ATV Riding at Sand Dunes

I have great friends that are adventurous and enjoy being outside. They love to go riding 4-wheelers at the sand dunes, and as usual, I tag along! I ventured away from my comfort zone of follow the leader along the trails and decided to jump some dunes...with a little prodding from my friends to get me to try it. Not to boast or anything, but I did happen to jump higher than some of the other boys ; ) Ok, I'm boasting cause it was sooo Awesome!

(Above) Yep, that's me!

(Below) Ferron and Kaden

(Below) His name's Bowler..well, that's what I know him to be called.
(Below) Bowler's brother. I did a jump-dive to avoid getting plowed over when he jumped this hill. I didn't have anyone telling me where his line was, so I guessed where he was coming up from and it was a wrong guess. Luckily I made it out alive!

(Below) Jerrod-It was dark and he had a difficult time seeing his landing spot. If you look close, he has big ol' bug eyes cause he was a little nervous.

Nephew # 2

Harper has finally graced the pages of my blog (3 months later)! His big brother Jacoby has been previously shown with his goofy grin on here. Unlike his big bro, Harper's a better sleeper, TONS quieter, and not bald! If he eventually turns out to be like his brother....oy...their parents will constantly be on the go, go, go.



(Below) At 4 days old, he had more hair than his Papa. I decided he needed a baby mohawk!

Monster Jam World Finals 2011

"The Monster Jam World Finals is an annual monster truck event held in late March at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV." " It is the highest profile monster truck event in the country." This was my 1st year to attend, and it was awesome! It's amazing how fast and high these trucks get. We spent all day getting autographs of the drivers and watched the qualifier that night. The qualifier is to see what position the trucks would start the next day. They don't wear their "shells" or plastics in case they crash. The next day was the big event. Being the last event of the year, the fun thing to do was crash their trucks after racing, which was the best part for me!

(Above) El Toro Loco

(Above) Avenger- Freestyle Champion (Won tiebreaker against Nitro Circus)

(Below) Travis Pastrana's "Nitro Circus" driven by Cam McQueen, performaned an amazing backflip . It's a rare feat to flip a monster truck. The pictures don't give it justice! Check out the YouTube video for "Nitro Circus" and "Son-uva Digger."

Utah Landscapes

On the way to Las Vegas for World Finals Monster Jam (will be next post), we stopped at Lake Powell and in St. George Utah to see family of the friends I traveled with. We went hiking on Red Cliffs Nature Trail in St. George. The snow was melting on Pine Valley Mountains and filling the creeks with cold water. The fact that I know the water was cold is due to a little guy named Kaden that fell in while fetching his sister's flip-flop. (yeah, we hiked in flip-flops cause we're cool like that!) Other than that little mishap, the hike was beautiful!

(Above-Below) Red Cliff's Nature Trail-St. George, Utah

(Below) Pine Valley Mountains-St. George, Utah

(Below) Lake Powell in late March.

It Really Is A Magical Kingdom!

I love Disney World! LOVE IT! Maybe because I still act like a child and watch cartoons all the time. No matter how old I am now, being a "big" kid at Disney World is still fun! I get to ride all the rides with the kids who's parents don't want to ride. It's changed a bit since I was a kid, but it's just as fun. Rides...good! Cartoon characters...good! Food...expensive, but good! Variety of people...uh...good and bad! Here's a few of my favorite characters and the infamous castle!

(Above) Mickey was getting his "groove" on during the parade! I think he was doing the robot! I pushed and knocked down little kids to get this shot and it was worth it. HA HA...not really.
(Above) Of course it's Minnie!

(Above) Goofy was totally checking out Minnie! Wonder if Mickey knows about this?

(Above) "Toy Story"- Woody and Jesse

(Below) The castle was constantly changing colors. I went "behind the scenes"to get these shots! Behind the scenes is the Employees Only entrances. I guess they assumed I was a character all my own and didn't question my being there!

Bubba

Meet Bubba! He's a Texas Longhorn (not like those pansy Univ. Texas Longhorns-ha, I'm a TTU alum!). Well, Bubba is a big baby. When we got to his field, he and his "entourage" came running up to us so we could pet him....I don't think he knows he's a Texas Longhorn.

He was shy after so many pictures taken of him.

It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's...oh..it really is a plane!

As a person that works in the agriculture world, I get to participate in some truly awesome opportunities that most people might not ever experience. This one experience was done last year at a crop duster landing field. Several crop planes were testing out their equipment before the season began. The testing was to see the accuracy of the plane to lay down chemical on crop lands. Plane speed, wind speed, and plane height from the crop are all very important factors when applying chemical by plane.

(Below) The pink spray coming out was water and a red dye.
When I was younger, I remember being woken up by crop dusters spraying a field near my house. It was always early, but I loved getting up to watch them swoop down and come back up after spraying. I still get excited when I hear a crop duster to fly by! In fact, my mom laughed at me the other day when I went to their house and heard the plane. I stopped in mid sentence during our conversation to run outside and stare, open-mouthed to watch the crop duster.