Moving the wagon

I'm so excited. I finally got to move the M-37 into the shop. Giddy as a school boy.
Wade may have a bigger grin than me. We used his Dodge to move my Dodge
windows, windshields, top, all there.
the tires still hold air and the benches and back rests are still there.

Here is the straight six that powers the beast.
look at how small the air cleaner is.
three sticks on the transfer case. what more could a boy want? I believe one of them engages the Winch.
I'm going to have to re-upholster the seats.
she's finally where I can work on her.

Bryson's Cool Hair

Bryson and I were down in Orem today where my cool friend Emily snapped a couple shots of him with a "faux-hawk"...she did it not me!

Oldies but Goodies

These were from last June when Bryson was about a month old.

Wade and I spent most of this saturday reinforcing the top floor of the shed. I think we did a spectacular job.
it was fun.

Bryson got ITP. it is a childhood auto-immune disorder that only happens once. We rushed him to Primary Childrens hospital after a doctor friend told us to. he spent one night in the hospital and was given prednazone (a steroid) to suppress his immune system. his immune system needed to be suppressed because it was attacking his blood platelets. platelets aid in clotting blood. Bryson's body wasn't clotting when he had injuries, hence the bruising.
If we didn't get him to the hospital, he could have bled internally and that would have been bad.
his platelet count was down to 2,000. normal is 145,000 to 400,000.
our old college friends came to see us and they all brought their kids.
Mom and Brysie on a nice, snowy Superbowl sunday. We got 5" in the morning and I shoveled for about an hour and a half.
It's been snowing so much lately that we don't have room for snow anymore. you see that pile on the right? yeah, that's our fence. all of the snow now gets shoveled into the neighbor's yard.

Two of the first casualties of the best christmas dinner ever.
family picture time in Bremerton.
Spencer, Tristalene, Cooper, Eric, and Max
Kawika, Trishana, and Thelesa
Justin, Stephanie, and Lauren

Brrrrrrr! It's cold outside
Cheese!
My family came down to see my Grandfather's funeral. we all went to temple square to see the lights.
chillin' with mom after bath time.

This is our new home. we will be moving in around the 17th of December. two car garage in front.
My shop in the back.
it's a split level with three bedrooms.
nice back yard complete with orchard, garden, and shed.
very nice deck with a shade tree.
We're very excited to move in and make some changes to make it our own.

This is what Wade and I did thanksgiving morning instead of playing "fooseball" with all the neighborhood boys. This is his new toy. a '97 Dodge Ram.
Bryson has recently learned to roll over. first from front to back, then with in the last couple days, from back to front. he really has to have something he really wants just out of reach to do that though. Jen told me that he has done it a few times while I was away at work. I hadn't seen him until I was playing with my new impact wrench on the floor next to him. he just had to see the new toys, I mean tools.
happy family!
this is Bryson's first tool. a 1/4 inch socket wrench.
I wonder what this tastes like.

These are just pictures of when I dressed Bryson up all schnazzy for church.

I even combed his hair.
Within the last month or two, Bryson discovered his feet. he enjoys them as much as any of his toys.

My new project

There is a 1963 Military Dodge Power Wagon in the back yard of the house we are buying.

Jen Gave me permission to buy it. It's got a lot of the original equipment on it including a PTO winch on the front, benches in the bed to carry personel, and blackout lights on the front for convoys.
I'm excited to work on it. It's going to look great when it's finished.

These are pictures of what it's supposed to look like.