Michelle - Picture #14

This is my sister Michelle. The middle picture is her normal picture pose. These pictures were taken at the hotel in Huntington, Utah. We were there for our Great Aunt Leora's funeral. Michelle and Megan came from Laramie Wyoming. I was really glad to see them, but sorry it had to be at a funeral.

Fremont Indian - Picture #13

We stopped by the Fremont Indian State Park off of I-70 in central Utah. The story of how this state park and museum came to be is quite interesting. You should read about it here.

Chad climbed into one of the pit houses. I was too afraid of getting stuck. They are not very big.

MegBug - Picture #12

My neice Megan. She didn't want me to take this picture, but I did it anyway!

Line 'em up - Picture #11

Street stock - waiting for his turn to RACE!

Yep, it's wet - Picture #10

Otter Creek - Picture #9

When my kids were little, we went deer hunting in October every year. The last few years of those trips were spent here. In Central Utah, at Otter Creek.

Chad and I stopped at Otter Creek this past October on our way home from Fish Lake where we went fishing with Trent and Kathryn. We couldn't really remember which road led us to this campsite and we spent about an hour searching for it. We hadn't been there in 16 years and although it looked familiar, we just couldn't find it. We were just about to leave when we gave one last road a try. As soon as we started to get close to it, we knew it was the right place.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of the story. I'll tell it with picture(s) #35.

Just Rocks - Picture #8

I first showed you these pictures when I told you the story of Zachary playing with rocks. It's a great story...read it here!

My Honey - Picture #7

This...Is the love of my life!

Home Sweet Home - Picture #6

I think it was the cloud that looked as though it was hoovering above my street that prompted me to take these pictures. Something seemed peaceful that day, and I was happy to be so close to home. I love my home.

How I named my blog

So do you remember a few days ago? I told you that Ruth at synch-ro-ni-zing had challenged fellow bloggers to post about how they named their blog. Well...here goes. Warning: This could get a little sappy.


When I first stumbled onto blogger I thought it would be fun to post some pictures to share with my family. 
I wanted to do a blog, but I was really afraid. I didn't know the first thing about blogging. What would I write? What pictures would I put on? What if people saw my terrible punctuation? 
My first choice for a name was my favorite saying. "Ummm...No!", but I decided against it. If I was going to blog, I wanted a name that was a little (or  a lot) less sarcastic.  So I started searching sayings and quotes to get an idea for a name that would describe how I felt creating a blog.
At first, I thought "Going Out on a Limb" was pretty corny. But after really thinking about it, I decided that was exactly what I was doing; Going Out on a Limb. I was going to put myself out there for everyone to see, and correct my grammar.  
On the flip side of that though, I wanted my kids to read, enjoy and hopefully want to do one too. They don't update them, but they all have one now. It's kind of funny. Something I started "for them". Has turned into something I do for me.
So there it is. Going Out on a Limb...hoping to find the fruit, everyday that I blog.


*P.S. So I don't get too embarassed, please forget everything you just read.
 

Eye See you - Picture #5a and 5b

Eye don't know...Eye'm weird, what can eye say?

This one looks pretty cool though. What color are your eyes?

My Touch Collage

There...Here it is. The collage that I usually post before I start showing you all the pictures on my phone. I don't know what happened this time. I just jumped right in. No worries though, I have it now.

 

Dont worry, there aren't 15 billion fireworks pictures.

Enjoy!

Whoops! I got a little carried away

I've been posting the pictures from my beautiful black My Touch, but I forgot to number the pictures on a collage so you could see what was coming up.

So while I'm getting that ready, enjoy a nice cold drink with Zachary.

Speshells of the day - Picture #4

Christopher helped Aunt Puppy at the consession stand in the pits by writing out the menu board. I think I'll have the speshell; a bag of chips and a drink. Thanks Chris!

Fish Lake - Picture #3

Fish Lake, Utah. We went fishing there in October with Chad's brother Trent. It was cold and windy, but worth every minute.

Caller ID 2 - Picture # 2

My wonderful husband and beautiful daughter.

Chad ........................... Kaylynn

Caller ID - Picture #1

This is Sheila and Debbie, they work with me and I took these photos for the caller ID picture for them on my phone. They are so cute!
Many of the pictures in this group are caller ID pictures. I like to include all photos that are on my phone at the time I download them, so you get these pictures too.

I thought my life was over...

...When my beautiful black My Touch fell out of my pocket while riding the quad at the race track. I heard a sound and for a second thought I had run over something and flipped it up under the tire. But, after replaying it in my mind, I realized I hadn't run over anything and turned around only to see my phone laying on the ground in pieces. I had Zack with me and I didn't dare leave him on the quad by himself. So when I stopped, I took him down and we ran over to the wreckage. I quickly grabbed the pieces of my phone but I immediately realized that the battery was gone. Zack and I frantically looked around for a second for the battery. And when I couldn't see it right away, I made a decision that almost made me cry. I had to leave without it.

I could see the action of the Monster Trucks on the track and one was headed for the exit. Once it was off the track, we would be in it's path. I stuck the two parts of my phone in my pocket and took Zachary by the hand and headed for the quad. We made it by the time the truck was off the track, but he was clearly headed our way. We were a little freaked out for a minute because those trucks are HUGE. We inched over to the side near the fence and stopped. I just hoped we were far enough out of the way. We were over far enough and the truck stopped and turned around way before it even got near us, but it sure was scary for a minute.
After the truck stopped and the driver got out, Zacky and I zipped around him and went down to the stand side. When we stopped I went to get off and felt something under my foot on the running board. I looked down and guess what I found? My battery! I was so happy. I thought it was gone forever and even if I did find it, I thought it would have been run over 50 billion times by race cars. But there it was. I popped it back in my phone and it worked. IT WORKED!

So now, because my phone was spared, I can share with you the pictures that I have been taking with it. I told you here how good the pictures are from this phone and I even proved it with a picture of little Elliott.

So are you ready? Check back tomorrow for picture #1.

Ruth asked, so I'll be telling

Ruth, at synch-ro-ni-zing had decided to host a major blog event in which she calls "highly anticipated truly GLOBAL" and is expected to have participants well into the tens of thousands.

So what is this highly anticipated blog event and why am I'm telling you? Because her mind is inquiring, she has asked everyone in blogville to mark their calenders for December 1st and post an entry on their blog titled "How I named my blog".

No one has ever asked me that question before. And until now, I have never really felt compelled to just tell. I think I might be going out on a limb...here, but I'm gonna do it.

If you read Ruth's post, you know about the dangers I'm about to face in doing this (traffic jams, paparazzi drama, protesters, etc.). I'm willing to do it though, for you.

I'm afraid now, very afraid.

The End - Picture # 29

I still have this picture on my desk at work. Michelle had texted me to tell me she was here.This is how I showed her how happy I was.

Are we there yet? - Picture # 28

Sammy was getting so tired of just riding around in the back seat. He sure was a trooper though.

Yee Haw - Picture # 27

Every time we go to Lakeside, Zack has to "ride" the horses out front.

A little to the left - Picture # 26

Chad and Jabe put new windows in the concessions at the race track.

Picture #25

OOPS! Has anyone seen picture #25? I have mis-placed it.

Picture #25 is/was another picture of the girl and her grandpa at the bus stop. Only they aren't there. Well they ARE there, but I wasn't quick enough with the picture so you can't see them. Which... is why we have picture #2. I had to keep trying until I got them.

So intstead of the people at the bus stop who aren't in the picture, I thought I would just give you a recap of all 29. Follow me?

Again - Picture #24

I promise to never take another picture of fireworks. Forever and ever amen!

Mc King - Picture #23

Chad was crowned king with Zacky.

Bubble Boy - Picture #22

It's not just me that loves bubbles. I think Jaxen does too!

Oh what fun - Picture #21

Are they over yet? I should probably tell you that I don't even really like fire works. I like going to watch the fire works though. It's fun. Especially When a bunch of my family get our chairs together somewhere in the middle of the Desert just before dark to wait for the fireworks. While we're waiting for them to start, we play, and talk, and tease, and sometimes eat and drink, but always have fun. I can't wait until next year.

Gunter Kids - Picture #20

Man I love and miss these babies. I should run and get them right now. They are calling for me.

See? It's Ortega - Picture #19

Per Kaylynn's instructions, I was to get Ortega Nacho Cheese Sauce in the blue can from Costco.
Well this was the only can that said Ortega, and it had a dent. The other cans were labeled all the same except for the word Ortega.
I didn't want to buy the dented can, but I don't get assignments from my kids very often and I didn't want to fail.
So, being the resourceful mom that I am, I took a picture from from my phone to prove it was Ortega and got the un-dented can.
Two points for Mom!

Picture #18

Blah...Blah...Blah

King Zachary - Picture #17

This picture cracks me up. McDonald's crowned him king.

In the back seat - Picture #16

Mandy girl when they came to visit. She looks just like her mommy in this picture. I never really saw the resemblance before, but those lips are Tiffany all over again.

Ignore this ...Picture #15

Uggg...Here we go again. (Next time I'll delete them!)

Who Knows - Picture #14

I can't remember if I was taking a picture of the empty lot at work on what looks like a rainy day, or Tommasino's across the street.

Or maybe...I was trying to capture Romero's, the Mexican Resturaunt next to Tommasino's , across the street from the empty lot, which would have been empty because of a tent sale.

Could be I was taking a picture of the clouds on this day that looks as though it may have been raining.

I wonder if I was trying to get a picture of that Durango on the empty lot.
Nah, I'm positive thats not it.

Hmmm...I don't know what this is a picture of.
Oh well!

July 4 2009 - Picture #13

Sorry I have so many pictures of fire works from the 4th of July. I only took them to prove that my phone camera could.

For the birds - Picture #12

I don't really like birds. I can't remember why I was taking pictures of this bird with my phone. When I saw this picture, I thought I accidentally took a picture of the road. Then I saw it. Oh yeah, the bird.

Do you see it?


I remember trying to get a good picture the bird, but I don't remember why. Did I tell you I don't like birds?
Strange things happen in my world!

Say Cheese - Picture #11

Anytime I see pictures from this day of Mandy, I will here the words of this video.
This girl makes me happy!

Fine Dining - Picture # 10

This is the reason my blog has been neglected. Tommasino's. I started working there last July and finally quit a few weeks ago. This picture was back in June, before the restaurant was completed.

Ka-Boom - Picture #9

July 4 2009.

Hello Grandma - Picture #8

Ahhh....My little Jaxen. Man, how I love this boy! Of course, this was taken in my car when the Gunter kids came for a visit last June.

Please Please Please - Picture #7

Now this is funny! I took this picture of Sheila and Debbie to text to our boss. They were begging to close the office early the day before the Fourth of July weekend. How could he refuse? Ryan tried the same thing and Don told him something along the lines of "Hell No!"

Me and my Buddy - Picture #6

Camron took this picture of me and Christopher one day at the track. Not too bad for a 4 year old photographer!

Smile Sister - Picture #5

And here she is...my big sis Michelle. I sure wish we lived closer to each other.

I should have known

I had Zachary with me last night at the races. He was such a good boy. He sat on the ground playing with his car and some rocks on the bleachers.
I didn't know he could have such a good time with just one car and so many rocks.So I asked him. "Are those race cars too Zacky?"
"No" he said.
puzzled I asked "what are they?"

He just looked up at me and said "ROCKS".