En Memorium Bubs

We took Lincoln up to Mom's grave today for memorial day, it was pretty crowded.

He's pretty happy when he's walking...

I can't believe it's been ten years since my mom died. I started thinking of all the things that have happened since then...

In the last ten years...

The earth has travelled 5.8 million miles.

The Red Sox have won the World Series

More amazingly, the White Sox have won the world Series

A juiced up Mark McGuire broke Roger Maris homerun record

A war has broken out

I have bought two houses

I worked at the prison

But more importantly...

Mike Matt and John graduated from high school

Spencer Brett Mike and Christen graduated from college

Brett Mike Matt and John returned after serving honorable misisons

Angela Christen and Rachel married into the family

Maysen Stockton Jorja Lincoln Skye were born into the family with one more on the way

Ten years is a long time... in that amount of time, Mom could be as far as 5.8 billion miles away, assuming there's a speed limit to spiritual travel... I'm sure that's not the case... there has to be some sort of ansiable technology.

I miss you Mom, I can't wait to tell you about my antics down here. I'll omit the embarassing stuff of course, but I think I'll tell you about the time John sent a mass email when he didn't mean to.

Here's another picture of your grandson for the road.

Bubba Bear

Webmaster Bubs

I have to do this web page for one of my masters classes, so check out Millburnland on the links to the left. I'm going to try to maintain a Platypi page. We'll see how this goes.

Lincoln finally has teeth. He's not too happy about it. He got his first two teeth last Tuesday.

This is Link playing with his second cousin Brayden.

Only 9 days left in the school year.

Best things about being a teacher

10- Students still want to learn, even after CRT's are done

9- Respect and admiration from all

8- Students will do anything you ask

7- All that extra cash comes in handy

6- Get to know inmates before they got locked up

5- No insane hoops to jump through

4- Junior High kids are so calm

but seriously...

3- June

2- July

1- August

Next year I'll be a real level 2 teacher. I think that means I'm harder to fire, and President Bush comes and visits me and shakes my hand.

That is all

Kobe

The Goon Bubs

I'm sure it's been a welcome relief to not have to read a new post of mine, so I won't say sorry.

I will say sorry that we had our 11 game softball win streak snapped by Salt Lake Blues. The difference in the game was that the ball bounced their way, and didn't bounce ours. We were constantly lining out to thier team, while their hits were finding holes, and so forth. Our defense also deserted us. We allowed more runs in this one game, than we had allowed in the previous 3. We got them next time.

Look for a future web page deltailing platypi exploits and such.We're now at 3-1.

Lincoln rode Lagoon rides for the first time. He went on the Merry go round, and the train. He liked the animals on the train ride, but hated the whistle. Gave the old pouty lip every time he heard it... much like the organ in church. That leads me to the list...

Best Lagoon Rides

12- Musik Express

11- Rattlesnake Rapids

10- Hydroluge

9- Boomerang

8- The "record" in the old Fun House

7- Tidal Wave

6- Wild Mouse

5- Old Roller Coaster

4- Rocket

3- Spider

2- Colossus

1- Samurai

There's no contest as to the worst ride at Lagoon... The Sky Ride has that honor.

In other news, Natalie went to prom the other day...

Look how our little girl has grown up!

This is what Lincoln thought of her flowers...

I think anyone would agree that flowers look tasty. Finally another gratuitous image of the boy trying to reach something...

Platypi Update

First, Lincoln went to Kiddie Kandids, and took some more pictures, here are a few:



He got his six month shots yesterday... very sad, although he didn't scream as long as before. He measured at the 95th percentile for length, and about the 50th percentile for weight. His head is somewhere around the 40th percentile, needless to say, he doesn't take after his dad in that regard.

I know you have all been waiting for a Platypi update.

We are now 2-0 after last night. We won our first game 21-4, and our second 21-15. We were up by as many as 14 last night, but kind of coasted home. As usual, I learned a few things from our game.

1- Fat guys only have power in little league baseball

2- Lincoln likes to be outside watching softball

3- Our weakness is if the other team hits line drives that drop 20 feet in front of our fielders. Other teams should try to "exploit" that hole

4- If your arm hurts, you shouldn't play centerfield -- We had two players tag up from 2nd and score.

5- If the first 5 batters in your lineup are fast, the other team even assumes the bubs is fast.

6- I should remember to cover 3rd base when I am the 3rd baseman.

7- Christen still hasn't had her baby.

On Saturday, we play Video 2, and on Tuesday, we play the Salt Lake Blues. These are the 2 best teams in the league besides us. If we can get through that stretch, we'll be in business.

We are going to be missing a few players for Saturday's game, so Brett should come down to play.

Pete Rose

Board Bubs

I am just finishing up my final projects for my masters classes. Usually when teachers say projects, they mean a huge paper. That was the case for my first class for which I wrote an 11 page paper, replete with spelling errors and grammatical mistakes I’m sure.

My second class, the teachers told us we could do a creative project, but no one has ever done one before in her class. Our choice was a creative project or a 20 page paper. The choice was clear. Plus the teacher all but double dog dared us to do a creative work.

So I made a board game about motivation. The object is to be the first one to move their teacher piece and their student piece from August to June. It involves a time machine for which you have to answer a motivation question correctly in order to skip half the year.

So that got me thinking about another list.

My Favorite Board Games

20 – Life – this is more like a bored game
19 – Scrabble – most overrated game in the history of the world… that might be an exaggeration.
18 – Trivial Pursuit – What group of people occupied Spain from 711 to 1492? The Moops.
17 – Checkers – King me
16 – Candyland – Extra points for the unique player movement situation
15 – Chinese Checkers
14 – Careers
13 – Chess
12 – Uncle Wiggly – Props for the sweet name
11 – Monopoly – I’m not sure if I’ve ever finished
10 – Clue – or Simpson’s Clue… Homer at the Bowl-a-rama with the poisoned doughnut
9 – Compatibility – John and Devin win by choosing the clown every time
8 – Mancala - I dominate my students at this game all the time. Silly kids.
7 – Sorry!
6 – The Farming Game – with Topinish Tom et. al.
5 – Backgammon – only this high because Matt worships this game
4 – Risk – Back in the good ol’ days, I’d dominate Brett, Chad and Justin when we played at the cabin
3 – Pirateer – The game of outrageous fortune
2 – Aggravation – Matt usually wins because he can roll a 6 on command
1 – Settlers of Catan – Good game, plus the bargaining aspect is a plus.

So… if anyone has a better name for my game than ‘motivopoly’ then let me hear it. And no suggestions with the word ‘nerd’ or any other derisive word in it… this is serious business.

The Donald

Bumper Car Bubs

First things first, here is this year's summer softball schedule...

4-18 6 pm
4-25 8 pm
5- 2 7 pm
5- 9 9 pm
5-16 7 pm
5-23 6 pm
5-30 9 pm
6- 6 9 pm
6-13 6 pm
6-20 7 pm
6-27 7 pm
7-11 6 pm
7-18 8 pm
7-25 9 pm

For those intersted, here is a list of teams in our league:

Salt Lake Blues
Demay Plumbing
XMission L C
Video 2
Building Dynamics
Rocky Mountain Carpets
R Wood CPA

Our first game is against Video 2, then Demay.

Yesterday was my first Lagoon day of the season. Short lines = much fun. Bad news, Wild Mouse is waiting for parts that have been 'delayed'. Cliffhanger was up and running according to Clark. I didn't see it with my own eyes, so consider the source. Mike Tyson's Punch Out is also up and running for it's second year of operation.

We spent an hour or so at Boomerang trapping people as usual. I was exposed to a new form of fun. This one kid chased after Clark's friend the entire time shouting 'You stole my car'. I thought that was a pretty good one, clearly not as good as our strategy, but somewhat creative. Needless to say, he was our 'target' for the next several times.

Mork

Road Trip Bubs

This is my 40th post, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate my 40th posting than by telling everyone about our quick trip to Idaho Falls.

Clark and Lincoln went with me since nobody else would. Clark took this picture of Lincoln on the way up with his cell phone.

Notice the drool on his chin. Yes, Lincoln is a drooly baby.

Of course we were late, so we went straight to Chad's reception. Luckily, I am the master at finding things, even in a Foreign city, where they don't always put Easts or Wests on thier addresses, so I found the place without incident.

I'd have to say the food was pretty good, as was the reception, but anyone knows that receptions are judged by food, so if the food is good, that automatically makes the reception good unless an ugly incident breaks out. I hope I go to a reception one day that is serving steak. That's a good idea for Brett. If he wants to have a good reception, he should serve steak, and avoid ugly incidents.

Courtney's baby Tarak (sp?) was there, Lincoln and Tarak were excited to see each other...

After the reception, we went to the Fullers, where Jackson witnessed the most intense Double Dribble game on a big screen known to mankind. Needless to say, I beat Clark.

Frank and Tammi were nice enough to let us stay the night, and mooch their food. We visited with Grandma and Grandpa for an hour the next day, went of to see the Parry's for a little bit, and headed home.

We stopped off in Far West at a McDonalds that was so decked out, I almost left a tip. I figured I should change Lincoln's diaper, but he wasn't wet or messy, so we carried on... big mistake. When we got home, Lincoln had not only covered himself, but also his carseat with poo. And that was how Ange got to see her baby for the first time in 24 hours... covered in poo. She was so excited, that she wanted to change him, which I didn't complain too much about.

That'll do 'er

TV's Frank