Jessica Sings!

Jessica's 5th grade class got to participate in the anual christmas show. It was fun. I REALLY need to get a good tripod. So, there it is. Enjoy!

touchscreen evoting machines get pwn3d

So, I am a computer geek. I would love Bill Gates as President of the USA. but these crappy voting machines are THE worst. Mr stokes here has made the case several times. I agree with what he has said and proved.

I hope Utah is listening to what is going on here.

By the way. I am very White and Nerdy.



This is a screen capture of the trivia card from the music video White & Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic

Bill Gates President of the United States of America

Here is a neat idea. Get the richest man in the world to be President.

I have even put a link in the upper right hand corner of my blog.

w00t! VOTE!

SNOW!

  

Here is the new house. Wrapped in a snow storm. 


Jacob at the front door in the snow. 


So there I am. Covered in snow. Man is it cold. 


Ahh the tranquil backyard. The snow is like a blanket of peace in this crazy world. 


Sassy playing in the snowy backyard. No cats here. 


The snow covered Sassy is looking for cats in the trees. 


Here is the back of the house. Snow covered yard, deck and well you know everything. 

Happy Halloween

I am trying out Google's Photo Album service.

2006-10 (Oct)

These are pics of Marilou and Jessica making Jack-O-Lanterns

What is that . . . THING?!

Since moving to Richfield we have had a lot of fun. We have enjoyed being close to family and even finding cute things in our new home. But, What on this good earth is this? Anyone? Please let me know.

*UPDATE* My main man Mark let me know it is a "Jerusalem cricket"

Sure funky lookin' buggers.



We Just found it crawling around in the window well.



It's like a giant ant/termite/spider . . . thing. . .



Marilou chopsticks the thing into a mason jar.



Are you my mommy?



Phew, good thing Marilou is so freaking tuff!

Fremont Indian State Park

This is our Labor day trip to the Fremont Indian State Park. It was very pretty. All had fun. Music by RedFlag. Video by Mecdrox. Enjoy!

Ultimate Frisbee

Jessica filmed this video. I had hoped it would be longer but it was her first time using a video camera. It was hard to find any useable footage. In the future as our skills improve I am sure we will post better and more frequet videos.

Love the Ultimate Frisbee

Jacob turned 9!

Jacob turned 9!

How cool is chocolate cake on your birthday? Super cool!
Yummmm! Happy Happy birthday cake! Mom made it just for you.

William decided everyone needed to make funny faces. So here they are!
William!
Owyn!
Jessica!
Jacob!!

petshopboys fundamental

 


The boys are on tour. THEY ARE COMING TO UTAH! November 3rd at the "e-center" I am so there. Infact tickets went on sale and I only got row 13. *sigh* At least we are going! w00t. I am so excited. 

On July 22, 2006 My Father and his wife entered into the covenant of Baptism. I was honored to baptize my father. Jeff confirmed Dad. Ann was baptized by her son Clifford and confirmed by her son Max.

Me, Jeff, Dad and Ann, Clifford and Max

It was a wonderful day. Congratulations Dad and Ann. May you be blessed in your decision.

Jessica is now 10 years old!

Jessica turned 10 today!

Here we are at Granny and Jim's place eating the cake Granny helped make.
Here we are singing happy birthday! Jessica sure is excited.
What fun. The cake was AWESOME. Looks like she is going to be a good cook.

OJ Swing

I had many fun opportunities to make little videos in the high school television production class I was in. A long time tradition with this class was to enter the Florida department of citrus "Nutrition Television" music video contest. The video I worked on in the 1992 won grand prize.

Mark Dude and Jared Dude

This is my last news cast as a student at West High school in Salt Lake City, Utah. Really it was just Mark and I having a lot of fun.

Music for one apartment and six drummers

A friend of mine showed this video to me. I have not been able to stop watching it.

Tirgerclaw in Wyoming

Mara and Karina went to Wyoming this last May for a karate tournament. They kicked much butt.

My boys are at it again!

They did a cool live show for the BBC you can find some cool songs to listen to. Man. Good stuff!

BBC - Radio 2 - Sold On Song - Pet Shop Boys Live

Here is a pic from the concert.


Of note the live BBC show has a few of my other favorite artists. Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, Robbie Williams and Rufus Wainwright. Anne and Trevor where in the group The Art of Noise. Another HUGE section of the sound track to my life.

Make sure to check out this AWESOME cool video from their website. They have a new album out! w00t w00t. Make sure to run out and get "Fundamental" I love the boys.

Here is a link to a show they JUST did in germany.

It just dose not get any better then this.

Solar defense force!

So Mark, Mark and Gus came to hang with me in Richfield. We had fun. We watched a ton of battle star galactica and went to mineral mountain and the big rock candy mountain.

After all that we decided to get in some RPG and Mark (Richardson) dreamed up this cool game we dubed Solar Defence Force. Here are some sketches Mark R did of the battle armour and bad guys.

w00t!

Phobose mark2. This is what we got to pilot. 


The rest of these drawing are of the badguys we put the hurt on.

Tripod 


Shellback 


Jumper 

Mom got MARRIED!

This is Jim Crane and Mom! Pre Wedding

This is Mom and Jim. Post Wedding. See a differnce? I do.

This is Mom and Jim at the Saint George Temple.

This is everone that came. What a bunch!

This is Kathy, Mom and Jim looking at the picture Kathy took while she was watching all the grand kids.

Baby Even and Tricia and Mom. So CUTE! All of them!

Here is Mom and her friends.

This is Lorna and Mom and Phill and Jim

Here is Mom and another friend.

The next weekend Jim and Mom had a wedding party in Salina, Utah. Look who showed up! Aunt Barbara and Uncle Jim wagner! All the way from La Luz New Mexico.

And boy can they dance!

Great people!

Mom sang to Jim the Battle hymn of love.



Congrats Jim and Mom! May you have a full and happy marriage.