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Graduation for Kristen at the U of U- Masters Degree

2008-05-23T22:38:00.001-07:00

Kristen graduated on May 1, 2008 from the U of U recieving her Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy. This is her showing the masters hood, and then the group is Matt (brother), Kristen, her husband Erik, and Heather(sis). The work, the sweat, the sleepless nights studying for tests and doing assignments, the frustration, it all was worth it! Now she can take care of me when I stroke out from stress! ha ha ha. :)

2008-05-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

DON'T PISS ME OFF, I'M RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO PUT THE DEAD BODIES!

Graduation Day! May 1st, 2008

2008-04-30T23:40:00.000-07:00

Pictures to come.....

My daughter is getting her Master Degree in Occupational Therapy Thursday evening at the University of Utah! We are proud of her and think she rocks! :) Her husband graduated on the 25 of April at BYU with a Bachelors degree in Graphic Arts and we are proud of him too! :) They rock!

The Grand Beginning of Skateboard...

2008-04-22T16:26:00.000-07:00

Skateboarding has come a long ways. Back before there were fiberglass skateboards, helmets, and body padding, were the simple days of wooden skateboards. This is the true mark of skill because it all came from inside of you, we were tough! You couldn't rely upon modern technology to cushion the blows dealt out harshly when you flew head first into the pavement or skidded across the sidewalk on your knees and elbows! I had a hot little red number, a PF Flyer (PF standing for pretty fine). It gave me hours of joy and freedom as I whizzed down the street with the wind in my hair, I was alive!

There came one fateful day, one that changed my life permanently. My friends and I were racing up and down hills almost vertical to the ground, with tumble weeds and rocks as big as a volleyball that we would dart in and out of still coming out alive with a record score. It was a blistering hot day and it was the day of, "The Great Race." The best of the best were there, three boys and two of us girls. We chose "suicide run" as the place for this great race and we were sure there would never be another like it! Two of the nighborhood kidscame out to cheer us on, my little brother and my best friend's little brother. She promised the boys popsicles if they would cheer louder for us!

We all got to the top of the course looking at the ant hills, mole hills, barbwire, and the usual pebbles, glass, twigs, and cracks found on most sidewalks that needed repairing. THere was Big Red on his Grand Central $3.98 special with extra ball bearings. Dippy Dave and his $5.95 Penny's special. (He was one of the rich kids on the block.) Big Red's brother, little Red with his $2.98 Grand Central special without the extra ball bearings. Becky and her $3.98 Grand Central special, and last but not least, me with my Grand Central bargain basement 98 cent special. (Only used six months prior to the Great Race!)

We were all lined up, waiting for the cap gun to go off. Pop!! We were off! Slowly we gained speed. 1 mph, 3 mph, 5 mph, 10 mph...I was out in the lead with Big Red and he was hot on m wheels. Dippy Dave came next, followed closely by the other two. I made it past the barb wire and the glass, the rocks came out of no where, but I seemed unbeatable with Big Red fighting to push me out of first.

We got to the moguls, I was halfway into them, the wind in my hair. I knew I was going to win! All of a sudden, my skateboard broke in half! I just stood there stunned! I said , "Self, if I remember Big Red was hot on your wheels!" All of a sudden I heard a big crash and a few choice words. I looked over realizing I was still in one piece, but Big Red had run into the tree to avoid hitting me. Then one right after the other there was a four-person skateboard pile-up. Luckily Big Red had a hard head and only sustained a huge lump on his head rendering him unconscious for a few minutes. It didn't take him long to recover. The rest of the skateboarders had minor skin abrasions and as for the winner, well...I was, because I was the only one standing. I left skate boarding at a good time, holding the winning record and besides, I couldn't afford another skateboard!

FAVORITE SAYINGS And WORDS OF WISDOM

2008-03-31T02:19:00.000-07:00

What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger....Nietszche

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau

Reach high for stars lie hidden in your soul, dream deep for every dream precedes the goal.
Pamela Vaull Starr

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. Anne Frank

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. Martin Luther King

Great Crisis Produce great men and great deeds of courage. John F. Kennedy

Without music the world would be a mistake. Nietzsche

The heart has eyes the brain knows nothing of. Charles H. Parkhurst

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing! Anatole France

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atomosphere in which individual differences are appreciated, love is shown openly, mistakes are used for learning, communication modeled and honesty is practiced. Birginia Satit

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.
Henry Ford

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfuction. Life is really about moving on. Oprah Winfrey

Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder, to the faults of those around me; let me praise a little more. Edgar A. Guest

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us. Marianne Williamson

A workable measure of your progress is how fast you can get free when you are stuck and how many ways you know to get free. kathlyn Hendricks

We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. Georg Hegel

We must not in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which over time add up to big differences that we often cannot forsee. Marian Wright Edelman

Lif is for most of us a continuous process of getting used to things we hadn't expected.
Martha Lupton

What are some of your favorite sayings or words of wisdom?

If you were to die tomorrow, what would you like to be written as an epitaph on your tombstone?