Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Cyclone 30...Jolly Mesa

This is a pic of New Castle as I'm on top of Jolly Mesa looking down at it! The sun is rising and if you keep traveling NE for another twenty miles you'll arrive in Glenwood Springs. In four years, I have never been up Jolly Mesa so this was a new area for me.
This is a pic I took of New Castle before the sun rose. We had had a snow storm the day before. Today I was the first one up here except for the dozer.

This is Jake. As you can see it was snowing a bit...He is bobtailing this piece. Normally this piece wouldn't be as high or as wide and it would be under a trailer.






This is Cody in a twin steer truck. He is bobtailing this piece...




This is the third day and one of the last pieces to be moved. Aaron and Paul are two trucking the A-legs along with the derrick. This is exciting to see. Usually the A-legs and derrick is broken down into sections but since this was on top with no power lines or overpasses to have to clear, they kept it altogether to move it. This makes rigging up faster, etc. This was day three and the snow storms were over. It was a beautiful day and you could see for miles in every direction.




















Friday, January 15, 2010

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Mom! We love you and hope you have a wonderful birthday! We made you a butterfly cake in your honor! Any excuse for me to make and decorate a cake huh?! We love you! Have a great one!


"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."


Thursday, January 14, 2010

My birthday gift from my parents...

When we visited our parents in St. George, my parents took me to Seagull Books and I saw this painting. I loved it so Mom and Dad gave it to me for my birthday. I'm soooo spoiled...
I knew we had the perfect place for this painting and sure enough...it looks great!