Family Picture 2009

Family Picture 2009
you would never guess that my son was picking his nose the entire time accept this one picture

Monday, December 7, 2009

METAL CHASERS 2

so last time on metal chasers i told you how it all began and i ended with telling you about the so called treasure johnny had hoped to find in our yard which wasnt treasure at all. haha. after that day in the yard playing with the metal detector and hoping to find valuables buried in our grass, johnny decided to start exploring away from the house. he called up his good friend nick and they headed to the desert to find treasure for sure this time. they headed to the Buthc Cassidy hide out to check out if they could find anything. as i sat home and the hours when by i started thinking maybe they found something. johnny came home later with pockets full of stuff, ass he started to pull everything out there deffinately wasnt treasure but he did find a bullet and and a really old can. i wasnt too impressed. a few days later the headed out to the lake. this time they were really excited because you nver know what people lose in the water. by this time nick had gotten himself a metal detector too! so they were really looking forward to going to the lake. again hours went by and johnny came home and this time he had a happy suprised look on his face like he really found something valuable. he called me into the kitchen and said i found some sort of coin, it was dirty and rusted so we cleaned it off the best we could, and as we are doing this johnny had made phone calls telling people to come and see this coin he had found well as people showed up and the coin got cleaned up it was soon discovered to be none other than a Peso. we all sat there and then laughed. so at this point johnny nick have now found pop cans, loose change, metal junk, and a Peso, oh yeah and the Peso is only worth like not even a dollar. so no treasure yet but maybe next me wee could be in for a suprise!!!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

METAL CHASERS

ok so most of you are probably like what the heck is metal chasers? lol well its a long story and im going to share it with you.

it all started with my wonderful adventure minded husband. one football sunday as johnny sat and cheered for his favorite teams to win, (which on football sunday is every team and we watch everygame)...ugh, and i sat and pulled the im bored and hate football face, we got a phone call from my dad and step mom saying that they were going to go out to the desert and they wanted us to go. so i was up for anything just as long as i didnt have to watch anymore football. they took us out to a place that is said to be a hide out of Butch Cassidy's so we took the long hike in the heat and not to meantion a got a hole in my pants from sliding on the rocks :( . on our way back to the truck johnny and nick were looking all over for things that might have been buried or hidden or something. so when we got back to the truck johnny said that he wanted to get a metal detector do he could find valuable things i guess. haha so then later that all he could talk about. well a week goes by and i was home cooking dinner and i noticed that johnny shouldve been home by then so i was wondering what he was up to. well i call him and he says that he got a present for me and him to share, so at this point all i could assume is that if johnny bought it on impulse then it isnt a necessity, and it probably cost alot of money. well as i heard him pull into the drive way i noticed a big box, and he came through the door and low and behold it was a metal detector! of course it was a metal detector, thats all he could talk about. so my assumptions were correct. he quickly opened the box and took it outside, now at this point all that went through my head was what kind of treasure was he expecting to find in the yard? well about and hour later he came in with with some pennies, a couple dimes, a metal heart thing, and some other piece of metal. i of course thought it was funny and this is where it all began.........stay tuned for part 2 of metal chasers!!!

my tattoo

my tattoo
its an orchid, the symbol at the bottom means family and then merricks name at the top

mowing the lawn with dad

mowing the lawn with dad
merrick loves riding on the lawn mower

helping with laundry

helping with laundry
this happens everytime he trys to help me with laundry

so sleepy after christmas

so sleepy after christmas
he had a long day

new clothes

new clothes

bow on head

bow on head
i love this picture

Presents!!!

Presents!!!

Big Bath Time

Big Bath Time
he loves his bath time!!!

after bath time

after bath time
i love that little face

Welcome to our little Donan family blog!!!

We decided to do a blog to let whoever wants to know about who we are and what we do day to day. We are a new little family and thats mostly what its all about right now!

Our little family

Our little family
when merrick was 3 weeks old we had our first family pictures done. I guess we should get some up to date ones done!

merrick j

merrick j
i just love his little face!!!

merrick 3 months

merrick 3 months
we had these pictures done when he was 3 months old

our little man

our little man
johnny loves to wear hats so i found a blaack one for merrick to wear like his daddy and he posed for me! this is one of our favorites!

Jungle boy

Jungle boy
Merricks room is done in jungle animals so i had pictures done with them

merrick and daddy

merrick and daddy

bath time

bath time
he loves his bath time and we like to have fun to

Bathtime with Nemo

Bathtime with Nemo
merrick loves Finding Nemo and now he has bath toys that ar e Nemo

merricks little bum

merricks little bum
johnny was getting ready to bath merrick , isnt he cute

Mine rescue

Johnny is part of the mine rescue team for Consol coal mine and he has had awesome trainings and of course huge achievements.

mine rescue clothes

mine rescue clothes
johnny showing me his mine rescue clothes

Lake Lynn

Lake Lynn
this was johhnys first training back east they were given tasks they needed to complete

FIRE!!!

FIRE!!!
johnnys team had to put out a fire on the belt line

CAN"T SEE

CAN"T SEE
it was really smokey and they could hardly see anything at all

Emery Miners Win Mine Rescue Contest

CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Emery Mine-Black team, from Emery, claimed first place honors in the CONSOL Energy “Best of the Best” Mine Rescue Contest held Sept. 16-18 in Virginia, capping the 2008 contest season. The Emery-Blue team claimed third place overall in the Virginia contest.

A total of 18 teams from throughout CONSOL Energy and its subsidiaries from five states, including those based in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Utah, competed in the event held at the CONSOL Energy Mine Rescue Training Center at Oakwood, Va. CONSOL Energy has more mine rescue teams than any other company in the industry.

Members of the Emery-Black mine rescue team are Ron Wright, Brandon Wilde, Matt Crosland, Johnny Donan, “For all your efforts, all your sacrifice to serve on a CONSOL rescue team and to participate in mine rescue, thank you,” Hyita said. “It takes time away from your families and the whole industry appreciates your service. You are the most highly trained people we have in the company.”Corey Prettyman, Kasey Thompson and Jim Kulow, trainer.

Emery County Review

Competition

Competition
this was consols last competition back east

WINNER!!!

WINNER!!!
Johnnys team took first place

contest

Merrick is in a baby contest and he was chosen to be part of an even bigger contest because hes such a handsome boy. the picture below is the one i entered i had a hard time finding the one i wanted to put in it there are so many but i love his little tounge sticking out.

contest picture

contest picture
Merrick was recently chosen to be part of a huge baby picture contest and he could win a $25000 savings bond!!!


Elvis Fan

Elvis Fan
johnny loves Elvis

Rock n' Roll

Rock n' Roll
johnnys such a nerd, but a cute one!!!

more Rockn' Roll

more Rockn' Roll

even more Rock n' Roll

even more Rock n' Roll

mommy and merrick

mommy and merrick

Our Trip to Durango

This last week made a little trip to Durango to see family that we haven't seen in awhile and to introduce our newest addition to his grandparents, great grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins. we were there for 5 days and we got to spend time with everybody which was alot of fun, johnny's dad played the guitar and sang for us and i was going to record it and my camera was dead but eventually i will get a recording of it, Merrick loved it! It was nice to visit and see everybody, johnnys brother lives in new mexico so we made a trip there to see him and the family. Merrick hated being in his car seat all of the time but overall i feel that it was a trip worth while. we will have to go there more often.

grandma and grandpa and merrick

grandma and grandpa and merrick
they had a piggy bank that would light up and oink when you put money in it, they gave it to merrick

grandpa roy and merrick in durango

grandpa roy and merrick in durango
this is johnnys dad and merricks first time meeting him. he loves his grandpa

merrick and grandpa roy

merrick and grandpa roy
merrick wasnt being very smiley

aunt nat and merrick

aunt nat and merrick

aunt nat and cousin jw

aunt nat and cousin jw
this was in durango and merricks first time meeting nat and jw

great grandma regina

great grandma regina
we went and visited johnnys grandma in durango and it was merricks first time meeting her

daddy and merrick

daddy and merrick
this was on our trip to durango in our hotel room

merrick in his hut

merrick in his hut
johnny made merrick a hut in his bed in the hotel room

johnny in the hut

johnny in the hut
johnny was peeking in the hut and making merrick laugh

more of the hut

more of the hut

learning to crawl

merrick has been learning to crawl the past week, when we were in durango he learned to get onto his hands and knees and now hes getting ready to crawl away. hes getting so big

merricks learning to crawl

merricks learning to crawl
he still kind of wobbly but her getting it

my happy boy

my happy boy

Puppy

Puppy
this is our lazy dog, his name is puppy