Eric's World

7/12/08

Fresh Chip Seal

They dumped a bunch of tar and rocks in front the house last week. Yuck

7/7/08

DUKW

Looks like a 1940's army duck came to watch a movie, as I found this parked behind the theater today. Seems like it'd be fun to take a ride in.

7/6/08

Brundage Lookout

On a ride today I found this. Definitely a strange rig to find on top of a mountain, especially with the NY plates.

6/27/08

6/17/08

So Ladd shredded his big chainring by simply throwing down a monster sprint tonight on our training ride. I've never seen anything like it. Must be all those secret squats he's been sneaking in at the gym.

6/16/08

Tour of Eagle Criterium

Not the best picture, but here's the after effect of the worst bike crash I've seen in person. Eric Slack was laying unconscious on the course for what seemed like forever and was barely talking when the paramedics finally hauled him off. Pretty scary since I had just raced an hour earlier. Rumor is he's doing OK now but had a serious concussion and no broken bones.

Sitting Babies

Ammon can sit on his own pretty well now, which is fun until he falls over and whacks his head.

Ron Paul

You know you're truly committed to a candidate when you spray paint it on your truck :)

Lyle Pearson 200

Still smiling after our 200 mile team relay.

Mountain Biking Hard Guy

Spring is so great in the foothills. The trails are perfect once things dry out.

6/12/08

BBQ Testing

We finally upgraded to a new grill. Old one only worked sometimes and only one burner at that. The final straw was some strong wind that sent it sailing across the backyard a few weeks ago busting parts off as it rolled. Anyway, I fired up the new one last night and let it burn for 30mins to get the crud out. As you can see from the siding, it works very well. Woops.

6/10/08

Too many monitors?

I think one more would be about right. This is even his part-time, less used station.

6/6/08

Car Alarm

"Top" security in Idaho.

6/5/08

Time to ride

Finally out on the road and it wasn't long before he was out like a light.

6/4/08

Snug Helmet

Testing out the fit of the helmet mods.

Helmet mods

Added this chunk of foam to Ammon's lid and now it's actually comfy and doesn't cause crying.

6/3/08

Ironman 70.3 in Boise

Congrats to all those that finished. Watching was as far as we got this year.

RoboMower update

The robot has been mocking us and our lawn lately.

6/2/08

Say hello to my nephew...

Happy Birthday Cameron! 8lb 8oz born at 10:37am

5/26/08

Cousins once removed

Found this on my ride today and thought of the newest member of my extended family. Congrats Linds & Nate!

5/12/08

Funny Stuff

...ya, another blurry cell phone video. :)

5/11/08

BFF

Ammon and Skip are already buds.

5/7/08

Pixelmator barfs

I was making some quick adjustments to an image when pixelmator crashed into this screen. A video might have been better as it was actually moving like a static TV. Weird.

5/5/08

Happy Cinco de Mustache!

The day we've all waited for is here. It's time celebrate the glory that is the mustache. For all the buildup and growing I'm a little disappointed to admit it's been rather anticlimatic. Next year, hiring a mariachi band to follow me around might be in order.

5/4/08

My First Bike Helmet

Ready to ride.

5/3/08

Stimulation

Well it's our duty to put those stimulus checks to good use in our local economy right? The Felt Red Baron was the perfect solution.

5/2/08

Popcorn Popper Cleaning Lesson

Janice shows us how it's done if you're really serious.

5/1/08

Ebay says I'm a powerful dude.

I received this great certificate in the mail the other day. It's almost as good as a 'major award' leg lamp. I'll bet you're jealous.

4/30/08

Hey! Look over there...

Nate shows us the correct gate closing technique on Hard Guy.

4/29/08

Mounds of Manure

The garden is loaded and almost ready to plant. (all thanks to Jamie)

4/28/08

Another year older...

Happy Birthday Mom!

4/27/08

Cinco de Moustache

Taking some shape now... I think my mustache grew side burns!

4/26/08

Holy Sheep!

There were a LOT of sheep chillin' in the trail on our way up Hard Guy today. Still can't quite make it to the top yet as we hit snow. It won't be long though.

Nate's picture of the snow.

4/11/08

Happy Birthday Skip

Here's a shot of Skip reading all his birthday notes. Six years old and what a lucky dog...

4/10/08

Cinco de Mustache

Starting to get geared up early for the big day.

Cinco de Moustache

A day when men are men, and celebrate the glory that is the moustache.

4/7/08

Robo Mower

We're back in business for the season.

4/6/08

...and we're back in Idaho.

General Conference

4/5/08

Road Trip to Utah

4/3/08

Got Moab?

4/1/08

blah...

Skip needs to find a new hobby other than staining our carpet. It's starting to look pretty bad.

3/30/08

Over the Edge Sports in Fruita, CO

We found the ultimate toilet handle in the bike shop in Fruita last week.

3/11/08

Hammer Nutrition

We got a bunch of free hammer stuff at our bike club meeting the other night and this was all I could think to do with all the extra stickers. Skip wasn't really a fan though.