I don't have much new news to report. Jake seems like he is the same guy he was before the seizure. In fact he is working this to his advantage. I asked him to scape the snow, yes snow, off my car this morning and he said that he couldn't - that it might cause a seizure! Need less to say he scraped the snow and is just fine. This seizure has come in handy for him - if you could ever say that. I am glad to know he still has his humor in tact.
Once you have a seizure you are reported to the Driver's License Division and not allowed to drive until you get clearance from a neurologist. Jake has to have two tests before he goes to the neurologist - a MRI and a EEG. He had the MRI yesterday and the EEG is schedule for Friday morning. He can't get into the neurologist until November 17th!!! A person could die waiting for appointments, I swear. The neurologist's office said that they would put his name on a list for any cancellations they might have so he could get a quicker appointment. I hope that happens but I doubt it. We won't know any test results until the neurology appointment.
If you can read between the lines, that means we have to drive him everywhere he needs to go and he always has to be around someone, in case he has another seizure. He has been staying with us but is longing for his bachelor pad. I don't blame him. Bud and I are not that exciting, as you well know! Monday night I sat in the parking lot of the UVU testing center for an hour and a half while he took his chemistry test. It was dark and I played Bubble Breaker on my phone. I set a personal best that night! Today I took him to school and told him to find someone to eat lunch with and hang out with. I think he is eating with a girl but I don't know. He was coy about it. Go Jake Go! Yesterday Court got to babysit. I think he was ready to go home after hanging out all day with an infant and a three year old. He loves the little kids but they are only so much fun.
Thanks for all the comments of support and prayers. It is a great comfort to know you are loved! I will keep you updated if there are any new developments.
By the way, I love all your blogs. It has been so much fun for me to get to see what you and your families are doing. Hopefully Court is going to really get going on hers soon. She definitely needs to change the color of her blog from that Pepto Bismal pink!
Love to you all!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Jake The Snake
Well if any of you have read Court's blog you know that Jake had a bit of trouble this weekend. He had a Grand Mal Seizure on Saturday. Never has had one before. It was a scary thing for all of us but especially for him. We probably won't know if it is a one time thing or if he has something wrong inside his noggin' for a few days, but I will keep you posted. In the meantime, he is staying with us (a silver lining for me!). He is doing well and is nervous about what may be ahead but is in great spirits. That is one of the things I love about Jake. He is a happy, humorous guy!
Looking at this picture I would say he is the picture of health. What a beefcake if I do say so myself. This was taken at Rynie so Cute and Tiny's birthday party.
Hamming it up for the camera. Snakeman is one to have fun and goof around.
Best Friends!
Jake has developed a love for cattle ranching, just like his father.
These pictures were taken at the bull sale in California this past September.
Looking at this picture I would say he is the picture of health. What a beefcake if I do say so myself. This was taken at Rynie so Cute and Tiny's birthday party.
Hamming it up for the camera. Snakeman is one to have fun and goof around.
Best Friends!
Jake has developed a love for cattle ranching, just like his father. These pictures were taken at the bull sale in California this past September.
A Few of My Favorite Things
Well I can't resist posting these pictures of my grandbabies sleeping. I had taken the day off work because I spend the night coughing my head off. My sweet daughter came over with the kidlets to hang out. We were all laying on my bed when the babes fell asleep. I couldn't resist -
I love the chocolate milk mustache! Also the wee one's chubby cheeks. Sooooo Cute!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Guanajunto, Mexico
The travels of Angus. This week: Guanajunto, Mexico.
The week of October 20, 2008 was spent in Guanajunto, Mexico for some company management meetings. There was a little time to look at the city. Guanajunto is the city where the Mexican revolution to gain their independance from Spain started in 1810. The hills around this area were found to contain gold and silver.
Guanajunto has remained an old-style, traditional town much as it has been for several centuries.
The town is built in an area with numerous hills. The streets and buildings are built up and down the hills taking into account the elevation changes. Nothing is straight or level.
The town was founded in the mid 1500's and quickly grew with the mining industry. Compared to mine shafts in Colorado, the shafts here are much larger. The veins of gold were incredibly gi-normous. This was supposed to be the largest area of gold production in Mexico for many years. The mines beneath the town have been turned into a system of roadways that are utilized for automobile traffic today.
This is an apartment building in town. Guanajunto has a nostalgic feel and is listed as a World Heritage site.
One of the many alleys leading up into the housing areas of the town.
Typical construction style of old Mexico.
A traditional musical group that sang for our group during our tour of the city.
One of the several old churches in Guanajunto. This is the primary church, as symbolized by the dual belltowers. Most churches only have one belltower.
These are Mexican girls dancing one of their many traditional dances.
The week of October 20, 2008 was spent in Guanajunto, Mexico for some company management meetings. There was a little time to look at the city. Guanajunto is the city where the Mexican revolution to gain their independance from Spain started in 1810. The hills around this area were found to contain gold and silver.
Guanajunto has remained an old-style, traditional town much as it has been for several centuries.
The town is built in an area with numerous hills. The streets and buildings are built up and down the hills taking into account the elevation changes. Nothing is straight or level.
The town was founded in the mid 1500's and quickly grew with the mining industry. Compared to mine shafts in Colorado, the shafts here are much larger. The veins of gold were incredibly gi-normous. This was supposed to be the largest area of gold production in Mexico for many years. The mines beneath the town have been turned into a system of roadways that are utilized for automobile traffic today.
This is an apartment building in town. Guanajunto has a nostalgic feel and is listed as a World Heritage site.
One of the many alleys leading up into the housing areas of the town.
Typical construction style of old Mexico.
A traditional musical group that sang for our group during our tour of the city.
One of the several old churches in Guanajunto. This is the primary church, as symbolized by the dual belltowers. Most churches only have one belltower.
These are Mexican girls dancing one of their many traditional dances.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Court's Blog
Check out Courtney's blog - she finally updated her blog. The picture of her baby smiling looks like Angus' smile (Bud.) In case your are wondering, Bud changed his blog name to Angus, his new Scottish name! What a nerd!!! I love him though.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Colombia
I just returned from a week long trip to Colombia. Most of the week was spent in Bogota in meetings. Bogota is a city of about 7-8 million people. There is a strong military/police presence around the city. The city is safe but you do need to be careful.
We did make a trip out to an oil rig that is drilling in a remote part of the country. My company will be providing equipment for this rig in the near future. Colombia is a beautiful country, especially when you get out of the big city.
Bogota, Colombia from the air. The city was built between several mountains that border it on each side. I was flying in a small charter airplane from Bogota to Yopal.
Bogota is located in a mountaineous region of Colombia. It sits at an elevation of about 7,000 feet.
A mountain lake between Bogota and Yopal.
View from the plane over Colombia.
The small town of Yopal, Colombia. It has a very small airport. Yopal is the staging area for the local oil drilling industry and sits at an area that transitions from the mountains and the eastern plains.
This is the small helicopter that we took from Yopal out to the drilling rig. The rig is located about 15 minutes by chopper from Yopal.
The mountains in the area of the drilling rig. We picked a day with a dark storm coming in.
The terrain outside of Yopal, headed to the rig.
The drilling location as we approached in the helicopter. Who wouldn't want to work in a beautiful location like this?
Headed down to land at the drilling rig.
The oil rig drilling in the Colombian foothills.
The mountains looking down on the location where the rig sits. The mountains are very rough but beautiful.
This picture shows the mountains looking over the rig location. It is a beautiful area.
Lift off--headed back to Yopal.
The chopper landing to pick us up from the rig.
The ride between the rig and Yopal.
The ride back to Yopal.
The flatlands east of Yopal. Looking west of Yopal you see mountains, east is the plains.
We did make a trip out to an oil rig that is drilling in a remote part of the country. My company will be providing equipment for this rig in the near future. Colombia is a beautiful country, especially when you get out of the big city.
Bogota, Colombia from the air. The city was built between several mountains that border it on each side. I was flying in a small charter airplane from Bogota to Yopal.
Bogota is located in a mountaineous region of Colombia. It sits at an elevation of about 7,000 feet.
A mountain lake between Bogota and Yopal.
View from the plane over Colombia.
The small town of Yopal, Colombia. It has a very small airport. Yopal is the staging area for the local oil drilling industry and sits at an area that transitions from the mountains and the eastern plains.
This is the small helicopter that we took from Yopal out to the drilling rig. The rig is located about 15 minutes by chopper from Yopal.
The mountains in the area of the drilling rig. We picked a day with a dark storm coming in.
The terrain outside of Yopal, headed to the rig.
The drilling location as we approached in the helicopter. Who wouldn't want to work in a beautiful location like this?
Headed down to land at the drilling rig.
The oil rig drilling in the Colombian foothills.
The mountains looking down on the location where the rig sits. The mountains are very rough but beautiful.
This picture shows the mountains looking over the rig location. It is a beautiful area.
Lift off--headed back to Yopal.
The chopper landing to pick us up from the rig.
The ride between the rig and Yopal.
The ride back to Yopal.
The flatlands east of Yopal. Looking west of Yopal you see mountains, east is the plains.
Why we are moving to Scotland
I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you why we are moving to Scotland. My company is growing and my workload is taking me all over the world. I have traveled to such places as Australia, Singapore, China, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Norway, Italy, Denmark, Germany, France, England, The Netherlands, and Scotland. It is getting to the point that I can't keep up with the entire world. The demands of the different areas of the world have required that we divide the globe into three regions. I have been given the responsibility to oversee the Europe, Africa, and Russia region. My regional office will be in Aberdeen, Scotland but I will still be required to travel throughout Europe, Africa and Russia as well as occasional trips to the US and elsewhere. My primary focus for the short term will be on the North Sea--Norway and Scotland.
This is an exciting opportunity for me to manage a growing business in a very interesting country. I am sure that I will grow and learn as the realities of the move and work set in. Mel and I are looking forward to the challenges that we will be facing as we move to Europe. There will be days when we will miss our country and our home but we know that the opportunities to learn and grow will be numerous. Of course, it will be difficult to leave our children and grandchildren. I will be saving airmiles so that they can come visit as often as possible. I would also like to extend an invitation for my family and friends to come and visit. Our home in Scotland is always open for you.
Edinburgh Castle: this is one of the largest castles in Scotland. It is well-worth the visit. It holds the Honors of Scotland (the crown jewels, sword, etc).
This is an older castle called Dunottar. It is fairly close to Aberdeen. It sits on a cliff overlooking the North Sea. William Wallace burned some English soldiers in the church here when they tried to ambush him.
This mountain is part of the Scottish Highlands. The area is rough and cold.
Driving through the Scottish Highlands. The old Scots who lived in this area would have had to be pretty tough just to survive.
This is Urquhart Castle, and old castle sitting on the shore of Loch Ness.
This is Loch Ness. I did see Nessie (she is real) but I didn't get my camera out quick enough. If I had been quicker, I could have provided proof to the world that she is real.
Can you believe it? These guys are wearing skirts!!! You see that kind of thing in Scotland. The bagpipers come out in droves for special occasions.
A street in downtown Aberdeen. Almost all of the buildings are made of gray granite.
Aberdeen is called the "City of Granite" because most of the building are built from granite quarried locally. It is also called the "Gray City" because of the granite buildings and the gray skies which are very common.
This is the William Wallace Monument located in Stirling. This is the site of his first major victory over the English at the crossing of the river in Stirling. There is a narrow winding staircase that goes all of the way to the top of the monument. It also houses Wallace's sword which is huge. To be able to use the sword, they have determined that Wallace had to be at least 6'6" tall.
View from the top of the Wallace Monument.
The country has rock walls and fences built everywhere. They were built by the Stone Masons (predecessors of the Free Masons) centuries ago. They divide the fields and farms as well as border roadways.
Scottish countryside near Aberdeen.
I will try to add updates and pictures as I travel. If you have any specific questions, please let me know.
Angus (my new Scottish name)
This is an exciting opportunity for me to manage a growing business in a very interesting country. I am sure that I will grow and learn as the realities of the move and work set in. Mel and I are looking forward to the challenges that we will be facing as we move to Europe. There will be days when we will miss our country and our home but we know that the opportunities to learn and grow will be numerous. Of course, it will be difficult to leave our children and grandchildren. I will be saving airmiles so that they can come visit as often as possible. I would also like to extend an invitation for my family and friends to come and visit. Our home in Scotland is always open for you.
Edinburgh Castle: this is one of the largest castles in Scotland. It is well-worth the visit. It holds the Honors of Scotland (the crown jewels, sword, etc).
This is an older castle called Dunottar. It is fairly close to Aberdeen. It sits on a cliff overlooking the North Sea. William Wallace burned some English soldiers in the church here when they tried to ambush him.
This mountain is part of the Scottish Highlands. The area is rough and cold.
Driving through the Scottish Highlands. The old Scots who lived in this area would have had to be pretty tough just to survive.
This is Urquhart Castle, and old castle sitting on the shore of Loch Ness.
This is Loch Ness. I did see Nessie (she is real) but I didn't get my camera out quick enough. If I had been quicker, I could have provided proof to the world that she is real.
Can you believe it? These guys are wearing skirts!!! You see that kind of thing in Scotland. The bagpipers come out in droves for special occasions.
A street in downtown Aberdeen. Almost all of the buildings are made of gray granite.
Aberdeen is called the "City of Granite" because most of the building are built from granite quarried locally. It is also called the "Gray City" because of the granite buildings and the gray skies which are very common.
This is the William Wallace Monument located in Stirling. This is the site of his first major victory over the English at the crossing of the river in Stirling. There is a narrow winding staircase that goes all of the way to the top of the monument. It also houses Wallace's sword which is huge. To be able to use the sword, they have determined that Wallace had to be at least 6'6" tall.
View from the top of the Wallace Monument.
The country has rock walls and fences built everywhere. They were built by the Stone Masons (predecessors of the Free Masons) centuries ago. They divide the fields and farms as well as border roadways.
Scottish countryside near Aberdeen.I will try to add updates and pictures as I travel. If you have any specific questions, please let me know.
Angus (my new Scottish name)
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