I have been thinking

What really kick-started this thought was an experience that happened to Bobbies parents at the airport recently. They were walking through and saw Elder Dallin H. Oaks. They got an opportunity to talk with him and shake his hand. I remember them describing the event as being very neat to be there with him. They said he must be a very busy man, he looked busy and was walking in a busy fashion. But he stopped and greeted them as if they were old friends. Wherever he was going, whatever was waiting for him, must wait, this was more important. I have heard other stories like this about General Authorities, stopping whatever it is they are doing just to say hello. I am sure this is how they act with every opportunity to serve and that is what this post is about. I have been talking with Bobbie about how I need to be more giving of my time and talents. When I lived in Utah I stopped for every car on the side of the road that looked like it needed help. I did it so much I remember looking forward to stopping again. Everyone I met was friendly and every time I was able to help them. I do not think we are always so busy that we can not stop and help someone who has a flat tire.

The other day I was able to help out my neighbor who we have lived next to for about 8 months. That is way too long to not know anything about them. They drink and party and were pretty rude when we first moved in, but it got better and we would say hello to each other. Well, the other day I was mowing the backyard and planned on weed-whacking next (reverse order, I know), on my way to put the lawn mower away my neighbor was out working on his Jeep and said in an unusual manner, "hey, what's going on?" So I took this opportunity to talk and responded with, "something wrong with your Jeep?" we began talking and he needed some WD-40 and some other things, which I had. Also, While we talked I tuned up his lawn mower for him and got it running. I never got to finish my backyard. I was over there for like an hour and a half. I have said maybe ten words to this guy before this day and now I feel like I can go over and ask him for a cup of sugar.

Anyway, the point is that I, we, people should start doing more for others. Give of our time when we have time to give. Share our talents, use our skills and abilities to help others. I also need to stop being so negative, I think that would help a whole heap.

"Do you have a' old baby section?"

Here is Hunter with his Dramatic "hand on the forehead."
Here are his two, little feet.And another profile shot, what a cute little nose on a big ol' head.

A little more about Prego Bobbo

Tomorrow we find out what the gender is. We have been to hear the heart beat a couple times already and let me tell you, for a first time dad, that is really exciting! I can hardly wait to see the little guy on screen. Bobbie's expected due date is Oct. 30th which is pretty cool, we have two other friends who I think are due in Oct. or really near that time.

In case you didn't know, Bobbie's pregnant!

We find out what gender the little runt is next week. We have a couple boy names picked already but no girl names. Though there isn't really a need since I already know he will be a handsome little man. More to follow...

Updates

The first item on our show is a lawn mower we bought at a yard sale the scouts were having in our Ward. We bought it for $60 with no gas in it. The guy that donated it came from overseas and had to empty it. So when I got it and put gas in it and it started leaking out the two big cracks in the tank, I was quite upset. However, now I had a project; it also ran horrible, it hardly ran at all. So a new air filter, a cleaned spark plug, a new section of hose, a $26 gas tank and the thing runs great. The other guy there is our new weed-eater. Don't know any specs off the top of my head, I got one of the better ones without paying too much. When it comes to these sorts of things, you get what you pay for. I wanted a nice, powerful one that will last.
This was my other project. I built this work bench and shelf, each taking an evening while bobbie was at work. It is so nice to have everything organized now. All I need now is a bigger garage that I own. And more toys to fill it up.

This is our newest purchase. We spent some of our tax return on this beauty. 20" screen, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HD. I LOVE this computer. It is smokin fast. I have been transferring my pics and such the past few days. I can't get over how big the screen is. When I am sitting in front of it I have to turn my head slightly to navigate the screen. I wanted the 24" but that tacked on another couple hundred. Maybe next upgrade. 

Fontana is in the news!

I was doing some research the other day for homework on different crimes all over the United States and came across this video. I was looking for vandalism, here is the link http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7010694
This is very interesting stuff. It kind of explains how poor economy results in high crime. This is just one example of how this happens, we are studying this in some of my classes. For those of you who don't know, I grew up in Fontana, CA, we lived there for about ten years.

This video is on the church website

I recommend going to the LDS website to read about what they have to say. The link below is to the YouTube video however.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x_-TQivCx8

Our most recent purchase, or should I say debt

We went down to Austin for our anniversary and spent a couple days. We had no intention of buying this when we went in the store. Bobbie went in to look at sheet music. She got her sheet music, I guess we figured she needed something to play it on. They had a really nice sale going on and we had a really good salesman. We got this beauty new with a 10 year warranty among other tasty little treats. It sounds great and I am now taking lessons from Bobbie, seeing as she is a very experienced pianist. It's great taking lessons from your wife, I pay her with kisses instead of cash.

Computer difficulties

I was wondering if any of you bro or friends might be able to help us. We have two problems. The first is rather simple, we bought songs on iTunes and cannot play them on our MP3 players. I asked my Bro-in -law about this and he said it was because iTunes only allows their songs to be played on iPods. If it is that simple, fine. But if there is software or a program that can make it so we can play our purchased songs on our purchased MP3 players, I would love to hear about it.

Our second problem deals with our computer. We have a iBook G4. I bought this old timer about 3 years ago or so. I have not brought it to an Apple store yet but I plan to once I find one. This thing will freeze up if you have more than one thing running, i.e. Appleworks and Firefox; multiple, like three or more tabs on Firefox; if iTunes is open it runs very slow, the same with iPhoto; if the computer has been on for a few days, which by the way used to never be a problem, I would eave it on for weeks, it needs to be restart and then it sort of functions better. I was able to clear up 16.45 GB in my HD by putting crap on my external. I did this several months ago when I had similar problems and it helped then. This time it didn't really make a difference, I did it about 2-3 months ago. Can anyone help?

Another post by Bryan

I am sitting here by myself while Bobbie is at work, getting things together for a little weekend getaway we have planned. While waiting for directions to print I watched the short video clip of my first deer kill. I have to admit that I have watched it probably 100+ times, no exaggeration. I have such an itch to shoot. Everyday I have to take out my 870 and aim at something. Sometimes I'll open up my rifle case and admire that. I will even set up a target down the hall and look through the scope. Now if we were in Utah I would not have such a big problem. But seeing as every square inch of Texas is privately owned it is mighty difficult to shoot anywhere. I do have some friends who own some land and who are more than happy to go fishing and hunting and such, which is great, but I want to go out ALL the time, that is my dilemma. I feel much better having ranted, I think I will go clean my guns again.

Currently 29 degrees

So big, bad Texas isn't so big and bad anymore. It is 29 outside with the chance of freezing rain and everybody is freaking out! School will probably be cancelled tomorrow, stores may open later, and tonight all the activities at the church were cancelled. On the freeway, everybody is driving about 10-20 under cuz they don't know how to drive in "bad weather". This evening, my hometeaching companion and I were making fun of all the people here who don't know how to drive when it gets cold, or starts to snow. Oh, if it starts to snow, you don't see ANYBODY.

Hello

We're trying to gather our thoughts. We shall post soon.

NRA

I just added a link to the favorite links for the NRA. I was wondering if any, or how many of you are NRA Members. If you are not, I encourage you to join the NRA and support them and defend our Second Amendment Rights.

An exciting adventure!

We spent the cold morning hunting duck. Sounds vicious huh? We got up early and arrived at the pond before the sun came up. Trevor and Jake set out the decoys and got us ready for the blood bath that was about to begin. Just kidding. We saw about 7 fly in, I was the first to shoot, I missed. Jake joined in, he missed. We fired about 5 or 6 rounds at 7 birds and they all got away. They were the lucky ones. Maybe 7 more flew in, we all stood up shooting up a storm, 3 down ducks, victory! A couple hours later and we only had downed one more duck. So we decided to try our luck over at the creek a couple miles away. We piled in my truck and headed off.
Now to set this up, I have had a bit of bad luck with seeing deer out in these parts. I have been out to the deer blind several times in the past couple months and not seen a thing. However Trevor has seen Bucks ranging in size from time to time all over the place. So we decided that I should start bringing my rifle out on the duck hunts just in case we see a buck wander into view. Our first morning, I brought the gun, but left it in the truck and saw a big buck right in front of us. This time I brought it but didn't see any deer at the pond. Well, on our way over to the creek Trevor spotted a deer feeding off in the field while he was riding on the tailgate. We stopped and got out. I tried to get my rifle out and kept falling over and acting very clumsy due to excitement. The deer just kept standing and staring at us. I could see antlers but could not see what they were till I looked through my scope, "a spike"!! I said, and handed Trevor my rifle. He looked and said he sure is you can shoot him if you want. I said I sure do. I took aim on the base of his head so I could hit him in the neck, it was about 200 yards or so we think, and squeezed the trigger.



The video was recorded with a cell phone. I was not aware it was being recorded until after the shot. That it why it is a little fuzzy. I am grateful our friend got the shot and everyones excitement, it helps put things into perspective.
The shot was pretty far, we don't know how far. There was some doubt I could make the shot, only because shots like this, I think are not common here. Anyway, I put my scope on 9 and aimed at his jaw. Afterwards we found it had dropped about 6 inches or so. When I shot him he dropped to the ground, as you can hear from the video. a few minutes passed as we cheered and got ready to go get him. He began to struggle and started lifting his head up like he was trying to stand up. I took aim again from the truck but because he was lying down I wasn't sure where to aim. So we headed over and he got up and ran toward, and tried to jump a fence. He smacked into it a couple times before making it over but his back legs were caught. I took a knee, still a ways away and trembling with excitement,"click", no round. I loaded one and missed. I loaded another and proceeded toward him. By this time he was standing on his front two legs looking around with one leg caught in the fence. Without getting too close to spook him too much more I aimed again and shot the last shot.
The reason I shot such a young buck is because in this particular area the regulation states that you must shoot only spikes and mature bucks having an inside spread of 13 inches or greater. Our season ends Jan. 4 and I am running out of time. This opportunity came along and I took it. I have heard people say that spike meat tastes better, some say there is no difference however. But I am completely satisfied with my first deer.

kwithmith twee!!

Getting ready for our Christmas tree adventure.
This was our first stop. We did not realize how pricey trees had become.
Bobbie was quite fond of this one. She stayed this way while I looked around at all the other trees. Just kidding, she drug it around with her.
People were standing in line at Lowe's to have their tree cut, then wrapped in mesh. What in the world for. It takes like thirty seconds to cut it yourself and if you get it wrapped you have to fuss with getting that crap off once you make the 10 minute drive home. Makes no sense. Nice garage eh?
Here is Bubbs getting decorations out. And you'll notice this is one of our MANY living room alterations. We spent over an hour moving our couches and piano around trying to figure out how to fit our tree in there. We finally took the love seat out.
Energy rations for festive activities. Mint chocolate, dark-mint chocolate, peanut-butter chocolate cups, and peanut M&Ms. We washed this all down with some homemade hot coco.
The Tree.
It's been awhile since I handled lights. Bobbie left me unsupervised for just a minute this is what happened.
She straightened me out.
The finished product. Magnificent!

Recent pictures

Just two people madly in love cuddling on the couch.
This is at the Fair we went to a few weeks ago with Bobbie's sister. That is little Ethan she is holding. isn't he cute?
Here is Bryan and Bobbie in the petting zoo at the Fair.

Here is Lydia riding a pony, Ethan's sister.

Random thought...

The other day I was sitting in the deer blind. It was a little chilly out side, I was waiting for the sun to come up. I could hear the crunching sound of deer eating the corn provided for them to eat. I prefer my corn steamed. As it just started to get light I saw a deer jump over the fence into my field of view. Big bucks always come from that direction so I got really excited. I could not tell if it was a buck or not but it spooked the does that were there eating. They hung around as it made it's way over to a scrape. With the orange and blue sunrise behind him I could see he had some antlers but I could not yet tell how big he was. The area I am hunting has a regulation of 13 inches or bigger or a spike. Regardless, this was the first one I had seen since opening day when my bro in law Jake shot his, it's on their blog, a nice 8 pointer. As it got lighter I pointed my rifle at him to look through my scope, a 4 point, dang! About an 8-10 inch spread. I watched him for maybe an hour and a half or two and checked to see if he was big enough a couple more times as it got lighter. He eventually left and I saw nothing else. I have seen nothing but does since.

Shame on us

Bobbie and Bryan can not make it out to Utah for the Christmas holiday. We had hoped it would be possible but work will not allow it this year. We shall surely miss seeing everybody together. It has been too long since our last visit. We shall also miss being there for the fresh cinnamon rolls, and hot coco, and all the football our physical bodies can possibly handle. We hope to make a trip some time after though, just don't know when.

A 'Forward' I had to Post

The Dog's Diary

8:00 am - Dog Food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Dinner! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!


The Cat's Diary

Day 983 of my captivity.
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.
They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed
hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the
rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to
keep up my strength.

The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt
to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet. Today I decapitated a
mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this
would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates my
capabilities. However, they merely made condescending comments about
what a 'good little hunter' I am. Evil People!!

Day 984 of my captivity.
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was
placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I
could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my
confinement was due to the power of 'allergies.' I must learn what this
means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Day 985 of my captivity.
Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my
tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this
again tomorrow, but at the top of the stairs. I am convinced that the
other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special
privileges. He is regularly released, and seems to be more than willing
to return. He is obviously retarded.

The bird must be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards
regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have
arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe.
For now......

New Brian Regan DVD

Bobbie and I watched this on TV the other night and wondered if he had a new DVD out. Sure enough the very show we watched was the new one of his. On Amazon it was only $11 or $12. We watched it again and laughed just as hard.