Today is my birthday

I'm 34 today. Wowzers. I remember my parents when they were 34, and I thought they were REALLY OLD...

Ah well, no big celebration for me today. Gotta go out and show some folks around the upper terraces. Big BBQ this weekend, though.

Helena Car Show

Car show in Helena, MT - pops wanted to take the hot rod, RV (Sunny), and the new trailer (Clifford) out for their first trip. I was headed back to Yellowstone, so Tuck and I drove my car (Ellie) and met dad in Helena. We camped out in the RV and had a good time. Tuck asked about a million questions on the road trip - I think we covered everything from gold mining to diesel engines. Miss that boy already.
Tucker stuck in the back of Ellie - with a BBQ, tomato and herb plants, and all the other crap I manage to bring with me from Spokane. What a trooper!
The boys in Shangri-la. Enjoying some down time at the car show in the RV.
Poppa's hot rod in Clifford the big red trailer. Ellie providing 270 watts of Beach Boys tunes early in the morning.
Tucker hits the climbing wall - he was not sure he was going to make it at first, but once he hit the top he wanted to go back about every 15 minutes for the rest of the weekend...

Medical Results

OK, so got the CT scan in Spokane - GREAT NEWS!!!!
No cancer found, and they are putting me on a once-a-year schedule for CT scans (great for the pocketbook!)
Little bad news - my thyroid finally bit the dust (from the radiation treatment) so I will have to be on thyroid-replacement for the rest of my days. Small price to pay.

Everyone raise your glasses and toast me! Hooray!

Catching up - JUNE

OK, so it's been a busy summer. No fires as of yet (well, two tiny ones) so can't blame that. Many new employees and Carrie is out for 2 weeks in June. Tra-la-la

So, pics - we've got the exciting Gardiner rodeo & parade - a very tiny child on a large horse and the great combo of horse crap and candy all over the streets. Then for me it was off to Spokane for yet another CAT scan. While there Dad finally got his wish - a big car-hauling trailer. So new trailer on the left, old utility trailer on the right (the tiny black thing).

When dad went to get the trailer, a little kid was at the house who had known the trailer all his life - he said, sadly, "Clifford go bye-bye" So in the grand tradition of giving every vehicle in our family a name, the new trailer is "Clifford the big red trailer" Bet the neighbors are loving it.

Tiny utility trailer has a new home with Thomas, so all is well.

Guiles' Sad Little Blog

Hey all -
Well, looks like I misnamed Jessi's blog - mine has turned into the sad one. The trouble is I have had a lot of company over, and I am spending way too much time playing online computer games with the nephews. Otherwise, all is well. Hope the same is true with all of you.