Ridin' For Robert

Robert and Sue are known for their ability to get very young kids up on their hand-built waterski. A lot of family and friends got their start on that little plywood ski, some just two years old. It is one of the coolest things to see little kids out there - usually not knowing what has happened.

Robert and Sue brought us a ski last year to get our twin girls up on. They had obviously put time into bending the front up, cutting it out, making fins and footstraps out of nothing. Robert told me that it was a prototype, but the next one would be pink and better than the first. All summer I wanted to be able to call Robert and Sue to tell them we got the girls up on it, but it never happened.
I decided to strip down the ski that Robert made to bare bones and make it the sweet dude he planned on. Brooklyn helped me sand it down so I could fiberglass it and paint it. The ski ended up looking great. I finished Friday night after way too many hours of labor, determined to go boating Saturday and MAKE them get on it.




I'll keep it short and say that both of my girls were thrilled to get out on it and when I asked them if they were ready to get off, they both replied "not yet!" They did it several times each. We were Ridin' For Robert. Thanks Robert and Sue, you can add two more to your long list of young riders.

Straight to Eternity

Last week was our Dad and Mom’s 22nd Anniversary, it was a hard day for everyone especially Mom.
Us kids just wanted to thank our parents’ for choosing each other and getting married. What a wonderful
Life Together! We would Like to send up a special thanks to our Dad, for he has engraved many fun and
Hilarious memories into our hearts.
Thank you, Mom and Dad,
Love Kaycie, Quincie & Sydnie

Have you ever seen a cutier couple? Mom thought he looked like Tom Selleck. What do you think?

We don't know if many of you know this, but our Mom was a total cow girl( Rodeo Queen and the whole works) when our Dad fell in love with her. So as the wedding was being planed our Dad would say "NO COWBOY RECEPTION". Take a look at his boutonniere it's a "horse turd" can't get much more cowboy than that.
That's Dad Laughing as always.

This comes from Sue Rice. Thanks Sue.

"As I was looking through some pictures, I found these of Robert this past Christmas.

My grandaughter, Kira, doesn't warm up to people very easily, but Robert won her over when he sat and played the piano with her. It is a special memory for all of us.

Also, Robert and the girls came over to take the kids for a snow machine ride around the yard. They still talk about "Uncle Robert taking them for a ride". One of them even went in their pajamas. They will always remember it and it is a picture that will forever be in my heart of how good he was with our babies. We miss him so much."