Rainbow, Work,

Towards the end of the day yesterday as I was leaving work, I walked out the door and saw the pictures below. Sometimes when I have a bad day at work, all it takes is something like this to remind me that when things go wrong, those things really do not matter at all in the big picture. Look closely at the mountain behind it and you begin to see the actual size.

Daughter

It just occurred to me that the title to my blog references my wonderful daughter, and yet I have not posted a picture of her. I need to do this in order to make the title of my blog make more sense seeing as once you see her picture anyone would say " I can picture her saying that".

This one was taken at the wedding of Chelle and I



Self Portrait



Huh? what's going on???

Holiday's, Christmas, Thanksgiving, vacation

Well, it is official. I am 42 and the years seem to be flying by at this point in my life. Seems like just yesterday we were celebrating New Years eve. Actually, It seems like just yesterday the whole world was freaking out on New Year's eve 1999. When Prince's song came out in 1984 about partying like it was 1999, that seemed like it would take forever to get here. Now it is almost 2009 and i wonder where all the time has gone. Took a minute off from typing to look at a text message my friend in Arizona just sent. A cartoon of a guy screwing a gal on a thanksgiving table telling her, "Here's your stuffing, the gravy will be here shortly. Ahhh, he never disappoints with the disgusting text messages. What was I saying, oh yeh, I wish time would slow a little.

So, what has been going on. Well, Like I was saying, I just turned 42 and my wife gave me a i-POD touch for my birthday. That has to be the best present I have EVER received for a birthday. It is both useful and Cool. For her birthday on October 25Th we went to wendover Nevada. It the closest nice place to gamble in Nevada if you live in Utah as we do, without having to drive all the way to Las Vegas. About 2 hours from our house. It was one of the best weekends Michelle and I have ever spent together. We went the same weekend her parents were there in their RV. A good time was had by all. I can't wait to do it again.

Other than that, here are some pictures of some of my family history. I put things like this in my Blog in the off chance, some other long lost family members whom I have never met will recognize them and try to contact me. The scan below is my Great Great Grandfathers discharge from the civil war. If You have ever seen the movie "Gangs Of New York", there is a scene where the Irish are getting off the boat from Ireland and the Irish Men are being issued Uniforms and being put right back on another boat to fight for the Union in the civil war. That is exactly what happened to Great Great Grandfather McManus:




Here the WW2 label for the Red Diamond division My Paternal Grandfather, Belone "Babe" Fournier belonged to as well as the route through France they took and a copy of his discharge paperwork:







Well that is it for this post. Blog atcha later

HALLOWEEN

Just had to post this picture. I always seem to stick my foot in my mouth, so I dressed up as that personified.

My brother's wedding

Well, I am back from Las Vegas. Nice place to visit, but no way would I want to live there. The picture above is my brother (left) and myself taken at the wedding chapel right before he got married. The chapel was typical Las Vegas. Vintage 1970's style couches for guests and a disco ball hanging from the ceiling. I half expected Elvis to perform the ceremony.

The picture above was taken at Harrah's right after they were married. Harrah's was nice but a little to sprawling for me. I don't like being in a casino and getting lost which is exactly what happened. I find the older I get the more easily it becomes to get disoriented

Another picture of the happy couple out on the Vegas strip in front of Ceaser's Palace. It actually started raining right after the picture was taken. RAIN IN VEGAS?!?! WTF?

From the left, Libby's father, mother, Libby, my brother, Libby's sister-in-law, and Libby's brother. In the forefront, Babu the Indian Photographer who tried to sell the Pictures he took for $1000.00. Libby's mom, who drives a hard bargain, talked him down to $325.00.

I stayed at the Gold Coast hotel. The hotel where apparently, the film "Kingpin" was filmed. More my style. Cheaper and more intimate and a great view of the Luxor and Mandalay Bay.




Well, that's all for now. Good to be Back Home. Above, the view on our front step. Doesn't get much better than that.

VEGAS BABY!!!

Well, I am off to Las Vegas this weekend. My brother, pictured above in the army uniform, is getting married to a wonderful gal named Libby at Harrah's. Our mother to the left. Don't know the douche in the middle. I will have pictures posted of Libby on the27th. This is my brothers second marriage. His first to a sane woman. He just got out of the army not to long ago. If I remember correctly, he was attached to 3rd ID. He spent 18 months in Tikrit, Iraq as an interrogator. I have included a better picture of my mom seeing as she seems to be sleeping standing up in the picture with my brother Andrew. She is holding my nephew, Andrews son.

Marley and me

I would like to introduce you to our 2 dogs The first one ( as seen above ) we rescued from the dog pound. We had just moved into our new house and decided we would get 2 dogs. I went to the local shelter and as i made my way around the kennel, out of about 40 dogs, she was the only one who didin't bark. It was love at first sight. She is a Flat Coat Retriever. The name on the kennel was "Dianne". Who the hell names a dog Dianne. She had dreads hanging below her ears . So it was settled. We named her Marley. She is a great dog and as you can see, not at all camera shy. If you look close, she is actually smiling.

This Little guy my wife rescued, from of all places, a pet store. He is a combination Bichon and Poodle. He was underweight, and the runt of the litter. He was afraid of everything and everyone. He immediately took a liking to my daughter, and are now inseperable. Because we Had a Marley, we of course named him Ziggy.