Follow the link below to see video of a band paying tribute to Hank Williams Sr. by performing "The Lovesick Blues".  You'll be able to tell by the video that Angie and I were having one hell of a time....  We went to festival and camped with Randy and Jill Wick at the Stillwater camp.  Randy was serving up some very serious BBQ that made our campsite a very popular place by other festival attendees......

http://www.box.net/shared/static/x8x287o5q1.wmv

Follow the link below to see how a couple of  "Men" fish for trout.  Joshua and I drove to Roaring River State Park in Missouri to get away from it all.....  The highlight of the campout is when I dam near killed us via explosion.  Joshua and I were cooking on a small propane gas stove, the kind with two burners and the small, green propane tanks you get at Wal-Mart for three bucks......  the kind you screw on......  Anyway, while Joshua and I were eating our burgers I noticed that both burners were still on low and the cast iron skillets were still over the flames.  I did not want to get up  out of my seat to turn off the burners and I also did not want to kick the skillets off the flames to keep them from getting too hot.  Since the propane tank was next to my chair I decided to unscrew the propane tank.  Remember that this tank has a circumference of about six to eight inches.....  I thought nothing about unscrewing the tank.  I did not know that it would mass release propane in a white cloud that would quickly consume our immediate sitting area, but that's exactly what happened.  Before we even had time to react Joshua and I were blown backwards out of our seats, backwards somersault.... the smell of burned hair palatable.  I think I took the major portion of the shockwave.  As I was getting up I noticed Joshua tearing ass away from the campsite.  Tear ass first, look for survivors second.  I also noticed that the flames/explosion had illuminated about a mile square section.....  Needless to say we were asked to leave the campsite by some sort of park warden......  Joshua and I did not feel like heading out into the woods to find another camp site so we headed out at 10 pm to go back to Stillwater arriving at 2:30 am.

http://www.box.net/shared/yez39ng4vt

The links below will take you to videos of multiple people roping, working, catching etc the calves at Hester Ranch.

http://www.box.net/shared/kgkntkit8o  First

http://www.box.net/shared/l0q0v7ftnj  Second

http://www.box.net/shared/vk17fr72q0  Third

Attached is more footage of Simon and Joshua working concrete at Jo Heileger's house.  This project has turned out to be very brutal and I can not wait until it is finished.....  We are almost done....

http://www.box.net/shared/v94hq49ef2

On March 22, 2009 Simon, Jordan, Josie and Joshua began a concrete project to replace a sidewalk.  We had a good time working together and the girls really impressed me with their determiniation to work hard.  We are not close to pouring concrete since excavating the concrete was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  The concrete was up to 12 inches thick in some places. I divided the clips into two files to make it easier to download. 

http://www.box.net/shared/l2mjpeun2p PART I

http://www.box.net/shared/v87fmi55fz PART II

Attached is a video that shows Joshua and Simon fixing the main water line feeding the house.....  The PVC water line interfaced with a metal water line on the West side of the house..  The PVC line had a fracture in it for years.........  I was tearing out Holly Bushes and noticed that the ground was unusually saturated with water.  Further investigation led to the discovery shown in this video.

http://www.box.net/shared/bo9niue68s

Click the link below to watch a little video of the Lathrop's decorating the tree.....  Nothing spectacular, but a good memory....

http://www.box.net/shared/v9epm2nzcq