And here is my other pet... Gus the Lion!
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wolf
When I was a kid, my parents got me a St. Bernard who we named Wolf. Now, later in life, as you know, they gave me Churchill, our new baby St. Bernard. Churchhill is growing like you cannot believe. When we got him Christmas he weight 25 pounds. He has doubled already, and weighs 50 pounds. That's just 2 months later!! Anyway, here is a photo of Wolf. You can see how big he was!
And here is my other pet... Gus the Lion!
And here is my other pet... Gus the Lion!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Weekend
Not much happened this weekend. Mostly Jennie studied, and nearly lost her mind doing it. Poor woman. Big test tomorrow! I did a review of a T.V. show and a Book, you might want to read those on my other blog, http://www.jasonfsmith.blogspot.com/ so if you want to go check those out, you can.
Anyway, here are a few pictures. Here is Churchill, sleeping.
And like the mythical Sasquatch, there is a creature that lurks around our house unseen except when you least expect it. Below, in a rare rare photograph, in what we believe is a picture of the mythical possibly extra terrestrial BUG.
Here Jennie is playing with Figgy while Ame watches in the background. Jennies is about to give me a sweet gesture of LOVE!
Then, lurking in the depths the bed, is a dark creature of unimaginable horror, a beast of such desultory reputation and fiendish smell that they dare not speak her name, lest it's very sound rupture the eardrums and sink it's fangs into the virgin soul of all who hear it uttered!
And lest ye think that is the only evil lurking in the environs, here is another ghostly figure of quiet creeping doom!
And finally, we present to you a Churchill who decided that he fit inside little Boo's crate, and laid down for a long winter's nap.
And then finally again, a rare and very exciting picture of the fabled creature... BUG!
Anyway, here are a few pictures. Here is Churchill, sleeping.
And like the mythical Sasquatch, there is a creature that lurks around our house unseen except when you least expect it. Below, in a rare rare photograph, in what we believe is a picture of the mythical possibly extra terrestrial BUG.
Here Jennie is playing with Figgy while Ame watches in the background. Jennies is about to give me a sweet gesture of LOVE!
Then, lurking in the depths the bed, is a dark creature of unimaginable horror, a beast of such desultory reputation and fiendish smell that they dare not speak her name, lest it's very sound rupture the eardrums and sink it's fangs into the virgin soul of all who hear it uttered!
And lest ye think that is the only evil lurking in the environs, here is another ghostly figure of quiet creeping doom!
And finally, we present to you a Churchill who decided that he fit inside little Boo's crate, and laid down for a long winter's nap.
And then finally again, a rare and very exciting picture of the fabled creature... BUG!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Jason Figgy
Peggy Stanchfield just sent me this picture from last year. This is up at their cabin in Idaho. I fell asleep with Figgy on me!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Skiing
So we didn't got to the cabin because of the weather, but we got invited to Park City to ski with Dr. Stanchfield (Jennie's Dad) and so we went! It turned out to be a gorgeous day, with really blue skies, and great conditions on the snow. We had a great time. Here are a couple pictures of us!
Dr. Stanchfield!
Jennie!
And here... is Jennie Skiing! :)
Dr. Stanchfield!
Jennie!
And here... is Jennie Skiing! :)
Saturday, February 14, 2009
The Great Exercise Day
So Ame, with Jennie's help, choose as science project, to do it on healthy eating. The easy way to explain this is to say that we all did exercise tests and then half of us ate healthy for a month (Asher, Riley, Ame, and Jennie) and the rest of us (Me and some other control subjects) ate normally. Here are some pictures. Ame did her science project presentation, and it turned out really well. I really liked her poster board. She really surprised me with it.
Here are the kids pre exercise!
Ame doing Sit ups!
Riley doing a pushup!
Ame Running
Riley Running!
Asher Running
Jennie Running
All of us before the 1 Mile timed Run
Here are the kids pre exercise!
Ame doing Sit ups!
Riley doing a pushup!
Ame Running
Riley Running!
Asher Running
Jennie Running
All of us before the 1 Mile timed Run
The Great Valentine Day Vacation
Hello from Idaho! Well... not really. The kids went to my folks house for the weekend and we got all packed to go to the Cabin in Idaho (Jennie's parents cabin) and the weather thwarted us. So we spent the day quietly here at home (hey, no kids, so it's kind of nice). Jennie studied, I went out and surprised her with lunch, and got some steaks for tonight. I watched a bit of Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring, and we watched a movie called Pineapple Express with Seth Rogan, which was pretty funny, but kind of fizzled out at the end. That's our vacation so far. Oh, we plan on going Skiing tomorrow with Jennie's Dad at Park City. I rented skis from Brothers Bikes here in Heber. We're excited. I'll take the camera and take video and pictures of the excursion. Right now though, it's just a peaceful night at the house alone. Maybe I'll blog about something else.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Asher's Birthday
Tonight Jennie and I surprised Asher and took him to the Snake Creek Grill, where he had a Rib eye steak. It was a great dinner, and laughed and told stories about Austin Powers and Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy. It was a nice special evening with him! So here is a picture of him tonight. we had a picture of him the day he was born, 15 years ago, so why not a picture of him now? He was so good looking as a kid, but as my Mom used to say about me, What happened? (Grin!) So here he is, 15 years later!
More of Asher
Why not? Let's see some more pictures of Asher growing up!
Here is Asher with his baby brother Riley!
Here is Asher with his baby brother Riley!
Asher's Birthday
Today is Asher's Birthday! He's 15 years old! As I drove him to school this morning, I told him again about his birth. I think I do this every birthday! I remember my Mom always telling me how she held me and so I tell Asher how I held HIM! I told Asher about how his Mom was sick with something called 'help syndrome' and was in great pain. So he came out C-Section. He reminded me how Susie told him she drove from Salt Lake to Provo 90 miles an hour! I told him Menges was there. I told him how in those days in the hospital down in Utah Valley they kept the babies about 100 yards away from the mom's, so I would wheel him in his little cart back and forth. I didn't tell him this morning, but I have told him before, but those moments when I wheeled him in that cart were very special to me. For some reason I got a very clear look into Asher's soul and KNEW he was a good soul, a good good spirit of peace and calm. Sometimes when he's upset, and freaked out, or having problems, I remember the TRUE Asher. The one I saw in that little cart. And wish HE could see himself like that. Then he wouldn't ever be worried about anything in life. He would know he was loved and made of pure goodness and divine light. I'm actually getting emotional writing this!
And here... here is a picture of Asher on the day of his birth, February 12th, 1994.
And while we are at it, why not a few more pictures of Asher as a baby? Here is a classic with him in the Dump Truck!
This is him with his Grandma, who was giving him a bath!
And here he is a little bit older, getting some sleep.
And here... here is a picture of Asher on the day of his birth, February 12th, 1994.
And while we are at it, why not a few more pictures of Asher as a baby? Here is a classic with him in the Dump Truck!
This is him with his Grandma, who was giving him a bath!
And here he is a little bit older, getting some sleep.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Essays
Every week we give the kids and Essay topic to write about. This week the topic is HIV/AIDS. Before that it was Dinosaurs, Homeless Children, the Great Depression, and the Inaugeration. Anyway, Ame won the last contest, and so, without further ado, is her winning Dinosaur Essay:
Dinosaurs
By Amethyst
Jan.28, 2009
Millions of years ago, long before there were any humans, there were dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were one of the many kinds of reptiles that lived during the age of reptiles. The age of reptiles means from 63 million to 230 million years ago. Here are some of the dinosaurs that have been discovered: Allosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Pterodactyls, Stegosaurus, Triceratops’s, Tyrannosaurus, and Velociraptor.
Dinosaurs were scaly, smooth, bumpy, and some had big plates on their backs. There were several kinds of dinosaurs, some flew, some walked on two legs and some walked on four legs. Some were herbivores, some were carnivores, and some were omnivores.
Some dinosaurs would attack each other either because one dinosaur was a threat to them or because they where a threat to their babies/eggs.
Dinosaurs mysteriously disappeared 65 million years ago. Some people say that the dinosaurs died because a huge rock from space tumbled to the earth so hard that it made a really big cloud of dust. The cloud of dust was there for so long that it killed all of the plants so the herbivores had nothing to eat and eventually died. With the herbivores dead the carnivores had nothing to eat except each other so they ate each other until there was only one dinosaur left and he starved to death.
Here is Riley's Essay on the Great Depression:
The Great Depression
December 6, 2008
By Riley Smith
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn or depression, starting in most places in 1929 and ending at different times in the 1930s or early 1940s for different countries. It was the largest economic depression in modern history. The Great Depression was not triggered by a sudden collapse in the stock market; the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920s, and the extensive stock market speculation that took place later that same decade. The imbalance of wealth created an unstable economy.
The Great Depression affected all countries although some more than others. For example, South Africa entered a huge slump because demand for their agricultural and mineral exports fell drastically. Where the Soviet Union isolated itself from the rest of the world so was hardly affected at all. In most countries The Great Depression caused the unemployment rate to soar. Over 13 million people became unemployed. I sure wouldn’t have liked to be one of those 13 million people. Home construction dropped by 80% between the years 1929 and 1932.
The Great Depression put lots of different businesses out of business. From the years 1929 to 1932 about five thousand banks went out of business. Lots of different businesses of all types went out of business during this difficult time. Industrial production fell by nearly 45% between the years of 1929 and 1932. That means that the amount of cars and home supplies and everything you use every day that were being created almost depleted by half. There have been other downturns called a “Great Depression” or so Wikipedia told me, but none have been as worldwide and lasted for so long. Today I have heard people say there might be another depression coming up so people are saving their money so that they will have some for if it actually does happen. I hope that it doesn’t actually happen though for that would royally suck.
And here is Asher's Homeless Children Essay.
Asher Smith
December 18th 2008
Homeless children are exactly that: homeless. That means that they don’t have shelter or a really warm bed to sleep in tonight or a kitchen, or a pantry full of food all of which we the Smiths/Stanchfields have.
The reasons why the children are homeless vary from child to child. A lot of the time the case is that the children have runaway from home and never went back. Or maybe their parents lost there jobs and then lost there house and eventually had to live on the streets. Other reasons include: Substance abuse, mental illness, and natural disasters. The population of homeless children in the United States of America ranges from five hundred thousand to two million! That’s a lot of homeless kids. Since the start of the U.S.A. there have been Children without a home.
Refugees for the homeless:
Out doors: things like a park or a vacant lot. Abandoned buildings, vehicles, Homeless shelters, and abandoned subway tunnels all work for places that a homeless child can spend the night. I can’t even imagine being homeless, it would just be horrible. It makes me sick to think that a child some were is going to have to sleep in this horrible snowy weather. It is so cold right now there’s no way that a child could live through the temperature it drops to here in Heber and Salt Lake City.
Homeless children are beyond unlucky. They don’t get to have a home, they don’t get to play runescape or go to school and get and education and go to college.
Dinosaurs
By Amethyst
Jan.28, 2009
Millions of years ago, long before there were any humans, there were dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were one of the many kinds of reptiles that lived during the age of reptiles. The age of reptiles means from 63 million to 230 million years ago. Here are some of the dinosaurs that have been discovered: Allosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Pterodactyls, Stegosaurus, Triceratops’s, Tyrannosaurus, and Velociraptor.
Dinosaurs were scaly, smooth, bumpy, and some had big plates on their backs. There were several kinds of dinosaurs, some flew, some walked on two legs and some walked on four legs. Some were herbivores, some were carnivores, and some were omnivores.
Some dinosaurs would attack each other either because one dinosaur was a threat to them or because they where a threat to their babies/eggs.
Dinosaurs mysteriously disappeared 65 million years ago. Some people say that the dinosaurs died because a huge rock from space tumbled to the earth so hard that it made a really big cloud of dust. The cloud of dust was there for so long that it killed all of the plants so the herbivores had nothing to eat and eventually died. With the herbivores dead the carnivores had nothing to eat except each other so they ate each other until there was only one dinosaur left and he starved to death.
Here is Riley's Essay on the Great Depression:
The Great Depression
December 6, 2008
By Riley Smith
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn or depression, starting in most places in 1929 and ending at different times in the 1930s or early 1940s for different countries. It was the largest economic depression in modern history. The Great Depression was not triggered by a sudden collapse in the stock market; the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920s, and the extensive stock market speculation that took place later that same decade. The imbalance of wealth created an unstable economy.
The Great Depression affected all countries although some more than others. For example, South Africa entered a huge slump because demand for their agricultural and mineral exports fell drastically. Where the Soviet Union isolated itself from the rest of the world so was hardly affected at all. In most countries The Great Depression caused the unemployment rate to soar. Over 13 million people became unemployed. I sure wouldn’t have liked to be one of those 13 million people. Home construction dropped by 80% between the years 1929 and 1932.
The Great Depression put lots of different businesses out of business. From the years 1929 to 1932 about five thousand banks went out of business. Lots of different businesses of all types went out of business during this difficult time. Industrial production fell by nearly 45% between the years of 1929 and 1932. That means that the amount of cars and home supplies and everything you use every day that were being created almost depleted by half. There have been other downturns called a “Great Depression” or so Wikipedia told me, but none have been as worldwide and lasted for so long. Today I have heard people say there might be another depression coming up so people are saving their money so that they will have some for if it actually does happen. I hope that it doesn’t actually happen though for that would royally suck.
And here is Asher's Homeless Children Essay.
Asher Smith
December 18th 2008
Homeless children are exactly that: homeless. That means that they don’t have shelter or a really warm bed to sleep in tonight or a kitchen, or a pantry full of food all of which we the Smiths/Stanchfields have.
The reasons why the children are homeless vary from child to child. A lot of the time the case is that the children have runaway from home and never went back. Or maybe their parents lost there jobs and then lost there house and eventually had to live on the streets. Other reasons include: Substance abuse, mental illness, and natural disasters. The population of homeless children in the United States of America ranges from five hundred thousand to two million! That’s a lot of homeless kids. Since the start of the U.S.A. there have been Children without a home.
Refugees for the homeless:
Out doors: things like a park or a vacant lot. Abandoned buildings, vehicles, Homeless shelters, and abandoned subway tunnels all work for places that a homeless child can spend the night. I can’t even imagine being homeless, it would just be horrible. It makes me sick to think that a child some were is going to have to sleep in this horrible snowy weather. It is so cold right now there’s no way that a child could live through the temperature it drops to here in Heber and Salt Lake City.
Homeless children are beyond unlucky. They don’t get to have a home, they don’t get to play runescape or go to school and get and education and go to college.
Skiing!
The kids got skiing lessons at Sundance from their grandparents! This is a picture of each of them this Saturday before they went skiing!
Jennie's New Boots
Aldo had an after Christmas recession sale that Jennie just could NOT resist. Here are a pair of her new boots!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Houdini Lion Cut
You may remember my recent Houdini Post! The beautiful cat has such long hair that he often gets snarls and mats in his hair. Very difficult to remove. So he had a appointment with the vet for a teeth cleaning, and we decided to give him a Lion Cut, so that he would be free and clean. Here are the first photos the new and improved Houdini! Jennie is not to happy because she feels Houdini is embarrassed and has been 'unmanned'. And maybe that's true, but he sure is cleaner and a HECK of a lot nicer. He's all affectionate and sweet now! Jennie feels like a giant jackass for doing this, and has promised not to do it again.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Ame's Grades
At long last, the great, the incredible, the amazing, the ASTOUNDING!!!!!!!..... AME!!!
(and her grades!)
READING!!! : A
WRITING!!! : A
SPELLING!!! : A
MATH!!! : ...........
Math?
Math?????????
A!!!!!!!!!!!
And what about SCIENCE??????????
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
:)
And what about SOCIAL STUDIES?
A!!!!
Straight As! She did well. Her teachers were both happy with her and said she is a great organizer.
Job well done!
(and her grades!)
READING!!! : A
WRITING!!! : A
SPELLING!!! : A
MATH!!! : ...........
Math?
Math?????????
A!!!!!!!!!!!
And what about SCIENCE??????????
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
:)
And what about SOCIAL STUDIES?
A!!!!
Straight As! She did well. Her teachers were both happy with her and said she is a great organizer.
Job well done!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Couple More
Just a couple more pictures from jennie:
Philo Pays Cinder a Visit
Cinder caught Napping
Cinder went to the vet this week to get SPAYED (not spade). She wasn't happy about it, but has returned and is getting back to her normal feisty self.
This weekend we didn't do much. Saturday the boys got up early and went swimming and to breakfast with their Papa (Francis) and then all three kids went skiing. We came back and had a quiet evening. Today we watched the Super Bowl, and while I'm a Pittsburgh Steeler fan, I have to say I was hoping Arizona pulled it out there at the end. It seemed wrong that the Steelers won. Sometimes that happens. But it was a fun game. We had bratwurst for dinner.
Tomorrow Houdini gets his Lion Cut. Pictures are forthcoming!
Philo Pays Cinder a Visit
Cinder caught Napping
Cinder went to the vet this week to get SPAYED (not spade). She wasn't happy about it, but has returned and is getting back to her normal feisty self.
This weekend we didn't do much. Saturday the boys got up early and went swimming and to breakfast with their Papa (Francis) and then all three kids went skiing. We came back and had a quiet evening. Today we watched the Super Bowl, and while I'm a Pittsburgh Steeler fan, I have to say I was hoping Arizona pulled it out there at the end. It seemed wrong that the Steelers won. Sometimes that happens. But it was a fun game. We had bratwurst for dinner.
Tomorrow Houdini gets his Lion Cut. Pictures are forthcoming!
More Super Bowl Wartime Dog Photos
from jennie
Boston Frolics in the surrounding carnage
Admiral Ame forges a peace treaty among Boston, Switzerland and Germany
Post War Science Experiments Reveal that Boston's Gigantic Head provided a Great Source of Alternative Solar Energy (Thanks Gore!)
Boston Frolics in the surrounding carnage
Admiral Ame forges a peace treaty among Boston, Switzerland and Germany
Post War Science Experiments Reveal that Boston's Gigantic Head provided a Great Source of Alternative Solar Energy (Thanks Gore!)
More Wartime Photos from Jennie
Here! Are! Some! More! Photos! From! Jennie!
The Swiss Invade Boston
Even War cannot dampen the eternal optimism and spirit of the Swiss!!!
Boston pinpoints a tiny island in the Pacific that will be her next conquest
Boston basks in the sun on her newly acquired Pacific Island
The Swiss Invade Boston
Even War cannot dampen the eternal optimism and spirit of the Swiss!!!
Boston pinpoints a tiny island in the Pacific that will be her next conquest
Boston basks in the sun on her newly acquired Pacific Island
Super Bowl Sunday
How you all doing out there? It is a beautiful sunny day here in Heber! We took the pets out and Jennie used her new camera and got some great shots of the dogs running around in the sun and snow. So without further ado, here they are. (Wait, I do have some ado to take care of. Things to come, I still have our great science experiment to put up, and I still have Ame's grades) So now that the ado done, here, without any further further ado, are the photos!
The Swiss Invasion (OR - Switzerland breaks it's Neutrality)
Germany Strikes Back while Boston goes for the Spoils!
Labrador and Germany Survey the Battlefield
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's Off to War we Go!
The Swiss Invasion (OR - Switzerland breaks it's Neutrality)
Germany Strikes Back while Boston goes for the Spoils!
Labrador and Germany Survey the Battlefield
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's Off to War we Go!
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