Some picture of our trip to the east coast 2weeks ago.
Steven
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Melissa goes to college!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Kendrick & Jenny
Kendrick's first day back at school. "Please let me go to school with you! I have my backpack and everything!" Jenny
Big Kill
Pictures of Zan's first kill with a bow. Its always amazes me how the lives of our children are like blind corners that can sometimes tickle our pride when they pop into veiw. She shot this Saturday over by Flaming Gourge with her pink camouflouge bow. It took her two shots but she got it. Thank goodness Ricky was there to gut it for her.
I can just here Jeff Foxworthy saying; "you know your redneck when your first born daughter makes her first kill with a pink camo bow".
Hooraw!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Week of August 14th
To see what to write each week, I usually go to my iPhone and look at pictures but the only one I took this week was of all of the bottles of hard liquor that the people were drinking at our work sales summit. Lots of bottles and not sure how productive the three days were but the next few weeks should tell. One night we had dinner at the High West distillery in Park City and it was beautiful up there. The next night a BBQ at the office--all in all good to see everyone and hoping for the best on meeting the sales quota for the quarter ending in October.
A highlight of the week was going to dinner with Spencer, Megan and Jessica. We hit Sensuous Sandwich in Provo (a divy place I frequented while in college and working at Nuskin) and enjoyed conversation over a hot Spicy Enticer (one of their specialty sandwiches). Afterwards, Spencer and I went through his budget for school and based on his work plan, budget and scholarship he can go to school for 12 more years before he runs out of savings--awesome planning! Also went through Melissa's with her and she's done a fabulous job of planning--right down to making sure that her job is close to where she lives so she doesn't have to have a car. Very proud of both of them and they way they're carefully planning and budgeting. For anyone that wants to run your own college budget, try this calculator out from bankrate.com. It takes expenses by the month, semester or year as well as gives you a monthly cash flow breakdown.
Wednesday, I dropped Jessica at the airport as she flew back to El Paso to work on her next big adventure...whatever that turns out to be! She had leads on teaching jobs at elementary school and might be teaching Seminary. Looking forward to hear what she ends up doing.
Saturday, I went on a bike ride and afterwards it was the first time this week my sciatica hasn't bothered me. Good stretching, working it out plus a dose of naproxen helped. I looked up what psychosomatic problem results in sciatica and it said, "feel you're in the wrong place (job, city, relationship, etc.) and mental anxieties regarding creative abilities." Could be right on all counts. (Email me if you want to know what is says is at the root of sinus!) Anyway, just a great day on Saturday. Went with the Hulmes that evening to Wallsburg to another family's retreat and had an enjoyable evening watching the clouds, eating, riding 4-wheelers and playing games and smelling sagebrush. It was the family of Kate Lewis (James' Hulme's girlfriend) who went to Zion's with us a few weeks ago. She just got back from guiding mountain treks in Switzerland. She said her real goal is going to Costa Rica to live for a while and she was so excited about the house plans I found for the property there. Anyone want to go in partners? (http://techmarketingink.com/photos/costa_rica/).
Sunday back to visit my home ward for the first time in many many months. Great to connect again with people in the neighborhood. After church a couple of younger Roney boys came over to pass of merit badges then Braedon Roney (the oldest) dropped in. He's been home from his mission for a couple of months and first time I've seen him. He was in San Diego but spent 14 months in Calexico in the desert. Such a great young man and fun to see him and his brothers--I was their home teacher when they were just tiny kids.
So, no bites at all on the house. Seriously contemplating maybe doing an apartment in the basement so that I can get the house paid off by the time I'm ready to retire (like 75?). Have been going through all kinds of options in my mind over the weekend from fire sale (with the market volatility, I don't think prices are going to go up soon) to having a guy I work with and his friends move in. Would really like to get in a position to not have to work 40-60 hours a week and focus on things that are more meaningful and have greater interest. But, good for now.
Looking forward to getting the plane back this week with new carpet. With that, I think we'll put it up for sale--not that I want to sell it but there are cheaper ways to fly. In the mean time, I need to fly it a lot through September before it goes in for annual.
Also, have been watching TED talks...I discovered them a few months ago but have been watching them more and more. They are 2-20 minute talks on all kinds of things that are TED (technology, entertainment and design)--ideas worth spreading. Particularly this one on how guys built a bird robot and then flew it around the conference hall...kind of cool!
Enjoy your week!
Love,
Peter
Monday, August 15, 2011
Vacation addendum....
Thought you might enjoy this....(just figured out how to edit video on YouTube!)
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Vacation 2011
I started working at HireVue on September 1 last year. In the employment agreement, I negotiated 3 weeks of vacation and since you "use it or lose it" and I'd only taken three days so far, I went on vacation from August 4th to the 15th. Normally, I wouldn't bore you with my vacation itinerary but since it was mostly a family vacation, thought I would give you the full run down. Here goes...
Kent and I have been trying to get the the plane recarpeted for a year now and when I called Jimmy Carter (not the president, the plane upholstery guy) on Wednesday, he said, "Bring it in tomorrow!" So day one, I flew the plane to Pocatello where he will be working on it over the next 10 days. Absolutely beautiful day and the mountain tops so green! Flew over Sundance, Park City, Mountain Green and then over Sardine Pass and Malad and on into PIH with a Sky West plane chasing me in to land on runway 3.
Dad and Mom met me there and we shopped a little in Pokey before heading home to Grace. Great to see them. Mom has been picking raspberries and Dad feeding chickens and pheasants. It was Fair week and Kiana, Dani and Maniah showed their sheep for judging. This year Kiana got grand champion (last year Dani did) and with the help of their good neighbors had good looking animals and got some good cash (plus the sheep back). They also had other items in the fair building along with Abby.
I left the fair and drove the Cadillac back to Orem and then attended Uncle Philip and Aunt Nona's 50th anniversary event. WOW! What a party! The kids had completely renovated a ward cultural hall to be a 50's diner, complete with soda fountain, juke box and a life size cut out of Elvis. They served hamburgers and hot dogs, had a wonderful and timely program followed by a swingin dance. Fun to see all of their kids and their kids' kids. Here's a link to all of the photos.
Saturday Amy and I went to the movie 17 Miracles with Aunt Eloise, Uncle David and Aunt Shirley and afterwards to an Italian restaurant (thinking of Jamie) for dinner and good conversation and catching up. That night, Michael Hunter and I caught another movie (Cowboys and Aliens) which was fun. Sunday...last meeting of the school year and many of the students are moving to other apartment complexes so it was their last Sunday in the ward. Gearing up for a whole new batch in a couple of weeks.
Monday, I drove back to Idaho for the start of my "work therapy vacation." On the way, I stopped and ate some of Melissa's divine cinnamon rolls with Gavin, Sophie, Andrew and Ryan and then visited Frank at his work at Lifetime. We went to the company store where he showed me all of the things they make including these cute little storage sheds.
I've been having problems with my hip and leg and I think most of it is just sitting so much so looked forward to just being away from the desk and computer. It's been an awesome week. The weather in Idaho has been just fantastic with severe clear skies, gentle breezes at night and temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s. Projects completed this week include mowing, spraying for weeds, thinning out the lilac bushes, digging the former horse pasture soon to be ball field/camping grass, and a first pass at cleaning the barn. The barn was an adventure as I haven't even touched it since buying the place. I found 5 lariats and three 50-gallon barrels of crushed soda cans.
It has also been wonderful to spend time with Dad and Mom. Dad and I fixed a hole in the water pipe. Mom is picking beans and raspberries every day then fixes her harvest into delicious shortcake. Mom also came down to my house and I helped her pick some of the pie cherries which she turned in to cobbler. Here are a couple of pictures of them.
Friday, I drove to Logan and picked up Ben and Dawson and we journeyed up Logan Canyon to Tony's Grove where we strapped on our backpacks and headed for White Pine Lake. It was absolutely gorgeous! So green and so many wild flowers all in bloom. The lake is nestled at the base of Mount Magog (between Mt. Gog and Mt. Magog) and was surrounded by cliffs and pines. We found a nice camp site and then Ben and Dawson went to fishing while I hiked around the lake. People said fishing was good but only with the right bait which was live worms. Next morning, I found a place to dig them up with my bare hands and both Ben and Dawson caught a fish. Good time, good food and good company and the full moon which was spectacular coming up through the pines! It was beautiful as the cliffs lit up and you could see the still lake and the mountain in the moonlight.
After we broke camp, we headed hiked back over the pass towards Tony's Grove then dropped packs and proceeded to climb Mt. Naomi. It's 9980 feet tall and turned out to be quite a hike. Near the top, most of the trees disappeared and there was quite a bit of snow and glaciers. After sitting on top and enjoying the fantastic view, we slid down one of the glaciers and drank from the cold waters flowing below them. Great to spend time with Ben and Dawson and glad they were able to go.
To see all the photos, click here.
One of the highlights of the week has been watching the moon every night. It was nearing full and was full on Friday. I brought out my telescope and just was amazed at the detail and beauty...only word I can think to describe is glorious. No good way to share via pictures but here's an attempt--taken with my iPhone through the telescope eyepiece.
So Sunday afternoon now at the end of vacation and just waiting for Paula and Jessica to arrive. Jess is going to ride back to Utah with me and then on to Texas with Lisa Brown on Wednesday. It's been a very good vacation and I've enjoyed seeing and spending time with so many of the family. My goal for next year is not just one week in August off in Idaho but the WHOLE MONTH!!!
Kent and I have been trying to get the the plane recarpeted for a year now and when I called Jimmy Carter (not the president, the plane upholstery guy) on Wednesday, he said, "Bring it in tomorrow!" So day one, I flew the plane to Pocatello where he will be working on it over the next 10 days. Absolutely beautiful day and the mountain tops so green! Flew over Sundance, Park City, Mountain Green and then over Sardine Pass and Malad and on into PIH with a Sky West plane chasing me in to land on runway 3.
Dad and Mom met me there and we shopped a little in Pokey before heading home to Grace. Great to see them. Mom has been picking raspberries and Dad feeding chickens and pheasants. It was Fair week and Kiana, Dani and Maniah showed their sheep for judging. This year Kiana got grand champion (last year Dani did) and with the help of their good neighbors had good looking animals and got some good cash (plus the sheep back). They also had other items in the fair building along with Abby.
I left the fair and drove the Cadillac back to Orem and then attended Uncle Philip and Aunt Nona's 50th anniversary event. WOW! What a party! The kids had completely renovated a ward cultural hall to be a 50's diner, complete with soda fountain, juke box and a life size cut out of Elvis. They served hamburgers and hot dogs, had a wonderful and timely program followed by a swingin dance. Fun to see all of their kids and their kids' kids. Here's a link to all of the photos.
Saturday Amy and I went to the movie 17 Miracles with Aunt Eloise, Uncle David and Aunt Shirley and afterwards to an Italian restaurant (thinking of Jamie) for dinner and good conversation and catching up. That night, Michael Hunter and I caught another movie (Cowboys and Aliens) which was fun. Sunday...last meeting of the school year and many of the students are moving to other apartment complexes so it was their last Sunday in the ward. Gearing up for a whole new batch in a couple of weeks.
Monday, I drove back to Idaho for the start of my "work therapy vacation." On the way, I stopped and ate some of Melissa's divine cinnamon rolls with Gavin, Sophie, Andrew and Ryan and then visited Frank at his work at Lifetime. We went to the company store where he showed me all of the things they make including these cute little storage sheds.
I've been having problems with my hip and leg and I think most of it is just sitting so much so looked forward to just being away from the desk and computer. It's been an awesome week. The weather in Idaho has been just fantastic with severe clear skies, gentle breezes at night and temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s. Projects completed this week include mowing, spraying for weeds, thinning out the lilac bushes, digging the former horse pasture soon to be ball field/camping grass, and a first pass at cleaning the barn. The barn was an adventure as I haven't even touched it since buying the place. I found 5 lariats and three 50-gallon barrels of crushed soda cans.
It has also been wonderful to spend time with Dad and Mom. Dad and I fixed a hole in the water pipe. Mom is picking beans and raspberries every day then fixes her harvest into delicious shortcake. Mom also came down to my house and I helped her pick some of the pie cherries which she turned in to cobbler. Here are a couple of pictures of them.
Friday, I drove to Logan and picked up Ben and Dawson and we journeyed up Logan Canyon to Tony's Grove where we strapped on our backpacks and headed for White Pine Lake. It was absolutely gorgeous! So green and so many wild flowers all in bloom. The lake is nestled at the base of Mount Magog (between Mt. Gog and Mt. Magog) and was surrounded by cliffs and pines. We found a nice camp site and then Ben and Dawson went to fishing while I hiked around the lake. People said fishing was good but only with the right bait which was live worms. Next morning, I found a place to dig them up with my bare hands and both Ben and Dawson caught a fish. Good time, good food and good company and the full moon which was spectacular coming up through the pines! It was beautiful as the cliffs lit up and you could see the still lake and the mountain in the moonlight.
After we broke camp, we headed hiked back over the pass towards Tony's Grove then dropped packs and proceeded to climb Mt. Naomi. It's 9980 feet tall and turned out to be quite a hike. Near the top, most of the trees disappeared and there was quite a bit of snow and glaciers. After sitting on top and enjoying the fantastic view, we slid down one of the glaciers and drank from the cold waters flowing below them. Great to spend time with Ben and Dawson and glad they were able to go.
To see all the photos, click here.
One of the highlights of the week has been watching the moon every night. It was nearing full and was full on Friday. I brought out my telescope and just was amazed at the detail and beauty...only word I can think to describe is glorious. No good way to share via pictures but here's an attempt--taken with my iPhone through the telescope eyepiece.
So Sunday afternoon now at the end of vacation and just waiting for Paula and Jessica to arrive. Jess is going to ride back to Utah with me and then on to Texas with Lisa Brown on Wednesday. It's been a very good vacation and I've enjoyed seeing and spending time with so many of the family. My goal for next year is not just one week in August off in Idaho but the WHOLE MONTH!!!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Lima Bean Sunday
The house is quiet as most here are taking their Sunday naps.
With Jessica visiting from Texas, Stuart in transition, Hayden here until his marriage, Larsen waiting to leave for Oaxaca, Mexicao and Boston, Gordon and I all here enjoying each other's company, Lima bean Sunday has proven its weight worth in gold again. With seven at the table for Sunday dinner today the now fabled Lima beans made my job easier in keeping peace and the Sabbath Day holy.
Years ago when the children were small (and there was much crying of babies and small children after church), Gordon, who was the baby of the family himself, asked (in exasperation) if there wasn't something that could be fixed easily so that we could eat immediately when we got home .
Prior to our marriage I had been given a Crock Pot for Christmas by Dr. Hammond (who I worked with when I met Gordon at BYU). I dug it out of the cupboard and came up with Lima Beans to cook for Sunday dinner. I reasoned that nobody in their right palate would be willing to eat them any other time of the week and that someone hungry enough after church would probably be willing to eat anything. Grandpa Don Clegg once accused a man of trying to sell him lima beans so large "they choked his kids". I chose large size because it gave us more of something to eat. Putting them in the crock pot before church we came home to the house smelling like something wonderful was cooking. It was well recieved.
Over time I doctored the lima beans up with ham bone, real onions and seasonings and occasionally interspersed them with split pea soup and lentils during the month. What resulted is a tradition that has been going on for nearly 25 years. The recipe has been simplified to dried onions and bacon bits and seasoning salt that is easily added to water and beans. The crockpot is turned on and lid put in place just before leaving for church. Toast, salad and cheeses are added to the table before serving and life is revived soon after a church is over.
"Lima Bean Sunday" has worked its way into mission packages, food boxes going to college and has even found its way into our married children's table to start a second generation of quick and easy Sunday dinners.
"Lima Bean Sunday"
1 cup Lima Beans (large or small) or any legumes; chili, white bean, lentils, split pea etc.
3 cups water
1 tsp salt (seasoning salt)
1 tsp dried onions
1 tablespoon bacon bits
Put in crock pot on high for 4-5 hours (about one block of church meetings and then some ...it takes us 30 minutes to go to and come back from church).
Heres to having an enjoyable and simplified Sunday.
Sincerely,
Paula
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Hayden and Madeleine Rossell officially engaged!
From Paula!
Announcing the official engagement of Hayden and Madeleine Rossell. Their intended date of marriage is November 11, 2011 in the Los Angeles Temple.
Announcing the official engagement of Hayden and Madeleine Rossell. Their intended date of marriage is November 11, 2011 in the Los Angeles Temple.
Hayden and Madeleine met at BYU-I. Madeleine is from La Verne CA. If you have any questions or congratulations feel free to email Hayden at haydenmikhail@gmail.com
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