The "Tall" Tales of Dave, Lindsey, & Sarah

You've Got Supper

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:10:00 +0000

Okay, so I know I have a lot of blogging to catch up on and I usually never do this, but one of my new favorite internet services, You've Got Supper, is having a contest right now and they are giving away an iTouch. I was actually planning on blogging about this site soon anyways because they are great! I hate making a grocery list and going to the grocery store more than almost anything, but this site makes it so easy. Each week they send out an email with 5 recipes for the week and you can select some or all of them and then click 'print grocery list and recipes' and it does! AND the grocery list is in order by section of the grocery store AND it consolidates all the ingredients into a simple list (1 medium onion + 1 medium onion on another recipe = 2 medium onions on your grocery list). It's the simple things that make me happy.
Well, to get the THE POINT. For EVERY 3 people who sign-up and put MY NAME in the "REFERRED BY" field, I will be entered to WIN THE iTOUCH. So GO! Not just so I can be entered to win (although an iTouch would be awesome), but to make your life easier!

Day After Thanksgiving Party

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:18:00 +0000

EVERYONE'S INVITED!!!!

Here's the deal...I sent the invitations out last week and hoped everyone would get their invitation in the mail by last Thursday, but I have checked with several people and they still had not been delivered. Hopefully they get to people today, but if you do not receive one in time or not at all, here is a copy of the invitation with the details on when and where the party is.

I hope you can all make it given the late notice and all.

(click picture to enlarge)

Happy Birthday, Mom/Grandma!

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:07:00 +0000

(taken 9/27/09)

Stuff in September

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:44:00 +0000

Here are some random things we did in September:

We went to watch Grandma Glenda play volleyball.

I took this picture of Sarah sleeping ON her boppy. She gets into the weirdest positions while she sleeps.

On our way down to the temple for ward temple night, our car broke down at Fort Tejon. Luckily, the Rays and the Villanueva's were not too far behind us so they picked us up and everything was fine. Well, except for waiting until 2am for AAA to tow our car. Thanks guys for being AMAZING friends! I don't know what we do without them!
Well, while we waited for them to pick us up(us being David, Me, Jason, & Maribel) we walked around Fort Tejon. It was pretty cool.

I almost stepped on this snake. I could have died! =)

David shared his ribs with Sarah. She loved them, just like her father.

The Young's House

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:27:00 +0000

So, David had the opportunity to go with Mikey up to Palo Alto (on 9/24) to "help" him work on Steve Young's closet for their new house. Yes, it's the Steve Young your thinking of, the same one who played for the San Fransisco 49ers. Well, he's a friend of a friend of Mikey's and they have done some cabinet work on a house they are building. David took some pictures while he was there and the house is pretty amazing. They have a huge ballet room for the little girls downstairs, a play room that has some really cool ideas incorporated into it, and amazing bathrooms. Let's just say, a lot of thought has gone into this house. Well, here are a few pictures, but they don't even begin to show how cool this house is. I didn't want to put too many on the internet, I felt like I would be invading their privacy a little.

This is Barbara's side of the closet. There are lights to light up the clothes and shoes and everything is enclosed and this is just a small section of it. I would LOVE to have her closet!!!
Mikey working on Steve's side of the closet.
Isn't that a cute idea. They turned the space under the stairs into a playhouse. That's the kind of "thought" I was referring to. Ideas like that are all over the house!

Summer Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:14:00 +0000

Sarah didn't swim a whole lot this summer, but she did get in the pool with Grandpa Smith a few times. This particular time she wasn't sure about the water, but she usually loves it.

(9/20/09)

The Kirks are great friends and invited us to an Angels vs. Yankees game this season. It was Sarah's first MLB game. Shelley's cousin, Brian Fuentes, is the closing pitcher for the Angels and was able to sign a bunch of stuff for David, Scott, Tyler, and Gaye. We also got to watch him make another save (which David had to explain to me). Gus and Jenna met us there and we all went to eat at a hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant after the game. It was a good time for everyone.

(9/21/09)

*I just noticed the guy in the bottom right corner...haha.

"Summer" Helmet

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:58:00 +0000

(9/12/09)

I decorated Sarah's helmet with some bright flower stickers so she would be fashionable this summer wearing her helmet. She was stylin'!

Play 'till she drops!

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:46:00 +0000

Sarah loves to play with Brody...

...she just needs a little break sometimes.

(took place on 9/11/09)

Harvest

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:41:00 +0000

This is my carrot and onion harvest! Not much, but I am still proud. I am pleased to report that we ate most of the carrots and a couple onions.

(photo taken 9/10/09)

Mikey + Larissa

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:31:00 +0000

Mikey and Larissa got married on August 28, 2009. They looked amazing as usual, the ceremony was beautiful, and the reception went well. David was one of the groomsmen as well as one of the photographers. I am so happy they found each other!

I love this picture of Sarah and Carter. She looks crazy and he is looking at her like she is crazy...this is usually how they are.

Sorry.

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:13:00 +0000

I was looking back on our pictures to see what I needed to blog about and I found an overwhelming amount of things I failed to mention so here it goes...

I will be posting each event separately because it looks better that way in the book and it's just easier for me to keep track of, so if you have google reader you will see A LOT of updates from me and I apologize ahead of time for that.

Sincerely,
L

Just couldn't wait...

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:15:00 +0000

I know there are a BAZILLION other things I need to blog about before this, but I just couldn't wait to show my Aunt. What do you think, Aunt Debbie? I decided to put it here instead because of what you said about being able to read the recipe while I am cooking...it barely fit, but I think it works.

So many of you are probably wondering what exactly is the story with this menu board. Well here it is: David and I were antique shopping about 3 years ago when we first moved into the house and found this cool menu board that used to belong to the Tam O'Shanter and we just had to buy it. {I think it was around $15} Well, after sitting in our garage for all these years, it finally got done. I made half of it chalkboard so I can write the "special of the day" and the bottom half is a bulletin board so I can pin up the recipe. I forgot to take a before picture, but it was just old, ugly painted wood underneath.

I also made this magnet board a while back for my office to help me stay organized. I am ALL ABOUT making things to help me feel organized!

A brief overview

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:10:00 +0000

I really need to write and post pictures of all the fun we have been having lately, but for now I will just give a readers digest version of what's been going on with us.

David has been working steady for almost 2 weeks now. Things seem to go a lot smoother around here when David is working. This might be because we are able to pay for all of our expenses, which is a good thing. I also seem to get into more of a routine when David is gone because I can just do my own thing and I don't have to worry about coordinating schedules with him. Although it is nice having him home all the time so he can help with the kids, but I seem to manage just fine when he is gone.

I put up my Fall (& some Halloween) decorations and I am L-O-V-I-N-G my house right now! I love being home this time of year just so I can sit and look around my house and think about how much I love Autumn!

I have been making a lot of pumpkin cupcakes and cookies lately. I love cooking and baking with pumpkin. I am going to try out a new recipe this week for pumpkin soup and then after we carve our pumpkins I have a recipe for pumpkin seed brittle. I will let you know how they turn out.

I redecorated Sarah's helmet during the Saturday morning session of conference (which I especially enjoyed). The helmet turned out pretty stinkin' cute too! I will post pictures when David gets home with the computer.

Sarah has a funny new laugh that sounds SO fake. It's almost a cough, but she is actually laughing. It is pretty cute.

Sarah still LOVES the bath and now that she is in the big tub she has even more fun. She is all over the place! She likes to stand up and sit down and crawl around and play with her toys. She likes to throw her toys out of the tub and then stand up and lean over the edge and try to get them. She cries when I get her out every time. And all day she is trying to get into the bathroom so she can try to get in the tub. She's crazy about bath time!

Sarah is also walking so well while pushing her little walkers around. She is SO fast too...at crawling and walking. She acts like she is just going to take off running any day now.
She also figured out how to climb down stairs now (she has been climbing up them for a while). She loves going up and down the 2 steps out the french doors of the office/sunroom.

She claps when we clap or when we say "Yeah, Sarah!" Too cute!

Brody has been in preschool for 6 weeks now and loves it! There are 6 kids and each week we rotate houses so that each mom (or aunt!) will teach 2 days (Tuesday and Thursday) every 6 weeks. Well, this was my week to teach and it went really well. The kids were all really well behaved and did a pretty good job and following directions. They range in age from 2-4 so the younger kids are a little slower then the older kids, but they all have fun. Since the other kids all live in the SW, I taught at my mom's house and she has a great play room so the kids had a hard time wanting to come out of the playroom for school time.

We had a preschool field trip today to Grandpa's Farm and it was a lot of fun. They showed us all the animals, took us for a tracker ride, and had pumpkins for the kids to buy.

To be continued...
Coming up: the fair, Hanson, crafts, birthdays, home improvement, etc...

Grand Opening

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:49:00 +0000

I am a huge procrastinator. I have had a website for my photography for the past year and I don't believe I have even mentioned it on the blog. I have been taking pictures for the past couple of years and have always loved doing it. I have decided to push myself lately and have set some minor goals. I need a photo blog, more equipment, better direction with large groups, and better advertising. This is the start of it. Check it out.

David Bunting Photo

Also: Check me out on twitter (I don't do facebook)

bunting winner

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:53:00 +0000

"bunting winner" is the title of the most recent post of one of my most favorite bloggers. Yes, I did win something, but that is not what she was referring to. She was giving away a bunting that says 'autumn' on it. And I WON!
I love winning things and this was just too ironic that I would win a bunting of all things. She left a comment on our blog and David came in to get me and asked, "did she know your last name is Bunting?" So, anyway, I am very excited for my autumn bunting to arrive and I suggest you all check out The Adventures of Rory and Jess and Sadie...it is way cute!
She also posted a tutorial on how to make this cute little bunting...=)

Create!

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:38:00 +0000

I LOVE this!

Stuff for Sale

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:27:00 +0000

We are trying to get rid of a few things that we don't need and have put them up on Craigslist with no success. So if you see anything here that you are interested in, let us know!

Laser Printer...Brand New!
Table saw...Works!
Photo album box set...never been used...Crate and Barrel!
A phone with an answering machine...I needed it when I was working, but not anymore!
Putting green mower...doesn't work...needs a new drive shaft.
Let me know if you are interested!!!!

9/11

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:25:00 +0000

My heart is very heavy as I write this post and I am fighting back tears as I remember this day day 8 years ago. It's weird because at the time I wasn't emotional at all and really I had no idea what was going on or the magnitude of the situation. I was a senior in high school and I remember walking into my 1st period history class, not having any clue what had already happened. I saw that the t.v. was on and a few people were already in class talking about it. I thought that it was just a movie we were going to watch and I think I even asked someone what movie it was (I wasn't very quick). I can't remember exactly what I did after that, I think we all went home, but I am not sure. I do remember my boyfriend at the time coming over in tears and I thought he was being such a baby for crying over some buildings being knocked down. It still hadn't sunk in to me that people were in the buildings. I didn't even begin to think this was an intentional attack on our country until someone told me, I don't remember how long after it happened that was. Once everything finally registered with me and I knew this was a terrorist attack, I was angry, sad, and confused along with the rest of country. I will never be able to know what those who lost loved ones went through, but I can only imagine how hard and painful that would be. This is a day I will never forget as long as I live.

9-month-old Sarah

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Sarah went to the doctor at 9 months and weighed in at 17lbs. 7oz. which puts her in the 25%, which is where she has been since birth. She was 28.75in. long putting her in the 75%, also where she has been all along pretty much. Her head is in the 50%. So she is still tall and skinny with and average sized head...sounds about right.

The doctor said she is low on iron and prescribed her some vitamin drops with iron.
I switched doctors and I LOVE Dr. Ho's office!

Sarah still LOVES her bath. It is probablly her FAVORITE time of the day.
She LOVES her daddy.
She LOVES Brody. She gets so excited to see him when she wakes up in the morning. I pick her up and right away she starts straining her neck to look around for him.
She LOVES food. She has liked everything I have given her so far and I have pretty much given her everything I eat.
She doesn't mind her helmet AT ALL.
She crawls EVERYWHERE and gets into EVERYTHING.
She walks along the furniture and gets really EXCITED about it. She is very proud of herself.
She LOVES to see herself in the mirror.
She HATES getting her diaper changed. She moves so much it is almost a 2 person job.
She doesn't care much for getting dressed either, mostly because it requires her holding still for a second.
She likes to sit up while drinking her bottle and pretty much insists on it.
She HATES her vitamin drops.
She LOVES her pacifier.
She LOVES to chase the cat and the cat just teases her by waiting until Sarah is almost there and then moving 2 feet away.
She still thinks Uncle Jimmy is the funniest looking guy she has ever seen. He always makes her laugh just by looking at her.
She likes to steal Brody's toys.
She LOVES being outside. She watches Daddy mow the lawn and whines to get out the entire time.
She is still a pretty good sleeper, but likes to cuddle in the mornings.
She LOVES her grandma's and gets so excited to see them.
She prefers her sippy cup over her bottle.
She plays PEEK-A-BOO and is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen.
She is a mover. She just keeps going and going and going and going...

Another funny fact about Sarah. When she first started walking along furniture she could only go left. So she would walk along the fireplace from the right side to the left and then get stuck in the corner of the fireplace. She would have to sit down, crawl to the other side again, and start over. She has since learned to walk to the right so she will not get tease in school. Whew! =)

The most exciting news of the Century...

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:01:00 +0000

BRODY GOT HIS HAIR CUT!

...it's been a couple weeks now, but I was a little busy so I am just now blogging about it, but for those of you who haven't seen the miracle that is Brody's haircut in person...here it is:

Sarah's Helmet

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:37:00 +0000

Sarah finally got her helmet on this past week...today is day 5 with it on which means it is supposed to be on 23 hours a day. There was a schedule to get her used to it by gradually wearing it more and more, but today is it...it's on ALL DAY! She doesn't seem to mind it one bit. She is her usual super-cute-self. She has no problem sleeping with it on, in fact, she is napping with it on right now. Other kids seem to notice it more than Sarah does. Carter kept caressing it trying to figure it out and little Sariah Taylor kept saying, "hat off." Besides helping to correct her plagiocephaly, it has the added bonus of protecting her head while she is learning to walk and climb on everything. Plus, she is adorable in it. Now, I just need to figure out how to decorate it. Suggestions welcome!

{Pre-helmet = unprotected}

{She wasn't so sure about the helmet at first...}

{...but quickly got used to it. Now she thinks she can play with power tools. }

{Carter couldn't stop staring and touching the helmet}

Idaho/Utah Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:56:00 +0000

WARNING: REALLY LONG POST AHEAD!

Thursday (7/16) - Sarah and I hit the road for Idaho around 9am and I had to stop twice before I got to Hurricane. We stopped right before Barstow to get gas and nurse and then in Primm to make a bottle and go potty. We got to Hurricane around 4:30pm UT time. We hung out with the Kenningtons, the girls made a trip to Tai Pan (which wasn't nearly as good as I had remembered), ate some yummy ice cream, and went to bed. It was nice to visit and see the kids...we really miss living around the corner from them.

Friday (7/17) - We slept in and left around 9:30am, stopped in Filmore to nurse, and arrived in Provo around 2pm. Maryellen, Sarah, and I went to a few craft stores trying to find everything we needed to finish the letters I made for Abby's room. Maryellen took me to Cafe Rio since I had never been there and I must say, it lived up to all the hype...it was very good. (I had the pork burrito in a wheat tortilla). Then we rented a movie, "He's just not that into you," and had a great night crafting, visiting, and watching the movie of course. Brandon was able to get home before Sarah crashed for the night and they were so excited to see each other...Brandon hadn't seen her since Christmas.

{There was an accident on the freeway right before I got into Provo. They had to direct traffic off the freeway and then back on again...it took forever and Sarah was crying the whole time. Not fun!}

{They matched her bedding perfectly!}

Saturday (7/18) - left Provo at 6am, stopped to go potty twice and fill up with gas. We arrived in Idaho Falls at 10am, hung out, showered, and unpacked. It felt good to settle down somewhere for a little while. My Aunt Debbie and cousin Mary were still there visiting so they took me to Rexburg to shop at Porters Craft Store...that was SO MUCH FUN! I love craft store and this one was like the mother of all craft stores. They have so many cute finished craft projects everywhere that I had idea overload so I just took pictures of EVERYTHING! We ate at Cafe Rio again and Sarah sat in a highchair for the first time. (As soon as I got home from our trip I had my sister give me Brody's old one and it is great having a high chair!). Sarah had another first that night, she took a bath in grandma's sink like I did as a baby. She loved it!

{the blue cap was from Mary's tanning session}

Sunday (7/19) - Woke up early with Sarah. Ate breakfast. Aunt Debbie and Mary left. Sarah pulled herself up to standing on the bathtub all by herself! Grandma, Sarah, and I went to see Aunt Shirlene (my grandma's sister). Sarah liked the trampoline. Sarah went from sitting to crawling for the first time.

Monday (7/20) - Went shopping at Down East Outfitters and bought a bunch of clothes on clearance. I made chicken enchiladas for dinner (and just about killed grandpa with heart burn). Grandpa took us girls to the falls to walk around and then to Reed's Dairy for some ice cream.

{Grandpa was on his cell phone almost the entire walk ;)}

{Sarah liked the geese and the geese liked Sarah}

{Idaho Falls Temple}

Tuesday (7/21) - Went shopping. Made baked potatoes with chicken and corn on the cob for dinner.

{hangin' out in Big Lots}

Wednesday (7/22) - I had lunch with my cousin Jaime. Went shopping with grandma...she bought Sarah some cute silver sandals to match mine. Grandma, Sarah, and I had dinner at Red Robin since grandpa was golfing in Jackson.

{the balloon is from Red Robin...she LOVED it!}

Thursday (7/23) - Grandpa took us on a drive to Island Park. We saw a couple muskrats in the water and lots and lots of stupid seagulls, but not as many fish as there used to be. We also went to Mesa falls, which was beautiful. We drove by the Rexburg temple and looked at the houses right past it...they are HUGE houses! If it didn't snow there, I would buy one of those houses. We stopped in Ashton on the way back for fried chicken, scones, and ice cream cones. That night we had dinner at Stockman's with U. Brent, A. Onda, and A. Maureen. We had Reed's Dairy again on the way home.

{On the way to Island Park we stopped in Rexburg to buy pacifiers and also drove by the temple, but grandpa had to show me this ENORMOUS stake center they were building. It is HUGE! And I guess they are building TWO of them! Craziness!}

{the pictures don't even begin to do those houses justice...they were HUGE!}

{Rexburg Temple...beeeautiful!}

{Island Park}

{see the muskrat?}

{now do you see it?}

{she is so stinkin' cute!}

{there were SO many stupid seagulls!}

{Lower Mesa Falls}

{Lovely self portrait}

{this drinking fountain just about blew grandma away! It was pretty funny, but you really had to have been there.}

{the start of the trail down to the falls at the Upper Mesa Falls}

{that is all lava rock to the left}

{my cute little grandma}

{going down wasn't so bad, it was the coming up that just about killed grandma}

{if you look close... David thinks the girl on the right look out point looks like she just got proposed to}

Friday (7/24) - Sarah woke up early (5:30am) since she fell asleep right after dinner (7:30pm). We just hung around the condo. I went to the DI while Sarah took a nap. I found some cool glass containers for my desk.

***That is as far as I got at writing in my journal while I was gone, so I will do my best to remember the rest of trip from memory...I really should have blogged this earlier.

Saturday (7/25) - Went yard selling with Grandma, Onda, and Jaime (one of my favorite pastimes of Idaho). I found some really cool things including a quilt, a dress, an owl bank, and maracas for Sarah. We ate lunch at a cute little deli/bakery and Sarah loved the pickles. She suck on them until I had to take it away from her because she was a mess. This grossed out grandma because she thought the pickles were disgusting.

Sunday (7/26) - Went to church with Jaime. Went to Shirlene's again to say goodbye. Went to Onda's to hang out with Jaime.

Monday (7/27) - Said goodbyes to grandma and grandpa. Went to the zoo with Jaime. Headed for Provo. Arrived in Provo right after Maryellen got her epidural, around 4pm, she was at 4cm. The doctor checked her at 6pm, she was 9cm dilated, she doc broke her water. Aunt Deb's picked up Sarah. Maryellen started pushing at 7 and Abby was born at 8:33?

{It is tradition to get a picture with your head in the lion drinking fountain every time we go to Tautphaus Park so I HAD to continue the tradition with Sarah}

{If you click on the picture it will enlarge. Check out the baby flamingo, it was only 1 day old}

{Can you tell she had already gotten her epideral? All smiles!}

{And then there were 3!}

Tuesday (7/28) - Woke up, cleaned Maryellen's apartment, went grocery shopping, spent time at the hospital with my favorite niece, watched Harry Potter at the apartment, went to bed.

{Q T Pie!}

Wednesday (7/29) - Spent more time at the hospital, made a mobile for Abby while we waited for her to come home, ate ice cream from the creamery, held my favorite neice, went to bed.

{Gaye video taping them coming home...again}

{Here they come...}

{They're HOME!!}

{Sweet bliss.}

{Abby's crib mattress is higher than Sarah's so she had a good ol' time pulling herself up over and over...kept her entertained for a while.}

{Sarah was a big help in hanging the mobile}

Thursday (7/30) - Woke up and held Abby, left the Hess household (sadly) to drive to Hurricane, spent some quality time with the Kenningtons, and helped Lacy make A LOT of rolls.

{Paisley does have a diaper on in this picture....I am pretty sure. ;)}

Friday (7/31) - Went to Porter's swim lesson, played with Paisley on the playground and trampoline at the house where Port takes swim lessons, ate yummy turkey and cranberry sandwhiches from a cute little deli on Main St., waited for Kacey to get home with Capriati's Sandwhiches for dinner (gotta love the "Bobbie"...Homemade Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Stuffing, and Mayo), drove home to surprise David. That was the WORST drive ever! Sarah was fussing the whole time, I had to pull over a couple of times in the middle of the dark desert to console her (kind of scary), and by the time we got to Tehachapi I was falling asleep so I pulled over into a Denny's parking lot and slept for 30min. before I made the drive down the mountain to home. And boy did we surprise David! He wasn't even home and it was almost 1am...he was at the movies with his bro and Michael McGee...and the house was a MESS! He wasn't expecting me until the next night so he was going to clean in the morning...Surprise!! Oh well, it was good to finally be home and sleep in my own bed.

{Little fish}

{He was quite the dare devil as you can imagine}

{I love the mini van!}

{Bumbo buddies!}

I told you it was a long one...I think I may have set a record for most pictures ever in a blog post...84 pictures!!!

Happy Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:02:00 +0000

Happy Birthday to the girl I love most!!!

Ponder This!!!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:16:00 +0000

I have been rafting throughout the summer but yesterday was special. There was a guy that had been missing since Saturday and i found him three days later. It was pretty typical as far as finding dead people goes. Our boats floated right past the body without any customers noticing then we stopped double checked to be sure then called the sheriff (i brought my cell phone because i knew i would be looking for him). I swam over to check him out while we waited for the authorities to arrive. he was bloated, blistered, gray, face down, stinky, and relatively still. later Monday night the news came over to interview me. lesson learned: go rafting with me, don't go tubing drunk without a life jacket. I got pictures on my cell phone i will post them later.

Update: here is the link for my picture. It isnt very graphic but i know some people dont want to see it Check it out

Also: here is a transcript of the news story

Man discovers body in Kern River

Last Update: 7/28 5:35 pm

For David Bunting, he was just showing tourists what can be a beautiful, but deadly Kern River. That's when he saw something.

"My hands were getting shaky and I think my voice was starting to quiver a little bit," says Bunting. "Maybe a little nervous to see him right there, because when I realized it was actually him and there was a body there, I was probably 15-20 feet away."

Bunting is a tour guide who shows people the Kern River via water rafting. He and his crew called Kern County Search and Rescue out to the scene.

Authorities believe the body is a 60 year old man from southern California, who disappeared on Saturday, but a positive identification had not been made as of Monday night.

"The person that was removed from the river today was not wearing a life vest," said Michael Wharf of the Kern County Sheriff's Department.

Before leaving on the rafting tour, Bunting knew a man had been missing for a few days. He and his crew developed a plan to shield tourists from the body in case they came across it.

"I made everybody aware that the body's there and we had women and children and small kids on the boat and I didn't want them having a horrible experience rafting," said Bunting. "So I made sure that if we found the body, we all knew what we'd do and we'd keep everybody away from it."

That is what he and his guides were able to do and Bunting says he's glad the search is finally over.

"It was a relief too, because I know the family had been looking for their deceased relative," says Bunting. "I'm sure they'll be glad and sad at the same time, but it'll bring some closure I think."

Officials say the body matches the missing man's description, but the coroner still has to make a positive identification.

Water Baby

noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:45:00 +0000

I may have mentioned this before, but Sarah LOVES to swim! We don't get to swim very often given we don't have a pool, but whenever we go to grandma's, or the Nichols, or Katy's little pool, she has such a good time! She loves this little boat she can sit in at Grandma Glenda's house. Isn't Carter a cutie pie?!