staples removed!

Well today was the day that Bry was able to get his staples out of his little head.

He was not so excited about having to go back to the doctor but it has been 10 days since his little incident so it was time. We were lucky we didn't have to wait very long. The nurse prepped him and then not long later the doctor came in to take out the staples. The first one was a little challenging though. The skin had already started growing around the staple so the doctor had to snip a little of the skin to get it out. But the rest of them came out a little easier. So now he is all good to go. He can swim, take a bath, and even wear his helmet with out worrying about those darn stitches.

The Mining Expo

I can't believe it but the Mining Expo was in full force the other day (it seems like we just went not to long ago) and we made it down to the Convention Center to see all the booths and what all the latest and greatest is when it comes to mining stuff. For the most part it was pretty cool. There were lots more booths there this year than there has been in previous years and lots more people browsing around but it was still fun.

Walking into the expo

This crusher was so neat to watch. He was taking large pieces of concrete and crushing it up into small pieces of gravel.

 Mac was showing us how they maneuver all their heavy/large tires out at the mine on this machine. Pretty interesting!

 Bry chillin for a quick photo

 Another picture of them crushing cement

 Chillin on one of the work buses! Before Mac went into management he would ride to and from work on one of these buses. The boys thought it was pretty cool to be on one of dad's work buses

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 I am not sure what this machine is or even what it does but the boys really liked it and its tracks.

 Mac showing the boys different models and types of machines that they use at the mine site

 Just about each booth had a bowl of candy sitting on their table and anyone could help their selves to how ever much they wanted and of course the boys got their fair share. Bry didn't let it hit the bottom of his bag for to long. You would think that I never feed them cause that is all they wanted to eat was all of their candy!

Mac knew lots of people at the Expo. So he stopped and chatted a lot!

 Most of the booths were outside and as the morning went on it got a little warm out so Bry found some shade and took a break.

 Just walking around looking at all the booths

Bry holding all his loot in his large bag!

Another great year at the Mining Expo!

New Opener

So we have needed a new garage door opener for a long time now. (well lets say that the old one has served its purpose. its about 14 years old and has seen better days) I was trying to get in the garage the other day and the opener just did not want to work. So Mac and I made our way down to Home Depot (I swear we practically own this place since we are always down there buying stuff to remodel things in our house) Anyway, we went to the Depot to "price out garage door openers" and ended coming home with one. (isn't that how it usually goes)

So when we got home with it Mac and Kode went to town on putting it together!

Mac's second hand man!

 Off went the old one and on when the new one!

 Well it wasn't quite as easy as it seemed to be when we were looking at it in the store. Mac had a few choice words throughout the process! The older one was much longer than the new one. So everything had to be moved forward to accommodate the new one! Then when it came to install the sensors all of our junk in the garage was in the way (you know all that stuff you store in the corner of the garage) all had to be moved away (or should I say thrown throughout the garage with lots of choice words) Anyway, after all of the sensors were installed and the motor was bolted up in place it was time to see how it opened! 

 Well it didn't open just as easy as the directions said it would. So Mac had to pull out the old manual and do some reading on why it just wouldn't work.

 So after a little reading a few choice words and some tapping of a few buttons it worked just fine! Then it was time to program the remotes. And I have to say that seemed like it worked the first time. (it was about time that something finally went right the first time)

 This is what our old bulky, very tired been broken for years remote looked like. It looks like a dinosaur compared to our new one!

 and our new remote is so small. I could just about hang it on my car keys and would fit just fine! I just can not believe how small it is!

 Then it was time to install and program the wireless key pad! At first this thing didn't want to work. but with a little reading and some thinking he got it to work! Now if we forget the keys to the front door and we don't have a remote we can just punch in our code and we can get in through the garage! (now lets just hope the boys wont give the number to all the little neighbor boys for them to practice opening it)

 Then it was time to get rid of this old cracked edging along the door. Its seen better days too!

 Mac tearing down the old stuff! He was saying while he was doing this "demoing stuff is lots of fun" LOL

then it was time to put up the new clean, fresh trim! It makes the garage look much better!

So we finally have an opener that works! And I can not believe how quiet it is. This new opener doesn't shake the floor of our bedroom when it opens or closes any more! I wonder why we didn't do this sooner! Hhhhmmm

BBQ/Graduation Party

 My cousin Daysha graduated from High School so we had a little BBQ at our house to celebrate! Some of our family came from out of town to see her graduate. It was nice to see everyone again.

Kode helping Mac in the kitchen. Mac has a really good popper recipe that is very good. So since we were having some guests over Kode said he would help him get the poppers ready to be cook.

Just before the graduation we had everyone over for something to eat. We BBQed hamburgers, hot dogs and had lots of good salads to eat. Then after our tummies were full we were off to see Daysha graduate.  

 Just some of the people at the BBQ

 G Fran, and Uncle Deon

My cousin Dustin his little boy (Bryleigh) and his friends little boy (Damion) sharing a piece of cake. Goodness they were very messy when they were done! (now that my boys are much bigger I forget how messy those little guys get. I guess nothing a wash rag couldn't wipe up!

 My cousin Daysha and her boy friend Brandon!

Just a few pictures!

 Grams, Roger, and the boys

G Fran and her kids

All in all the weekend went well. The graduation was nice, the BBQ went well and it was nice to socialize with everyone!