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Happy Fourth

I walked through a county courthouse square.

On a park bench an old man was sitting there.

I said, “Your old courthouse is kind of run down.”

He said, “It’ll do for our little town.”

I said, “Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit,

and that’s a ragged old flag hanging on it”

He said, “Have a seat.” And I sat down.

“Is this the first time you’ve been to our little town?”

I said, “I think it is” He said, “I don’t like to brag,

but we’re kind of proud of that ragged old flag.
“You see, we got a little hole in that flag there

when Washington took it across the Delaware

and it powder burned the night Francis Scott Key

sat up watching it, writing “Oh Say Can you See.”

It got a little rip in New Orleans

with Packingham and Jackson pulling at its seams.

And it almost fell at the Alamo

beside the Texas flag, she waved on though.

It got cut with a sword at ChancellorsVille

and it cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard and Bragg.

The south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag.

On Flanders field in World War One,

She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun.

She turned blood red in World War Two,

She hung limp and low by the time it was through.

She was in Korea and Viet Nam.

She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam;

she waved from our ships upon the briny foam.

And now they’ve about quit waving her at home.
In her own good land she’s been abused,

she’s burned, dishonored, denied, and refused.

And now the Government for which she stands

is scandalized through out our land.

She’s getting threadbare and she’s wearing thin,

but she’s in good shape for the shape she's in.

Cause she’s been through the fire before,

and I believe she can take a whole lot more.
So we raise here up every morning bring her down slow every night.

We don’t let her touch the ground and we fold her up right
On second thought, I do like to brag.

Cause I'm Mighty Proud Of That Ragged Old Flag.

-Johnny Cash, March 1974

Its a little FISHY

Hey everyone. I had another fishing tournament and it was a fun one. I went out on the boat and after a few minutes BOOM caught one. then throughout the day i caught like 10 but only 4 of them were over 12 inches. One of them was 11 and 3/4 inches and if it was a little more i would have placed a lot better. But i had a blast. The guy said i took fourth over all three tournaments but the website says third. so i dont know what i got. My next tournament is on July 19 at pineveiw by grandma and grandpas. so i will be able to pre-fish it ya hoo. And when I get the pictures of some of my fish i will put them on. hope to see you this week at grandma and grandpas for the fourth of july.

What's in the belly

Diana and I rarely update our blog, but we added a new post with the ultrasound pictures, so if you want to check it out go to macanddiana.blogspot.com

LEGO!

I know that most, or all of us love Lego Bricks, so I thought I'd share this cool article/interview I read. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lego
Enjoy!

Belly!

Per a request from Jayne, I took a quick pic of Diana's Baby-belly as we were leaving for church:



Diana says "Ho Ho Ho!"

Canoe Seats and The Midnight Moon.

First of all I would like all of you to know that when I write a book, with Grammer-ma as editor of course, "Canoe Seats and The Midnight Moon" will be the title. SO to start this post I would like to say the I have new seats in my canoe. Now you may ask yourself; "Self; how did someone as clever and smart and overly good looking as Caleb Kepsel break the seats out of his canoe?" Then a narrators voice would come out of the heavens to tell a Harrowing story of terrible woes and horrific tragedy that ends with a dragon and a hero and a warlord and a good book and a vista that is more beatiful that the imagination can comprehend and a time out. But thats a story for another time. At least the canoe will see the water again, The wide open confines of the magical rivers, rapids, smooth currents and paddles glistening as they splash the unsuspecting oarman (oar woman) in the front seat. (Pun intended). Really I figure everyone likes pictures and I like to take them so I put too and two to-gether and vvwwalla. Clever eh. Here are some Pictures.

These two where taken at 11pm on friday.

These two are just loverly little star fish. Hungry too.

So as this post is coming together, Emmy is being a great help. Really she is. I tell jayne she is missing out on all of the Emmy and I bonding, Not noticing that she is feeding Jonah. So not to miss out she quips back, "Caleb you can't get more bonded than Jonah and I." True story.

Arachibutyphobia: the fear that Peanut Butter will stick to the roof of your mouth.

Animated Stereograms

Hopefully nobody has a seizure when looking at these, but I thought they were really neat. A guy took old stereogram photos and combined them into these animated pictures, so you get the same 3D effect; just a jerkier version.



Click here to see them.

Last Day of School

Max and Lily are FINALLY out of school!! Congratulations to them for making it through 2nd Grade and Kindergarten! Woo hoo!

Happy Father's Day!!!!

To my father, my brothers and brothers-in-law,
You are all the most wonderful fathers in the world. I love you so much and thank you for being the greatest! Love, Melanie

Hi everyone. We are very excited to announce that Emmy's monkey Eee-Eee is expecting. We are very excited about this new addition to our family and will keep you updated as time goes on! Don't think too hard about it, it's actually kind if creepy....

......On a happier note.... I would like an update on the Austin Bass Fishing Competitions, I heard he caught some big fish. Or are they just fish stories? ( If you laughed at that pun I am very very sorry.)

Yours truly,

Caleb

Happy Birthday, Slamiejade!

From Gr/Gr.....(using Kepsel's sign-in info....when am I going to figure this out so we can become independent from Kepsels? and sign in on our own?) Anyway, Jamos, ... be careful out there on the Great Salt Lake Beach (on the old couch) tonight.
No worries, you are such a responsible and wonderful 17-year old. Seventeen, yikes!
We love you, Gr/Gr

Well here's to Me, Myself and Hanna

Thank you one and all for letting me wish Happy Birthday to Myself. Hanna Too.

We didn't wish HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO....

ADDISON, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!
PAUL KLOEPFUR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
AND OF COURSE....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAKE STUDLIEST OF THEM ALL!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Mackenzie!!!!!

Good luck on your wedding this week and can't wait to see you! Aunt Melanie and the CA gang....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TESS!

To an amazing lady who can do or fix anything ever!!
Have a great day, Tess. From Gr/Gr (using Kepsel's Password)

To our Mother.......Happy Mother's Day!!

Thank you for homemade bread

matching dresses

and pin-curls

Thank you for encouraging words

a quiet voice

and the funny book

Thank you for tolerating

my stubborness

and letting me go....

Thank you for reading to me and

singing lullaby's

while rocking the baby

Thank you for San Francisco

and carrying our babydolls when we

got tired

Thank you for putting aside some

dreams of art and travel

to raise me

Thank you for your example

for teaching me to

Love the Lord

Thank you, Mom
I love you, Mel

Happy Birthday Joey!!!!!!!

I can't believe you're 15. You are an awesome guy and glad you are in our family!

Funny Book...

Caleb gets home from work and opens the door "I'm home!"
Emmy runs into the room and yells "Hi Honey!"

Some Bridals to view

Prom... So Fun!!

Some other rides from that day...

Roller Pics

The hill we were stuck on
After we got off, the car stayed up there for the rest of the day (Sorry the pics are so small, all i had was my phone and it takes horrible pictures:(
Sitting... Waiting...
Beth's nervous face
hiking down

Ready for a little more excitement?

After a marvelous weekend at the cabin, I decided to drive back to southern Cal with Bethanie and her kids. We did all kinds of California things, like swimming, going to the beach, laying out, etc. Well by the time Thursday rolled around, Beth and I decided we needed a little more excitement in our lives, so we took the kids to school and headed up to Valencia for a day at Magic Mountain. We did anything our little hearts desired (taking pictures with extremely buff guys etc.), and ulitimately had a fabulous day. The park was closing at 6:00pm, and it was about 4:45 or so, so we decided to take one more chance on their 85 mph roller coaster, Goliath. Was this a mistake? Who knows.
We sat in our favorite seats - the vert back seats on the train out of about 7 or 8 cars. We started going up the first ChinkyChink hill (ya know when they pull you up and up and up....) and if any of you know how high this particular roller coaster is, you know about the adrenaline rush Beth and I were getting when we were reaching the top. Well out of nowhere, the ride suddenly came to a hault. There are two trains that run the same track, so we just figured the second train wasn't far enough ahead of us, and we were being held up there so the other car could finish it's ride. Well as the minutes past, we figured that definitely wasn't the case. Glancing behind me was a very scary thing, because there were no other cars or people back there. Only a long long long STEEP piece of track and a lot of open air. Suddenly a guy appeared into view around the bend, and he started hiking up the forever long stairs that go up beside the track on both sides. (He happened to be climbing up on Beth's side of the track.) About 5 minutes later he reached our car, and told us all that the computer system that runs the coaster had a small glitch and had automatically shut down, so as soon as they rebooted their system we would be going again. The guy (probably 19 or 20 years old) stayed up there with us and made sure we were all OK, and Beth and I were just enjoying the view and taking a rest. The hill we were on was so steep that even though we were in a sitting position, we were laying on our backs. I'd have to say it was quite comfortable, given the circumstances.
About 15 minutes went by, and again I glanced behind me, only to behold a girl in a tank top with slacks and dress shoes was hiking up the hill with a huge crowbar looking thing in her hand, this time on my side, followed by a guy in nice pants and a tie climbing up on Beth's side. When they finally reached us, she said, "Ok you guys, we are going to be getting you out manually, starting with the top car." Beth and I looked at each other, then chuckled a I-can't-believe-this-is-happening-to-us chuckle.
After a few minutes of evacuating the top cars, they let the first group of about 10 people go down. We all clapped for them as they passed, and watched as they slowly made their way down down down.... Then it was our turn. But of course, by the time the girl got down to me, she was super tired and couldn't release another lap bar. So the guy got Beth out, climbed over her seat, and worked on my lap bar. Finally it released, and I finagled my way out of my seat and onto the stairs. We slowly made our way down, (Beth was the only one going down the stairs on her side because of the mix-up in getting me out) and as the wind lashed our faces, I'm sure we were all thinking, "Why, out of all the rides at this crazy place, did we pick this one at this time!?"