Colton and Malea arrived from Idaho fairly late on Valentine's Day.
We still took time to watch 'The Jungle Book" which just recently
came out of the Disney Vault. It's pretty amazing on Blu-ray!
Colton and Malea slept in on Saturday 2/15, but Dad and I ran north to
check out three houses for Katie and Tyler, and check in on Aunt
Sheree who is in the Stone Henge Rehabilitation Center. We made it home in
time for lunch, but we missed the dance off and karaoke session. After
lunch we made our way down to Yuba. Here's Dad, Colton
and Malea on the newly constructed dam.
Yuba is rather low, so the Sevier River is more like a creek right now.
Here we are dropping rocks from the bridge onto
the ice below to see if it would break through.
Amazingly, a few rocks just bounced!
Although this is a new bridge, the mud swallows have
already built homes to raise their young in the Spring.
Most of Yuba is still ice covered, but some stacking has taken place on the dam.
Andrea is thinking about finding an ice way out onto the thicker ice.
This was just a pose for her future wedding video.
Malea just launched a large, ice cracking boulder.
This BIG smile is merely a foreshadowing of things to
come. Notice the upright ice block in the background.
The challenge has been set. Just break a piece off the ice block.
One, Two, Three! A piece of cake!
Notice the piece of ice in the water below.
" Let's see you do it again'" says Colton. The ice is
honeycombed so just hit the thicker piece a little harder.
One! Two! Three! Give it all you've got!
This was the day Andrea had a personal experience with the third law of motion.
Quite frankly, it knocked her off her feet and let the wind out of her sails.
The squeals and laugher sounded like she as speaking "whale" in slow-mo!
Check it out!
Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRJDyF4ElTs
Andrea shows off her wet pants as the two connivers innocently
carry on as if the whole event wasn't carefully planned. :)
Grandpa was fascinated by the perfect rows of ice crystals in the ice.
This must be a unique form of honey-combing.
Colton demonstrates how easily the crystal shards break away and fall to the ground.
Yuba looked a little like a lake in the Tundra.
Andrea tried her skills in ice block surfing.
The chill of her wet pants awakened some common sense
and Andrea came ashore to Colton's dismay!
Colton and Malea coming down the concrete wall near the spill way.
Andrea looks back to determine the source of this steady little stream.
Then she has to hang five toes...
over the edge...
to get a look at sudden death!
Here Malea is back at home getting re-acquainted with
ONE BIG CAT aka Milo Cheddar Bartholemew Junior.
This is one of the last shots of Malea's beautiful long hair!
Andrea was not afraid to cut Malea's hair. This fear came
from imagining what Scott and/or Janna might say or do!
Ten inches are needed to donate to "Locks of Love."
Too late to turn back!
What was under this pony's tail?
This was what Malea hoped she would look like in the end. I have
no post shots so you'll have to skype her or visit her in Rexburg.
I do love the video of Andrea "break ice dancing!" Crazy old Andrea...she's always good for a laugh. :0)
ReplyDeleteI think she is braver than I am. I wouldn't have gone out on the ice at all. AND now I know about Malea and Colton. They are not to be trusted when ice is around. :0)
Thanks for sharing your fun day. Malea's hair cut looks cute on her no matter what Scott says. :0)
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ReplyDeleteI was not in on making Andrea fall! Colton was the master mind and engineer on all of that! ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd I like my haircut to and can always grow it back out when I want it long again... ;)