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Tremonton Christmas Light Parade

Tonight Tremonton had their Christmas Light Parade. My Mom and Mark live in Tremonton, so they decorated the UTV and had Warren ride along. We relaxed most of the morning. I worked on the hot tub some and cleared some of the snow. Warren wanted me to play on my

New Lens for Christmas

I got a new 50mm RF lens for my camera. It's a pretty good lens that takes really good pictures. I was going to go tame some more pictures outside, but it started snowing really hard. I had to take the train in as it wasn't moving with the tracks

Boat Covered

We covered the sailboat today. I threw in a humidity absorber and closed it up. We didn't cover it last year and probably should have. My web scrapper is coming along. I think that I am going to hold off on the blog till it's completed. I have to make

Data Scraper project

This evening I decided to start building a data scraper. This data scraper will grab yacht information from a website so we can chart the cost of sailboats over the seasons and over time. I am also using this project as a blog post on my main blog. I am

Warren Scores!

Warren's last Kindergarten Jr. Jazz game was today. He did an amazing job, by far his best game. Someone passed him the ball, and he made the shot and scored! He was so excited and I even got it on video. He had some good rebounds and was really good

Christmas Lights Complete 2023

Today we got the Christmas lights for the year completed. I am really happy with how it turned out. We changed up some things and added a lot this year, and I think it all really works together. I made a preliminary video, but I need to work out how

Three Months of Blogging

So, it has been three months of blogging everyday today. I really enjoy doing it, and actually get them out on time except for a few exceptions. I think my goal for the next 90 days is to not use any stock footage for the pictures. Another goal I would

Thanksgiving at Mom's 2023

Today we had Thanksgiving at my mom's. We showed up fairly early and hung out all day. The kids played mostly downstairs. They played with the trains, and watched movies while we sat upstairs and chatted. My mom's friend Jackie, and my mom's friend Kate's Husband John came to dinner.

Christmas Light Part 4 2023

Today we got a lot more of the Christmas decorations up . We started building the bigger things in the garage where it wasn't freezing. Once most of those were up we moved them into position. We did take a break and run and replace the car battery though. It was

Dad's Thanksgiving 2023

Today we had Thanksgiving at my dad's. Before we left we ran the dog over to Mark and Sharon's. While we were there, the explorer wouldn't start, which was annoying. The battery seems to be dyeing. We jumped it and brought it home and then took the car to my

Sharon's Thanksgiving 2023

Today we slept in a bit, which was really nice. The kids played together really well while we laid in bed. About noon the kids and Nikki went over to Sharon's to help out getting things ready. I stayed back and raked the leaves into a nice pile so we

Another Mouse Down

Today we started another leaf cleanup after I got off work. I feels like it was way more leaves than last time. We didn't finish picking them up before we had to run to our Realtor friends house to pick up some pies. Then on the way home we stopped

Hair Cuts and Eyes Dilated

Today, I had an appointment to check my eyes under dilation in preparation for my January eye surgery. Everything seemed good and we have to go ahead for the surgery. Nikki worked in SLC today, she called me around 10 to take Mark a comb. Apparently, Mark got putty in

Mice

I was headed for bed just now and was going to change over the washer. As went into the laundry room I though maybe I saw a flash of movement. I peaked around the washer and there is a dead mouse. So for sure there is also a live one.

Candy Cane Fence

Every year we go all out on Christmas lights. One of the staples is the stripes we add to the fence. It looks good and really draws in the eye coming down the street. This year we put clips on the back of the fence so that it's easy to

Unexpected No Kids Night

Mark was off to his dad's for the weekend and Warren decided to spend the night with Grandma. We were hanging Christmas lights, so we let him go. We went out to a new Mexican food place in Syracuse. The food was alright, not spicy enough at all. The portions

Warren's Fourth Jr. Jazz Game

Warren did really good at his game tonight. His team was down a couple players, so he played almost the full game. He came really close to making a basket, and was under the hoop to try and rebound every time. After the game we came home and did some

More More Christmas Lights

Today our evening goal was hanging Christmas lights on the fence. We got about a third done before it got dark. We also had some fun in the leave while Nikki took some work calls. We do a candy cane pattern on the fence, and it always looks so cool.

Jr Jazz and Sharons Birthday

Tonight right after work we headed to Texas Roadhouse for a Birthday dinner with Sharron. We were in a big time crunch because Warrens Jr. Jazz game started at 530. We are quick and headed straight to the game. The traffic was horrible. We made it just in time and

More Christmas Lights

I got the net lighting out from the garage and hung it on the bushes today. We actually had 4 extra nets, so I wrapped the back deck. It looks good, but I don't know if we will keep those ones up. I showed Warren Fail Army videos tonight, and

Paint project

A few years ago I had to replace the shower hardware which means tearing a hole behind the faucet into the wall. I never finished the project. The hole was filled back in, but I never sanded it down an painted it. Today, I decided, was the day. In the

Clearfield Pool with Evelyn

Nikki left for Wendover today for an overnight with Sharon and Sarah. My brother Ian called me when I was getting up to see what we were up to today looking for something to do with Evelyn. We decided to head to the Clearfield pool when they opened about noon.

Veterans Day Performances and Utes Basketball Game

Nikki and I went to Marks Veterans day performances first thing in the morning. Then afterwards we went to another one by Warren at the elementary school. Both were pretty good, but I did have to standup and introduce myself for marks, which isn't something I wanted to do. I

Warren's Third Game

Warren has his third game tonight. He had a blast and did a great job. He was more aggressive and I'm the middle of things. He made two attempts at baskets and almost made both buthe was a bit to far away. We got out seating design for return to

Pounding Headache

I woke up with a pounding headache this morning. I took some Excedrin, but it didn't help. I still hurt at 9:30 so I decided to just use a sick day. I was maxed on sick days anyways. I mostly just relaxed took naps and played games all day.