Emergency kit in the garage

Tonight we were in the garage getting ready to put up our new mailbox. I noticed my auto emergency kit that Glenae had given to me for Christmas 5 yrs or so ago. The garage is not the perfect place for this as we experienced a couple of weeks ago.
We have been spending a lot of time in Kaysville the last month or so. So a couple of weeks ago, we went to a friends house for a bbq. We had some Halibut from Alaska that a friend brought back with him. It was a hit. On the way home, I was smelling something weird but thought it was the leftovers I was holding. Once we hit Lagoon, there was a weird noise. Once I told Casey to listen, the tire blew. Wouldn't you know it the spare was flat as well. We had to call our friends to bring us a pump for the spare.
If we had the kit from the garage, there would have been no need for help. Lesson learned. I wonder how long it will take us to get the kit into the car.

Memorial Day 2009 Pictures

Memorial Day

Every year we try to go camping for the Memorial Day weekend. So the Thursday before at 5 AM we were on the road to our favorite camping spot. When we got to the top of the mountain, Our #1 spot was already taken. So we thought our #2 and #3 choices would be taken as well. Fortunately, both the other spots were open. Once we had camp all set up, we went fishing. While Zach and Collin fished, I read a book and Casey and Jordan threw sticks for the dogs to fetch. Once we were all tired out of fishing, we went looking for our first Geocache. We took the wrong trail and the boys and I took a horrendous hike. After giving up, we decided to hike back up the hill. A lesson was learned that day. If the internet says the geocache is easy to find, don't go hiking. It should be right there. We did find it quite easily once we took the right trail. Friday, everyone else in our party showed up. So did the rain that was forecast for the whole weekend. The men did get some clay pigeon shooting and target shooting in between down pours. Saturday started out with the rain. And everyone decided if we woke up on Sunday and it was raining, we were going to pack up and go home. Thank goodness Sunday was sunny. We got in a ride and went looking for another geocache. This one turned out to be one we had found in past years before we had a GPS. Part of the way into the ride back, I told Casey I wanted to drive the rest of the way. There was a hill that I was terrified of and I wanted to drive my 4 Wheeler up it so I could conquer that fear. This was the second such hill I conquered that weekend. Monday, my birthday, we all packed up and were on the road by 11 AM. When I had cell service, I had a nice voicemail from my mother and a text from Dad & Bet. I am so glad we were able to go camping this year over the Memorial day weekend. With Braxton starting to play soccer on the state level, I am not sure how often we will be able to do this. It is always nice to get out of our every day environment and just relax for a few days. Once I have my external hard drive back from Jordan, I will post some pictures.

Marble Camp Trip 2009 #2

For the last couple of years, my family has gone camping for the Labor Day weekend. The White family has not been able to attend until this year. Because of 3little girls that are due in August, the camping trip was changed to the first weekend in May. Brad and Ashley were able to get a reservation at East Canyon. Although, it was raining most of the time. We still were able to have some quality family time. From the kids playing on the play sets, to dad playing hopscotch, to a big game of soccer, to Eric and Nate falling in the fast moving creek going after the soccer ball, and finally one of the best moments Brad's face to face encounter with a skunk. This was a memorable weekend and hope to be able to attend next year.

Roofing the garage #2

We have this wonderful neighbor that has been reminding us that we need to reroof our garage. We priced it out this last fall and decided that we would do it ourselves. We were just waiting for the weather to clear up. Finally last Thursday, Casey decided we would do the garage on Saturday. So we got up and went over to The Home Depot and got the materials. Casey and Jordan did the sheeting on Saturday while I helped my mom. They also had a "little" help from Zach and Braxton. On Sunday while I was at church they started putting the tar paper and shingles. They got done just in time for the boys to go to their Grandmothers for dinner. I am so glad I have a husband that is very capable to do almost any repair that needs to be done. Next weekend, reroof the house. Yeah! (did you catch the sarcasm?)

Marble Camp Trip 2009

Roofing the Garage