Say hello to Alice

Well I figured I had better blog something since Christina thoroughly chastised me for not updating my blog. Ok, so it wasn't exactly a chastisement it was more a brief mention in an email that I need to update, but still I call it as I want. Now back to Alice...well first I must add that I am now at this moment quoting...from whatever movie its from...'Say hello to my little friend.' That was Stallone, right? And let me tell you, my accent is really atrocious. So anyway...Alice. Alice is a BEAST! We went wood cutting about...ohhhh...3 weeks ago (we also went just last Friday but I don't have pictures of that day, and quite frankly I'm trying to block that day from my memory. It was so blasted hot, I very nearly died! Ok, so that may have been a bit melodramatic, but whatever, it was hot.) But when we went 3 weeks ago the weather was so nice for wood cutting. Cloudy, cool, slight drizzles of rain on occasion. (I love the rain). We love taking our beast to get wood, it cracks us up. At least it cracks me and Kim up (my sis-in-law). She and I had decided that we got the bum end of the deal. The men cut and we females and kids hauled and stacked. It was a pretty fun day though. Very productive and rewarding.

Here Jace, Tallin, and Wyatt are in the back. Shalum and I are in the cab

(but the tree blocks us, how rude)

Isn't she awesome

To state the obvious, that's me sitting down

Driving up to Kim, Thayne, Kailee, and Hayden

Kim and I, we have matching shoes

I am woman, hear me roar! meow. ok so I've gotta work on that :D

Thayne cutting and Hayden...probably messing around like he was the

majority of the day, love you little guy

Shalum and Jace taking a break to eat some lunch

Early morning about 5:15 am or so when we met up together

Me, Shalum, and Hayden

We got Alice in December. We met the guy who shipped it at the K-Mart parking lot. While Shalum was inside figuring out all the switches and whatnot, I was outside freezing. So while I was freezing, some guys drove up and asked if I had gotten that for my husband for Christmas (it was just a few days away) and I replied 'Yep, pretty much.' They were all 'Man, you're an awesome wife!' Yeah, I know. Shalum's friend had gotten one some months previous and so Shalum had to get one. I haven't even told you what kind of truck it is. Silly me. It is a 1971 M35a2 military truck, a deuce and a half. Boys and their toys! I named her Alice because...well its better told in person but I'll tell you here anyway. So there's this comedian that I'd never heard of before and don't remember his name, but when he talks about lesbians he says, with a deep manly voice 'Hi my name is Alice.' (So maybe it wouldn't be better in person because I can't talk in a deep manly voice). So my bro-in-law Shayne, he's the one who told me about this guy, says this when he's talking about burly women or even when his daughter is being a brute or when she got her hair cut short. So I figured it fit our truck to the T. She's pretty loud and big and can go just about anywhere.