Sheri's Grandkids!

McKay, Stacie and Lincoln in Zion's for Spring Break

Hi guys I had a few minutes so I thought I would write a couple of things about us and our trip to Zion's National Park. So we left on Wednesday morning and headed for Zion, we made it to Tana's house in the afternoon and were able to see baby Omar. We also let Lincoln out to run around for a little bit. Tana made a great dinner that I managed to help myself on. Stacie and Tana were able to discuss some of the tricks and tips to child or infant care.

We then headed for Cedar City were we stayed with Stacie's Aunt. Uncle Larry and I had a great discussion on steam turbines and the physics of such things. He served in the engine room on a naval ship when he was younger. Anyways enough about that.

We went to Zion on Thursday morning and were determined to see a fair amount of the park and if nothing else create some good sore spots. This is hidden canyon which was our first stop. We then went on up to observation point. Along the way we found a really neat little slot type canyon.

So we made it up to the top with little man, we have a nice shade that goes on top of the backpack for him so he took a nap. He was happy to get out when we made it to the top, we were not going to give him much room to roam since the point is about 2000 feet above the valley floor.

This is about an eight mile round hike to observation point with about 23oo feet elevation gain, but the vista is well worth it.

Not a bad view from up here!









We are proud of this picture of little man.









So we made it back to the bottom of the mountain so Stacie and Lincoln could play. I hadn't had enough punishment so I took a quick trip up to Angel's Landing and back. We then drove through the tunnel at the park, Lincoln wasn't sure what to think!

On Friday we went to Kolob the northern part of Zion's and hiked a couple of other neat trails. Lincoln was amazed with the double arching alcove.












We then finished the week on Saturday at the Saint George temple where Stacie's cousin works. It was a great week for weather as it was in the mid 70s all three days. We drove back on I-70 through country we have never seen.

We are all doing well and enjoying life here in Laramie. Congratulations to uncle Sterling on the new job, will you have to sharpen your sql query skills? Or do they have someone else to generate those reports? We will look forward to hearing your job description and what you will be doing?

Good job to the beavers as well! Take care everyone and see you in a couple of weeks.
Stacie, Lincoln and McKay

Some of Dad's thoughts to live by!

I was thinking that Dad is missing out on so much so I thought we should include him in our blog! These are a few of his "ponderisms" but e-mail me with the ones I've forgotten!

The "Cars" movie alive and well at our house!

Good thing we have lots of parking at our house... Jake got his "first ride" the other day. A $700 truck Robert got from a friend. It has one window handle and no knobs... but, HEY! THE RADIO WORKS! Jake loves is and his friends named it "MATER". (Only his friend, Emily could name it!) And, Mr. Poo Poo Head loves the "Road Trips"!
Jessi was so jealous of Mater that she went out for an oil change and came back with "Sally", (gulp, yikes and "Holy Crap, can your kids buy cars without you?") Anyway, we named it "Sally" 'cuz that's the cute Porsche on "Cars". It really is a good deal and I don't worry about her as much.
So now let's talk about the discussion Kaycer Noodle Nose had... she thinks she should get "Lightning McQueen". I've been trying to explain that the UTA bus is alot like Lightning... just more people get to ride at the same time! Yeah, no, she's not buying it.
Anyway, the kids are learning the price of cars, gas and (OMG)....INSURANCE ON A TEENAGE BOY EVEN ON A BONGO SLED IS CRAZY TALK!!! Funny too, how if your grades or your driving record sucks your insurance rates go up. Kind of eats that $7 an hour money up in a big hurry. I'm hoping that "Get a college education or get used to Mater" lecture is starting to pay off!
Actually, it's really cool that the kids are excited about growing up and getting first cars and stuff. It seems like last week Sterling was painting that brown mustang, Sheri had to hand me the keys to the "Toyota Corolla Deluxe" and Weed was putting miles on my mustang!

Love you guys! Sooooo excited to have you all here!

Happy Birthday Baby Omar Thomas Antoine!

Congratulations Levi and Tana! Baby Omar Thomas Antoine decided to have his birthday on March 1st at 12:29 p.m. He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Tana did a great job of pushing for 2 and a half hours and Sheri and Jenny did a grat job of holding her legs while she did it. Mikey was able to get there two pushes before he was born. Auntie Codi got to be there as well (that was alot of fun but hard not to jump in and be the delivery nurse!)

Baby O is THE cutest baby in the whole nursery (as Levi says, "Duh! He's and Antoine!")