Little Miracle

We have not been announcing a lot of news on our own site about little Gavin, but he is getting better. We are so excited to have him in our family. For more news on Gavin, check out liz's family blog. http://martinezfam4u.blogspot.com/

Fierce Competition

Well friends and family, there is a fierce competition going on and I am not going to lay down easy! You see at the same time I decided to start Basin Shuttle, two other companies have decided to make a go at taking people to Salt Lake. While I am not afraid of what will happen, I want to hedge my odds as much as possible. Here is where you can help! Before Vernal Shuttle (the comeptition) changed their website, when you did a google search for Vernal or Basin Shuttle, either way my site came up first. Now when you type in Vernal Shuttle, I come up second or not at all. One way to fix this is to get people to link to you. So any of you that have extra space on some side bar on your blog or site, a link would be appreciated. www.basinshuttle.com

Silencing Christians

Britt and I watched this program after listening to it being presented on the American Conservative University Podcast. The program is an hour long, but we would encourage you find time within the next week to watch it.

The Hunt Continues...

Well we have submitted our construction loan packet and are waiting to hear back. We have begun looking at lots and we have picked out this little house plan from a site online.

Basin Shuttle Website Under Construction

Well the shuttle biz is well underway. We have shopped out some vans, worked on our articles of incorporation, started marketing, and made some really good contacts. Still looking for a few good employees. We should be starting here in just over a week. Check us out at BasinShuttle.Com

Basin Shuttle

Well for those who have not heard about my latest and greatest idea, I am starting a shuttle service from Vernal to Salt Lake and the surrounding areas. In the last two months we have been out here, I have seen a need for people to get to different places in SLC. I found an investor and in the first week of March we be starting a full service shuttle route here in the Basin.

According to my mom, I have always had a little entrepreneurial streak in me, ever since I was peddling log animals as a kid. I would make Bees, Caterpillars, and the like out of branches or logs and nails. If you go to my mom's house she still has a log bee in the front room.

If you are interested in seeing my website, it will be up in about a week. So just visit: BasinShuttle.Com

House Hunting

Well we went house hunting here in Vernal and without much luck we did not find anything resonable that fell in our price range. What we have found out is that we can buy a little lot outside of town and build cheaper than we can buy right now. We have put this house up on our vision board in hopes that we can build a little craftsman inspired home.

Big Game Draw

Well now that my hunter's safety is complete, I can put in for the Big Game drawings here in Utah. This year, I put in for limited entry archery, Elk and general rifle, Deer. I also put in for one of my once in a lifetime hunts for a Mountain Goat. This picture looks about like one that I would like to harvest.

It's a Boy

 
We deliberated for several days if we should put this photo on the blog. The ultimate decision was that by the time he would be old enough to be embarrassed by such a picture that there would probably be other, more embarrassing photos. In short, we are excited. From the ultrasound, he is doing fine. Britt is still mostly over getting sick. She tends to have some reflux issues at night, but all in all better than a month or so ago. The due date is still June 18th. We will continue to keep you informed as things progress.

NRA

Well, I have caught hunting fever. In addition to my own hunter safety course that I took online, I also took my nephew to his class a few nights this week. On the first night the instructor talked about the importance of the NRA, the Rocky Mounatin Elk Foundation, amongst other clubs. So when I got home, I decided that I wanted to protect my ability to own firearms.

MSN Messenger

For those of you that use MSN Messenger, we just started logging in under Britt's e-mail address. We are in the process of setting up our webcam as well, so we will be able to keep in better contact with my siblings. If you do not have Britt's e-mail let me know.

Anniversary Cake

 
We did not have any of our wedding cake left, so our nephews woke up early Sunday Morning and made us a cake. They were afraid that we woudl come up and see it so they frosted it before it cooled, but it was good.

Our Anniversary

Well as of just about an hour ago it became the date of Our One Year Anniversary. Britt is tucked quietly in bed and I am just waiting out my usual case of insomnia, which is what I get every time I take a nap or sleep in past 7 am. Today of which I did both, so who knows what time I will finally go to sleep. In any case, I took this pics a few weeks ago, but I thought it would be a great pic to use today. I have planned a little surprise get-away once we get done with church.

P.S. If it is too blurry to read, I wrote out 'I Love Britt' in the salt residue on our car.

Christmas Dinner

Not sure whose idea it was but we decided to have a 7-course meal on Christmas. Britt's sister provided a huge cut of Prime Rib that was to-die-for. It ended up however only being a 6-course meal. The sorbet for some reason decided that although we placed it outside in the snow with an air temperature of 8 degrees it decided that it did not want to freeze.

Christmas Eve PJ's - Japanese Style

Here are our Japanese, Made in China, Christmas Eve PJ's. As is tradition in the Schlosser Family we get matching pajamas on Christmas Eve. This year my sister Liz picked out the PJ's in Japan. We loved them, but when one of Britt's sister checked the tag to see how 'authentic' they were, we all got a chuckle to see that they were made in China. See American's aren't the only ones!

Our First Christmas Tree

We ripped off most of the stuff from decorations her mom did not use. For some reason of all the stuff we have carted back from VA we still have not brought back my Christmas box. But I think that Britt did a stellar job with what she could round up in a few short hours.

Mom's So Proud

It was quite the occasion in getting this picture. Most of you have known for sometime that Britt would be graduating, but few people heard, unless you were there the ordeal it was just getting to Britt's graduation a few weeks ago. So if you are ever in the mood for a long, but exciting story, ask Britt about; cleaning at 4 am, losing my suit, the several inches of ice then snow, the death march to the Spectrum, and the roller coaster of getting out of town. All in all let's just say Britt is glad to be graduated.

Graduate Cousins

Britt & Her Cousin, Dave, both graduated with a BFA.

Enterprise in the Oil Patch

The guy to my right in the picture is my boss, Brian. We are in sort of a niche market out here in Vernal, catering mostly to oil field related companies. Brian thought a special picture was necessary to send out as a Christmas E-mail. This is what we sent out to all of the Enterprise Employees in our group. Thought you all might like to see it. Remember, safety is no accident!

Posts to Come

For all you faithful followers and passers-by alike, we will be getting our own computer next week. We will no longer need to make trips to the library or bum laptops from family & friends. Since we blogged last we have moved, set up our new apartment (I mean room), set up Britt's Art Classroom at Ashley Elementary, we visited Temple Square for the MOTAB performance and on a separate occasion to see the lights. I also started at the Enterprise location here in the Vernal Airport. It has been quite fun. Britt also graduated this last Saturday from USU. Since then she has been sewing me a stocking and backing our duvet cover that she started before her mission. We are happy that for the most part her morning sickness, that generally came in the afternoon/evening, has subsided. We have pictures for most of these events, we are just waiting for our new Dell to arrive. In the meantime we are so excited for Christmas to come. We bought our first Christmas tree which Britt decorated in White and Red, using some of the trimmings from our wedding last year.