WE CAN DRIVE!!!!!!!

We both passed our driving test today! yippee! I was so nervous considering I failed the NC one just last year! In my defense I didn't read the book because I thought, I had been driving 10 yrs surly I can pass a test. WRONG! I hate taking test. I get sooooo nervous. Anyway I read the book this time and we studied and then we had to sit through a 3 hr prep class before the test. We were allowed to miss 15. I missed 3 and Josh missed 4, but who's counting, who cares if I did better! :) We are thinking about buying a little car because mine won't be here until Oct. 22 and we will probably need two anyway. You can get them pretty cheap on post at the lemon lot. People leaving to go back to the states sell their cars really cheap. I still haven't been anywhere cool to take new pics but I wanted to post this pic of this car cause I think it is so funny how small they are! I don't know how Mormons make it around here with these small vehicles! lololol even the mini vans are small. Josh makes fun of me because it freaks me out that the sinks and toilets just hang on the walls with no support!!!!! I'm afraid they're gonna come off the wall every time I sit on one!!!!

Hello from this Jones Family

So Natalie, we are excited to hear all about Germany so take pictures and tell us all about it so that we can live vicariously through you all. Things here are going pretty good. An update on us would include the fact that Wynter is a true crawler these days and is pulling herself up to stand by everything. The other day she stood for about 20 minutes by the couch while I was on the treadmill. Derringer is just a laugh a minute, when I pick up from school I usually ask, "how was you day or something?" Well, the other day Sakoya came home from school and he asked, " How was opening your locker?" Where that came from, we don't know. As for Denali, she is loving school and is doing great. I took her to dance the other day and she was the only one so she got all the attention. She was doing backhandsprings on the cheese mat. Saige is loving school and dance but she was mad at me last week when she had to miss activity days in order to go to dance. Saige loves our new dog Jake and spends a whole lot of time playing with him whereas, Denali screams and runs the other way which leads to Jake chasing her and causing more stress for her. Sakoya is adjusting to middle school but her comment after the first day of PE was that it was embrassing (because she had to change her clothes in front of everyone). Jeramy's job continues to go well but one of the other pharmicist's mom just died after 2 months of thinking it would happen any day and then Susan(his least favorite pharmacist) is having some issues so they are all having to pick up extra shifts. Oh well, the overtime money rocks. As for me I continue to be the resident taxi driver and have 4+ carpools I try to kept track of. I guess that is the crazy life of a mom but it's our life (at least that is what Kate says from Jon and Kate plus 8). Things are going well though. I will post some pictures of our craziness as soon as I can figure out how to get my new computer to download them from my camera. Oh, one more thing, Saturday, Jeramy had the day off so I got this great idea to hit Lagoon for a while, dumb me didn't know that it was Associated Foods Day at Lagoon where all the employees and Families got in free. Needless to say 4 hrs later and a bunch of long lines we went home. Thank goodness we used our season passes to get in cuz it would have been real irritating to leave that early. Well, hope all is well for all of you. Love ya, Jeramy, Robyn and family

Doo da da da dooooo

Wow Josh you cant even spell terd its t-e-r-d not t-i-r-d duhh hehehe way to go!! Im way excited that you guys like where you are!! and IM TOTALLY COMING TO GERMANY when i can lol but first i need dinero (money)so i have been job hunting an i applied to maurices (the new one) in burley an im hoping to get that one cuz that would be way cool but if not oh well...school is going im taking a college course called Human Structure and Function an yesterday we dissected fetal pigs it was freaking awesome but smelled horribly like formaldehyde and then on the 23rd we are dissecting sheep brains im excited!! We play burley for the souper bowl this friday and we are going to kick bobcat trash!!! its going to be shhhwwweeeeeeettt!!

Tragic Accident: A free beauty tip for life!

Okay, I needed new mascara and a new eyelash curler, so I bought these items at the end of last week. As I pulled the eyelash curler out of the package, I glanced at the back and it said "Do not curl lashes after mascara is applied." I thought to myself, "Hmmm, I wonder why?" I've used it on and off for the past few days - anyway I'm getting ready for school/work this morning and I'm using my newly acquired eyelash curler AFTER I had already applied my new "Collagen Mascara" and I glanced into the mirror and OH MY GOSH! On my right eye, right in the middle of my eyelid my eyelashes were gone and upon further study by both Mikala and I, we came to the same conclusion, "They had BUSTED off!" - and that folks, is WHY you do not use the eyelash curler after you have mascara on! I'm so sad! I thought about getting 1 fake eyelash; I thought about getting my old ones out of the sink and glueing them back on - but thought about that one guy on Waterworld when he gets that fake eye with the fake eyelashes - not a good look! So, I guess I'll just wait for my own to grow back! Wonder how long that'll be. . .?

I love the picture of you and Josh at the temple, Natalie! Now you are really "STUCK" with him!! (You have my sympathy on his moody days.)(Oh----and also on his cheapskate days, and on his know-it-all days, and on his big bully days. If I left anything out, just give him a big hug and he'll get over it!)(Hopefully!) It is exciting to hear about your apartment!! Make sure and tell us what your neighbors are like when you finally meet them. When will your stuff be there? Are you still eating out or is Josh limiting you both to a loaf of stale bread for the week? Does Josh have a number for the company that is sending his gun out here so we can call them and see when it was shipped? We called the Trading Post this afternoon and it isn't in yet so we think we ought to call and check on it. Dad was real tired last night as it is harvest time and they are short handed down there. One guy has give his 2 week notice ( because he was just going to quit and Max told him, Aaron, that he owed Max a two week notice) but, now he finds different excuses not to come to work. Not too smart since he owes Max around $500 for tires. He's not going to get any of his last paycheck and Max will probably be left holding the bill for those tires. Glad it's not our problem! My computer has been slower than cold tar lately. Yesterday it would hardly do anything! I believe I need more memory. Me and my computer!! I will send this now and check later for a number for the NC gun shipper. Love You!! Mom

sorry I didn't put these on here sooner. I wish we could have came out there to go through the temple but Josh wanted to make sure we did it before our plane trip so if it went down I was stuck with him!!!! That is what he told me for like a week. lololo

We have a house!!!!

Well, after a not so exciting day at the laundry mat, we went to look at the apartment and we loved it!!!! It is a brand new apartment in a new building. It has two bedrooms but it has a big room off the master bath that could be used as an office or craft room. The master bath is awesome. It has two sinks and a glass standing shower and........ r u ready....... a huge wonderful bathtub! I am so excited about that. It has hardwood floors all through the house and granite floors in the bathrooms oh and didn't I mention that the floors are HEATED!!!!!! They're so many windows with these cool blinds and a balcony. It is a great apartment in a cute little village. I can walk right down the block and be at the store and a bakery...yum...we will have two parking spots in the garage and a storage area in the basement that is huge! If you can't tell from all the !!!!!! I am super excited. Oh, and Josh liked it too. :)

Required Reading. . .

As some of you know I recently started a new job. I work at East Minico middle school in a math class, and Rupert Elementary in all-day kindergarten. Yesterday when I got to kindergarten, the lady I work with let me know that there was "required reading" on her computer. I forwarded this on to Wes, and after watching him laugh really hard, and wet himself, he decided we needed to post this on the blog, so enjoy! (I know I forwarded this to some/most of you, but Wes said it deserved a spot on the blog!)............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety....?? WAY TOO COOL! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arc of electricity da rting back and forth between the prongs. AWESOME!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second)and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong? So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and taser in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries. All the while I'm looking at this lit tle device measuring about 5 inches long, less than 3/4 inch in diameter; pretty cute really and (loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, 'no possible way!' What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best...? I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, 'don't do it dipshit,' reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and . HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. . .WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . . . WHAT THE HELL!!! I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs? The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room. Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself with a taser, one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst when you z ap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. A three second burst would be considered conservative? IT HURT LIKE HELL!!! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling. Apparently I pooped on myself, but was too numb to know for sure and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for my nuts and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return!! P. S. My wife loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with it! 'If you think education is difficult, try being stupid.'

Okay everyone, I'm over here with no car, no job, and no husband for the biggest part of the day. So I am board and want to hear what is going on at home too! Josh and I check the blog like every hour to see if anyone has posted anything so tell us how work, school, anything is going! Love, Natalie

Guten Tag!

Good Afternoon! Well, we have been in Germany 4 days and that is all I know how to say! Everything is going good. We went to housing on Fri and they gave us a certificate to live off post because they can't get us a place to live for at least 6 months. Good news Tyson, there is a bowling alley on post so get your passports! :) We called the bishop the first day we were here and they offered us a ride to church and invited us over for dinner. They are great. They are the Jones' also. She knows a lady who is a realtor and specializes in rentals so she is going to help us find a place! I am really excited about that. It was so nice to eat a home cooked meal. The last few days we have been eating at local restaurants and with the language barrier, we have to point at pictures and I ate lamb the other day without realizing it. It wasn't that bad but I'm not running back there to get it again any time soon! It turned cold yesterday and all I have to wear with my skirts are my sandals so I told Josh we had to go buy me some shoes with closed toes to wear to church and he told me he will put black tape on my sandals and I would be good to go! Church was good. We are in an english-speaking ward, but in a German Stake, and of course today was stake conference! We were lost. We did have headsets and an interpreter but he couldn't keep up with the speakers and I think he was summarizing. Anyway we did meet some of the people that is in our ward. I think the Germans are rude! Josh says I just don't like being the minority! They just bump in to you on the street and don't say anything. It is really expensive over here. The other night Josh and I went out and got pizza and he had a sprite and I had water, but they don't serve tap (free) water they serve water in fancy bottles and they are 3.95 euro each which is like $5. They also bring you carbonated water so you have to tell them flat. Anyway our bill was almost $40. Josh said we couldn't eat the next day! Everything is fancy over here. The hotel's are a little different over here. You have to use the key that unlocks the door to turn on the power in the room. It is really weird. I guess that is how they make sure you don't leave the tv or light on when you leave. Last night Josh went out with some of his school buddies and I didn't want to go so instead of waiting up until he got home I let him take the key with him and then I couldn't fall asleep! Yes I set in the room with no lights or tv! Oh yeah the only american channel we have is CNN so we are all caught up on the news! We really miss everyone! Talk to you soon, love Natalie

I HAVE RETURNED

Yes, I know it has been forever since we posted.

Great that Josh and Natalie got safely to Germany! How exciting!!! Well here it is. All is well at RJ's & Shanna's. Zach got his braces off - whoo-hoo!! Retainer time. Zach started soccer last week, I praciced with him for 5 minutes yesterday, only to remember later that I haven't ran like that for years. Wow am I sore today - getting OLD. Zach has practice again today and a game on Saturday at 11am each week. Shanna has been at her new job for a few weeks now and says she loves it. From the class room to an eight hour sit down job. I say yuk. But she is having fun. I don't get to see very much of her, just like before so I guess thats also a part of this job too. She is starting on her next Masters Degree which will be in Counseling. More of the same I say taking care of (OPK) other peoples kids, yuk. She was telling me about a parent who had called her and complained that her son had too much homework, and she was "not getting the help she needed around the house to clean up".... for her most likley. "He comes home and his nose goes right into his books until bedtime" BLA BLA BLA. She just wants someone to clean up after her. That was a new one for Shanna who tells Zach to get to work on your homework and keep at it 'til its done, and "isn't there more?" I am still night shift as the ICU Nurse Manager. We are in a transition right now of going from three night nurses to having five. This year we have had a higher # of patients and need the help. I have been taking care of patients with crazy stuff going on with them, it's been awesome. Most recently I was called on a (CODE BLUE) which is what they call it when someone is either not breathing or their heart has stopped. I got to see one of our surgeons crack open this guy's chest and do an open heart massage. It was soooooo cool, his heart started to beat again, we sewed him up and sent him out on life flight. I have seen a lot this year. Stuff you don't get to see working as a Medical Surgical Nurse. I have truely been missing out on some cool stuff! Funnies of Nursing get better over the years though. I had a patient family member (daughter) get mad at me for something really stupid. We don't like our paients to have their urinals (a container for Men to pee in) on the bedside tables - just because it is nasty! This patient's daughter wanted us to keep it on his table, to which I replied "no." As she left him for the night she placed the urinal exactly where she wanted it - on his bedside table. As I entered his room some 10-15 minutes later I witnessed this 90yr+ patient taking a big swig from out of his urinal and setting it back onto his bedside table. YUK! I called the daughter and asked her if she had put his urinal on his bedside table? She said in a loud and resentful tone "YES and I want it left there!" I then continued to informed her that I had just caught her father drinking out of it. All I could hear on the other end was "OMG"!! "OMG"!! Then I could hear her start to gag. I simply said "thatss why we don't want the urinal on the bedside table." Sometimes life is just plain funny! Well, gotta go take Zach to soccer practice. Love to all!!! RJ, Shanna and Zach

We Made It!!!!!

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to let you know we made it to Germany this morning. It is really warm here, I expected it to be cool but boy was I wrong. We are staying in a hotel right outside of post for the next 10 days and hopefully we can find a home in that time. Sorry if this blog makes no sence. I haven't slept and it is 12pm here so I don't want to go to sleep cuz I will be up all night!!!! Josh is off with the guy that picked us up at the airport. We have to be at a meeting in the morning at 8am to find out about housing. I will get some pictures on here as soon as I can. love, natalie

Well, I have to say never say never. Congratualtions to Tyson, Carrie and the boys. That is so great. Carrie will finally get her little girl. Tyson will get the girl he never thought was possible. She will have to be a tough little girl to keep up with her brothers. She will probably be one tough tomboy. Life is good. Work is work. The rest of the family went to Idaho Falls for the weekend to attend Janeal's baptism. I thought I would enjoy the peace and quiet. I missed having Derringer or Wynter snugged in next to me. I have such a big bed. It is so quiet that I have to keep my gun beside my bed. I miss the noise. They will be back tonight. Love, Jeramy

First to read, first to hear....

Our three boys and little girl!

Coming around January 14,09

Well, the house is empty, except for a few clothes and our air mattress. I didn't think it would bother me to move but I'm going to really miss our house. I know josh called you all and told you that we are getting sealed Tuesday night but I'm not sure if he told you that we will be leaving for Germany on Wed. We are both so excited! The move went surprisingly smooth. they were in and out in a few hours both days. Keep posting so we can keep us with everyone and we will post as much as we can.

Hey everyone,

I decided to add to the blog. About a week ago Duke was separated from us and ended up getting hit by a car. He was found by neighbors about a half-mile from our house. I didn't realize how much it would affect the kids. They cried for three days. I thought I was the only one involved with him. I did some looking and found a pup that was about 12 weeks old. I went to Provo and picked him up. The kids have been really involved with him all day. Duke was a year old when we found him. He was really only my dog. Anyway, it has been an adventursome day.

The kids are back in school and all seem to enjoy their teachers and classes. Robyn has found a little sanity. She is very involved with getting the carpool set up. She stays quite busy with Bubba asking 50,000 questions per day. I know it is at least this many because he rode to Provo with me. We are still liking Utah. It is hard to believe it has been a year since we moved. I have to say it has been a difficult year with work. I had no idea how big of a difference it would be going from retail to hospital. I have learned a lot and continue to learn all the time. My garden hasn't produced much, and it will start to freeze in a few weeks. My tomatoes are so small, but at least they are turning red. Better luck next year. I finished the concrete on my basketball hoop and the kids each wrote their name in the concrete. Bubba and Wynter left their footprints and Robyn wrote their names below them. We love living in the mountains. I hope that we get the same amount of snow or Robyn is going to shoot me because the four-wheeler I purchase a few weeks ago magically came with a plow and a winch. It was magic. So, I better use them or I will get shot. The kids have wanted to go on four-wheeler rides everyday. We had to take a vacation from it because that is how Duke got lost. I blamed it on that I had to work all the time, but I really didn't want to go. I would start the four-wheeler and DUke would just about jump over his kennel. He like to run along with us on our adventures. Everyone is healthy and hates going to bed early on school nights except me. I always like to go to bed early. The kids are excited to play with the new puppy. I hope everyone is doing well.

Love,

The Jeramy Jones Family

Something a little different....

Hi everyone I just thought I would show you a little of what I have been up to. I have told some of you about some of the cool websites that are all about D.I.Y. (do it yourself) and recon use of clothing. There was one idea where you take a men's button down shirt, and turn it into a girls dress. I bought a super cheap shirt and set to work. I finished it today, and I am quite excited with how it turned out. The original can be found at http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=170402.0 . It was really fun and not hard.

lso many of you have been concerned about Oz and how he is doing out here in the bermuda triangle. After the intital squirmish that he was mysteriously involved in, he sticks right around home now and is some sort of surrogate mother/heating blanket for the three kitties that Steph brought out when she brought Oz. All four are alive and well, apparently this was the super "special" batch. The old man dog and the 3 unwanted kitties! But they are fun and we enjoy them so much! Jakoby is getting used to Oz and will give him a milk-bone. Instead of throwing it down on the ground, she will now let Oz take it right out of her hand.

Our phone line is almost in, they trenched up to the house today, so it should be anyday now.

Anyway, things are going well, and I am loving the D.I.Y. Oh another fun website with lots of ideas is http://www.threadbanger.com/ they are a little crazy, but have lots of ideas.

Love to all!

Kristen

We had such a great time camping with everyone! I'm so glad that we were able to come! Thank you so much for a beautiful wedding reception! I wish we would have had all you guy decorating for the wedding here then Kelly and I wouldn't have had to be at the church 18 hrs! lololol I love how you guys all come together and help each other. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm totally in love with my new family :) The whole two weeks were great. I had so much fun playing on the river with you guys! Josh is really impressed how good Ryan did on the wakeboard! He was talking about it yesterday how proud he was of him and how glad he was that Madison tried skiing. Anyway I just wanted to say Thanks for showing us a wonderful time. Love, Natalie oh yeah, Carrie I still need your recipe for the oreo cookies.

A few camping pictures...

Trey and Trent in the Hammock. Tyson and boys teeter tottering, Thanks Grandpa! EEEWWW...Like my Booger? ( Seemed like an every minute thing ) Thanks Kala, this is Maryssa, Trey, and Kala! Looking good Shanna, Maddy, and Steph!

ON THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!

Well this is our 2nd day on the road! We are 75 miles from Kansas City. We are stopping there for the night and staying with my cousin. We have had a great day of traveling except for the hour we were in traffic in St. Louis. Tomorrow is goin to be the tough day cuz we r going to be driving 18 hrs but at least we will be there tomorrow. I know I have said it a thousand times but I'm so excited to go camping!!! See ya tomorrow! Natalie Yes I am posting this from my phone. Sad I know!

Camping

Yeah, our leave got approved so we are leaving Friday morning to come out there. We are driving so we probably won't be there until Sunday afternoon. I am sooooooo excited! My friend got us a tent, sleeping bag, and air mattress for our wedding gift and we can't wait to use them. I think I am way more excited than Josh cuz I am almost packed and he hasn't even started. I have all our camping gear laid out in the living room ready to be put in the car. Keep us in your prayers that we may have a safe trip. See you all soon! Natalie

Saga of Wes & Steph's fam!

We might be a wee bit late, but here is Mikala in the 4th of July parade! It wasn't as hot this year, but we got to "enjoy" the crowds! Loved that! But you could tell Mikala was having a lot of fun! Here is Madison our 'little person'! We do not like to refer to her as a dwarf! Actually we had a problem with a fountain/artesian coming out of our crabapple tree - it really was kinda cool! But, we decided we needed to get it fixed - so we had a little fun doing our work. And of course Maddy knows how to ham it up for the camera. You all know how short and squatty I am, but this kind of gives you a small idea of how much of Maddy we chopped off. We always threatened to do that to Megan - cut her off at the knees - well this time, we're gittin'r'done! Okay - onto the next adventure. . .this last weekend was our trial run for those of us going up early for our camping trip. We went up to Nat Soo Pah, set up our tent whilst Wes and Mikala WATCHED! The kids got 'tired'! LOL! Ha ha! Wes and Mikala have cheer camp on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday - so they plan on coming up Tuesday night after 'they' get finished for the day. Needless to say Megan, Ryan and I were able to set up camp; and we didn't do too bad of a job, either. But we did make a list of things we had forgotten for the Nat Soo Pah trip, but PLAN on taking to Alturas. We had a lot of fun and took a few pictures too! Then just us girls got 'tired'! We had tons of fun and are really excited for this next week at Alturas. See y'all soon!

Camping

I am so exited for camping and hope everybody is coming. Luv ya.

Thank You all so much for all your prayers! This has been the toughest thing my family has ever been through. We are home now and trying to get every thing done so we can come out there. I am so excited!!!! Here are some pictures from our trip to WV. We tried to have fun despite the circumstances. We spent a lot of time in the pool!

Our thoughts and prayers are with you Natalie and Josh. We look forward to seeing you.

Tyson, Carrie, and family

Hi Family! We went with Josh and Natalie to the beach today! It is two hours from here so we have spent a great deal of time in the car today. However, we all spent enough time on the beach that some of the bodies here are sporting quite a reddish glow! As for myself, I donned some 45 sunblock, borrowed Shanna's hat and sat in a chair trying not to soak up any sun! You would have all loved this beach we were at today. The sand was so fine and there was no sea weed on the beach at all. (When we were at the beach in CA wit1h Tyson and Carrie, I had to pick up a piece of sea weed to see what it felt like and I couldn't get the sticky stuff off of my fingers. It was like a bugger with gelatin in it.) Also, you may have heard of Hurricane Bertha that was in the Atlantic---well, it was down-graded to a tropical storm but the waves were quite large because of the disturbance created by Bertha. So these big waves would come crashing in and Josh and a couple of his friends would go out and try to catch a wave to ride back in, but the riptide was so strong that it would also pull them down south of where we were quite a ways. They were having a great time and I am sure that it looked like a lot of fun to grandpa so out he went two give it a try. Ggrandpa wasn't quite ready for all that rolling and pulling action going on and he couldn't get his feet under him! When he got back in I asked him if saw "the light". He said "no, I saw the gates of hell!" Needless to say, grandpa didn't go bac1k in! Yesterday we went to Josh's graduation. (Duh, of course we did! After all, that's the reason we came to NC!) It was great! He is officially a Green Beret! He took us around the base a little to show us where he did some of his training. It was hard to see much because there was a big drenching rain storm about then that poured down so hard it was difficult to see much! Josh had to go in this one building to sign some papers and when he got back to the car he was soaked. It was nice to see some of the places where he had spent a great deal of his time. Before the graduation ceremony, we had to stand in line outside because they weren't going to open the doors until 30 minutes before. It was so hot! I thought I was going to melt! The heat here is definitely different than in Idaho. Josh and Natalie have been wonderful hosts. Early on Thursday morning, Natalie got a call from home that her father was in the hospital with a brain bleed and on a ventilator. The past few days have been very difficult for her because there is no hope for her dad's recovery. Her mother has made the decision to turn off the machines keeping him alive. Natalie and Josh will leave in the morning to go to West Virginia. They will turn off the machines after Josh and Natalie get there. We will leave about 7:30 in the morning. It takes an hour and a half to drive to Raleigh from here and we have Bpnnie programed to get us there. Our flight leaves at 10:40. We have one lay over and that is in Cinncinnati. We get into SL at 2:40, go get our car and head home.. See ya'all later!

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Hey everybody! Last week I got a call from CeLes, she asked me if I could help out with her other classes. So I went to my class and stayed for the two other ones. First of all in my class we are a backhandspring class, so we work mainly on those with a few other skills. We have competitions to see who can do the most in a row. We had to do standing ones and the first day I did 9 in a row! I have only ever done two in a row!!! I was AMAZED! And way dizzy, I had to hold on to the wall to keep from falling. haha! The SECOND day I did twelve in a row but I came to the end of the mat so I had to stop. hehe. Bet you can guess how dizzy I was then! then the third day we did roundoff backhandsprings, but I did these without a spot and I only got 7 but thats still good lol. I can also do skills such as brannies, front punches, back whips, backhandsprings, and I just learned back tucks. I can also do all the basic stuff too of course =). The other two classes were pretty fun, most of the time. I heard a lot of "I can do this by myself", and "dont help me this time!" haha but over all it was a good experience. I learned patience(hehe) and all that. :) I guess I did an ok job because she asked me if I could keep helping!!! Cheer is also going very good. We are trying all sorts of stunts and we've learned the fight song! We condition every day and it keeps getting harder but it feels good! Well now your all updated on the important stuff lol ! Love you ALL! Mikala Lindsay

Believe it or not I am going to attempt to write on the blog spot. Enjoyed the work outfit from Josh. Natalie, welcome to the world of being a Jones. We are doing well and as soon as I figure it out I will attempt to add pictures. Congratulations to Josh on the Graduation this weekend.

Hey All, I just wanted to post some pics of Josh doing what he loves to do, not to mention his sexy outfit! He calls this his work outfit. He wears it every time he cuts the grass, works on his car, or does anything around the house! Our neighbors love it and they get to see it every day cause this is all we do. I am the white trash wife who sits in her rainbow lawnchair and watches her husband work on his car! lololol

HEY! What fun to see my favorite people on the blog! I just want you all to know that I have the cutest grand-kids ever!! Love you! Grandma

Our California Canal...

Water running down the street.

Anything to keep cool, right?

UNIFORMS

I got all of my uniforms! They are not long sleeve uniforms we have a different under shirt for each one to match the uniform. There are three of them, the first one says Spartans with an M behind it, one says MHS, and the last one says Minico. I also have warm ups, just a jacket and pants!!! Each uniform has 4 parts too it! it takes a while to get on and off =). . . . splits...

Scorpion...

Aerobesc Nice hair huh?! Low v... Lib... hehe the wind was blowing in my eyes... can ya tell haha!!!

Love you all! Mikala