Pics from Summersville Lake...

I stole some pictures from the Harman's Blog. Thanks Michelle..!

Here's Henrik, Isaac, Hanna, Lexy Jo and Helena in the bow.Henrik and Isaac in the tube, whippin' it...

Lexy and Helena bouncing the tube.

It's fun to take friends to the lake.

Cub Scouts for Boys

We had a great Scouts last night. It was a little rainy, but Andrew is like me. "You don't throw in the towel just because it might rain." We took the boys to Kanawha State Forest. Andrew had a kayak, fishing gear and I took the boys on a little hike. It worked well. We saw fish, birds, ducks, beavers, turtles, etc. Great 2 hour outdoor trip, high payoff. Here's a few pics.

Hiking. I looks pretty dark, but that is the tree cover.

A little fishin'.

At the waters edge.

This kayak looked like a lot of fun.

Thanks Andrew...!!

More Boating...

The kids and I took yesterday off and went to the lake... Again. We took a bunch of kids from church. Technically it was a 3 ward YM YW activity (3 wards = 20 kids). I don't have pictures yet. But we did go to Summersville Lake. Most everyone here talks about Summmersville Lake as the best place to go. Well, they can keep it. It was fun, any day on the lake is better that a day in the office, but Sutton Lake was better, closer, faster.

We sent several kids home with bloody knees from whippin' them around on the tube. Yeah, Navy I was skipping kids across the water like we skipped you. Haha, that was a great time. This trip was a long, long day, Isaac, Lexy and I left the house and 7:15am and got home at midnight. I will be tired for a couple days.

I'll post pictures if'n I get some.

Boating in WV...

We finally unloaded the boat from moving to West Virginia. We lost some Christmas decorations and I have some scrubbing to do on my dutch ovens (a little rust), but over all we did ok. Amy spent ALL day on Saturday scrubbing the inside of the boat. It was gross. We made it out on the lake today. We went to Sutton Lake east of Charleston about an hour and fifteen minutes. Beautiful lake. Heavily wooded hills on all sides. We got all of our usuals in, Isaac wakeboarded, Lexy skied and then tubed, I wakeboarded a bit and Amy studied (that is her new usual, everywhere we go.) Here are some pictures of our trip.

One of our first views of the lake.

The dam. Go USACE.

The kids waiting quite impatiently in the "No Wake Zone".

Isaac popped up first try and was back to jumping in no time.

Lexy water skied for a bit, but she really wanted to tube and loved every minute of it.

Lexy got some wheel time.

Amy is working hard for our future. She studies everywhere we go.

Yes, even at the lake.

Been a while

Sorry it's been a while since I have posted... Crazy week at our house. I have been trying to get to bed earlier and have been busy busy at work. The two times I have posted the most. Anyway.

Here are some pictures from the Taylor Swift concert. The kids and I went so Amy could stay home and study. I have a good video half done, I'll post it when it's done.

I was at our seats for all of these pictures. We had tickets for 5th and 6th row, but to the side they were 1st and 2nd to the stage. It was awesome. I have never been to a concert with this much energy... and emotion. Very intense.

Isaac and Lexy before the show started.

Taylor Swift singing 'Love Story'.
She did a 3 sec, on stage, costume change into a white wedding dress to sing the verse where the boy proposes to the girl. Intense.
Taylor belting it out on her knees... This pushed a lot of emotion into the crowd.

Isaac got a pick from all three bands that played.

More to follow...

Finally a Car Show with a Sports Car

Isaac and his hunt for Sports Cars has taken us to a few car shows lately, he always seems to come away disappointed because, "There are no sports cars." Remember, a sports car starts with Corvettes and goes up from there is his book. No cars older that 2005, no Firebirds, Cameros (except 2009 an 2010) or Chargers. Only Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc. Well we stopped in Athens, OH on our way to Columbus to take Grandma and Grandpa Young to the airport. There was a little car show there... low and behold there was a 2009 Lotus. Jackpot, he was stoked. We looked at it for a bit and the guys liked Isaac for some reason so he help Isaac into the driver seat for a few minutes. BIG smiles...

Isaac in the driver's seat.
From the front, yep Isaac's in the driver's seat still.

He's counting up the MPH on the dash.

Finally found a car show with a "Sports Car".

Tons to blog... but I need sleep... Sorry, stay tuned.

Isaac's Cars

Isaac in quite into sports cars right now. He is always on the look out. "Dad, there's Corvette." "Look, there is a Mustang GT." "Dad, look a Porsche." His favorite... Lamborghini! He is sooo into who has seen one, where, and what color. We took him to the Lamborghini dealership in Columbus last weekend. Turned out pretty good, we ended up in the shop looking a one on the lift having the clutch changed out. Lotus, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Ashton Martian, they had them all. I hope you enjoined his video.

The Other Zoo Pictures

So, here are the rest of the zoo pictures from the Columbus Zoo on Saturday. We went in the rain. I'd guess we only saw 20% of the place, it's just too hard in the rain. Looked like a good zoo. Their web site said that they were voted #1 in the US, that's what the web site said...

The orange spot is a 5 day old monkey.Yep, Amy studied most of the time, she's reviewing

PowerPoint lectures on her iPod.

The penguins.

Isaac, Lexy and Grandma and Grandpa Young.

Oh yeah, and the tiger in the back.

Note the ponchos. Nice, huh?

Here is the kids with the baby elephant.

Preview of the Zoo Pictures...

We went to the Columbus Zoo on Saturday, in the rain. We have a bunch of pictures but these are handy on my phone and easy to upload right now. Enjoy.

Isaac and the Lion.

Isaac and the King Cobra. Yes, 3 inches away behind the glass.

Momma is not proud.

A Burmese Python.

Isaac and the Burmese Python.

Isaac petting a snake.

Again, Momma is not proud.

More to follow.

Welcome to the Crackberry Club

Amy has been fighting a blank-ity blanken Plam Treo cell phone for the last year or better. She has had to reset the phone between 8 and 25 a week, pull the battery and reset the phone. What a pain in the butt. Several times she has been close to putting it under the wheels of the Yukon and driving over the sucker.

So, I finally talked here into the Crackberry world. It's been a month now, and...

...she loves it. It's easy to use. It's pink (bonus for Lexy). Does everything the Treo did and, and, and doesn't have to be reset all the freaking time.

Welcome Honey, Welcome...!