Supercross

I'm finally updating after my third attempt! I spent an hour on here last night and it got deleted! Ergghhhh! Here are our pictures from the Supercross. We've gotten to go twice now, since KROQ did an 80's night and sold tickets for $10.67. Next time, Power 106 is sponsoring it for $10.60! Usually it's like $43 after ticketmaster tacks on their charge!

Here's Mett trying to make Dusty feel loved! Too bad he didn't race at either races we saw! His lose!

Tyson trying the gyro chair thanks to the Air force! He wasn't even sick afterward! Jeremy with monster truck driver Bob Par (isn't that Mr. Incredible's name?) He was very friendly and had this great Texas accent.

In case any of you were wondering, Brian decided to enter the free style contest at Supercross this year. He did fairly well. I think he got the most points for expression! Oh yeah, Jeremy joined the freestyle as well. His face is the best!
Supercross champion of the world!!! Cozette saw this picture and said, "I didn't know Daddy won the Supercross!" I thought she was talking about another rider named Jeremy McGrath, but then she said, "no, it looks just like Daddy!" I thought it was so cute having her say that!
And for Second place, since not everyone can be Supercross champion, we have B. Cody Wager!
And for a close third, a new rider for this season, Tyson Endecott! I so appreciated this girl. She was very cute, nice and dressed modestly!
Now for our new 30 second girl, Mette as a blonde! Maybe not the best look! :)

But this girl got the best looking award! Brian, I haven't seen you look better!
Kirsten, Jonathan, Phil, Tyson and Mette were great to have a long! Thanks Mom and Dad for watching all of our kids!

This was the copy of the 1986 Supercross track where David Bailey (now a paraplegic)and Rick Johnson battled it out for the win. And David won!

Pictures

Here are some pictures from over the holidays. We had a great time with our family and friends that were here! We love you all!

Swings at the beach on New Years Day
Gramma and Gramps with Leyna.
Our Christmas tree. Note the star on top.
Winter Olympics here I come!
Grandma Beecroft's funeral. She wanted us grand kids to sing Families can Be Together Forever at her grave dedication.

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Ours has been a little different this year: My great grandfather who was 96 passed away last Saturday and then on Monday, my grandma passed away. So last week, after 3 of us had the flu (Jerm still hasn't gotten it) we drove to Arizona where we spent the next four days with family. We stayed at my cousin Tiffani's house (thanks Tiff) and enjoyed being with their family as well as lots and lots of cousins. My Grandma's funeral was very nice. I am very sad that she is gone and that both my grandparents are gone, but I am so happy she gets to be with her sweetheart. That is what touched me the most about my grandparents was the pure, unselfish love that they constantly showed for one another. When my grandpa was dying, my grandma would literally pick him up to help him use the rest room. They would lay in bed together when he was so sick for hours just to be close to one another. When they lost two of their children, they drew closer together and to the Lord. I am so grateful to have been close to them and lived close to them.
Anyway, Jeremy and I enjoyed our Lassen Christmas eve except that Wyatt threw up on me. For the rest of the night, I had a very lovely aroma! Poor kid. He's had the flu since Saturday. He got it on our way back from AZ, but fortunately he did not throw up in the car!
This morning was fun, and when we woke up at 7, the neighbors were still playing their music from the night before! We even called the police at midnight, put in our ear plugs, went to bed, but it was still on this morning! People are so strange sometimes! The kids had a great Christmas. They really enjoyed getting a Dr.s kit, a musical instrument kit, books and jammies. The also get to go to Build a Bear and to see Enchanted at the El Capitan on Thursday, which I am very excited about! I hear it's a great movie.
I guess that's all for now. I'll post some pictures later. I'm just so grateful to be with my family and sweetheart! We love you all! Kirsten, we missed you guys!

Video Flashbacks

EXTREME SPORTS THAT NEVER CAUGHT ON.
So. Stephan Lovstedt and I (and in this instance Pat) would get some crazy idea's. Some of these ideas would actually come to pass, others never went past the drawing table. This is what we called Sand Surfing or Skiing. The first run we did was with an old wide slalom water ski that we bought at the Thrift store. That didn't go very well at all. Even though we were on sand, it was really hard to dig the rail in to turn, and the fact that we were only going 5MPH didn't help a lot either. So, we took an old surf board and chopped the fins off of it! This seemed to work better but in the drop knee position. Some of you may recognize the scenery in the background. I'm pleading the 5th on the location, because we would probably be shot by some environmental wacko for doing that today. This was actually taped before I even met Ditte, so we're reaching deep into the archives!
-Jeremy

Video Flashbacks

Jeremy bullriding in April 2004 with some friends up in Monterrey.

Christmas Spider!

Here are some pictures of the spider that was living in our Christmas tree, but is now out in the garden! WARNING:For those of you with weak constitutions (Haans) this might not be for you!

Also, here is the link for our elves! Jeremy did it the other night and the kids were just cracking up at it! It's http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1253020844

Enjoy!

Busy, Busy!

We must all be busy or something because I just checked like 10 blogs, and most haven't been updated since Nov! I don' feel so bad now! We finally got our Christmas decorations all up and our tree looks great. I wanted to take a picture of how "organic" our tree is since it came with a "friend". I went to help Cozette put on the star and realized there was this huge, green spider the size of a quarter right where we need to put it! So I left him there because I want to take a picture of him. I think I'll name him Ralph or something. So our tree is starless and I can't find the camera to take the picture, but what's the rush? As long as he stays on the tree, right!

I feel like I can't get enough done around here either. It's crazy. We are not that busy as a family, but just with homework, meals, exercise, trying to get our Christmas presents all taken care of, etc...I just end up pooped at night! It's nice because Jerm and I sleep better. We've been finding ourselves falling asleep on our backs and waking up on our backs.

Anyway, our family is concerned with our grandma right now. She has been in the hospital for a few days because of serious dehydration, liver problems, etc.. that she's had for years and now today she found out that all her female organs have cancer all over them. Surgery would not help and she is now too frail to undergo any chemo or radiation. We don't know how long she has or anything, but she has been in pain for months now and for some reason, the CT scan that the doctor ordered never got done. Hence the pain for months and not knowing the cause.

I found our recently that when my Grandpa died about 5 years ago that she told him that she'd see him in 5 years. I have mixed feelings about all this and feel very insensitive and selfish at times, but I know she will be happier going on. I sure love my grandma and have so many fond memories of her. She is such a wonderful person and has been through so much.

Sorry if this blog is a bit too serious, but that is what is going on in our family's life right now! Thank goodness for the birth of our Savior and knowing that we can and will be together again!

Oh, P.S. Jerm and I went to check out some of the big waves the other day. Our friend actually went out in them at the Rincon where the tallest wave that day was recorded at 23 feet! Can you imagine that, at the Rincon? It was fun to watch and to be at the beach! Can't get enough of the ocean!