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Even now, I sometimes cannot believe that I am a Dad! I can’t understand how God could entrust me with these two gifts, two miracles, a responsibility beyond my imagination. I praise the Lord everyday that He did.

I was blessed to have three great men in my life and now I praise God that I still have one. Happy Father’s Day, Paul. 

When the Taylor’s ask you to go to lunch with them, you had better be prepared to huck down some major amounts of food! Eating at Lo-Lo’s Chicken and Waffles no item on the menu was safe from us. Our small table was covered with fried chicken, chicken strips, mac and cheese, collard greens, corn bread, syrup,Continue reading “Lunch with Jerome and Melinda- WOW…”

 

Thanks to my Mom, we are now the proud owners of a back country French press called the Java Press. Last year on our annual camping trip, we realized we had no way to make coffee without electricity. So, we purchased  some instant and longed for something better. Last summer while wandering around aimlessly in downtownContinue reading “The Java Press…”

Just a small part of the 60 second victory dance Leo performed after each of the goals he scored.

Every male and every female have had these expressions at least once  and probably more than once in their life times. Guys have this look as our grandson Leo has right now when you find out that you all of a sudden have a girlfriend, and of course, you have no idea how that couldContinue reading ““The Look…””

Any one who has ever been to Oklahoma City knows that there is always one thing you count on for sure, wind.

     

Truthfully, we just picked this park out of the RV parks book we have. My what a travel park! Restaurant, RV wash, repair service (maybe the first photo was one of their training jobs?)  carpet cleaning and storm shelters, a must in West Texas. One of the nice items can be seen in the second picture,Continue reading “Texas Panhandle…”

We are off on our first RV trip of the year. Departing ground zero in Congress Arizona, elevation 2800 feet around 0830 hours. We climbed steadily for four hours topping out 7100 feet before pointing the nose of the truck east bound. Little wind and warm temperatures were a welcome relief from the snow showers encountered in 2010.Continue reading “Grants, New Mexico…”

Neighbor.

  Believe it or not, these fellas are some of the hardest workers we have. Arizona’s busiest Disaster Relief feed unit.    

The TRIBE ladies… The TRIBE men!!!

Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

Photo’s by Norm…

My father-in-law and I watch this station which is just outside of Wickenburg with some humor. Always, it seems, when the weekend approaches, the price of fuel goes up and after Monday the price slides down. I don’t think I have ever seen a business deviate in price so much. It is a great location to makeContinue reading “FOUR DOLLAR’S per GALLON!!!!”

Thugs, Mobs And Education by babatim The news this week has been dominated by the Lara Logan story.  Ms. Logan was the subject of  the most popular post in FRI history which can be found here.  Reactions to the news that Lara was subjected to “a brutal and sustained assault and beating” have cost at least oneContinue reading “Good Post from Free Range International…”

Who would have thought that they would have two huge horned bulls? That is a real bull taking a ride!

Some of these dogs are real.

     

This is an outstanding 1974 Yamaha 250 vintage racer with many custom and trick parts, some of which cannot be seen from this photo. In the first shot, all the expert racers are staging for the money race, 14 riders in all. Bruce captured 3rd place and a good chunk of the purse. Easily winningContinue reading “Bruce cleans up…”

Before we go racing, I had to show case one of our great sunsets. Bruce carefully selected his gate position, which paid off with a first place in moto # 1. Bruce at speed.  In both his moto’s he was never challenged having the most horsepower and riding skills, no other rider could hang withContinue reading “We go Racing…”

Norm is so talented in so many ways, I am very blessed to have her as my wife. She made this light for her beautician’s son, an Oregon Duck fan.

We purchased this video to try out different routines for our kettlebell workouts. We had been using programs that I could find on the web and decided to take a leap and invest in a new video. The “Kettlebell Boomer” dvd is our fourth instructional video from Dragon Door.com. If you are new to KB’s andContinue reading “The Kettlebell Boomer…”

My father-in-law built this house for his little tomato plants to live in.I am really surprised that Norm has not named each plant.

“I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything; and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfire. People made a religion of them.”  Charles Darwin writing about the religion of Darwinism

My beautiful Norm built this cruiser for me to enjoy here in the desert.

  After looking at this photo, I can’t believe we actually worked off this scaffold. It turned out to be a stable platform, better in use than at looks. All these shingles have wrecked havoc on my back!

Merle is trying to figure out how Norm could get so much paint on her! In the background is the trim job that her and Martin did. Yesterday the three of us installed those windows, after Merle showed us how. This is the front of the church. Merle had to work on the entry floorContinue reading “Back to Building…”

  Leo has a great time in the desert. Here he is trying to decorate a saguaro with old oranges. He has one in mid-flight! The kid has a pretty good arm. All of our children have been here the last few days and we have been making the most of it. The weather hasContinue reading “Fun with Family…”

WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United StatesContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving…”

“Mrs. Boss,” Jene, Merle’s better half, is the real deal. She has us praying and singing, keeps us fed, and laughing as she picks on Merle. Here is Norm, trying to get in with the “Boss.”

I think this is Mr. Mim, but I could be wrong. We also refer to him as the “Watermelon Man” as he always brings us some. Martin and I work to remove the outside brace. Martin climbed up so we could high five our success. We took a break for lunch. Our work up toContinue reading “From a few days ago…”

Mr. Lee, has been a blast getting to know. His life story sounds like it should be in a best seller.

  Usually when I climb a rope is attached to me. Instead I have the ropes tied to our tresses. The project so far.    

My art work just turned out to be a twist of the saw that I never planned on. Norm thought she would do some construction art work and modify the window opening. Here is Norm giving advice to Jene on how to use chop sticks to eat with. I wondered if Norm’s instruction and techniqueContinue reading “Church Building…”

Norm and I had to take time to clean up, the weather being so nice. I think this is Pastor Simon’s father-in-law working ahead of us as we were nailing up the siding. I wish I could squat like that. Merle likes to move into his work site and have a short commute. You justContinue reading “Construction Update…”

Merle’s tool trailer has everything a guy would need and then some.