Cool Photo

Nice big moth on Amber's awesome flowers. I love my camera!

And here's the one from Cindy's comment below:

One Awesome Saturday

Elaina's Simple Machine Fair

This was Elaina's submission for her simple machine fair at Lindon Elementary.

Carter Shoots for 2

Today was the last day of Carter's Little Hoopsters Basketball Clinic and he scored his first two points in one of his scrimmages. Way to go Carter!

Road Rash

So on Tuesday I decided to take the 426 up to the foothills for a little ride but didn't get 200 yards before I was sliding across the pavement. I remember thinking to myself whether to hit the gas or take a sharp right back towards the house. Turns out doing both simultaneously is not a good idea.

I guess it's a good thing I was wearing a helmet, gloves and full cammies because I'm pretty sure I hit my head. Unfortunately the cammies rolled up on my arms and were pretty much ripped off of my legs, offering me very little protection from the pavement.

So now that I've got a fresh case of road rash, I decided I'd better figure out how to best treat it. Later on the web, I found this street cyclist/Doctor who swore by DuoDerm bandages so I decided to give them a shot. Duoderm is basically a clear adhesive bandage that you apply directly to your wound. Once applied, it reacts with your normal white blood cell secretions and creates a sealed moist healing environment. In this environment you can skip the normal scabbing stages and get right to epithelialisation (regrowing skin).

Now I will show you the picturs so you can be the judge:

Day 2 (ouch!)

Day 6 (nice...)This stuff is awesome for so many reasons. Once it's on, the wound is pretty much painless. Too bad removing the pavement from my arm wasn't. It's waterproof so you can bathe as often as you like. It's somewhat transparent so you can (kind of) watch the wound healing. If you have any questions about this fun experince or the miracle of Duoderm, feel free to give me a call.

(Picture of DuoDerm)

Most Excellent Week(end)

Monday:
6:00PM, I took the Elaina, Carter & Maddie to Lindon Skate Night at Classic Skating. This must have been our 5th trip and we had the usual good time. Carter was happy to be on a scooter instead of skates. Elaina did really well on her blades.
Tuesday:
9:00PM, Ward Basketball Practice, we won.
Wednesday:
10:00PM, Watched all of NEXT while running on the treadmill. Worth a second viewing.
Thursday:
8:00PM, Stake Basketball Game, we lost.
Friday:
8:00PM, Watched V is for Vendetta with Robbie. Very good flick.
10:00PM Ward Stake Basketball Game, we lost. Guess we're not that good.
11:00PM, Sat and talked with Amber, Chelsy, Elise & Paige.
1:00AM, Watched Swing Vote w/ Robbie. Worth one watch, no more.
4:00AM, Go to bed.
Saturday:
10:00AM, Woke up, helped Amber get ready for Elise's baby shower.
11:00AM, Ran away to avoid tons of women playing silly games.
Changed out backup hard drives at work.
Traded the RX350 back for the IS250 at Lexus of Lindon. (factory recall)
Took down the rest of the Christmas lights.
Played basketball at the park with Carter.
Gave the cul-de-sac kids rides on the little four-wheeler.
Got invited to push kids on the swings at the park.
Pushed kids for 1/2 hour.
Played an epic game of MONSTER at the park for nearly 2 hours!
Kids eaten by the monster: Elaina Watson, Maddy Sutton, Lela Wooly, Haley & Ethan McGilvary, Rachel & Kenny Godfrey, Josh Logan, Calvin & Marin Walker and probably some others I am forgetting.
Then we smelled the grill... I surveyed the area until I found out that it was Jim Godfrey so then I had all the kids at the park run to Jim's and ask for hot dogs. Jim wasn't having any of it so Elaina suggested that we make the hot dogs. Well if you know us then you know what happened next:
Impromptu BBQ at the Watsons! We must have started about 6 and ended at almost 10PM. We started with hot dogs on a stick because we didn't have any buns then we started throwing on pineapple. For desert we started roasting marshmallows and then as it got late and everybody started to freeze, the Australians broke out the hot chocolate. We went through a Costco pack of hot dogs and four cans of pineapple before everybody was fed. The kids couldn't get enough of pineapple on a stick, especially little Marin.
In the end we had the Watsons, McGivalrys, Suttons, Halls, Walkers, and whatever the Australians last name is... Eventually. everybody froze and had to go inside for the night but we had a great day!
Sunday:
10:00AM Finally woke up and made it to church by 11:00.
12:00PM Taught (watched movies) the 11 year olds primary class.
2-5:00PM Took a sweet nap while the kids watched church movies because I was wasted!
6:00PM Made dinner for the family then invited the Suttons over for games.
7-9:00PM Played up & down the river while eating home made Skor bars, home made ginger snaps and popcorn. The kids played nicely in the basement.
10-??:00PM Watched a few youtube clips and blogged about a very excellent weekend!!!

Bored kids

So Carter and his entourage have been very bored lately and all they want to do is play Wii, DS, or other computer games. I try to think of things for them to do but usually have a worse imagination than they do. After all, it's freezing outside.
So today I grabbed Carter, Sam, Braden, Logan, and Elaina, took them to McDonalds Playplace and turned them loose. Thinking of how boring this could have been for me, I decided to bring my laptop with a Verizon Aircard. Ten dollars and three hours later, I had made quite a dent in my email inbox and the kids were exausted! I've got to remember to do this again.