Monty

Why my little brother is Special...
He has better hair than me or most of us,
He can light a fire without matches or lighter, and
while he is doing that he can put both hands and his head by his feet, amazing,
He is incredibly musically talented,
He has that passion about nature without being a "tree hugger/nature nut"
He is quite a thinker, he would loan me money and charge me interest, when the interest couldn't be paid, or the money, he would make me do his chores,
He is a deep thinker for as care-free as he is,
I have to agree with mom, he has nice boy legs, or hairy girl legs for that matter,
He would save all his halloween or easter candy until the rest of ours was gone, then he would eat it in front of it, or sell it to us, (maybe that is why I look why I do),
He is a ladies man, contrary to what Grandpa Dean thought,
He can rope better than me or dad (sorry dad, we both know its true),
He can do a Roy Rogers mount from the butt of a horse,
He had a Tenderheart carebear, (I know where it is, even though its wore out),
He never asked me to buy cigarettes for him, even though Kyle wanted him too,
He could help me with my college algebra when he was a Jr.,
He could drive the Toyota Tercel with his feet while sitting on the sunroof, I believe that is the reason those girls rear ended you...
He taught me about baseball, Pete Rose, Roger Clemens, Red Sox, Jose Cansecos, the Oakland A's and batting averages,
When Bryan Estes threw a rock, he made sure I was ok, while Cody and Casey beat him up,
He can turn a cabbage patch into a weapon (that is why they all had paint skids on their faces),
He can make me laugh whenever, it was usually during the sacrement, or when dad was serious,
He is an incredible brother and best friend.
I could go on forever, but I need to go to bed!
We love you,
Happy Birthday Monty.

Oops! It's already the 27th here.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONTY!

Bailee We are waiting on pictures of Vern.

swimming at Jackson

Oakley didn't stay and swim in the pool much.
She sure burned a trail going up & down the slides
though.

The only picture of Cody are the legs coming
down into the pool!








Bailee & Ash, had a blast!














Tanner, chillin' in the kiddy pool













Dillon, wiping chlorine from his eyes.













Ellie, feeling like a big girl, was able to walk
all by herself in the shallow end!












Sam & Whit, jumping off the side!

















Sike! (spelling might be wrong on that) Sam felt so proud the he tricked Whitlee.

Dillon and his new friend

This is Dillon with his new friend Jack. We went to Kings Arena and Jack is the barn Corgi. Just a pup, but him and Dillon ran up, down, around, in and out. Jacks owner and I were hoping they would wear each other out, but it never happened. Dillon needed his picture take before we left and he had to give him his hugs.

Photos

Hiking Pinatubo

We left here about 5 am and drove to the village of Capas and rented a guide and a jeep and went to see what was left of Mount Pinatubo. We drove for 1 hour through the lahar filed to a stream bed that lead to the crater. We followed the stream another 2 hours to the rim of the caldera. It was awesome!
On April 2, 1991, a fissure broke at the summit the area was rocked with small earthquakes. About May 28 they determined that the magma chamber was blocked and it was building up pressure. On June 7 a dome started to form and on June 14 it litterally blew its cork with 2 days of violent explosions and earthquakes. 984' blew off the top and covered a 309 square mile area of farmland. 800,oo farm animals died and 300 people died. It was the most powerful land eruption in the 20th century. 10 times greater than Mt. St. Helens and we are living peacefully at its base.

Cooper

Just a few clips of Cooper as he starts to keep his eyes open longer.