Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

Here is my wonderful Husband!

Here is my bro and I at the concert the other night. He is the lead singer of Awaiting Daybreak.

Here he is in action!

Jam On!

Here I am with the band! (Me, Sheldon, Bob, and Brad)

Here I am with the keyboardist from the Hanks

Here I am with the drummer from the Hanks and Sheldon and his wife Teisha

Here is the singer from the Hanks and the bass guitarist, Me and Sheldon

And Here is the Bass guitarist from the Hanks and I.

It was an awesome concert, and I have to say, my bro and his band ROCK!!! They brought down the house and ripped it up! I am so proud of him and the rest of Awaiting Daybreak. There was another band after them and before the Hanks, but they weren't as good.

As for the Hanks..... they were so worth the concert. They are great! I loved it! The singer had everyone do interpretive dance of an elk just born, growing up, and then on the first hunt. It was hilarious! I was so impressed with them. They know how to work the crowd and will definately be huge one day!

Awaiting Daybreak

So, I hope this works. Here is my brother Sheldon's band Awaiting Daybreak. They rock!

Enjoy!!!!

Apparently I did it right, because it is trying to upload it, so I hope it works when it gets to the page.

I just have to figure out how to do all this to keep up with Ramanda, and all her cool tech savy-ness!

Also they are playing at the Elks Lodge in Vernal this Friday! Come watch them rock out!

No dice on the USB cable

So I was so excited to hook up my digital camera and put more pics on, but sadly I can't find the USB cable to make it work. I hate boxes of crap.

So now my next goal is to find the CD's that have the recent pics I got developed on them. Then I can put up some from at least sometime in the last year. And as I unpack more boxes, maybe I will find the USB cable I need. Maybe.

I also need to take more pictures. I have slacked off for the last couple of months, like I have been stressed with other things or something.

We are slowly unpacking and getting settled, and I am half anxious/excitged half dreading/loathing the ominous call from the bishopric that will signify a calling or a speaking assignment in sacrament meeting. It will be the beginning of the end of not having any responsibility, and at the same time will kind of be the "official" induction into the ward.

We did get the kids school pics yesterday, maybe I will try scanning them and posting them here later today.

Sherbet

So here is a copy of a recent article from the Vernal Express:

School board, parents, work closely together to get kids to school safely
by Tabatha Deans
5 days ago 32 views 0 0
Sherry Brokaw, parent and spokesperson for the Sunburst Terrace community, presented Uintah School District board members with a petition signed by parents in her community, requesting a school bus stop for the 43 children who live in Sunburst. Brokaw said she was concerned for the children’s safety as they walk the 1.5 miles to school, citing as safety hazards large truck traffic and lack of sidewalks. Areas within 1.5 miles of schools are considered “parental responsibility zones,” but during the Aug. 26 school board meeting, board members voted to reinstate bus services to two areas around Discovery Elementary and Ashley Elementary. Brokaw and members of the Sunburst community were hoping for the same consideration.“There’s already a bus that goes past there on its way to Quailbrook,” said Brokaw. “And it’s only half full.”Board members were sympathetic to Brokaw’s plight but were unable to satisfy her request for bus service. They referred Brokaw to her school community council, saying that every school zone is being surveyed for safety issues through community council meetings.School Board President Rodney Anderson said, “There’s no question that 500 West is hazardous,” and board member Perry Taylor added, “Sunburst is definitely on the list, but it’s an issue all through the district.”After the meeting Taylor talked with Brokaw about some misconceptions regarding the busing situation. Brokaw questioned why Quailbrook and Ashley received bus service so quickly.According to Taylor, the two routes were reinstated after a misunderstanding caused the board to discontinue them. Originally board members thought the routes would require new buses to continue and opted not to buy buses for the routes. When they realized their error, during the Aug. 26 board meeting, they reinstated the routes. The board is gathering information from each school and from parents surrounding the school about how many students walk, conditions of the streets, and parental ability to drive or walk their students to school. This information will be analyzed to determine which areas are the most dangerous.Taylor said the school board realizes walking is hazardous for the children, but even after identifying dangerous zones, the district is faced with the challenge of coming up with money to pay more bus drivers.“It’s a money issue,” said Taylor. “We have to be able to pay bus drivers enough to compete with the oilfield industry. Nobody wants to drive a school bus when they could be making more money driving a water truck.”Taylor said utilizing parent or community volunteers as unofficial crossing guards isn’t feasible because of liability issues, but the board is working with city and county officials to discuss the possibility of more school zones, signs around school zones and/or designated crossing areas.Parents of students who attend Davis Elementary expressed their concerns at school community council meetings within the past few weeks. Some felt their area/school was neglected by the school board and claimed their children were in extreme danger when walking to school, due to ongoing road construction that limits the walking area for students.Jayme Leyba, principal at Davis Elementary, said the school board has addressed their concerns.“We’re as dangerous as anybody else,” said Leyba. “Unfortunately our parents aren’t as vocal as some others, but the school board has been helpful. I think they’re working hard to come to a resolution.”Leyba said the board agreed to add one stop to an existing route near the school, and if parents can get their children to that neighborhood stop, the bus will pick them up. School board members will address each community’s concerns through community councils, and said they’re dedicated to ensuring that all students get to and from school safely.Concerned parents should contact their school’s principal for more information about commmunity council meetings.



So, I am slightly embarrassed and also laughing really hard about all of this. I feel worse for Perry Taylor. He gets this all the time. And here is a funny side note about his comment about the money end of it and how people would rather drive a water truck than a school bus. He is CEO of Western Petroleum, a trucking company! Ha Ha! Now they don't deliver water, but they do deliver fuel and have a relatively large fleet of CDL holding truck drivers.....

So here is the Community Spokesperson sigh-ning off

Sherbet

Here goes my first try

So here is me trying to put a pic on here. If anyone knows how to make this work, just in case this doesn't let me know.

So obviously it worked. This is a pic of my cousin Steph and I singing kareoke at a family reunion in 2004. I am glad I know how to do this now and will soon be posting recent pictures of me and my family to this blog.

Sherbet

New House

We are moved in and loving our new house. It is in a nice neighborhood and I am getting used to our new ward. I am still working on how to add pics to this whole thing and maybe one day I will figure it out.
Kids are loving school and doing well at it. Blaine is surviving his new job and still plugging away at school. He should graduate this fall with his bachelors in english, and huge milestone out of the way.
Not much else for now, so I hope you are all well out there.

Sherbet