Nov 20 2009

New born Jenna

Alisa

I know its late but, I wanted to share some more photos of when Jenna was first born, and a video that you might not have seen. Having Jenna come into our lives was the most amazing and awesome experiance of our lives, the spirit that was there when this child was born is so [...]


Nov 7 2009

Book review: The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom by Suze Orman

Jeremy

Book: The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, Practical & Spiritual Steps so you can stop Worrying Author: Suze Orman My review: Some good information but not a great book I heard of this book while I was a student in some of the money management presentations I attended. During my last semester one of the [...]


Nov 2 2009

Jenna’s Painting!

Alisa

Hi Everyone, This is Alisa, I’m new to writing on the blog but I want to be able to send pictures and messages more often than Jeremy is able, since he is busy at work now!! Just last week I decided to have Jenna and I paint together! It was alot of fun, I got [...]


Oct 18 2009

A lesson from my daughter and a comb

Jeremy

Jenna taught me a lesson today. I was changing her diaper and Jenna is at a stage where she can’t stay still, she is looking and moving everywhere. So changing her diaper can become a wrestling match when she rolls over, trying to go over her changing table or grab at everything around her. My [...]


Oct 12 2009

What is Twitter doing with my lunch?

Jeremy

A few months ago I opened an account on Twitter to follow some friends from BackpackGearTest at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. I though Twitter was a great way to communicate updates but didn’t find anything interesting to share with others, aside from what I was having for lunch. Thus I didn’t [...]


Oct 7 2009

You think education is expensive, try the cost of ignorance!

Jeremy

This quote from Dr. Bok summarizes my feelings regarding some information I read this morning while covering the news. A few of the articles I read revolted me. Some of them concerning Iran and the Health Care bill in the U.S. didn’t please me but being a foreigner in the U.S.; I don’t have much [...]


Oct 1 2009

Initial Report for the Rite in the Rain Outdoor Journal

Jeremy

I just poste my initial report for the Rite in the Rain Outdoor Journal I’m currently testing with Backpackgeartest. You can find the review at the following link: http://bit.ly/j0V13 Otherwise I started my new job yesterday. I’m truly loving it! It’s very busy right now and of course I have a ton of things to [...]


Sep 24 2009

New equipment tests

Jeremy

I’m very excited! Not so long ago I got selected to test two different outdoor gears thanks to BackpackGearTest. I’m going to test the adventure journal from Rite in the Rain: http://www.riteintherain.com/ItemForm.aspx?item=1701-KIT and http://www.riteintherain.com/ItemForm.aspx?item=1773 . Also I’m waiting to receive the following backpack: http://www.jansport.com/js_product_detail.php?cid=16&pid=TQJ3 Testing new equipment is a great experience and I will post [...]


Sep 24 2009

Goldbug trip report

Jeremy

We are back from Goldbug and we truly had a lot of fun. Our friends couldn’t come with us but we still had a great time and our friends came and visited us last night once we were back home. We left Friday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. and drove through the desert. While driving, I [...]


Sep 10 2009

Week-end at GoldBug

Jeremy

I’m planning a little camping trip this week-end. We are planning to leave tomorrow for GoldBug Idaho. This is a little spot between Ellis and Salmon, ID. This is quite a remote area with mountains and rivers about 3 hours from Idaho Falls. The main attraction is a nice hike in the mountains which end-up [...]