HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU OUT THERE A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. TO ALL MY FAMILY IN IDAHO AND IN NEVADA I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND WISH YOU ONLY THE BEST THIS NEW YEAR HAS TO OFFER. A BIG KISS FOR EVERYONE AT MIDNIGHT ( FOR THE LADIES ) AND FOR THE MEN A HAND SHAKE LOL.

LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER

WHEN MY DAUGHTER SENICA COMES TO VISIT ONE OF THE THINGS SHE MOST ENJOYS DOING IS GOING FISHING. LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER I GUESS. WE ALLWAYS HAVE A GREAT TIME WHEN SHE IS HERE. I MISS HER SO MUCH.

THE WONDER OF NATURE

MY BOSSES AND I TOOK A TRIP UP IN THE SOUTH HILLS ONE DAY. WE JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY AND SEE THE COUNTRY. WHILE WE WERE UP THERE WE FOUND SOME BEAVER PONDS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A NATURAL BEAVER POND. IT WAS SO KEWL. I JUST LOVE THE WONDERS OF NATURE.

SHOSHONE FALLS IN EARLY SPRING

SHOSHONE FALSS WAS NOT RUNNING AT FULL STRENGHT LAST SPRING BUT IT WAS RUNNING HEAVY ENOUGH THAT THE MIST WAS FROZEN ON EVERYTHING AROUND IT. IT MADE EVRYTHING LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL. I JUST LOVE THIS PLACE.

A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS WAS VERY NICE AND VERY RELAXING THIS YEAR. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. MY MOM MADE ME A BEAUTIFUL BLANKET. I LOVE IT WHEN SHE MAKES ME THINGS. SHE DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB TOO. MY COUSIN DEE MADE ME THIS CUTE LITTLE SOCK MONKEY WHO NOW RESIDES WITH THE REST OF MY FRIENDS AROUND MY COMPUTER. MY AUNT KERRY AND UNCLE BUTCH GAVE ME A REALLY NICE DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME. IT IS SO KEWL. DINNER WENT WELL I LOVED COOKING FOR EVERYONE AND IT MADE MOM FEEL GOOD THAT SHE COULD RELAX AND JUST ENJOY THE DAY.

MORE OF GODS COUNTRY.

ONE OF THE THINGS I GOT TO DO IS GO CAMPING WITH MY BOSSES. WE WENT FOR A WEEKEND FOUR WHEEL TRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS. MAN WHAT A BLAST THIS WAS. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME RIDING A FOUR WHEELER. WE RODE FOR ALMOST 8 HOURS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. WE FOUND SOME OLD MINING CAMPS. A COUPLE OF LITTLE LAKES.

SHAPE DRESSED MAN

YES THAT IS ZZ TOP. I HAD THE FORTUNATE PLEASURE OF SEEING THEM IN JACKPOT. IT WAS AN AWESOME CONCERT.THESE GUYS ROCK.

BALANCED ROCK

ON ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS VISITS WE WENT AND DID SOME SIGHTSEEING. ONE OF THE PLACES WE WENT TO WAS BALACED ROCK. IT IS REALLY KEWL. IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE I HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE. I GUESS IT TAKES A VISIT FROM MY DAUGHTER TO GET ME THERE LOL. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES.

GODS COUNTRY

AS YOU KNOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS GO CAMPING. I LOVE THE SERENITY AND PEACEFULNESS WHEN I GET TO DO THIS. ONE OF THE PLACES I GOT TO GO CAMPING WAS AT LAKE CLEVELAND. IT IS A LITTLE ALPINE LAKE WAY UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL THERE. I MANAGED TO GET A CAMPGROUNG RIGHT ON THE LAKE. IMAGINE OPENING YOUR TENT IN THE MORNING AND SEE ALL THE BEAUTY OF MOTHER NATURE. MY DOG THAT I HAD AT THE TIME LACI J HAD A BLAST SHE HOPPED AROUNG LIKE A DEER THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE. WE GOT TO TAKE SOME HIKES ON SOME OF THE TRAIL WHILE WE WERE THERE. IT WAS AN GREAT AND RELAXING WEEKEND. HERE ARE SOME PICTURE OF WHAT I GOT TO EXPERINCE WHILE I WAS THERE.

NIAGRA IN THE WEST

HERE IN IDAHO WE HAVE SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. ONE OF OUR TOURIST ATRACTIONS IS SHOSHONE FALLS. WHEN WE HAVE PLENTY OF WATER AND THEY ARE RUNNING FULL THEY ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE WATER FALLS AND HAVE SEEN THE HORSESHOE FALL AT NIAGRA. WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT. THE FALLS HERE ARE JUST AS AWESOME. I CAN JUST STAND AND WATCH THEM FOR HOURS. I LOVE TO LISTEN TO THE ROAR AS THE WATER GOES OVER. I LOVE THE FELL OF THE MIST ON MY FACE. IT IS VERY RELAXING. I FOUND SOME PICTURES THAT I TOOK THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE AND THEY WERE RUNNING AT FULL. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED BEING THERE.

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

MY FAMILY AND I HAD OUR CHRISTMAS LAST NIGHT. IT WAS VERY NICE AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYBODY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

IF LIFE WERE LIKE A COMPUTER

- You could add/remove someone in your life using the control panel.

- You could put your kids in the recycle bin and restore them when you feel like it!

- You could improve your appearance by adjusting the display settings.

- You could turn off the speakers when life gets too noisy.

- You could click on “find” (Ctrl, F) to recover your lost remote control and car keys.

- To get your daily exercise, just click on "run"!

- If you mess up your life, you could always press "Ctrl, Alt, Delete" and start all over!

I LIKE FRUIT CAKE

OTHER USES FOR FRUIT CAKE

- Hold up your car while changing tire

- Slice and use for poker chips

- Use it to carve your turkey on

- Use as replacement for Duraflame log

- Take it camping with you...use it to weigh down the tent

- Use it as a seat at a stadium event

- Stand on it when you change a lightbulb

- Put it in the back of your car/truck for snow/ice driving

- Replaces free weights when you work out Alternative Uses for Fruitcake

- Use as a doorstop

- Use as a paper weight

- Use to clean your pots and pans

- Use as boat anchor

- Use as bricks in fireplace

- Build a house with them

- Use it to hold up your Christmas tree

- Use as a pencil holder

- Give it to the cat for a scratching post

- Put it in the back yard to feed the birds and squirrels

- Use as book ends at the school library

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS FOR ME IS ABOUT BEING WITH FAMILY. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR. MY FAMILY MEANS SO VERY MUCH TO ME. I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR. MY MOM GETS A BREAK THIS YEAR AND I AM DOING ALL THE COOKING. MY GRANDMA AND DAN ARE COMING OVER AS WELL. TO ALL MY FAMILY IN NEVADA I WISH YOU THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER AND WANT YOU TO KN0W THAT YOU WILL BE TRUELY MISSED BUT YOU WILL BE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND IN OUR HEARTS. TO ALL OF YOU HERE AT HOME AND THOSE OF YOU AWAY FROM US HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL MY LOVE TO YOU ALL

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I KNEW IT WOULD NOT LAST

LAST NIGHT AMY LEE HAD A FIELD DAY. I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO FIND MY CHRISTMAS TREE VOID OF DECORATIONS. WHY BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL OVER THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR. UNDER THE COUCH. BEHIND THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. ECT ECT ECT. SO TONIGHT I HAD TO MOVE MY CHRISTMAS TREE INTO MY BEDROOM ON TOP OF MY DRESSER. THIS IS OK I LIKE I IT THERE
I EVEN ADDED SOME CUTE LITTLE FURBYS UNDER IT. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES

MORE ADVENTURE PICTURES

ON OUR ADVENTURE TO VIRGINIA CITY WE GOT TO DO MANY FUN THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS GOT OLD TIME PHOTOS TAKEN OF OURSELVES. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT.I DECIDED TO DO THE COWBOY. HERE IS A PICTURE OF ME

MY NEW LITTLE FRIEND

WHEN WE WENT TO MY AUNT KERRY AND UNCLE BUTCHS FOR THANKSGIVING. THEY GAVE MOM DAD AND I, A NICE LITTLE CARD WELCOMING US AND ALSO A CUTE LITTLE STUFFED ANIMAL. THE ONE THEY GAVE ME WAS THIS CUTE LTTTLE DOG. HE IS SO CUTE. HE IS NOW APART OF MY FRIENDS THAT SURROUND MY COMPUTER. THANK YOU AGAIN SO VERY MUCH FOR THE MEMMORIES OF THE WONDERFUL TIME I HAD WHILE WE WERE ALL THERE. YOU GUYS ROCK.

VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS DANCING IN HER HEAD

MY CHRISTMAS TREE IS UP. AMY LEE HAS FOUND A NEW PLACE TO SLEEP. SHE HAS ALREADY CLIMBED TO THE MIDDLE OF IT NOW SHE SLEEPS UNDER IT. IT IS SO CUTE. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL

The embers glowed softly,and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

'What are you doing?' I asked without fear,
'Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!'
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said 'Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night.''
It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,
'Then he sighed, 'That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers.
'My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... An American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.

I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.

.Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall.
''So go back inside,' he said, 'harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right.'
'But isn't there something I can do, at the least,'
Give you money,' I asked, 'or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son.'

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,'
Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.

For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.'

THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A LCDR IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY
IT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYES AS I READ IT . PLEASE REMEMBER OUR TROOPS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. GOD BLESS YOU ALL

OH CHRSITMAS TREE OH CHRISTMAS TREE

I FINALY GOT TO PUT UP MY CHRISTMAS TREE. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR. I WAS CHATTING WITH MY COUSIN DEE THIS MORNING AND SHE FINISHED HERS. IT IS SNOWING HERE TODAY SO I AM HOME BOUND. I DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE IN THE SNOW IT SCARES ME. SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO PUT MY TREE UP. MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS ARE POINSETTIAS AND PINE CONE. I USE THE CINNAMON SCENTED PINE CONES SO IT FILLS THE AIR WITH A NICE SCENT. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

CHRISTMAS QUIZ

Have you been naughty or nice this year? I am allways nice lol

What do you want most for Christmas? To be with my family for Christmas, and I will because I am going to give my mom a break and I am going to cook dinner for them

Do you believe in Father Christmas? Sure do

What is your favorite food at Christmas? I love it all

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? No I allways wait till the last minute

Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? Ummmmmm what did I just say??!!

What is your favorite Christmas song? The little drummer boy

What is your favorite Christmas movie? The santa cluase with tim allen

What is your best memory of Christmas? I have way to many to list

What do you look forward to most at Christmas? Being with my family and friends especially my parents.

Who do you want to kiss under the mistletoe? Chris daughtry, keanu reeves, patrick swayze, NEED I GO ON

What kind of Christmas tree do you have? An artificial one

Do you take part in a secret santa? I have in the past but not for a long time

Do you go to any Christmas parties? If I get invited sometimes

Have you ever had a white Christmas? Oh yes I love them but only on christmas I hate snow the rest of the time

How early do you wake up on Christmas morning? As a kid I woke up very early but now it is maybe 8 am

Do you still get a stocking?No

How many Christmas cards do you normally send out? To my friends and family

What is your Christmas wish? I would just like to have a really nice Christmas with my Mom and Dad I want them to have a beautiful christmas, and I also wish that my family in nevada could be here as well

CHRISTMAS FAVORITES

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate? egg nog.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? he wraps them he loves to wrap presents

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? colored lights

4. Do you hang mistletoe? no hard to kiss yourself

5. When do you put your decorations up? Soon after Thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? I love it all

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? I have to many to mention

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? don't remember

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? yes allways atleast one sometimes all

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? red and silver ornaments and red and white poinsettias

11. Snow, love it or hate it? hate it except on christmas day

12. Can you ice skate? No, I wish I could.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? all gifts I recieve are my favorites

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? Being with my family.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? friut of the forrest pie and fruit cake

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? being with my family and friends for christmas dinner

17. What tops your tree? An angel

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving? I love giving the best, love to make people happy

19. What is your favorite Christmas song? the little drummer boy

20. Candy canes? love them

21. Favorite Christmas movie? the santa clause with tim allen

22. What do you leave for Santa? Cookies and Milk santa loves chocolate chip cookies

MORE OF OUR ADVENTURE

VIRGINIA CITY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST ESTABLISHT CITIES IN NEVADA. IT WAS A MINING BOOMTOWN; IN FACT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS BOOMTOWNS IN THE OLD WEST. IT VIRTUALLY APPEARD OVER NIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE COMSTOCK LOAD SILVER STRIKE OF 1859. DURING ITS PEAK IT HAD A POPULATION OF ALMOST 30,000 RESIDENTS. WHEN THE COMSTOCK LOAD ENDED IN 1898, THE CITIES POPULATION DECLINED SHARPLY.

VIRGINIA CITY CAN BE CONSIDERED THE BIRTH PLACE OF MARK TWAIN. IT WAS THERE THAT SAMUEL CLEMENS THEN A REPORTER FOR A NEWS PAPER FIRST USED HIS FAMOUS PEN NAME IN 1863. HERE ARE MORE PICTURE OF THIS WONDERFUL HISTORIC TOWN.

MORE OF OUR TRIP

TO ME THANKSGIVING IS ABOUT FAMILY, AND THIS THANKSGIVING WE GO TO GO TO NEVADA TO SPEND IT WITH SOME VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE. I GOT TO MEET MY COUSIN DEE AND HER FAMILY WHO I HAVE NOT SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME. IT WAS ALOT OF FUN AND THEY ALL MADE ME FEEL VERY WELCOME. MY COUSIN DEE IS A VERY SWEET PERSON AND HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY AND SCENSE OF HUMOR. SHE WAS A JOY TO BE AROUND. I LAUGHED ALOT WHILE I WAS THERE. HER HUSBAND ED ALSO HAD A GREAT PERSONALITY AND SCENSE OF HUMOR. IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING HIM AND GETTING TO KNOW HIM. WE ALL SAT AROUND AND WATCHED FOOTBALL ALL DAY AND JUST HAD A GOOD TIME. THEN THERE IS NICK THEIR SON. HE IS A CHARACTER AND A VERY NICE YOUNG MAN. DEE AND ED YOU SHOULD BE PROUD YOU DID A GREAT JOB HE IS A GOOD GUY. HERE ARE SOME PITURES OF MY COUSINS DEE ED AND NICK. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR MAKING THIS THANKSGIVING VERY SPECIAL.

MY FAVORITE PLACE

WHILE WE WERE VISITING MY FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING WE GOT TO GO ON A ADVENTURE UP TO VIRGINIA CITY. IT IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE PLACES TO GO. I JUST LOVE THE HISTORY UP THERE. ALOT OF IT HAS BEEN COMMERCIALIZED BUT WHEN I GO UP THERE I LOOK AT IT IN A WAY IT USED TO BE AND IT SEEMS TO MAKE THINGS DIFFRENT FOR ME. ALL THE BUILDING THERE ARE THE ORIGIONAL BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT BACK IN 1876. THE ORIGIONAL WOODEN SIDEWALKS AND THE WHOLE BIT. I JUST LOVE IT UP THERE. HERE ARE A FEW PICS