Friday, May 30, 2008

The Stripes are NO MASK!



Oops! We caught a SKUNK in our raccoon trap this morning!
The good news is that Russ, our friendly urban wildlife specialist, was willing to come haul him off anyway. However, he did a little preventative measure first by sneaking up behind a large cardboard square and either sticking him or spraying him with something that made him immobile and unable to squirt.
That was our big event for the week; while the rest of the neighborhood has been enamored with the filming of scenes for High School Musical 3, three doors away, at the Van Wagoner's house, which included many trucks, tons of people, and sightings of the young stars, reported to us by the younger generation. We opted not to walk over to watch because we wouldn't have recognized any of the stars, although while Stan was working in the front yard he saw "Zach" skateboarding down the street. It went on for three days and nights (most of the filming during the late afternoons and evenings). Last week they filmed over on Oneida, at the Orchard's house.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Who is that masked bandit?


We've declared WAR on all uninvited RACCOONS----which is pretty much all raccoons.
After spotting one at 10 o'clock in the morning, we decided to purchase our own trap. The first night of setting the trap we watched a raccoon walk right into the cage and get caught. However, the next morning he was gone. He had broken through the end and escaped, so Stan returned that trap and upgraded to a double door cage. The next night another one was caught, and the Bringhurst boys watched with great interest until the urban wildlife specialist, Mike, came and took him away. The bait of choice seems to be chocolate chip cookies and marshmallows.

Henry the Twelfth

Here's Henry at three weeks old, with brothers Hardy and Redd.



Henry really does have 2 dimples!

Henry's not big on long photo shoots, but at least we got Cookie in on this one.

Sunday at the Owen Home

A little soccer, a little dress-up, a lot of fun......




And here's our princess Ava! She loves the outdoors.
In line for the next line backer on the team......Henry the 12th!
Dr. Owen (Bringhurst, that is) is at the door to wish everyone well as they leave...

U of U Commencement - Old Face, New Graduate


May 3, 2008, a beautiful day
to graduate!

I lined up for the procession
with friends, Esther and Yumi.


Mario Capecchi, Utah's first
Nobel Prize winner, gave some interesting facts on
global warming.





It was a wonderful program.
Danielle's uncle,
David Neeleman, received an honorary degree, also.


This lucky graduate got to sit on the front row!





















This was a very special day for me,
and I was happy to share it
with those I love....







I couldn't have done it
without all of you
(including those not present).




To top it off, we went home and
watched the Jazz beat Houston
to win the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Reflections on Easter '08

It all begins with dinner...who's hungry.


Great-Grandpa Butters joined us.

Ava's modeling her new cap, knit by Grammy

They're off and running......in the hunt for the Easter candy!
Thanks to Camilla, Jordan and Danny for hiding them all over the yard.



Easter can be exhausting! Just ask Ford

Here's the crew with their loot. (We missed Luke.)