Updates On 007 Recovery!!

This pic reminds me of the movie "Faceoff"

Kyle working hard, in both of these pics!

And these two, well all I can say is "naked!"

So here is where 007 stands now. Things are looking like possibly the end of the week we could see him back in action. This has been some kind of experience. Hopefully I can do something to get the AMVIV jinx off of my car, so that next year we can actually make it to Vegas and be able to enjoy driving with all of our friends. I had to make sure I said to enjoy driving, because my luck would have been we would make it to Vegas and something would happen, after all we made it a little bit further this year than last.......so I guess we made some progress. Thanks Kyle for working so diligently on my baby!!

AMVIV!!

Well, here are some pics of our A MINI Vacation In Vegas. As you can see I have MINI in bold and italics. Not because it was a trip for our MINI, but as you will see in the pictures it was a MINI trip. On our way down, my car started to act a little funny. I shared my concern with Christie, and the group by using our marine radios. About 2 minutes later, my check engine light came on, and I decided I better pull over. Once pulled over, my water temp overheating light came on and of course billowing smoke from my hood. Come to find out, the snow had created a slush/ice barrier over my upper and lower grills on my car making it so that the radiator wasn't getting any air to cool the engine. I removed the ice, and then had a great couple that was driving with us get me some more coolant. Of the 9 that went with on the trip with us, 3 cars stayed back to help. Thanks Emily, Chris, Evan, Trisha, and Trisha's parents!! I was able to get the coolant pumped through the system, and then we had to jumpstart the car. We drove to the next exit about a mile and a half away. All seemed well, until we got back on the freeway and all of the lights started going berserk!! Called Mini Roadside, they towed my car back to Mini of Murray, and our good friend Michael came to Nephi from work to pick us up.

Come to find out the head is warped, and I need to harass Mini to see if they will cover it under warranty. If not, then I will try my insurance. If that fails, then to have a new head installed costs about 5 grand. I am fully convinced that AMVIV is a curse to my MINI. Last year it was the wheel falling off, so I couldn't go to Vegas, and this year this crap!! Well, now that I have talked all of your ears off.....good day!

One Of My Favorite Videos!

This has to be one of the best videos ever! I love how Addie laughs her butt off, and then stops and looks around. Then patiently waits for Kyler to jump off the stairs towards her, and the cycle starts all over again. LOVE IT!

Woohoo

Three Must Watch Shows!!

I was sitting here thinking about my 3 favorite shows on TV right now! Psych on the USA Network is hillarious and I can't seem to get enough. And then Man Vs. Wild on Discovery Channel is off the hook! I love watching Bear Grylls eat all sorts of stuff, and showing us how to survive in the wilderness. I seriously got freakin ill watching him the other day. He found a bear crap, and showed that the bears body processes and expels food very quickly. So there were pieces of apple in the crap and he washed it off and ate it!! Are you freakin kidding me? But I guess if you had to survive.....ummm I'd find something else. And last but not least 24 on Fox! Jack Bauer is the man! He is unstopable, and just Hardcore! So there are my top 3 shows.

Oh The Joy!

So today I thought I would get started on all of the projects that are lined up for my car. These include things like, suspension, short shifter, gauges, bushings, etc. So I figured I would start with the suspension, the most involved of all projects. I started by taking off the front passenger side strut and coil. When I got my new coilover to install it....the camber plate (top part) didn't fit. Come to find out it is the part for an R53 (older MINI). So that means I won't have the correct part until the middle of next week. To add to that I started on the rear suspension. I am drilling a hole to mount an adjuster inside of the car. The freakin drill bit breaks! So after all of that I said forget it. I will work on it tomorrow. And of course to add to the pain, we had a church basketball game tonight. We were leading the entire game, and at one point were up by 14. When in the 4th quarter it started off by me hitting a 3 pointer, and then followed by the opposing team going on a 19-0 run. We lost by 9 points!! So what a freakin day!!

Wowzers!!

Ever since my mission, I have been rediculously allergic to cats. It came to my attention after we had met with someone we were teaching. She had 5 cats, and my eyes puffed up huge. The whites of my eyes when I would look to the side would fold over the colored part of the eye. It was disgusting. So here is what happened the other day. I picked up some tickets from a friend..you know who you are, and put them in my pocket. Later that night I reached in my pocket and soon after rubbed my eyes. This is the result. It was swollen for 2 days. Cats and I do not get along.

Addie!

While organizing pics, I also wanted to post some of Addie, and how far she has come along. She is a beautiful little pill. She is a Diva for sure, and likes what she likes and if she doesn't she has no problem telling you...or headbutting you, hitting you, etc. She is a cute little monster too, and once again I am glad to have pictures.

Kyler!

I was working on organizing photos on the computer, and thought I would share a trip down memory lane. It blows my mind to look at the picture of Kyler when he was so "little" and then see him now. He was a baldy, and a chub for sure. He is growing up wayy to fast, and I am just greatful for pictures. Without pictures I think I would have forgotten alot about this little monster when he was young.