Pictures Missing

Yes, I am aware I messed up and lost all the pictures up here. I am not really sure anyone looked at this anyway. I switched my Hosting Companies to save some money and gain some additional features that I use for work. I neglected to download the contents of the Website first and therefore all the pictures were lost in the process.

In the future, if you want to include a picture in your post, email it to me and I can add it to the post. Go ahead and make the post without the picture so I know which one to add it to.

P.S. If you are reading this, please send me an email letting me know you look at this site. As far as I am aware, nobody looks at it and I might take it down becuase of lack of interest.

Camping Trip to the Tetons

We spent the last 7 days in some of the most beautiful country that exists. Camping on the banks of a glacier formed lake with the dramatic backdrop of the Teton mountain range above us. During our stay we were able to raft down the Class 3 whitewater rapids of the Snake river, Go horseback riding through the alpine forests, Josh and Zach were able to experience their first fishing trip by catching some lake trout and having it cooked up by the local restaurant. Wildlife sightings of Moose, Bison, Bald Eagles, and Bears made for an adventurous week. Highlights include a walk around a pristine clear blue lake to stop at a white sandy beach and take a dip in the water with a view of a glacier above us, getting hailed on while floating down the snake river when moments before it was 80 degrees outside and we were commenting on the heat, walking back to camp to look behind us a see a Black bear cruising through the campground only a few feet away, and having a bison charge towards our car only to go about a foot in front of our parked car as he crossed the road. We had a great week away as a family and have mixed feelings about coming back to reality.

Josh's Triathlon Pictures

Josh competed in the first leg of the Colorado Junior Triathlon Series. This event was a Junior Triathlon held in our home town of Superior.

Josh's Age Division

Swim – 100 meter
Bike – 3.1 mile ride
Run – 0.6 mile run

Josh came in 8th place overall out of his age group. He was 3rd place on the swim times.

Here are a couple of the pictures. If you are interested in more, email me and I will send you all of them.

Trip to DC

I had a 3-week project in Washington, DC. Robyn and the kids came out over President's day weekend and we were able to see a lot of the wonderful musuems and exhibits here. We had a great time and wished we had more time to spend here.

My friends at the secret service were able to get us in to visit the White House and tour the wonderful rooms and furniture collected over the many years of presidencies and only a few feet from where President Bush was working, we then got a personal demo of the Secret Service Counterfeiting department. They showed us all the techniques they use to catch counterfeiters. We were able to see the new 10$ bill (not yet available to the public), as well as look at the amazing counterfeit bills. I couldn't tell the difference in the real ones and the fake ones. We were able to visit a couple of the Smithsonian musuems. We saw the Dinosaur bones at the Natural History musuem, Dorothy's shoes from the Wizard of Oz, the Space Ship one spaceship, several of the Wright Brother's planes, One of the original Sunstones from the Nauvoo Temple, Lance Armstrong's bike that he used in one of the Tour De France wins, plus many, many other cool things.

On President's day we were able to adventure out to Mt. Vernon and see where George Washington spent much of his life. We walked through his house and saw the bed he died on and the furniture he sat on, and the grounds he walked on. They had the smallest parade in America featuring a fife and drum band. We had a great time and it was awe-inspiring spending time in a place with so much history behind it. We saw the Chair General Washington used for 40 years. Think of the many decisions he made sitting in that chair!

DC proved to be a great place to take the kids. There are so many great things to do here.

Here are some of the 200 photos we took over the weekend.