Bubba and the Weasel

Hey everyone is Bubba.
I decided I would just post some pictures of what bumpy and I were up to since my dad doesn't do it. Hope you like them! :)

11 minutes of fame

Here is the article in the prestigious Sugarhouse Journal about my current group show.  It even has a picture of me with my short (relatively speaking) hair just for mom.  Enjoy.

KJ

http://www.mysugarhousejournal.com/pages/full_story/push?article--Area+artists+showcase+talent+in+heart+of+Sugar+House%20&id=3616900--Area+artists+showcase+talent+in+heart+of+Sugar+House

A very good day

here are a couple of pictures from my trip to Florida.  I'm staying in the hotel on the far left (thanks to McGraw-Hill publishing) and I'll never be the same when it comes to travel. If this is how "the other half" lives, I want to change halves.

I went to the beach today.  Just me.  It's a Monday and so only a few people were at the beach outside the hotel.  There are a few specific days in my life that stick out as simply great days for one reason or another.  The majority of them involve my family and my girls.  Today was a very good day.  A day I'll always remember.  Just me, and the water and the sand and the sun.  I will always remember this day.  I can't explain why.  It's much more than just the beach.  It was just a very good day.

A little story from today (Monday).  The water is extremely shallow.  I can walk about 100 yards out into it and the water never gets above my shoulders.  After that it drops just about straight down.  It is crystal clear water and you can see small and even large schools of fish swimming around.  They even occasionally bump your legs.  While I was about 90 yards off the beach, something kept bumping my leg.  Low and behold, it was about a 16-18 inch shark.  No mistaking a shark.  It wasn't aggressive and it wasn't big, but nonetheless, I figured that where there was a little one, there was a big one.  I walked slowly back to the shore and the little guy followed me the whole way, bumping my legs and doing circles.  It was very interesting.  It had a flat, wide head and black stripes on each side.  The beach attendant told me it was either a hammer head or a Bonnethead shark.  Both are common in the shallow water.  They're not aggressive, just curious.  The only thing I didn't like hearing was, "it's not feeding time anyway."  He should work in P.R.

KJ

Proud Gardeners

Most of our garden has been fruitful this year and I had to post a picture of all the tomatoes Riley and I picked this evening. I didn't realize we had so many, but we just kept finding more and more. Riley is also very proud of her pumpkins. The big one she's sitting by is the largest we've ever grown! Our corn has also come on in the past week and has been a delicious addition to our meals.

Yellowstone Bear World

On Labor Day we took the girls to Yellowstone Bear World. It's one of those local attractions you drive by a million times and tell yourself you'll never go there. Well...I guess the rest is history. Bear World won out over the Fair and actually driving to Yellowstone. The girls had fun, but there seems to be something wrong with watching bears sit on their haunches catching powdered donuts in their mouths. It kind of reminded me of watching mom feed Keith and Scott when they were younger!

Armageddon

This was the actual sunset in SLC Sunday night.  This is the combination of mother nature's splendor  mixed with an incredible amount of manmade pollution.  Inversion does have its benefits.  I may not be able to breathe because of the pollution, but the sunset was breath taking anyway.  It's the same result.  If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

KJ

Mid-life Crisis

We went waterskiing on Saturday and Valerie's sister, Morgan, took these pictures of the flip I attempted. I figured I could try this at 31, but definitely not at 32. I think I had a slight concussion the next few days from a few of the spills I took.

Riley's First Day of School

Riley has enjoyed her first three days of Kindergarten. Every day I ask her what she learned and she says, "Guess what dad? We had recess!"

Riley and her friend Elizabeth. They were happy to find out they are in the same class.

Charlotte just saw the picture of Keith with his shirt off.

I had a great B-Day! Thanks to all the well-wishers.

Riley's Loose Tooth

Riley lost her first tooth tonight! She is very excited to have the tooth fairy come tonight. She removed all the "make-up" from her make-up box so she would have somewhere to put the tooth. She even wrote the tooth fairy a note: "Dear tooth fairy my tooth is in the box." Just to avoid any confusion.

She starts kindergarten tomorrow and is quite excited. She met her teacher last week and her best friend in the neighborhood is in her class. I'm sure we will have pictures to share from the big day.

Camping

We went camping near West Yellowstone, MT with Valerie's family last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We also went into Yellowstone one of those days so there are a few pictures from that excursion.

Our tent

Gathered around the fire pit.

Riley's chipmunk trap - she caught a few!

It seems like every meal had some type of sausage in it...

It was pretty chilly Saturday morning.

Riley braving the lake.

Charlotte was drawn to the sand.

A rainbow at the Lower Falls in Yellowstone.

Valerie at the falls.

Riley and Charlotte were thrilled to take this picture.

More waterfalls.

The girls loved seeing this Bison up close!