Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend is a Horseshoe shaped bend in the Colorado River just a couple miles down stream of the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, near Page Arizona.

We found this little guy on the walk back to the car.

New Years Resolutions

Did you make any New Years Resolutions?  I never made resolutions in the past, but the last couple of years I have, and I really enjoy doing it.  Think of it as a goal setting session for your year. Every successful company has goals, so to be a successful individual, or family doesn't it make sense to write down goals too?

At our house we set individual goals, then set goals as a family.  However, I think it is important to include other people on your individual goals.  For example, if you have a goal to eat healthier for the year, but your spouse made a goal to try every recipe from the "Everything Tastes Better Fried"  cookbook this year your goals don't align, and are then destined for failure.  Moral of the story (I don't even know if that was a story) is, talk about your goals, that way everyone can be on the same page, and you are more likely to succeed in your resolutions.

Good luck on all of your resolutions and goals this year.

Mr. G

Happy New Year!

Here's wishing you a safe, happy, heathy New Year, and congratulations to Brian and Bobbi.






APRIL FOOLS!!!
(crap wrong holiday)




Mr. G

Happy New Years Eve!

Get your party on!  Responsibly.

Mr. G

There is no snow in Texas

Not that I really miss it.  But it sure is pretty!

A New Year and a New Direction

Whoa!  I can't believe Christmas is already over, and New Years is right around the corner.  As most of you know the Mrs. and I have started to really enjoy photography.   So as a pre New Year resolution, I am going to try to post one picture a day.  Now will this get done every day?  Probably not, but hopefully by the end of the year there will be approximately 365 pictures posted.  (depending on if its a leap year, and how many full moons there are.)  I hope you all enjoy them as much as I enjoy taking them.  Some may have a great story to go along with it, others may just simply be a pretty, funny, or interesting picture.  (odds are that the two poohs are featured quite a bit.) ((those poohs would be classified as cute, funny, or ridiculous)).  Let me know what ya'll think (Crap. I guess I did really move to Texas if I'm ya'lling).

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and has a Fantastic New Year.

Mr. G

To start it off, here is a pictures of an airplane at the Air Force museum in Midland that we visited when Kent was visiting.

Tis the Season!

     We have had Christmas music going in the house all weekend except when we are watching OU squeak out a win over Nebraska.  BOOMER SOONER.  Mrs.G has done an awesome job making the house feel like Christmas with all her great decorations.  We even set up our tree before Thanksgiving, so we could enjoy it as soon as we got back from our Thanksgiving travels to Denver.

     This weekend it was my turn to add a little Christmas cheer to our house.  So in true Clark Griswold fashion I started putting up Christmas lights on Saturday.  (For those of you not in the know, Clark Griswold is Chevy Chase's character in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. If you haven't watched it yet this year its time to break it out.)  I spent several hours out putting lights up making sure they were all in the perfect spot.  Finishing up at right about dusk perfect timing for the lighting.

     Drum roll please..... I plugged in the lights and nothing happened.  Turned out that the outlets made for the Christmas light are not functioning.  Only a small set back.  I have extension cords, and  know how to use them.  Plugging the extension cord into a previously tested outlet and waalaa, the lights come on..... for about 5 seconds.  Turns out that you can only connect so many strands of lights together without blowing the little fuse in the strands.  With my pride and frustration levels at opposite ends of the scale, I gave up for the night. On the bright side, I got to go in and watch the Sooners win, and Mrs. G had made some delicious hot chocolate to warm me up.

Sunday the lights did not win I changed some fuses, and added a few extension cords, and we have this.

I hope everyones Holiday decorating goes as good as Mrs. G's and better than mine.

Mr. G