Memorial Day Fun

Here are a couple of pictures of a house burning down. It happened about 3 blocks from our house. If you zoom in there's a pickup burning. Pretty cool. This is as close as I would get. The heat it produced was amazing.


And heres a picture of Grandma and Madison.

Madison wishes you a Happy Memorial Day.

Train VS Farm Equipment

This happened last week near Sutton ND. A tractor pulled out in front of this engine, which was going 60 mph. The tractor , I guess, was fine but the piece of equipment he had behind him, looked like a pretzel. That was gone when I got there. But here are some pictures I got of the engine.

Long Time

It's been a long time since my last post. I do have an excuse. Our computer was broken for the month of April. Had to bring it in to get fixed.

I've been spending alot of my free time doing home improvements. So I'm going to copy Heather and Brian and do a little post about it.



Heres a picture of the basement living room, right when you would walk in. You can see the framing me and my dad did. I also sheetrocked above. At a stand still until my dad can come to town with his pickup. I need some more studs.




This is going to be Madison's play area.


Here's a picture of the living room again. Hopefully there will be a fireplace and a flat screen TV on the wall. Going to have to wait a while for that, but it should be nice.

This is our front yard. I've recently worked up the soil and planted a test patch of grass. Wait and see if it grows.


This is a picture of the back yard. We are hoping there will be grass and a deck by summer's end. But it's a swamp right know. Lot's of weed pulling, and I also need some dirt hauled in to raise it up. It's lower than our neighbors so we have a small lake in our back yard. I'm thinking about dividing it up and selling lakeside lots. What do you think?? Lunak Lake Estates. Anyways lots of work, lots of dreaming, we'll see how far we get.

Clapton

Tracy and I went and saw Clapton last Friday at the Fargodome. I saw him 6 years ago, and I think it was better then. A little too much blues for me, but overall a good show.

Madison Bday

It was Madisons birthday last Saturday. She had much fun. I don't know how many toys a 1yr old needs, but she has tons. I also went back to work last Friday. I had not worked since Superbowl Sunday. It's been a shock to the system.

Tracy also got a promotion at work last week. It was an exciting week. Anyways I worked last night and have only gotten 3 hours of sleep, got to go. Here are some updated pics of the family.

Just thinking

I was doing the dishes this morning listening to the radio and I first heard song that was originally from Dirty Dancing but remixed. Then they played a remixed version of a SuperTramp song. Are the new artists today really that desperate. Whats next, a remixed version of Spices Girls or Ace of Base. I shouldn't even call these people artist. All I have to say is that these people are really creative.

What's up

Well, I haven't heard anything about the job in Kansas yet. I've almost given up on it, but I'm sure as soon as I do they will call me for an interview. Typical railroad procedure.

Last week I took an option the RR was offering. They pay you to sit at home. Not too bad. I get to be with Madison all day. I'm looking for another job right now to make some extra money in my spare time. Last weekend Tracy and I did a pracs study. As you guys might know, I can't stand giving blood. Well, they gave us a pill in the morning and some time goes by. Now it's time to give our first blood draw. I get up to the stand, clean my arm, and right when the lady is about to stick me a man comes charging in and yells "everybody stop". Here they gave us the wrong pill and the study was shot. So they paid us for 1/2 the study and I didn't have to give any blood. It's a miracle.

Speaking of Madison, she turns 1 on March 10. We are having a BB party. If anybodys going to be in the area let me know. I'll spend an invite. She learned how to clap and point, pretty cute. Here are some new pictures.

Lets See

Well lets see. Its been a long time since I actually posted something. My work has been in the toilet lately. I'm very close to being laid off. BNSF has been laying people off around the country. Pretty soon it will be my turn. So I'm trying to get a job in Newton Kansas being an assistant trainmaster. It's about 20 miles north of Wichita. Tracy and I are pretty excited. She'll be able to great a much better job in Wichita. Plus I'm sick of the below zero weather.

Work has been really slow, so me and my dad are working on finishing the basement right know. It's kind of a slow process, but its getting there.

Madison is 10 months old now. Shes getting big. She learned how to crawl on Thanksgiving morning. I think she's a month away from walking, then you better watch out. Here are some pictures of her.

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

It's been some time

It's been awhile since my last entry. Nothing really new. Madison had her first halloween. The vikings are really putting this season in the tank. No snow in Fargo yet. It's actually been nice here, except for the wind. Anyways, here are some new pics of the family.

Hello

Hey everybody. Not much has changed. Only have been working couple days a week. Last week, in my spare time, I put in a garage door opener. It's pretty sweet. The family and I went to GF 2 weekends ago. Watched a little EDC tennis, had some dinner at the hub on Friday. I'll have to say that its just not the same. We also went over to Amanda's house and visited. I hadn't seen or talked to her, maybe since the wedding??

Here's a little thought of mine. How does the Vikings go from one of the best offenses in the league, to becoming a team that can't score 20pts to save there life. Sorry Brad J., it's time to take your weak arm and retire. They need someone that can throw the ball more than 20 yds. Maybe Brooks B. is the right guy?? Probably not, but it's sad knowing that if the Vikes could score 25pts a game. THEY WOULD BE UNDEFEATED.

Ok, no more Viking talk. Here are some pictures of Madison. AKA Butter.

Finally got internet!!!!

Hey everybody. Finally got internet at the new place. Haven't blogged in awhile. Madison started daycare since my last one, and we also got all moved in. Also, Federer has won 2 major tournaments. He might be the best ever.

Speaking of tennis, on labor day we had a tourney at my parents lake. I took 3rd. Josh said I had him worried until 4 games in and then I ran out of gas. Here are some pics. I think there was a 16 person draw. Anyways here are some pics of Madison. Shes getting pretty big. See you later

Anal is Back

Got back from Neb. yesterday night. It was so nice being home and seeing the family. We get to move into your house this weekend, so the timing couldn't have been any better. I have some sweet photos from a collision that happened in Neb, when I was there. They are in Adobe format right now, so I have to figure that out. Overall the trip wasn't too bad, I learned that the IQ level in western Neb. is quite a bit lower than in ND. Here is a picture I found online of an Alliance Neb. to Edgemont SD. run. I'll try to figure out those derailment photos, but if you guys want to really see them, I can email you the attachment. It's pretty impressive.

I also wanted to say it was nice seeing everybody at Andy and Becca's wedding. Well talk to you later.

Wyoming

Well, I got accepted to transfer to Guernsey, Wyoming. It's a temporary thing. 60 days. So I won't be updating this blog untill after July. Anyways I will see all you guys at Andys wedding.

Later

Hello out there

It's been a while since I've posted. Madison had an appt. last week. She is in the 75th % for weight and height for babies her age. She's a little tank. Andy stopped and took a peek. Here is a picture.

Nothing new, Tracy and I went and saw the Gear Daddies last Friday. We had a pretty good time. Here are some pictures of the house. It's completed. Can't wait to move in.

Anyways, talk to you guys later.

Easter

Here are some pictures from the Easter weekend. We went to GF on Saturday and Valley City on Sunday. Tracy's aunt and uncle live in VC. I went golfing for the first time this year in VC. It was terrible, I'm thinking about just disc golfing after that performance.

My brothers went out to my parents lake on easter and played tennis. There is going to be a family tournament there on memorial day. I guess they wanted to go hit on the court before then. I've only seen pictures of the court, it looks pretty nice. Here are some.

But anyways, me and tracy picked out countertops for the house today. Getting excited to move in. Can't wait to get out of this townhome. It drives me nuts living here.

Anyways talk to you guys later

Bad Red Door

I didn't realize that the bad red door was in the pictures. Here is what the front should look like. And some other ones from the inside. I post more when things get done. And no, that is not my Dodge Pickup in the drive way.

Change in Plans

Turns out Tracy, Madison, and I are staying in Fargo. Since Madison was born, our idea of leaving the area has changed. Fort Worth would have been great, but there wasn't any guarantee that we would of made it back to the area. So we put a down payment on a house today, we move into the house in July. Here are some pics of the house and some new ones of the baby.

Here are some more pics