I CAN SEE YOU PAINT MY PICTURE
Major Website Update: JULY 2008
It is time for another major personal website update. So, as in the past I will list the new additions to the site here in the blog. It is a little longer than normal, but I figure you can handle it.
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LEAVING WESTCLIFFE – MAY 2008 (Under Family Menu)
We were able to finally dig out my parent’s truck and trailer from the snow bank they got stuck in Westcliffe, Colorado. -
CRUSH GAME – MAY 2008 (Under With Friends Menu)
Thanks to a friend, I got good seats to a Colorado Crush (Arena Football) Game. -
SHELBY – MAY 2008 (Under Family Menu)
Sadly at the end of May, we had to put down our family dog, Shelby. I created a page of just some of the photos of her in our life. -
TRIP TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – JUNE 2008 (Under Trips Menu)
I had to go on a business trip to Southern California, but I was able to get a little bit of time with my brother in LA. -
COLORADO LIFELIGHT TOUR – JUNE 2008 (Under With Friends Menu)
This is was a nice little concert in the Littleton, Colorado we got to attend. -
THE WALL THAT HEALS – JUNE 2008 (Under With Friends Menu)
We got check out the traveling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Arvada, Colorado. -
BEAR LAKE HIKE – JULY 2008 (Under Mountains Menu)
The Kerr’s thought it would be good day to go hike in Rocky Mountain National Park, and they were right. -
TRIP TO IOWA AND MICHIGAN – JULY 2008 (Under Trips Menu)
Mindy and the kids got to spend a some vacation time seeing family in Iowa and Michigan. -
MT. SHERMAN HIKE – JULY 2008 (Under Mountains Menu)
The first 14er of the summer. It is one I have done before, but it was nice to get out and hike. -
HEAVEN FEST – JULY 2008 (Under With Friends Menu)
This was the first ever Heaven Fest in Colorado. It was a good day. -
CELEBRITIES (Under Other Menu)
We got a few more new pictures with “famous people”, so I added them to the site. -
PREVIOUS POLL RESULTS (Under Other Menu)
Well, I was told I should have put All of Them as answer for the poll question for my wife. However, still we have a winner. Check it out. -
HOME PAGE (Home Menu)
There is a new quote, a new pictures, and new poll question on the main page. As always, I would love for your voice to be heard, so vote. -
GIFT CARDS (Other Menu)
It is not a fund raiser. Really. Yet, it is a good way to help us get Lynzee a good education while helping you and your family out. Check it out sometime soon. It is a great way to get gift cards that you will buy anyways.
Also, for those of you who only read the blog entries when a major update of the site comes out, there were 30 new blog entries since the last major site update. The blog is RSS capable for those who use blog readers. You can also sign up for emails when a new entry is added by signing up here.
LikeNEW LIFE IS STARTING
There are some congratulations that I been meaning to mention for so long, and I thought this was a good as time as any.
BIRTHS
- Nate and Katrina Thomas on the birth of their third child, Connor Jude. He was born on April 12, 2008, and he was 7 lbs and 14 oz. It is nice for my accountant to get another tax exemption.
- Andy and Brandy Swint on the birth of their first child, Ryan. He was born on April 14, 2008, and he was 8 lb 8 oz and 19 inches. You know you are getting old when those youth group kids you worked with in college now have their own children.
- Jeremy and Mandee Hamann on the birth of Eliot Warren Hamann. He is their third child. He entered the world on June 29, 2008. He was 8lbs, 1 oz. and 19 inches. Yes, there will be many more photos of the newest member of our family.
ENGAGEMENTS
- Josh Dewey and Charolette Moon. They got engaged over the weekend of June 19, 2008, and in mountain style. He proposed to her on a ridge on Redcloud Peak at sunrise.
RETIREMENT (of sorts)
- Coach Peterson who is resigned from teaching/coaching after 30 years. He was my PE teacher from 1st grade to 6th grade and in high school and he taught some of my classes in high school. He was my high school wrestling coach, and he had to put up with me with the football and basketball teams as well. We spent many of hours setting up the field or the gyms. If fact, sometimes I think I spent more time with him in those years than his wife did. Here is a write up on the story in the local paper.
- Rod Smith is retiring from the NFL. I do not Mr. Smith or have I ever meet him. However, I have lots of good memories for all the special things he did as a Wide Receiver for the Denver Broncos. It was great career. I will wish him well.
- Delirious? is also ending the band at the end of 2009. They have been together since 1987 and they are one of my favorite worship groups. Martin Smith and the band have really helped change Christian music. I will have been touched by their work and will miss them.
DID YOU FEEL THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE?
Well, I was able to hike up my first fourteener of 2008. It is a fourteener I have done before, but it was a good to get out in nature.
Mt. Sherman is near Fairplay, Colorado. It has a rich mining history and for a fourteener in Colorado it is one of the easier ones.
Good news for me, it seems my health issues are much better as this year I was able to hike without throwing up so much. I was so thankful. The meds are working, but they did cause me to gain some weight. I am also out of shape. So those issues are a pain, but those can be taken care of by me.
Some of the interesting things that happen to us on this hike are the following:
- We met a family of three generations hiking up and down the peak. The youngest was a 20 month old boy who was carried by his dad. Great people.
- We meet at father and teenage son who were doing their first 14er. The father’s mother passed away about two weeks ago, and they decided they wanted to do a 14er to enjoy life.
- There was a senior adult group climbing up as we came down. Very cool that they were doing a 14er.
- There were a lot of families climbing with a lot of children. By far the most children I have seen out on a 14er.
- While we were coming down, we ran across two women with a “Me Too” shirt. Those are t-shirts from the church I attend. FCC people are everywhere.
- I saw a Colorado shirt I had not seen before, but I really like it. It said, “Sea Level is for Sissies”
- We ran into an old friend, Judy Henson as we came down. She and her family/friends where going up.
- Finally, the site that falls into the category of “Now I have Seen It All”. There was one guy that started up and came down about the same time as we did, but he did it a little different that we did. He used an unicycle. He rode and it pushed it up the mountain. At the top he rode it a bit in a snow field. Then coming down he rode it till he would fall. Then he would get back on it and do it again.
Click Here for pictures.
Monkey Mediations
- Positive about the 2008 rockies: They are consistent
- Well, I miss my dog more than I thought I would
- I miss her happiness when I would come home
- I miss her “helping” me grill
- Positive about the 2008 rockies: The TV ads are still funny
- The Wall That Heals was in Arvada, Colorado a few weeks ago
- It is a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- Here are our photos from our visits.
- Positive about the 2008 rockies: Their play is helping fans pay more attention to Crush
- Congrats, to the Colorado Crush on making the playoffs
- Also, way to go on getting a nice win in the first round of the playoffs
- Hopefully, they can take down San Jose in the next round
- Positive about the 2008 rockies: Aaron Cook
- It is not like I needed another reason to eat DIPPIN’ DOTS
- However, on Willet’s Blog today, I got one
- So I will be at the DIPPIN’ DOTS stand on my future visit to the ballpark
- Positive about the 2008 rockies: Getting tickets is not a problem
- Congratulations to Jeremy and Mandee on the birth of Eliot
- He came into the world this past weekend
- Everyone is health and doing well and I am sure there will be pictures soon.
- Positive about the 2008 rockies: Seriously, you expect me to come up with more than five?
NOW, THERE’S A POINT TO THIS LOONEY-TURN
As I have said and will continue to say, I think the best sports guy is, Drew Litton. Well, Drew has taken his game to the next level, he has started animation.
He sent out a press release, which the writer of this blog was included on. That makes me feel great!
Below is the debut of the Broncos Zoo. Drew is looking for comments about, so you can leave him comments at his blog.
