just glad to be back to work. In an unrelated, yet related way, the pictures are of what is called High Angle Rescue Training. I was selected among others in Cheyenne to be trained to help in case of an accident up tower. It involved knowing how to rig a totally unconscious person, to one that is just hurt but still can't get down unassisted. The pictures are of us learning how to repel. We were hoping to do this out of the back of the nacelle but the safety Nazi's decided it was too big of a liability. So we did it off a radio tower. Not nearly as high and not even close to as fun, but hey I take what I can get. This got me out of pouring concrete for a day. Anyway enjoy.