Jason and Sturgis...

So, I've been having a hard time posting Jason's trip to Sturgis...Mostly because I wasn't there, so I don't know all the stories, but I think a part of it is that there were 6 boys, un-chaperoned, at one of the most naked bike rallies in history...lets just say that my brother's pictures were just a tad bit more graphic than the one's I saw from Jason.... So I'll tell what I can, and I'll show what I can, and you'll have to use your imagination for the rest...This is where they slept the first night, because somebody's bike broke down(Doug).

This is main street in Sturgis.. If you don't have a bike, you walk through town...Cars wouldn't be very welcome right now. Then instantly, two of the boys just had to find a tattoo parlor and prove their manhood...or something???




This is where they stayed for the duration. It looks cozy, right.
Jason said that the trip to Mt. Rushmore was pretty cool. Don't you think that his face belongs up there with the rest. I think the feeling of history that you would feel while you were there would be very humbling and serene.







So, there were a ton of cool bikes,











a ton of cool sites,




and the rest is history.

Apples don't fall very far from the tree.....

So, I was looking at some pictures this weekend on my space, and I found this one of Grandma.... And it reminded me of another picture I saw on my mom's cute page....Now, I'm not saying that this picture doesn't prove that apples don't fall very far from the tree, I'm just saying....Hmmmm....well, maybe I am!!! I love my Gram and My Dad...who knows, maybe someday this will be me...I can only hope!!!

update on this crazy life....

So, Mckay's cast is off and all that needs to heal is the burn on his heel. His foot looks really good now, although it's still really tender from all the skin that needs to grow back. The surgeon that did his foot, Randy Hansen, just got canned from all things good and he may have even lost his license because of (allegedly) Drugs. They even changed to locks on the buildings so that he couldn't gain access to any more...pretty reassuring isn't it!!! I'm just glad that he wasn't using the night that he did his surgery...I think?? He was pretty slurred and very self-boastful. We had to remind him a couple of times that our son was in the other room waiting for him to put his foot back together!! Aaaahhhhh!!!! I can't handle any more sadness and insecurity!!!! It started around the 24th of July, then Lyndzee's unexpected passing, then three really expensive doctor and dentist bills, and not to mention that Jason got a really bad sinus infection and, what do you know, but me and my boys got a really bad cold/flu combination to boot!!! How can I fix them when I' m so broken??? Oh, yeah, I'm also in charge of the primary program this year and I just got unanimously voted in for financial secretary at work for the district unit!!! We are strapped for cash and everybody wants their money, so we pay as much as we can each month, and we hope that that is enough for now!!! My first and second paycheck is already spent. We still owe for Mckay's life-flight from two years ago!!! And we need to buy more hamburger so that I can continue this crazy, although helpful, diet for my kids!!! They can't live on chicken and tuna the rest of their lives!!! Live sucks right now, but I have a feeling that it'll soon be turning around. For some reason, we haven't failed yet. I know that as long as we do what we know is right, that we will be taken care of. "Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending." So from my seemingly crazy, broken life to yours....Rock On!!! (I love this picture of Maile.
It describes how I'm feeling right now to a T!)