Hannah Mary Carter

Scott and Mary Ann's little girl was born yesterday weighing 7 lbs 6 oz and was 20" long. Here lungs were having some problems so she was admitted to the NICU last night. Here are some pictures taken tonight of Hannah still in the NICU. She’s breathing room air tonight and will hopefully be off the ventilator tomorrow!!!

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Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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Got to see (and hear) Suzy Boguss and some other great performers at the Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering this morning. Suzy’s clear and clean vocals are a given and she didn’t disappoint! The other acts were also great. Of particular note was “Hot Club of Cowtown”, a western swing band doing a lot of Bob Wills stuff. I bought their latest cd, a Bo Wills tribute called “What Makes Bob Holler”. I really need to get more into that genre. My knowledge up to now has mainly been an acquaintance with “Asleep At the Wheel”.  Brenn Hill is the male soloist. He’s a local guy and was also good. His friend Andy Nelson told some cowboy poetry. There had to be some of that didn’t there? He introduced a poem about political correctness with “political correctness is like trying to pick up a cowpie from the clean side”! Right on! It was obvious by the crowd reaction however that the morning really belonged to Suzy. She was the only one to get an encore. All sets were pretty short, but it was great. I’ll probably do it again next year.

Washington D.C. Pics

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Ants

We've had a problem with "Sugar Ants" in our yard for years. I've tried most of the chemical controls you can buy. Of the chemical controls, Diazanon crystals worked best but are no longer available. We found a better solution thanks to a tip from Shannon given her by a friend who's into organic methods of insect control. Her idea is to use ground up popcorn kernels as an ant bait. We tried it and it really works! All you need to do is roughly grind up a handful of popcorn kernels (un-popped!)  in a blender and spread the resulting grit on the ant hills. It's amazing! Within a few days you will see no more ant activity and no worries about toxins around the house! Give it a try. I believe it will even work for fire ants.

Albion Basin

Kathy and I took a drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon yesterday to enjoy the wild flowers in Albion Basin. Here are a few photos. I didn’t get shots of us since the parking lot was full and we had to keep moving, but it was a fun outing to a place Kathy had never been before.

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Off To The Mountains

Here are some pics from our outing to the Uintas Saturday with MaryAnn and kids. A fun time!

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Summer Fun

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Here are some shots from the short back packing trip I took with Josh and Matt to the far side of Washington Lake last Thursday. They both said it was the best camping trip they’ve ever been on. - only because we all caught fish! It was seriously hot fishing when we first got to our camp site. We kept 5 fish for our dinner one of which we shouldn’t have. It was one sick rainbow that turned to mush when cooked – ech! The others were really good, so it was a great experience. We caught more fish in the morning but didn’t keep any. The photo of Josh with a fish was taken in the morning. The companion shot is of Matt releasing it. On the way home we stopped at the Uinta Drive Inn in Kamas for lunch. Great food! I really liked the onion rings and the burgers were really good; served on a square, toasted bun. Other fun things we did while they were with us: swimming 3 times; flying my cheapy RC plane successfully; shooting pellet gun and bow and arrow; watching 24th of July neighborhood fireworks including “Cul-de-sac of Fire” in the Rosenthal’s neighborhood.  I also threw in shots of Lauren with light sticks. First time for MaryAnn’s girls. Megan said it was the best celebration ever! I also included a couple of shots of Emily for Shannon’s sake.

I made this entry using Windows Live Writer per MaryAnn’s recommendation by way of Jared. I was sooo frustrated with Blogspot’s photo down loading. This is way better. I highly recommend it! Let me know if using photo albums is a bad idea. It's also possible to load photos directly with Live Writer.

Shannon B'Day

Shannon, hope you're having a great Birthday! Love! Dad

Dual Birthdays

Here are some pics from Lauren and Scott's birthday party.

Colorado Photos for non Facebookers

There you go! Five pics from the Rockies game. Three pics from the Swetsville Zoo. Great guys day out! Oh yeah, one pic just for Scott of his fav player. Gotta love those dreads!

Colorado Photos

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LDS Bloggers Wanted

Hey all you bloggers our there! There's an opportunity for you to turn other folks on to the joy of blogging. Nancy Hanson is looking for bloggers to interview on her Mormon Channel radio show "Everything Creative". Anyone interested in sharing their experiences and love of blogging with an LDS audience? If so contact me by email or Facebook and I'll bring your blog to her attention. She's looking for average people having a good time with blogs. That could be most any of you dedicated bloggers.

Mini Reunion

We had a mini reunion this past weekend with all of our children in town minus a couple of spouses. Here are a few photos. Matt had quite a cheering section at his little league game!

Utah Spring

It's amazing how quickly the weather changes around here. I drove to work in a virtual blizzard the other day. When I get off the sun's broken thru with blue sky overhead and fluffy white clouds all around. These shots are the best I could do but don't really capture the moment. You'd need a 360 degree panoramic camera and I'm not even sure that would cut it! Sometimes I need a reminder of why I love living here!!!

Dixie Chicks -1

2 Chicks are better than no Chicks! In fact these 2 sound so good as a duo I have to ask why didn't they think of it sooner! Natalie who?!!!

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More Snow Fun

Had a beautiful snowfall yesterday. Then enjoyed a little fun in the snow with Josh and Matt. They were proud of the jump they created so they could catch a little air!