Sackcloth and Ashes! Woe is me!!

Maybe I should cut off a finger in mourning, like the Indian squaws did in the old west days!  Or rend my garments!  Or paint my face black with soot and wail and moan and throw dust up into the air!  Oklahoma lost another BCS bowl game, their 4th BCS loss in a row, and the national title game to boot.  In the end it wasn't even that close.  I'm bummed!  Totally depressed!  Maybe someday in a dim and distant future I will get over it, and look at life with a positive attitude again, but I don't see how.  OU had it's chances to score, and didn't, and had it's chances to make stops, and didn't, and Florida was the better team.  Now Texas will gloat and OU will be ranked below Utah.  How can life go on in such a world?  How?  HOW? 

Ok, I'm over it now. 

Happy New Year!

We here at our house hope everyone has a full and happy 2009.  Don't forget to make your new years resolutions and keep them for at least a week.  Let's make '09 a great year for the family!  

Cool picture by the way, isn't it?  I may have to use is for a Christmas card next year.  

Christmas update from our house:  I (Dad) got the Band of Brothers DVD collection, the Bourne trilogy collection, a cool pocket knife that I have cut myself with twice already, an apron, and a leather hat.  We also got ourselves the Valley Forge prayer painting to keep up with everybody else.  I might have forgotten a thing or two, but that's pretty much it.  Thanks everybody for your gifts.  Mom will have to list her own loot if she wants too.  Christmas felt more like Christmas when we went over to Travis and Rebecca's house and watched Lorelai open her presents.  She had a blast, and so did we!  Too bad we couldn't watch the Groves kids open their stuff too.   Would've been fun. 

So long everybody.  Love ya!

For Joe, to make him homesick at Christmas

We want to post our sentiments during the holidays without you here.  While Christmas is a time of joy, and should be for remembering the birth of our Saviour, even if it really isn't his birthday, a lot of the joy is gone because you are far away.  We will be thinking of you throughout the holidays, and we offer our support for Ashley while you are gone.  She's strong and a trooper, but we know she can't help but miss you more at this time of year.  You guys are in our prayers always.  See you soon!  Lots of Love,  from Mom and Dad.

Here's a little something for the Groves family

It should remind them of where they used to live, and of the recent days in the mountains.  Snow is a wonderful thing, and so are Canadians.

I couldn't get the video to upload, so go to Google and type in "Canadian Police Chase," and enjoy! Then tell me what you think.

my cloud picture, and random thoughts

I lost my cloud picture for a while.  Don't know where it went, but it disappeared, and it took me a few days for it to upload again.  I'm ignorant of the magical inner workings of Blogger regarding uploading photos.  I always wonder when the triangle with the little flashing bars around it is really doing anything or not, and when a picture takes minutes and minutes to upload and then never does, I think I am just being teased.  

Tomorrow is Sunday and Jennifer, Erik, Ethen, Mia, and Kendall are going back to Denver.  Naturally, it is snowing in the mountains.  I hope the roads aren't too bad, or I hope the wait until the snow clears and they are better.  

On a happy note, the Sooners won tonight vs Okie State.  Now tomorrow will tell if they get to play in the Big 12 title game against Mo.  There's a three way tie and the BCS ranking will decide.  I know nobody cares but me, but I care enough to post it in my blog.  Texas is practically begging to get picked over OU.  Maybe they will, maybe they won't.  Tomorrow I will know.  Either way, life goes on.  

I want to finish the Book of Mormon by the end of the year.  I'd better get my posterior in gear, because I am still in Mosiah.   

It's Lorelai!!

Here are a couple of shots of Lorelai that I used my new portrait software on.  I think they are great.  Of course I'm the photographer so my opinion doesn't count for much.  I took them when her other Grandma Cathy was visiting from Iowa and we all went to Bananas Fun Park.  Tell me what ya think!

They're teasing me again

The department got this cool 2008 Jeep Liberty especially for the Traffic Unit PST (me) to drive around during the course of the day.   So far, they are just teasing me with it.  I have driven it for about a day in the past two weeks.  They are making me drive the old 98 Ford F150 traffic truck, and they keep mumbling about needing to add some equipment and stuff to the Jeep but so far it just sits in the lot and my sergeant drives it to work and home every day.  The old truck is a dog.  The Sarge says I can't have the jeep until it is ready.  I know it won't get the radio and mobile computer until Nov 17th.  I will have to drive a dog until then, and probably longer depending on how long it takes them to add the stuff.  Sigh.  

Well, my guy (not really my guy but you gotta go with who's in the race) lost the election.  Now I know how the democrats felt for the last 7 elections or so.  Sorta bummed.