Football miracle TD play

Whit is the team mom, the best I have ever seen. She took a lot of video clips of our game. Here is my favorite. I threw what I like to call the Beck to Harlene/The moon miracle ball. Scott got where he needed to be and made a great catch. Special thanks to the team for playing great, and especially my frau, Whit for being my number one fan.

Proper Family Cell Phone Etiquette

As a writer I look up to my wife and sisters, they just have a way with words. The emotions I go through in just the short period of time, are amazing. I do not know how they do it. I do know that my wife frequently tells me I am a "list writer." And frequently grills me on spelling, grammer, and flow.
Putting all of that aside, I just have a few concerns in regards to the new wave of family communication via cell phone. Being the last in my family to obtain my own, I feel I have an insight that others do not.

Six (Sechs auf Deutschland, Danke Du) Simple Rules of Family Cell Phone Etiquette:
1. Whenever a family members calls you should answer. There is nothing more FOF then trying to reach someone, anyone in your family, and it as if they all know you are trying to call so they purposely don't answer. So eventually you call the busiest family member, a bishop, and DA and sure enough he answers every time. Thanks Dad, if for no other reason, you have my thanks.
2. If you are calling and the family member cannot answer, do NOT leave a message, unless it qualifies as IMPORTANT. There is nothing worse then wasting minutes and your time checking a voice mail mid day that says, "Hey, hows it going, just wanted to chat, call me back."
3. Now number three is closely tied with number two. If you see someone has called, you call them back as soon as you get a chance. If you do not, the person who originally called will think you do not understand proper cell phone etiquette. (Which could lead to bigger problems)
4. If S. Hales or S. Bjork ever call, you answer no questions asked.
5. Texting, wow I could go on for a long time on texting, but I will keep this short. In the beginning I was anti-texting. But now I am in love, even though I am still the slowest texter ever. It is email on you 24/7, you cannot find a more convenient way of communication. You do not have to respond unless the text you received prompted a response. If you ever receive a text reading something like this, "Whats the score, I need an update, double time." Stop what you are doing, find the score and text back immediately. It usually means someone has been stuck in a shopping trip of sorts, and needs a score update! Anything dealing with sports, trash talking, or a quick update is top priority.
6. Lastly, Sunday is the official call and get the family update call day.

I hope this was helpful, I have wanted to do this post for while, but have not really thought about what I was going to write, so sorry if it is not as well thought out as some of the blogging legends. I am also sorry if I sounded lazy, since we are blessed with this wonderful way of communication, but we just need a few basic ground rules. One more thing, if you call someone you have not talked to in a while, you the caller are responsible to directing the conversation.

Cowgirl Up Missouri Mother

As you look at these photo's sing to yourself the words to the famous song, "I wish I was a cowboy just like Stu and Ev...sing those campfire songs, oh I wish I was a cowboy..."
We took a beautiful evening and saddled up with our dear friend and father Stuart L. As you can see Stu is starting young Tate as a cowboy at a very young age, very admirable.
Though Whit fears horses, she certianly did not get it from her mother who saddled right up and rode like she has been all her life. It truly was a great time, especially when followed by riding a four wheeler around with the cows. Oh how these days make Whit want to move to the country, have a big ranch with all kinds of animals, and have nothing insight but mountains and manurer.
Just another blessing of having great friends and living in great country.

Taurus passes on, Altima is born

First off a special thanks to George and Ida for initially providing the Taurus. Another thanks to Uncle Mike for being the man who delivered the baby blue bullet right to the drive way of George and Ida.
Due to countless requests we have made an Altima post. We will see how long it takes Steve of D.C. to notice and make a call to Ev.
The altima is "pearl white" and really runs like a dream, especially after driving the Taurus. Still one of my favorite quotes is from Pearl herself (Mere) who said, "Ev it just seems weird to see you driving a nice car, I just picture you in the Mazda and the Taurus."
She has been very good to us in the first two months, but we cringe when it rains, because that just means we must wash her again. We would love to take ya'll on a spin, just come visit.

The beauty of the Snake River

Lori came out to the 'Burg to visit her favorite son-in-law and daughter. So we decided to show her a few of the reasons why we are here in good old SouthEast Idaho. These pictures are in front of the upper and lower falls of Mesa Falls. Lori and Whitney sure had a great time, jumping, skipping, and modeling near the shores of the Snake River.

Knocked down 6 times, Get up 7

Thank you D-Wade for that infamous quote I stole as our title. While I write you late this night in a somber state. My dearly beloved Beavs took a hard fall to the Bearcats of Cinci.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, hence the chosen photo. No other words are needed. Plus I had to included the one of the little guy, Tate L. Draper the newest Beaver fan.

If anyone has any, "make Ev feel better stories" these next few days are crucial for his self esteem. Ps- Has anyone seen my white baseball pants with navy blue pin strips? I can't find them and our first game starts soon.