Mormons involvment with Hurricane Katrina!

Here is a quote from the documentary about Mormons that was aired on PBS. This is a quote from a Louisiana resident, James Madison, who had suffered from the hurricane Katrina disaster:

“We were hearing stories on the radio of troops coming in. Helicopters were flying over. We even heard the president was flying over in a big helicopter, looking at us. But nobody was there on the ground with us except for the Mormons in their yellow T-shirts who showed up to help us clean up. And they didn't just come in to hand us a piece of food, a piece of bread or something, and say, ‘Here's something to eat,’ you know, ‘while you're working.’ They actually got down and cleaned and worked.”

SOURCE: http://www.pbs.org/mormons/etc/script2.html

Attention K-mart Shoppers!

I've been a bit busy with school, so unfortunately, blogging has suffered. Anyway. School is going great. The teachers are awesome, Sunny is loving her job at FMC, and Soldier is still as spoiled as always. His picture just got posted up on the website of the hunting club group we joined. Here's the link:
http://www.copperstate.homestead.com/Calendar.html
Hope all is well!
Jacob

Sunny amidst the Wild Flowers...

The blog has been sleeping and now must be awakened with pictures of Sunny taken in a field just down the street from our house. These wild sunflowers are all over Flagstaff. Nature at it's best! I should have been a photographer. I just love this stuff!

First Intro To Live Birds

Last Saturday, I bought 3 live pigeons from another member of the Copper State Hunting Retriever Club who traps them to train his own dogs. We tied the wings together on the pigeons so that they couldn't fly off and then let Soldier chase them around. It was hilarious. Here are some pictures of the "chase" and I will try to see if I can upload the actual video that we took later. Enjoy

The Starting Block

The Dash

Alert Mode (The Point)

The Retrieve

Soldier At 17 weeks old

Don't be decieved by that cute puppy face. Soldier has moved into the teenager phase and is being quite a handful. Still he is very calm compared to what I've seen in most labs. And he is smart as a tack! He is 17 weeks old today, and weighs 35 lbs. He has been gaining 3 lbs. per week so I figure that by the time he is 6 months old, he will be pushing 60+ lbs. Whew...

Another great Superbowl Commmercial!!!

This has always been a favorite of mine...And this is why I'm not a cat person:)

Variation From TRUE commercial...

This one is for the mothers watching the superbowl...

OLD SUPERBOWL COMMERCIALS!!!

So I was entertaining myself last night watching old Superbowl commercials on YouTube. Here's one of my favorites:

OLD SUPERBOWL COMMERCIALS!!!

Flute Beatboxer

Dude (That's the only word I know how to use to describe this video). Check it out!

More Duck Hunting NEWS!

So, When we got Soldier as a pup, I decided that it would be fun to train him to do what our forefathers originally bred him to do: HUNT! Labrador Retrievers were and still are used as water dogs to retrieve waterfowl that has been shot down. I have NEVER done any hunting before, and I feel like my manliness has suffered somewhat. So I have been reading and talking to people (trying to get plugged in to the social pipeline). Soldier's retrieving skills are coming right along, and for Father's Day, Sunny gave me some money to put towards a shotgun. Here is a picture of the one I am currently eyeing. Any thoughts fellow bloggers...

Soldier's Dad- What A Stud!

This is a picture of Soldier's Dad. He turns 2 years old in August, and is already dominating in the Show ring! Who knows, maybe Soldier will follow in his dads footsteps!

Flagstaff Fresh Air

Sunny and I are loving Flagstaff. The air feels fresh, at night the temp drops to about 60 degrees, we have a backyard for the dog, and lots more room in the house. We have a neighbor couple that are about our age and seem really fun, and we have a 30 acre park across the street from our house. I don't think I'm going to ever want to live anywhere else!
I took these pictures of Soldier on the urban trail behind the park. I call it Pride Rock, because it looks just like the scene from Lion King.
Last but not least, my cute wife. I have a cute wife, a dog, a beautiful city to live in. All i need is about a dozen little Jacobs running around, and I will be living the GREAT AMERICAN DREAM!

Sunny's Graduation

Sunny graduated from her professional program last month and just got a job working at Flagstaff Medical Center. She is thrilled to be finally working in her field and she is doing great! That is Sunny's mon and Dad (Jan and Dave) in the picture.
Sunny helped us to find her during the graduation ceremony by puffy painting a large sun on the top of her cap in glow-in-the-dark paint.
Sunny gets a little wasted on a Shirley Temple after a long night of partying and fun!

He Finally Arrived!

We finally got our new puppy and decided to name him Soldier. He is so fun and we have had our hands full trying to keep up with his chewing fiasco.

Our NEW puppy!

We picked out our puppy today and get to take him home in 3 weeks. He is a yellow labrador retriever, but he is almost white in color. Anyone have any ideas for names?
He even crossed his paws for the picture!

Flagstaff Here I Come!!!

I just got an acceptance letter to my top choice for physical therapy school. I will be moving to Flagstaff, AZ come the end of May where I will become a Northern Arizona University LUMBERJACK! We are soooo excited to leave the big town, and settle down for three years in a nice quiet outdoorsy town where I will be able to mountain bike, fish, and hike to my hearts content.

Well guys, I had hoped that on the guessandwinsweeps website, it would announce the winner and the winning number, but no luck. They are only going to notify the winner by email, and they should be doing it toay. Hopefully out of the forty of us, we will have a winner! I heard we already have some good joo-joo in the family with Heidi and Gary winning the Martha Stewart prize (Congrats Guys!). Well, let's keep our fingers crossed everybody. Thanks again for your support!

Thanks everyone for rallying around Sunny & I with this Hershey Kisses challenge. I will try to let everyone know as soon as I find out who the winner is. It will be great having your email address now too because I will be able to keep everyone posted on what is new in our lives. Thanks again guys!

MUST READ - CALLING ALL MOORE FAMILY!

Sunny & I need your help (anyone over 18 years old, that is). The post office is doing a contest to see who can guess how many Hershey Kisses can fit into a Priority Mail Box. The Grand prize is $10,000 and the deadline is Valentines Day. Being poor students, Sunny and I thought of a way to win. We actually got the box and filled it with $50 worth of Hershey Kisses. In doing this, we realized that there are many factors that make it impossible to get the EXACT right number. But, if we can recruit enough people (each taking an incremental number) we could have a shot at this. Sunny & I have done all the hours of leg-work involved and just need you to hop on the website and enter one of our systematic guesses. In turn, we get to keep $8,000 and we will give the other $2,000 to you if the number we give you hits. If you would like to help us, email me at jac0bhyatt@yahoo.com (the 0 is a zero) and Sunny & I will email you a number to use, and the website link to enter. It is one guess per person, no one per family, so everyone over 18 in your household can enter. It would only take 2 minutes, and would pay $2,000. How about it? Thanks for supporting our crazy ideas everyone! We can't do this without you!