Time to step it up

We sold Shawn's little 50. He finely decided that he was to big for it when we took him o the track and he saw all the other kids riding on 110 and 65's. He tried one out, and liked it. So we sold he 50 and bought him a 110. He loves it. I have never seen the kids smile so much. (he even gave Dusty a hug!) All he wants to do is take it to the track and out riding. He did really well at ET moto park. Even got a little bit of air.

Lovable

One romantic day in May a lovable man named, Dusty brought home a black bag with green tissue paper. Inside was a token of his love and affection for a lovable girl named, Rachael.

Yard progress

So, we finely got around to adding somethings to the yard. Dusty and I went to home depot and picked out some trees, rose bushes and my mom gave us a grapevine, so we bought it a buddy. The funny thing is those plants would take me all day to plant. Dusty had them all done up in about 2 hours. So, two hours, and 120.00 later we have a little bit of color for the front yard!
I'm very happy with it.
By the way, the picture looks better in person!

Baby Diesel Meltdown

Running errands yesterday with Shawn and noticed that the dash was smoking a little. Just for a minute. Then it stopped. So I didn't really think about it again. Later that night, I was taking Emillee home and the dash started smoking again. More then earlier. Rolled the windows down. Called Dusty to tell him that the dash was smoky. Decided that we should just go ahead and take the car back home and drive the truck. So I started to get off the 60 onto the 202 north. About this same time the dash lights started to flicker. And I said, "Oh look the dash lights are starting to work." But no, that was just the fire behind the knobs... Let me tell you, the on ramp for the 202 north is very long when your dash is on fire! So, I call Dusty again and say, "The car is on fire." and he says, "What do you want me to do about it? Stomp it out? Smother it with something." and I said, (thinking that he wasn't understanding) "The dash is on fire, inside the car." and he says, "So, you want me to pick you up?" and I said, "Yes." so I pull over. I tell Shawn and Emillee to get out. There are fabric book in the back hatch, so I took one out and tried to smother the dash with it. That didn't work, now there are flames coming out of the dash (which is melting by the way) "Water, isn't there any water bottles in the car?" Shawn tells me there is one in the back seat, so I look around and find it. I douse the dash with water and the fire is out. A police officer pulls over, and says, "Rachael Gillespie?" and I say, "Yes." I kinda recognize the officer, but I get pulled over a lot, so that doesn't mean much. "Heath Goodman." Ahh.... used to be the in the ward. Dawn went on some dates with him. So, Dusty came, took Emillee and the kids and I waited for the tow truck.
Now is the chance for a new radio....

Tombstone

last Saturday we took the kids out to Tombstone. Took the baby diesel. Went there and back on less then a quarter of a tank of gas. We had lunch in a saloon. Summer told me that she was not going to be working in a saloon. The girls loved the bathroom because it was pink. We didn't do to much there, just ate lunch, walked the "strip" and then went to Kartchner Caverns.


They didn't allow us to take pictures at the caverns. Sorry. But, it was really cool. The mountains that the caves are in don't even look special. Just two little humps in the desert. It was amazing to see what was inside. Kinda like one of those ugly rocks that you break open and find cristals. We had a great weekend.

What do you know about tweetle beetles?

Well, we sold the quad with the intention of getting a non gas guzzling vehicle that I can run the wheels off. Dusty spent hours and weeks looking for something cheap. A TDI would be good. 45 miles to the gallon. Nothing in my price range... Until,

This is it! My little baby diesel. I have gone almost 100 miles today, and haven't moved off of full. It's a beautiful thing.
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Of course the snoopy makes it ridiculously cute. It's already cute as a "bug", but they had to add the snoopy....

caves and spiders and windmills, oh my!

For valentines, we did the traditional candy hearts. Then loaded up and went out to Box Canyon. Dusty had some friends that were staying out there for the weekend.
Very nice place to camp, can see the kids for riding around, little jumps for the boys. Mostly flat ground for the girls to be comfortable, and not to far off from the canyon for the big kids...

I climbed right up this windmill. Not really my kinda place to be, I don't like heights, and
once I got up, I felt a little wobbly...

Shawn catching a little air.

Dusty trying to show him how its done. The little quad needs new tires, they don't hold air. Makes for a bit of a rough landing on flat tires.

Off into the caves. There was a lot of water once we went in further then the camera would take a pic. We had to turn back because our shoes would have been very wet, and the clay mud feels a little squishy between the toes. Maybe next time with some shorts, when its warmer with some flip flops.