I look good in leather.

Buster

2011-09-24T16:29:00.000-07:00

We went to Oklahoma this spring and brought our doggy Buster back with us. We just love him so much!

He even is learning to skate with us.

But honestly, this is what he does most of the time.

Except when I scarred him really bad by grabbing him and tossing him in the dark and he bit me right on the nose.

Summer Activities.

2011-09-24T15:51:00.000-07:00

This summer we have been working a ton, but had a little bit of time to do a few sports.

Lance is really good at bike tricks. Me... not so much. He always tries to get me to lay down on the ground so he can jump over me.

I always refuse. I know he can jump high and far enough (we have done extensive testing with cardboard boxes) but I am still not willing to take the chance.

We also started long boarding this summer.

When Lance and I first got married I had a bad skate board wreck and vowed to never get on a skate board again. Somehow Lance convinced me that long boards were completely different than skate boards.

It's pretty fun.

Although later that afternoon I did wreck on my long board and now have a freckle free circle on my shoulder.

And of course, Lance got in a lot of down hill biking!

Randomness from the last few weeks.

2011-07-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

Lance handed me a jump drive the other day and said blog about these pictures. So here it goes!

The first three are from when we went snowshoeing and winter camping. It was really fun. We built a snow fort around our tent.

Now thats its warming up we have started riding our bikes again. We got two sweet car top racks for our bikes.

We went on a hike the other day. We didn't get to go very far because there is still alot of snow but about two days later a man got charged by a grizzly with two cubs on this very same trail. Luckily he had bear spray and was able to get away without getting hurt.

Since it is so snowy still we can't do a lot of mountain biking yet so Lance decided if he couldn't ride his bike he would just continue to snowboard until he could ride! How many people get to say that they snowboarded in July. Not me. I had to work :( He has fun though.

Almost every morning there is at least one hot air balloon over out house. It's awesome.

We went out shooting a couple times recently at the shooting range in Rexburg. Its really fun and I am getting better every time we go. Do you like our new holster we got? I do.

Lastly, we got this little pack for Buster to wear when we go hiking so he can carry his own water and treats. Plus it has a handle on the top so we can pick him up easily if we ever need to move him around. We'll see how he likes it on the trail. :)

Cupcakes!

2011-06-07T15:13:00.000-07:00

I have been making alot of cupcakes lately. I just think they are so fun to make and yummy to eat.

I made these Jell-o cupcakes for Memorial Day. Tasty!

Pineapple upsidedown cupcakes. Maybe no so pretty, but definitely be big Yum-o!

This I thought was just funny. I was making salads for dinner (cause of all the recent cupcake eating) and my egg exploded! I've seen them crack before but I have never seen the yolk leak out and cook!

Birds!

2011-05-25T15:53:00.000-07:00

My bird feeder finally has birds!!

Fishing in Oklahoma

2011-05-25T15:11:00.000-07:00

We went to Oklahoma about a two weeks ago and one of the many things we did

was go fishing.

First off, isn't he good looking. We rode bicycles before everyone else got there.

This is him getting ready.

We had some worms for bait and my nephew Cal kept coming up to me saying worms! worms! So I would pick him up and open the box. He thought it was awesome unless the worms got close to him, or touched him. And of course me being the great Aunt I am made sure they touched him everytime. :)

His sister Madi was ok with holding the worms, unless they started moving.

Our friends daughter Claire was indifferent to the worms.

When we started to fish, Lance was going to "help" Claire by putting one of his fish on her line and letting her real it in, but when he pulled her line out of the water it already had a fish on it! She didn't need any help.

Madi caught a fish too, she was perfectly happy to have in on the line, she just didn't want to touch it. I can't blame her, I don't like touching fish that much either.

Misty caught her first fish!

Carson caught a nasty carp. Plus the fish also had another lure hooked in his mouth with a broken string. He caught someone else's uncatchable fish.

Rachel didn't fish so she just pretended to be one.

Later that night we started to run out of fire wood and carson left with his ax so Chris tried to be nature man cut the log with a rock. Too bad it was sandstone.

We set up some cat fish lines after dark with bells on them and caught this beauty. It is pretty fun to be sitting around a fire and all the sudden a bells rings and everyone jumps up and runs over to check their line. Its like a game.

We had alot of fun. We didn't keep any fish. Don't worry I caught fish too but apparently no one thought to take my picture! Sheesh.

E.F. Design is open for business!

2011-04-15T11:29:00.000-07:00

EF Design is open for business! (If you couldn't tell by the title!) I can help you with any of your designing needs. From business cards to personalized holiday cards and invitations, flyers, illustrations, newsletters, websites, anything! If you have a question on whether I can do it or not, just ask. Here are some examples of my work...

This is a business card created for Pizza Pie Cafe management:

Here is a personalized Holiday Card:

(... I know its not the greatest picture but hey your

lovely family will be there, this one is just a place holder.)

This is a Certificate (front and back) made for Pizza Pie Cafe to distribute in local schools:

I also have training in book making. Send me your information, and pictures and I can design the pages for you and even bind it if you want. My latest project I am working is a road map for a bus company so there is a wide range of things I can help you with. Just don't be afraid to ask! Also in this wonderful age of technology, working long distance is not a problem. Tell your friends!!

Call me if you have my number or e-mail me at

emilyfalen @yahoo.com

My New Office.

2011-04-15T11:09:00.000-07:00

Lance set me up an office. Isn't he sweet! I got a new desk, bookshelf, and calendar bulletin board. Its awesome. I actually really love it and spend most of my time it now.

Oh yeah, the best part, an extra monitor for my computer. I love it!

Also I am in the process of recovering the brown office chair. (More pictures to come)

Cookie Monster Cupcakes

2011-03-21T15:34:00.000-07:00

I made these for my friends birthday. I have to admit that I didn't come up with them myself. I saw them at our local bakery, but I did make these. They were so fun to make and I just think they are the cutest little guys ever.

What we've been up to.

2011-01-21T06:39:00.000-08:00

So I realize I haven't blogged for a long... long.. long... time. So here is an update. I finished school, quit my job, moved, started a new job, and have been shredding the powder pretty much every day. Thats kind of alot I know but there it is. Yesterday Lance and I both had the day off so we got to board together and it was actually sunny (for half the day). This was the first time for us to see the sun in about 2 1/2 weeks. YEA SUN! We took our big camera out to get some pics of us boarding.

I love the tree at the top of the mountain, they look like they are covered in marshmallow cream.

Here is Lance on the natural 1/2 pipe. He is really good at half pipes. We need to drive over the pass to Jackson Hole so he can play in a real one.

Its kind of funny so see pictures of yourself jumping. I didn't realize I put my arms put like I am flying every time I jump. I guess I am just a free bird.

This is Lance's model pose in the air.

I yell at Lance every time he does this jump. the snow is covering it but its about a 8-10 foot sheer rock face that he jumps off. All I have to say about it is he is psycho.

There are the marshmallow trees again!

Giants in the clouds.

This is such a good shot I think I am going to send it to the Never Summer company for them to use in their advertising. (thats their logo on the bottom of my board.)

This is my favorite jump. Its a spine so you just go up one side and down the other without getting much air but its really fun. Its like a little roller coaster.

Can't beat the view.

By the way...

2011-01-21T06:32:00.000-08:00

I graduated college this December. I have had several people call me and ask me so maybe I should make some kind of formal announcement about it. Sorry I didn't send out announcements. While we are on the subject, if anyone needs a graphic designer, I know a really good one. :)

Fall is here!

2010-10-05T21:41:00.000-07:00

So fall is finally on its way. We are still having record highs (blah) but the leaves are finally starting to change. We drove up through Yellowstone and down through Jackson Hole and then back home.

These were some wild horses on the backside of the Tetons.

(ok so maybe the horses were in a pen but I still like to think they were wild)

Accidental self portrait.

This was at Jackson Lake

This is Yellowstone Lake. A place called pumice point.

It was a really fun day with alot of pretty places. Then on the way home we ate at one of the best burger places I have ever been to. It was called Cheeseburger Factory and the best part is it is only about a fifteen minute drive from our new place in Driggs. SWEET!

Most Amazing Muffins

2010-09-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

These muffins were so delicious. We ate twelve muffins in less than twelve hours, (which makes me sad because I wish they weren't all gone.)

Cream Cheese Filled Carrot Muffins
4 carrots
1/2 c. walnuts
2 eggs
3/4 c. sugar
6 T. butter
1 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
6 oz. cream cheese
1 egg yolk
2 T. sugar

Place carrots, walnuts, and eggs in a blender. Blend until very, very finely ground.

Transfer to a large bowl and beat in sugar and butter. Add flour, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder (double the amount of baking powder to 1 tsp. if you’re baking at low altitudes), and salt. Mix ingredients together, making sure not to overmix. Spoon into muffin tins, prepared with cupcake wrappers. In a small bowl, beat together cream cheese, egg yolk, and sugar. Spoon 1-2 teaspoons in the center of the carrot batter for each muffin.

Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes, or until the centers of the muffins are set.

Make them. Eat them. love them.

Schwinn!

2010-09-18T14:49:00.000-07:00

So Lance and I went to the D.I. this morning and found this amazing stationary bicycle for only $5! It was a steal of a deal! It is in amazing condition, there are a few paint chips but that it about it. I love the color too. Even if we end up not wanting it after a while we will definitely be able to sell this for ALOT more than five dollars!

It has a speedometer, timer, odometer, and an intensity dial.

Please vote...

2010-09-13T20:37:00.000-07:00

Please vote if you need these shoes on your feet, or if you have an insane passion to burn and burn them out of your memory.

Birthday!

2010-08-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

This year Lance had a bicycle birthday. I made cupcakes with green grass and chocolate cover peanuts as rocks. Then I made bicycles out of oreos, chocolate covered pretzels, and a chocolate covered orange gummy for a seat. They were good.

This is the armor he wears under his suit. He said he feels like superman. He wanted to wear them to walmart but I told him no. Lol.

This is his flamin jersey and pants.

Fire Sky

2010-08-06T19:42:00.000-07:00

One day it as really really windy. There are some world renowned sand dunes like 10 miles away from the burg and the wind kicked up a bunch of sand.

Later that evening, due to the high winds there was a huge brush fire about 50 miles from us. Between the sand and the smoke it was a pretty erie sunset.

Grand Targhee

2010-08-06T19:29:00.000-07:00

For those of you who might not know, Lance got a job at Grand Targhee Resort. It's awesome, he loves it! It is where we usually go to snow board and where we now go to downhill bike (thanks to the free season passes we got as a perk for employee's and their dependents.) This is just one of the beautiful views of the Grand Teton's Lance gets to see everyday on his

way to work.

At the top of the mountain there is still snow. Like alot. It's warm though

(as long as there isn't a breeze)

Here is Lance at the downhill trail head. Downhilling is super hard and intense. Its not hard like a cardio workout or anything but hard as in trying to keep control of your bike as your screaming down the mountain trying to avoid rocks, trees, and animals. I wreck alot and I mean alot. I get all bruised up but its still so fun.

Real New Car

2010-08-06T18:50:00.000-07:00

So that Mini Cooper is not really my car if you still didn't know. It is my boss's but I did get to drive it from Provo to Rexburg (about a 4 hour drive) I drove the whole way with the top down though and got a wicked sun burn. My bad. This is our real new (old) car. It is a '97 Chevy Caviller. It runs pretty good and Lance averages about 37 mils per gal. whoa. It needed some body work though so thats what we did on the 4th of July (fun fun right.)

Sanding away AND working on my tan. Who says I can't multitask. I did get a blister on my thumb by the way from sanding so much.

Here is the crappy hood. We patched that too.

You can't really see it be thats it all patched and primered up. Yeah we have a two tone car but at least it won't rust through!

New Car!!

2010-06-21T07:08:00.000-07:00

Don't you love my new car!

I DO!! OH YEAH!!

What more can I ask for?

2010-05-28T11:39:00.000-07:00

He cooks...

He sews...

He also cleans, but I didn't get any pics because he usually does that while I'm not home.

Plus in a jar of mixed nuts, he only likes the peanuts. That's right. I got a winner.

Hiking and Biking!

2010-05-12T21:06:00.000-07:00

Since there is no more snowboarding we have started hiking and biking. These are a few of the tons of pics we've taken so far.

How do you like my flaming red hair? I like it. Its a little duller now but still pretty bright. It is also shining pretty bright because the sun is setting on it.

This is so cool. It is in Cress Creek in a canyon about 30 min from our house. The light color on top of the rock is not snow, its stone. When a volcano erupted a long time ago the ash flying through the air was so hot that when it landed on this rock it instantly cooled and became this cool smooth stone.

He likes to be daring.

I have never seen a crane in the top of a tree before. That was so cool.

This is a tunnel we biked too close to Mesa Falls. It was the first tunnel for the first passenger train to Yellowstone. It was built to help avoid rock slides on the tracks but even on the first day it was opened the train was delayed over an hour due to a rock slide.

This is on the other side of the tunnel. Note the watch for falling rock sign. It was a really pretty ride. We were way up high over the warm river.

Unfortunately not everywhere is bikable yet. We still tried and had a fun time slippin and sliding and getting all muddy and snowy.

More snowboarding

2010-05-12T21:02:00.000-07:00

I have so many snowboarding pics. Here are a few more that I like from later in the season.

i am ALIVE!!!

2010-05-11T20:00:00.000-07:00

Sorry that I haven't been on here in a long... long... long time. I have been busy with school and work and life. We moved by the way! The only thing that I like about the old place more than the new one is that the old was was newer.... if that makes sense. Our new old place is two bed one bath. The downstairs of a duplex. It has a HUGE yard and a garden spot (now i just need to get stuff planted). Its two blocks from campus vs. the mile and a half at the old place, and the best part is that its $150 cheaper than the other place... much better.

Here is the garage... nice color huh

this is skinny pink bathroom

here is the nice big living area

(there is a dinning area right where lance is taking the pic from)

Here is the skinny kitchen... it works.

We live in the bottom so our door is behind the bushes on the left side.

The lower part of the back yard

The rest of the backyard... behind that fence is still our yard. Its kinda split into 3 parts... weird.

we love it!

Attitude

2010-03-09T22:52:00.000-08:00

So as many of you know my cousin Amanda can be a little dramatic in her descriptions. (You must forgive her, she is an English major.) She met someone that was in one of my classes and was trying to give a description to this chick so she would know to say "hey, we have a mutual friend." Well, she said, "Em is the girl that as soon as she walks in the room, you can just taste the attitude. She sits down and doesn't look at anyone. She is the girl that is so cool, you better not talk to her unless you know she thinks your cool." Like I said a little dramatic. Then the chick from my class said, "Wait, did she just dye her hair red?" Wow, I never knew I was that cool.

Emberassing Story

2010-03-09T22:48:00.000-08:00

Ok, ok, the story may or may not have to do with urinating outdoors in a semi public place, falling off a cliff, gashing my leg, and then being tough enough play and win a flag football game while bleeding and maybe smelling like pee a little. Like I said. May or may not.

Portraits

2010-02-26T20:41:00.000-08:00

One of the assignments for my Photo 1 class was to take a portrait of someone that is interesting and shows their character. Somehow I conned Lance into posing for me. He was so cooperative and froze his tooshie off in the snow.

Here are some recent photos of me. This is at a local ski resort we go to often.

Lance took this picture on our front porch.

This was for an assignment in on of my friends photo class. I had to write and emberassing story and then she took a portrait to go along with the story. No I will not be telling

the embarassing story.

Tis the season FOR SNOWBOARDING!!!

2009-12-11T20:28:00.000-08:00

My sister Josie and brother-in-law came to visit Lance and I all the way from Africa. So we took them snowboarding. (what else would we do?)

They were so excited to begin the day.

Josie was a little nervous but she did really good.

With a little help.

We took a break and had some lunch. Don't worry thats the just the appetizer.

Chili cheese fries. Yum!

Roy did really well too. He looked nervous at first...

But caught on pretty well.

I was really proud of Lance. He did so good today. If you remember the last snowboard blog I did about laughing my butt off at him. He went from not being able to stand up..

...to actually being able to carve!

So he's still not perfect but he is really catching on.

I had a good time too.

I'm ready for my close up Mr. Director.

Christmas Is Coming The Goose Is Getting Fat!

2009-12-11T20:22:00.000-08:00

We got Christmas stuff this year!! I love Christmas, Lance is ok with it. We got a Christmas tree this year. I'm so happy.

Isn't it beautiful. I love it.

Thanksgiving is a special time. Jimmy Walker used to say dynomite, Thats right!

2009-12-11T20:02:00.000-08:00

We had a real good Thanksgiving up here in the burg.

The Little Red Hen played and intricate part in the success of our wonderful feast.

Who will help her make the dinner?

We had a tasty cheese ball for an appi-teaser.

I was excited to use all the fancy dishes we got for our wedding.

(...so I bought some nice green accent pieces. Good for Thanksgiving or Christmas.)

Who will help the Little Red Hen set the table?

(Do you like the headpieces The Little Red Hen brought for everyone)

What a spread!

Who will help the Little Red Hen eat the feast? ME!!!

(Ok so Kirsten and I did do alot of cooking and Lance and Amanda did alot of good cleaning I just didn't get any pictures)

Move Over Cake Boss

2009-11-09T07:34:00.000-08:00

So we have been watching alot of cake boss lately. Its didn't look to hard to make the big fancy cakes on the show so we decided we'd make one ourselves.

Here's Chef Lance.

Here is the finished product. I know I'm amazed by myself too.

This cake is 100% edible. It was delicious. I think Lance went a little overboard on the frosting though. I made two batches of butter cream frosting each had 2 lbs of powdered sugar and 2 lbs of butter. He used it all and tried to get me to make more.

2009-10-18T20:29:00.001-07:00

I made chicken pot pie today. It looks good and it tasted real real good. Yummy.

Then we made oreo cake for dessert. It was also really really yummy.

Good job me.

2009-10-18T20:26:00.001-07:00

I made this hat for Lance. Except ITS HUGE!! Its crocheted and fleece lined. It looks really awesome except that its a little to big.

2009-10-18T20:05:00.000-07:00

Well for the past few weeks I have been every busy. The company I work for is opening a new store in Provo, UT. I originally went down there to do some painting around the doors. My boss got the idea from a restaurant in Vegas. I did designs with bottle caps in the center then dots coming out around them. I think they turned out pretty cool.

This is a picture of the owner riding a rocket ship. Its kind of blurry. I couldn't get it to focus very well.

After the painting I did some graphic work for them. We did alot of stuff in vinyl. These are suposed to represent the walk of fame. We put owners and investors names and names of our pizza on them.

Here is a wall mural I helped paint.

This is the kitchen. Its HUGE in comparison to the kitchen we work in here in Idaho. Its a nice location. Lance has actually been working down there for the past couple of weeks.

This is the pasta bar. Yummy. Lance installed it.

This the an area we call the Back Porch. Its a cute little area.

Lance installed the salad bar.

Early Winter

2009-10-06T20:57:00.000-07:00

At first it was pretty when it started snowing in the mountains.

Then it turned into a WHITE OUT!!

Look how happy he is to be cleaning off my car. Lets just wait a few more months and see if he's still smiling.

It should not be snowing this early. But it will be good for snowboarding though.

Merry Christmas to me!

2009-09-30T21:13:00.000-07:00

No matter how Lance tries he cannot keep a gift from me until the holiday that its meant for. Last year I got my Christmas present in November, my birthday present in February, and I just got my Christmas present today! In all fairness he really did try to keep this gift from me. We were at the mall last Sat. and there was a snowboard bag that I really wanted. Well I already have a snowboard bag but Lance didn't. He was going to buy it for me right then and there but I wanted to make sure his board would fit into the bag I already had so we would both have good bags. So his board fit, and he went back today to get me the new bag. He called me in a fit and told me that they were sold out of that color so I would have to wait. I was sad but would have gotten over it. Then this evening He was getting something out of the closet in the spare room and I heard him struggling. So I went in to help and up on the top shelf was a Zumies bag. What do you think was in it. I made a little squeal and he said, "NOO!" Oh well. I didn't want to wait anyway.

Here is a close up of the fabric. It looks pink and brown but its really purple and black. My two favorite colors.

Thanks Lance! I love it!

HIKING

2009-09-02T20:01:00.000-07:00

The other day Lance and I went hiking. We first went to Mesa Falls. I've been there before but it was in the spring so I had to hike in through 7 miles of snow. This time was alot easier. The cool thing about the falls is the spray creates its own mini ecosystem. You can kind of see the super green area at the bottom of the falls. I like sciencey stuff so I think thats kind of cool.

It was a paved track all the way down and then nice wooden decks and walkways. Here's Lance admiring the falls.

After we left Mesa Falls we went a little farther north to Island Park and went on a small hike at the mouth of Box Canyon.

Look how daring I am standing on a high cliff ledge.

The weather was great. I even put on my jacket half way through.

Don't worry we didn't just pose for pictures we actually did work too.

All in all it was a fun day.

Our New Place.

2009-09-02T18:04:00.000-07:00

We really like our new place in Rexburg. It was actually bigger than we remembered when we looked at it. Thats alot better than it being smaller than we remembered.

This is the front room.

The Kitchen. I really like it. Its bigger and more open than our old apartment. We are going to get one more bar stool. (sooner or later) The crappy thing is when we came and looked at the apartment the first time there was a table and 2 or 3 bar stools that were left by the previous tenant; rentmaster asked if we wanted them and we said yeah that would be great! I even asked mentioned that we wanted them left in the apartment several times when I talked to them on the phone throughout the following weeks, and they said yeah no problem! Well, they weren't here when we moved in. Oh well. The stools we got are nicer anyway.

This is the bathroom. You can barely see a door across from the elephant wall hanging in the above picture, there is a stacked washer and dryer in there (YES!) The door to the bathroom is right next to that door but you can't see it in this pics.

Our bedroom is also really big even though we don't have a picture of it. The spare bedroom is small but right now its just full of boxes of camping stuff and things like that. But rest assured if anyone want to come visit you may have noticed our couch is a futon (thanks Chris) and I have no problem clearing out the spare room and throwing down an air mattress!

Big News

2009-08-11T17:12:00.000-07:00

Well Lance and I have some big news. We are moving. As most of you know. Due to the economy Lance lost his job a while ago. Since then we have been trying to decide what to do with our lives and we have decided that I should finish school. September first we will be residence of

Rexberg, Id. After I am done with school, Lance will go to school. Wish us luck!

Big Trip

2009-08-11T15:17:00.000-07:00

Last week we went on a trip to Utah. We rode Lance's motorcycle the whole way! It was insane. Absolutely the farthest Lance or I have ever been on a bike.

We saw a buffalo. (don't worry Katie I saw the original buffalo we saw but didn't have my camera out)

We didn't start taking pictures until we got into Colorado. It was beautiful.

Don't worry that I almost made us wreck off the road to get this picture. I told Lance he needed to get as close to the guard rail as possible so I could get the water in the picture. It was kind of nerve racking.

Call me nerdy but I love seeing the different layers of the rocks and thinking of the millions of years it too for them to form. I kept saying things to Lance like could you imagine what it would have been like to be around when the mountains were formed. I really like geology.

When we started getting out of Colorado and into Utah we came to a horrible horrible realization. Southern Utah is nothing but a hot hot dry dessert. We were burning up. It was unbelievably hot. We could barley breathe!

This makes me think of the old West.

As we headed north it started to get less desserty and more livable.

My family owns a cabin in Weber Canyon and thats where we were going to be staying while in Utah. I love that cabin. Although we were kinda roughin it. We had to watch our 3D movies on the laptop instead of a plasma TV...

When we first got there my niece and nephew wanted to go down to the water so we took them there. There dad specifically told them not to get wet. When I asked them why they were getting so wet and dirty 7 year old Zoe said, "He never said not to get dirty!" and 4 year old Ike said, "Nobody tell my Dad!" They were so fun.

There are hammocks right by the cabin, but they were getting kind of old and full of holes. Lance and the kids still liked playing on them,

Even if they got kind of stuck sometimes.

The kids also had tons of fun on the swings with Lance.

Lance had fun too!

Zoe, Madi, and Ike played well together. They are all so cute!

How great to be a kid.

These stairs go down the cliff behind the cabin to the water and are a classic part of the Weber. The are getting kid of old and a little scary but still awesome.

Here is Madi moose being and unicorn moose!

The damn and mean dam builder. The river that goes behind the cabin is SUPER FREEZING COLD but everyone always swims in it anyway. Lance built a really good dam this year and raised the water level above my knees and at least waist deep on the kids. It was fun and FREEZING!

All the sisters were were together on the last night we were there so we had too take a picture. This is how we really are. (meaning Rachel looks like a physco!)

This is the beast picture we got on our camera. There are better pics on my moms camera.

This is in Idaho on our way out of town. I was a little chili.

This is Island Park, ID. Just a pretty view.

By the time we got to Montana it was freezing cold! We had to put on full leathers and face masks. I would have never imagined it would be so cold in August.

We drove through Yellowstone.

We turned our picture quality down on our camera because we were running out of room so alot of our pics from Yellowstone didn't turn out.

Lance's first glimpse of a geyser.

The bog of eternal stench!

This was Lances favorite part. This lake was HUGE! On our way home we drove through the night. It sucked but was beautiful.

Basically after this we had to put the camera away because it was too dark to take pictures but let me just tell you what happened. It snowed on us. Thats right snow in August. We were in Wyoming riding our motorcycle through a muddy river bed that was a road under construction. It was the coldest I have ever been. Snow in August. I would have never ever believed it. All together we went 3200 mile, 1200 were in 17 hours on the way home. Let me tell you, 17 hours is a long long long motorcycle ride. It was amazingly fun though. I am sure I will be able to sit again some day.

2009-07-26T20:21:00.000-07:00

On Fourth of July weekend, (I know that was a long time ago) Lance and I went to the lake to dive with some friends. Unfortunately and for some reason we didn't really take any pictures at the lake. Our friend did so I will have to get them from him, but on the way home, Lance and I stopped at the USS Batfish. It is a submarine in Oklahoma. How did it get here you ask? Well all the plaques and stuff inside say that it was a "gift" from the United States to the people of Oklahoma. The story that Lance and I had heard through the grapevine was that in the 70's she was decommissioned because she did have nuclear weapons. She was going to be scrapped. Instead of letting their ship be torn apart the crew commandeered her and brought her up the Navigation Channel where she ran aground at the Port of Muskogee. I think that is when the US decided to 'gift' her to the people of Oklahoma rather than try to pull her all the way back to the gulf just to scrap her out. Anyway its a cool story. I didn't even know there was access to the ocean from Oklahoma. Shows how much I pay attention in school huh.

I was amazed by the size of everything. I thought everything was going to be small. But this is one of the guns they shot off it.

This is the deck. They are redoing it to make it safer I guess. I never realized that submarines had wooden decks. They were selling 5 inch pieces of the original deck in the gift shop. I thought that would be kind of cool for someone who had served on the Batfish to have.

Every inch of every wall was covered in controls. It was crazy. It would take forever to figure out what everything was for. I am not kidding I mean every inch of every wall. No spare space at all!

You know in all those undersea movies where they are running and jumping through the hatches full speed. That would take some skill. The hatches between rooms were tiny! Like if I put a leg on each side and sat half in one room half in another, my head could touch the top of the hatch.

There were alot of small spaces. There was an open area down the middle or along the side of each room, but there were some places that were really tight fits kind of off the the side. And you know they had to go back into those spots cause remember how I said every inch of every wall had controls. Yep even in the tiny spaces behind huge pieces of equipment there were controls.

Here is the bunk house (room) There were 39 folding beds stacked three high. Lance is on the middle bunk and you can see that if he laid on his side, he was touching the top bunk. Hope your not claustrophobic. Plus, if you think that is tight, you should see the potty and the shower.

Here is the HUGE torpedo! I had no clue that torpedos were that huge!

I have a picture of me standing beside the Batfish but it was so huge that we had to take three photos and then I photoshopped them together. I look like a little ant in the picture because is it so big. But because of the photoshopping I can't find a format to save it in that it will allow me to post on this blog. I will keep trying though. Anyway, that is the USS Batfish. It was a fun learning expieriance. I kind of want to go back to it with someone that actually knows something about submarines so that they could explain some about each room. It was cool. If you happen to be driving by with some free time. Check is out.

No new posts....

2009-06-17T14:19:00.000-07:00

Sorry there have been no new posts. That is because I have had to work the last 4 weeks in a row... it drains my soul out of me. When we first started getting slow at work I thought it sucked but now that I have had to work the last 4 weeks in a row... I feel like my life is over. Pity me.

2009-05-29T20:26:00.000-07:00

For Memorial Day we went to a local lake. It was about 20 miles from home. We camped for 6 days. One great thing about 6 days of camping is 6 days of beautiful sunsets.

Day 1

Day 2

You can kind of see our fishing pole leaning against that post. We set out cat fish poles at night with bells on the end to alert us when we got a bite. We kept hearing little jingles but when we went to reel it in we could tell it hadn't bitten the hook. Then when we would finally reel it in all the way, the bait was gone. Our camp neighbors came over one night and gave us a tip; if we wrap our bait in panty hose they can't steal the bait. Well guess what, we did and that dang fish bit a hole in the panty hose and still took the bait! We never caught him.

Maybe we will someday.

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Lance even took a picture of the sunrise for me one morning. Apparently he tried to wake me up to fish for 'the early morning bite' with him and I told him I would rather sleep in. I don't remember that conversation but I don't doubt it took place.

This is Chris and Misty and their baby Claire who camped with us over the weekend. This was Claire's first camp out and her first time to swim. She loved it. Anytime we took her out on either of our boats she would fall asleep.

Here is the fisherman in his element. We caught about 3 or 4 fish everyday but we let

them all go.

We tubed and kneeboarded. It was super fun. This is Debbie, Lance's mom, on the knee board.

I have driven the boat before, but this was the first time I pulled someone behind me. I was actually pretty proud of myself because that is something I thought I would never do. Lance is pretty good at knee boarding.

He even tried standing on it. It didn't work out so well.

I am pretty good too, but we didn't really get a picture.

Lance pulled me so fast trying to flip me that is about all the picture they could get.

We decided to have a big bonfire on the last night, but we had burned most of the wood that we brought with us. We had a brilliant solution. Go to the other side of the lake where no one ever goes and get some! You should have seen our neighbors faces when we pulled up with a boat full of dead wood.

We made smores that night and just FYI, it was burning my flesh off to try and stand that close to the inferno for the picture.

All in all we had a great time, got some great tans, and a great workout tubing and kneeboarding.

Texas

2009-05-09T20:05:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago (I know I'm late on posting) it was our 1st anniversary and we happened to have to have the week off of work. We decided to get on the bike and ride and see where we ended up. Well this was the same week as the rainy snake hunt so I said I wanted to go somewhere warm. We ended up in Corpis Christie. It was really fun. We went to the beach and got attacked by sea gulls. We were eating sandwiches and I saw a bird looking at us. Lance tore a piece off his sandwich and I said, "Don't give that to him, he'll tell his friends." Not knowing how true that would be.

THEY ATTACKED US!!!

They felt a lot closer than they look in this picture. I was kind of holding my sandwich out to the side to get the birds to stay long enough for they pic. One of them swooped down and took a bite right out of my hand. I screamed and pulled my sandwich in toward my chest and another on came about 5 inches from my face and snatched the whole thing out of my hand and I really screamed and got up and ran away. Lance made fun of me.

This is looking straight up. No zoom.

Here's my hunky hubby contemplating the meaning of life on the jetty.

Do I look like the little mermaid or what.

I was a genius and decided to check the tidal pools for signs of life. We saw a blue crab...

.... and a real live jelly fish. cool.

It was awesome to watch the pelicans eating fish. I wish I had a quicker camera so I could get them diving.

10 foot tall popsicle anyone?

The world largest sand castle. It was about 2 stories high.

Here is an air craft carrier that we went by. This pic was taken off the back of the bike and I was pretty scared while taking it because we were on a huge tall bridge and I had to almost stand on the pegs going 65 mph. I am very comfortable on the bike, I even fall asleep quite often, but for some reason I just felt like hanging on tight across that big bridge.

Here is a propeller that was displayed by the boat. There are two propellers that push that air craft carrier and they are actually about 4 feet taller than that on. Lance was very impressed. Unfortunatley for him it was closed for the night so we couldn't take the tour.

When we got home the big hoopla about swine flu had begun and it seemed we had just left ground zero. Good thing neither of us have gotten sick yet.

Snake hunt

2009-04-24T10:36:00.000-07:00

Well lance, some friends, and I went to Waynoka, Ok this weekend for the annual Snake Hunt. This was my first year to go. It was pretty fun even though it rained the whole time. Basically it is held at Little Sahara state park, which is a bunch of sand dunes, and there are a ton of 4 wheelers and sand buggies and crazy people trying to catch rattle snakes!!

I guess once they catch them they put them in the...

This is about 10% of all the snakes in the Den of Death. There were TONS of snakes and the craziest thing was the sound because they were all rattling!!

A lot of them were all tensed up and ready to strike all the time. The crazy snake handlers would wave their feet over the top of them and they would strike their feet and ankles! I made some gasping sounds a couple of times because of it.

This guy was like a snake whisperer or something

because he would just pick them up and put his hands up my their mouths and everything. The other handlers used more cation in what they were doing.

Pretty scary huh...

I was pretty brave!

Some people weren't so brave...

We actually didn't go out to the dunes cause we didn't think our Harley's would do very good with on the sand. But don't worry, there was a motorcycle rodeo that we went to and participated in. We didn't get any pictures of the events but here is the huge crane and flag they had that was freaking awesome.

There was one thing that happened that was even scary than the snake den pit of death. Like I said it rained all weekend and we were laying in our tent one night and the tornado sirens went off! What do you even do! We were grabbing stuff and trying to throw our shoes on but luckily, we didn't get swept off to Oz.

You can kind of see the mud path behind me in this picture...

...by the end of the weekend, wit all the rain and all the 4 wheelers with paddle tire going through there, that mud path was about 6 inch deep slop! We sat in our camp chairs for a while and watched people getting stuck. Lance got a standing ovation when he managed to pull both our bikes through without getting stuck.

Mean looking seat.

2009-04-05T07:22:00.000-07:00

For my birthday Lance got me a new seat for m

y motorcycle. Its pretty great. Its a solo seat so I can't take a passenger unless they want to sit on the fender. I don't blame anyone if they don't notice or care that big of a difference in the before and after picture because about a year ago I would have been the same way. The benefits of the seat are that it looks really cool and sleek, the drawback is that its harder. Oh well, I still like it.

Here is before...

Here is the new seat..

Adoro cabalgar bicicletas.

2009-03-05T19:13:00.000-08:00

Thanks to the Lance being diagnosed with diabetes and us having a lot of time off we have gotten back into riding bicycles. I don't mean hop on a bike and ride to your friends house or to the store, I am talking riding trails with lots of roots and drop off and wash outs. Its hard, but also lots of fun.

This is our bike rack. It says it carries four bikes, but it was kind of a tight fit.

Look at my husband. Doesn't he look so athletic and focused.

Look at my brother-in-law. Doesn't he look like a monkey!

I was pretty focused too.

(don't worry, I know that camel pack strap make my boobs look good.)

But being focused it didn't really help. I still wrecked. I chickened out half way down the hill and grabbed the break. I didn't go end over end luckily, but my handle bars turned and wrapped up around my legs. I was trying to catch myself but realized it was never going to happen so I just let myself fall and face planted onto the bridge. Isn't Jon being so helpful by mocking me!

Lance and Chris in their element. Lance wrecked too but their are no pictures of it because we thought it was really serious and we all just dropped our bikes to run over and help instead of grabbing the camera. He was coming down a big sandstone outcropping and when he dropped off one of the rocks and his tire slipped to the side. He kind of went over the handle bars and to the side at the same time and landed on his head and shoulder. Luckily he was wearing a helmet but his shoulder got pretty bruised up, one of his knees got scraped, and he got a goose eggs on his shin. He wrecked so hard that the end of his handle bars cut a perfect circle out of the sandstone. He's tough though. That happened yesterday and we went again today.

Don't worry, I know I look hot in neoprene.

2009-02-28T18:56:00.000-08:00

Well today was a great day and a not so great day. It was great because I got all my scuba gear (besides a tank a fins) and not so great because now I owe my husband big time. Lol. We were in OKC running a few errands when one of our friends called and asked what size BC (that vest thing) I wore. The dive shop we like to go to were having a big sale and I guess we got sold. I got my wet suit, BC, 1st and 2nd stage, and mask. The only reason I didn't get fins is because they didn't have my size in purple. We ended up saving about $550. You can't beat that! I'm so happy.

Shopping Cart Cover

2009-02-28T18:46:00.000-08:00

My friends asked if I could make them a shopping cart cover for their baby. The ribbons on the front are to tie on toys. I think it turned out well. I am now taking orders. Order now to avoid the rush! :)

Valentines Day

2009-02-28T18:40:00.000-08:00

This is what my husband deems an appropriate Valentines Day outfit.

Needless to say, he did not end up wearing this.

A new lifestyle.

2009-02-13T05:36:00.001-08:00

Just an FYI to everyone. This week Lance was diagnosed with type II diabetes. It is a big deal, but not really a big shocker. I had been suspecting it for a while because I noticed he had several of the symptoms, it was just convincing him to actually go to the doctor. This is the guy who when he was a kid broke his arm and it had a noticeable abnormal bend in it and he wouldn't let his mom take him to the doctor for two days. The most difficult part will be getting used to the diet. No sweets. Lots of veggies. Two things he hates. We are getting used to it though. At first I was really stressed but his glucose levels have been relatively reasonable these past couple days so I feel like I am doing my job right. So if anyone has any advice or tasty diabetic friendly recipes send them my way!

Who doesn't love new shoes!

2009-02-03T15:43:00.000-08:00

These are the beautiful shoes that I got this week. Guess what the price tag said... $69. Guess how much I paid... $5!! Thats right, that makes them even more beautiful. Now the only thing I need is an outfit to match. Lol. Thats the way shoe shopping should be anyway.

Kindness of Strangers.

2009-01-24T15:23:00.000-08:00

This week Lance and I had the unfortunate op

portunity to give several people their "last ride." As some of you may know there was a mother and four children murdered in El Reno, Ok a week or so ago. Their funeral was held this Wednesday. B.A.C.A (Bikers Against Child Abuse)

sent out an e-mail asking for bikers to attend the funeral to help put a buffer between the family and the protesters. Who would protest at a funeral you might ask. Well there is a radical anti war church that is based out of Kansas that protests soldiers funerals. The Patriot Guard Riders (who Lance and I also ride with) attend those funerals to protect the family. There is no violence. If there are protesters we will set up our bikes and stand in front of them so the family doesn't have to see them or the signs they have. If they are shouting we will start our bikes so they can't hear the things they are yelling. Well, Oklahoma got tired of these outrageous acts they started making city ordinances about when and where people could protest. In their eyes this made all Oklahomans evil. Unbelievably they started to attend the funerals of murdered children in Oklahoma telling the families that God is punishing Oklahoma for not allowing them to protest. At the funeral on Wednesday there were 65+ bikes that were able to show up. We were asked to assist the police with the security of the funeral procession and the cemetery. I was honored to be able to help the family lay their loved

ones to rest in peace. Luckily we saw no protesters and everything went smoothly. I have to commend the city of El Reno as well. They took as many precautions as possible. They went to all the property owners along the main pathways the procession would take and informed them if any unwanted people were on their property, they could be arrested for trespassing. Also one of the tactics this church likes to use is burning the American flag. If anyone tried that on Wednesday they would be arrested because Tuesday night El Reno was convienently placed under a burn ban. It was a very sad thing that happened but I was awed at how many people stepped help complete strangers.

Thursday Lance and I attend a funeral for a seven year old boy who died of cancer. For several months now our ABATE group has been following his progress with his illness. His family requested the motorcycle escort from the school where the funeral was held to the cemetery.

There were 85+ bikes that showed up including the Patriot Guard Riders who

brought the flags.

Every Friday a woman in the community would send this little boy a balloon bouquet and a stuffed animal. He decided that the yellow ones were his favorite. For the funeral several of us met early and aired up 800 yellow balloons and tied then along the fence into the cemetery.

When everyone arrived at the cemetery we cut to balloons off the fence and handed them out. Everyone let them go at the same time.

These are the ABATE member that came to support his family on his "last ride."

This was a picture on the ride home. Lance is getting pretty good with a camera.

Samson

2009-01-22T18:10:00.000-08:00

Well the day has come. I know that no one ever thought that they would see it. Lance cut his long flowing locks. They were awesome, but they were also a lot of work. I haven't seen him with short hair since we were in high school. His hair was 17 inches from scalp to tip. He did donate his pony tail to locks for love.

I like it short, Lance is having trouble getting used to it. I also like it long though. If he really misses it that much all he has to do it wait.

Christmas Treats.

2009-01-09T04:33:00.000-08:00

Twas the night before Christmas,

and all through the house,

not a creature was stirring,

not even a mouse.

BECAUSE I ATE IT!!

A hairy mistake.

2009-01-09T04:29:00.000-08:00

Blow drying my hair makes is straight. Unfortunately, I guess that is not the case for everyone.

TWILIGHT!!!

2008-12-09T15:33:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to tell everyone that encouraged me to read the Twilight series a big fat lot of thanks for NOTHING!!! I am out of control!!! I felt like Bella herself at work last night. I turned the radio up really loud and was trying to sing so I wouldn't think about the book. I am only in the middle of the first book so don't spoil it for me. I also don't want to read anymore until I have an uninterupted block of time to finish. I can't take all this stopping and starting. So here is a warning to anyone who hasn't read it yet, don't read it unless you have one or two free days so you can read the whole thing at once. Also I have dreamed about it everytime I have slept so I have to reread the last couple of pages when I start reading again cause I can't remember what was real and what was the dream. So big fat lot of thanks for NOTHING!!!

Non-traditional Thanksgiving

2008-11-29T16:04:00.000-08:00

So at the last minute Lance and I ditched traditional Thanksgiving to go snowboarding. At first I was kind of sad (remember my earlier Thanksgiving post), but it turned out to be a really fun trip. I really miss snowboarding and it felt really good to get back on the mountain. We went to Red River, NM. Neither of us had ever been here before, (Lance had never snowboarded before), but it turned out to be really cool. The town is right at the base of the mountain so really you could walk anywhere in town, even to the lifts. There was actually a lift right outside our hotel, I mean 10 feet from our door, but that run wasn't open. Red River supplements their natural snowfall with snow machines which is basically all they had, but it wasn't bad. Kinda icy but still fun. Here is a picture of the town from about 1/4 of the way up the mountain.

Lance did really good for his first time. Ever since I bought him a snowboard for his birthday he has been trash talking that he was going to school me and that he didn't understand what was so hard about it... Well he learned. I was so happy to hear to exact same words come out of his mouth that I said my first time I went, "I can't do it, this was a waste of money." He was ready to give up after the first day. He fell 25 times going down the bunny hill his first run. I wasn't much help though, I yelled out tips in between hysterical boughts of laughter. He was going to rent skis and try his luck there but decided to give it one more chance and caught on. He even did a black run. He also learned the meaning of being sore. Until you do it, you will never know the pain.

Here you can see the edge of the man made snow. Since Lance was just learning I stayed with him the whole time and took it pretty easy. It was a good ease back into it for me. I got to work on somethings that I needed to practice like 180's and riding switch. As a result I'm really not sore. Something that he didn't like cause I wanted to walk around and see the town today and he wanted to lay in bed. I won, we walked around. It was good for him to stretch his muscles though.

Rach and Carson, I looked it up it took us 9 1/2 hours to get here, it take 9 hrs and 45 min to come from Phoenix. Plus look at the name of the forest it is in! We'll meet you here next weekend.

2008-11-21T15:54:00.000-08:00

This is my cousin Josephine.

She was born on October 22. Shortly after she was born she was diagnosed with Trisomy 18, or Edward's Syndrome. She will not live long-trisomy 18 is genetic disorder where there is extra material from the 18th chromosome (like extra material from the 21st chromosome causes down syndrome.) About 95% die in utero. Of liveborn infants, only 50% live to 2 months, and only 5-10% will survive their first year of life.

Josephine is going strong on 1 month!

My Aunt Lucy and cousin Angelic are hosting an online benefit to help pay for medical expenses. Any bids/donations would be great! Check it out here. The auction will start November 26th and last one week. Check out Josephine's story and her amazing family here.

Sweet Tastinesses

2008-11-20T04:24:00.000-08:00

Here is a little something to wet everyones appetite for the upcoming glut. (You all know its true, even if you are on some biggest loser weight loss extrodinare diet thing you will glut yourself on Thanksgiving, and if you don't... well thats just not American.) This is the first turkey I ever made. Looks pretty good for a novice huh. I made it cause we got it for free from our work last year and we thought we had better eat it before we get to more free ones this year. It was really good. I also made turkey pot pies which were amazing. I didn't even use a recipe (i know turkey pot pie isn't that hard, but I am still proud of how tasty they turned out.) The only semi sad thing is eating a whole turkey between just two people can make one a little sick of turkey and they turkey holiday is very near. It will be ok though. I am sure we will find a way to squeeze some more turkey into out guts. Especially if Lances mom make that tasty sounding citrus turkey that she was thinking about, yum-o. Well Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Early Christmas.

2008-11-07T17:02:00.000-08:00

Lance gave me my Christmas present early! Yeah I was suprised too! He said he has been looking for one for me for a long time and this was too good of a deal to pass up. Its a 2002 Sportster with only 2700 miles. They must have just rode it home from the dealership, put it in the garage for 6 years and then decided to sell it. I am so happy. I am sooo happy.

I learned my lesson!

2008-11-04T05:01:00.000-08:00

Don't worry for all of you our there that thought I was a greedy greedy girl not willing to share my Halloween treasure, I got a stomach ache last night on my way to work due to over indulgence. I guess I learned my lesson and that lesson is: if I am not going to share my candy, I don't have to try to eat it before everyone else does so I should just take it easy and enjoy. Muwhahaha!

Halloween Poker Run

2008-11-02T11:06:00.000-08:00

For those of you who don't know, a Poker Run is a biker game. Someone,

either an organization or a charity, sponsors the run. Everyone pays like $10 or so to get a piece of paper with the 52 standard cards on it. The sponsors have a planned route with 4-5 points of interest along the way. At each stop everyone draws a card a

nd it gets marked on their paper. At the final stop (usually someplace to eat) the sponsor collects the papers and finds the highest hand and the lowest hand. They are the winners and get a percentage of the money raised that day. If the sponsor is an organization you keep the money, but if its a charity its good juju to donate it back to the charity. This weekend was the Three Sands Abate chapter poker run. It was a little differe

nt in that we started out as two groups and met in the middle at the fourth stop and then as one big group went onto the final destination. It was pretty fun cause Lance was the Road Captain (leader) of our group. As his passenger I got to make all the arm signals (like left turn, right turn, watch out for road kill, stop etc.) and be in charge of the drawing of the cards. Th

e two groups met at a veterans memorial in Lamont, Ok. There was 53 bikes all together which is a pretty good turn out. I really like riding in groups but it is also very dangerous. If one bike goes down, all the bikes behind them do too. This weekend for instence one guys oil line burst open and sprayed the guy behind him with oil. Luckily th

e guy who got sprayed was wearing a full face helmet. So when the oil impaired his vision he just lifted the visor on his helmet and was able to mak

e it to the next stop and clean up. Riding in groups is fun but dangerous.

Halloween treats!

2008-11-02T10:43:00.000-08:00

My mother-in-law gave us some Halloween treats. How thoughtful of her. My basket has a witch on it and Lances has a Frankinstine. Don't worry she also gave us a full Ziploc freezer bag of mini candy bars and a full Ziploc freezer bag of regular size bags of M&M's. She got all the candy on a huge sale where she works. She even put a blue glow stick in Lances and a pink one in mine. How cute is she. So if you guys want some candy, don't come to me cause we're not sharin! Just kidding. Happy Halloween!

I rock!

2008-11-02T10:16:00.000-08:00

Lets just start by saying that I am totally amazing. Of course you guys already knew that, but I will tell you one of the reasons. I crocheted a baby blanket in one teeny weeny little week. This might be small potatoes for some of you out there but for me it was a big deal seeing as the last baby blanket I made took several months. I only know one fancy pattern so that is the one I used. I learned how to crochet from my mother in Young Women's. We made baby blankets for the Linus Project. (now that I know how good I am at it maybe I will make more.) Anyhow I liked it, the girl I made it for liked, Lance was proud of me (even though he doubted me.) Here it is.

2008-11-02T09:57:00.000-08:00

Here is a close up of the pattern

2008-10-23T15:20:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to post a video for the last 3 weeks but it won't ever load so I get discouraged and haven't posted anything. So if you want to see this hilarious most funny video on the whole wide web go here. Now I thought I would post a picture of my dog Buster for all of you who haven't seen him yet. He is pretty much the best dog ever for a couple of reasons. I will list them:

He is amazingly cute
Lance already had him trained before we got together so he is well behaved and I didn't have to put up with naughty doggie issues.
He lives with Lances mom 98% percent of the time cause we didn't want to pay the pet deposit for the apartment so I don't have to buy tons of dog food, take him out to go potty, or worry about him barking and bothering the neighbors.

He is pretty much the best and cutest and most protective dog ever.

I Ride the Short Bus.

2008-09-26T13:04:00.000-07:00

So, Lance and I went to a bike rally last weekend. We were camping with some new friends we met through ABATE. Well we were all still getting to know each other and sitting around the campfire talking. Anyone who knows Lance knows he is pretty quiet at first. Our new friends didn't quite know what to make of Lance because he was so quite. Well, somehow in the conversation it got brought up that Lance is the proud owner of a short bus. When we started talking about his short bus he got real excited and told everyone everything about it. Then when the subject changed, he got quiet again. Our new friends thought this was very funny and said that Lance's ride name (the name that you are known throughout the motorcycle community) should be Short Bus. Well, it was just a joke but Lance decided that he really liked it and got a huge patch made and sewn onto his vest. Everyone thought it was great and super funny. The only thing is now I am the wife of the Short Bus. It will be kind of cool if we can go through with our plans and turn the short bus into a camper. I also think I got my ride name too. Rider. Because I "ride the short bus" or at least ride with the short bus. Anyway, long story short, I am married to the Short Bus.