Here I am at home. Playing Mob Wars and bugging my wife. Whats a guy to do? The weather can't
make up its mind...hot...cold...warm...cool...cold...warm. This is not very helpful to us in the HVAC
industry. Then there is this little hiccup in the economy, that ain't helping. Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining, the time at home is nice...for me. OK, yes dear, I will go find something to do just as soon as I finish this post, check my FB, check on my mob, and have a nap.

Later on people!

Elayna's day

Monday was Elayna's day to go snowboarding with me. We went up to Mt. High arriving around 10:30. This was Elayna's 2nd time and she did great. She has no fear and just charges...this is a little scary. If I let her just go she would go straight down the hill until she fell or crashed into something, so I try to stay close enough to stop her. Its fun to watch her shake her hips to try and turn then she will go straight and do a little hop, saying "I jumped". After 4 or 5 runs down she was done and ready to move onto the next adventure. "Now I want to go see Grandma". My mom was working today so we went to great Grandma's house to see her there. Unfortunately G Grandma was at Bible study, but we did get to visit with my mom and Aunt Rissa. We played some games and looked at several of the photo albums. Elayna had a lot of fun and was thrilled to have me all to herself.

Awana Grand Prix

Saturday was the much anticipated Awana Grand Prix at L.B.C.. Once again Ray Hubbard organized a great event. The three Saturdays leading up to the event Luis, Eli, and Yours Truly put on work days for the kids. We provided tools and guidance to the kids. This year we had some real nice cars both in speed and design. Race day was just that, a full day from 8am till 3pm, with a bar-b-que lunch, coffee bar, concession stand, and gospel message. This year I told my kids "I cant help you win for speed but I can help you in design". Becca wanted a butterfly so I helped her design it and she built it. When you see it you may think I made it but it was 85% her, she cut out the pieces glued them together and painted it. Honestly I think she had the best looking car in the race. I told her it might not make it down the track because it was so top heavy. To my surprise it won 2 races, came in 2nd 0nce, and 3rd once. Gabe had a sweet truck with an awesome paint job, working tailgate, dual exhaust, and a spare tire in the back. Just about everyone commented on how good it looked. Elayna's car was called Mini Mouse, as it was so small and looked like a mouse. Noah's car was made from a piece that was cut off of some other kids car. It was real fast...looking. My car was kinda cool style wise but it was over the top with yellow headlights and flashing red jets in the back. Surprisingly the battery for the lights lasted a long time (still going). We all had a great time and are already looking forward to next year!

Shooting

Friday I went shooting after work (1 whole maintenance). On the way there my truck started making a funny noise so I pulled over on the freeway to find a flat tire. It was weird because the truck was driving just fine except for the noise. I threw on the spare and was on my way. I met up with my buddy Gil, and we scoped out this new shotting range (new to us, and yes pun intended).
The owner was a real nice guy and very helpful with tips and what not. This place was all about the sporting clays, and it was obvious I was not. I went in fully confident that I was gunna do great, but after the first station it was quite clear that I am not good at this sport....yet. In the words of the Governator "I'll be....."

Mt High with Chris and Abby

Friday after Super Beccs (her new nickname) finished guitar practice we met up with Chris and Abby Bunce at Mt High. The timing worked out perfect as we arrived within minutes of each other.
Super Beccs and Abby had a great time and were perfect boarding partners as they are both at about the same skill level. Gabe decided that his goal was to always be the first to the bottom, and I believe he was. I think I am always the loudest person on the mountain as I am always cheering the kids on, telling them where to go and hopefully being an encouragement. One time Gabe was way ahead of me and he rode one of the boxes making it all the way across for the first time and I'm way up the hill hootin and hollerin. I'm sure people were thinking....What is that guy yelling at...
but hey, I was stoked! Unfortunately I was not able to get a picture of him that time. There were plenty of missed photo ops since we were spread out a bit more on this trip. Beccs and Abby both rode over a couple of jumps, Gabe rode up a lift by himself, Chris buttered his first box (twice), and I added two new features, the flowerbox and the quarterpipe. All in all it was an awesome day with everyone progressing.

She sure can cook!

I honestly believe that if I had a stomach I would be fat. Man, my wife can cook! Dinner tonight as per usual was AWESOME. She can cook, she is hot, and she treats me right. Just thought people should know.

Ouch! That's starting to hurt.

Saturday afternoon I met up with Gilbert Altamirano and Aaron Gilbert at the Angeles Gun Club for some skeet shooting good times! Being a newbie I wasn't sure what to expect. First the place was bigger, and way more crowded than I anticipated. And second it suddenly dawned on me that we should all be very afraid. There were a lot of interesting people with very scary lookin guns and this in a state where owning a gun is generally frowned upon by the vast amount of liberals who live here. I think in public you hear "guns are bad" yet it seems everybody and their 10 year old own their own arsenal. Now I feel I should build an arsenal to protect myself from all these gun "enthusiasts". All joking aside I did learn some very important things about shooting #1 there are a TON of rules, for instance it is very much frowned upon when you point your gun at the guy next to you and say "hey, check out my new gun, I just got it today" this makes people very angry. Who knew? #2 shooting 75 rounds your first time is definitely gonna hurt. So anyway. After we were there for a little over an hour the Peter Guy family showed up to join in on the fun. This was good since earlier in the week when Gil invited me he said we were going with Peter to celebrate his b-day. Happy birthday Peter, glad you made it! And thanks for letting me shoot the pistolas, it made me very much afraid. Funny thing is after talking to some guys from church today I learned that I was doing things wrong, lean into it not back, don't flinch
wait....what.....my shoulder feels like Jack Bower just finished interrogating it and I'm not supposed to flinch, I'm scared to death at the thought of pulling the trigger for fear of the pain.
Oops did i just put that out there for everyone to know? What I meant to say was....it was nothin
next time I'll shoot a hundred rounds cause it doesn't hurt a bit.

Sorry no pics but you can check out pics and vid on Aarons FB.
Thanks guys, Im already lookin forward to killing more biodegradable florescent orange clay pigeons.