The Meier Monsters

2011 Snowmobile Season

2011-04-03T16:20:00.014-06:00

Some years are just better than others - And the 2011 snowmobile season was one of our Dad's best. For starters Mother Nature blessed the land and Dad with blankets and blankets of snow often and early. Because Dad was so good, last year for Christmas Ole' Kris Kringle surprised him with an M1000 Artic Cat snowmobile with a 153in. track with 165 hp (Can you say, "power baby!"). Because he was so sweet and nice to his wife she afforded him to ride often, long & hard mostly in Island Park with his semi pro Artic Cat team from Jerome Idaho (Uncle Gary & friends). Did I mention how good the snow was? Record breaking! 7 feet on the valley floor in Island Park! Dad rode over 750 miles in three different states, snowmobiling from Mt. Jefferson to Two Tops and back. From Strawberry to Lake Creek oh how good was the riding. Of course there were a few spills and chills along the way and trees that had to be cut down because he tried to go over them, but mostly just powder pleasers for the crowds. For the time being before Dad ran out of gas money and time and he had to come home to the crying kids and the task oriented OCD wife and before he became Elder's Quorum President you could say he was for a season -

On top of the World! Ghost Rider.

The Payaso Loco - The Crazy Clown! This was a close call.

Ride it like a rental - Tom!

The Hunies!

To the sweetest, dearest wife in the world.

Can't wait until next year!

The Rob Meier, my dad wants me to play like Jimmer Ferdette Basketball Camp

2011-01-12T20:27:00.005-07:00

After Jimmer Ferdette's amazing performance against the University of Utah, 47 points, we decided to start practicing, so we too can play like Jimmer one day. We started with putting on our own basketball clinic in the garage. The practice consisted of three different skill areas - Free throws - Slam dunking - Jump shots/Layups. The clinic lasted a good hour and a half. The half time snacks enabled us to practice for the duration. We are currently looking to play against another team, if you know of any please send them our way.

Lake Powell 2010

2010-11-18T20:19:00.012-07:00

After the flash floods and tornadoes the skies cleared and so did Lake Powell of all visitors - but not us we stayed and had the time of our lives and the entire lake to ourselves. The water was warm, smooth and clear like glass. The beaches were soft and spongy beneath our feet.

October is truly Lake Powell's best kept secret.

Enjoy the pictures.

Special thanks to Kaptain Kory who picked us up during the hail storm and didn't get us lost in the dark while looking for the house boat like he did with the Benders. Also, thanks again Kory for scaling the sandstone walls with your long toenails during the wind storm to rescue the boat. Sorry I couldn't help, but nature calls. And one more big last thanks again for Kaptain Kory for his dancing before he put on his wet suit with out his suit on.

And this is Kaptain Kory! Thanks Kory.

Brody Body Slam!

2010-10-12T22:12:00.003-06:00

Summer Boating

2010-08-30T22:23:00.006-06:00

Even though the boat was dirty and Robbie was concerned how the boat, or how the owner of the boat could let it get so dirty; Summer boating this year was a blast! Too bad we didn't get invited more. Maybe if we bring more ribs then we'll get an automatic invite every time.Uncle Kory to the rescue! He did dumped them so he gets to rescue them. Hey! Some one had to take the pictures

And they thought we were weird.

Toe Dipping. I saw Micheal Jackson do this once - it's real fun. The kids love it.

Nice tan Honey.

Buy us a boat dad.... pleaseeee!

"Party Time!" Robbie's 7th Birthday

2010-08-30T21:20:00.004-06:00

"Party time!" was shouted as the kids caught big air on this two story slip n' slide provided by Fun Services. The slip n' slide was wild and wet, although there were minor injuries non were reported to the authorities so the slide stayed open even though it was well over occupancy capacity.

10 Mile Hike - No Lunches

2010-07-23T21:44:00.007-06:00

We had planned on the hike only taking about four hours. We thought we would be back in time for lunch. Instead it took eight hours. All we had to eat was a couple of granola bars. But it was worth the pain.

July 4th Weekend

2010-07-23T21:06:00.003-06:00

A good size bull elk - that looks a little skinny after a long hard winter.

Digital Generation

2010-06-11T12:21:00.002-06:00

This is why they call them the Digital Generation. Because they can pick up practically any digital electronic device and figure out how to make them work. Where as the parents didn't even know they had video on the family point and shoot camera.

Four Wheeling at Knoll Utah

2010-05-06T21:35:00.008-06:00

Knoll Utah was a blast!!! Unfortunately we did not get pictures of all the fun. Like the scenery, the bat cave or the rock climbing, nor did we capture the faces of the terrified parents as we climbed down the face of the mountain. Some of the parents thought that after the rock climbing adventure that Rob should no longer be eligible for Uncle of the Year - however the kids on the hike completely disagree with that notion. Needless to say the hatchets have all been buried and we can all laugh about it now.

The new mini monster bike was a hit... below is Rob on the mini bike, with his 1994 throw back high school football Jersey. Aunt Katie said, he looked awesome Uncle Kory ... not so much. Even though the wind blew constantly everybody braved the wind and the cold and took this bike for a spin. Even Kelly got a kick out of the mini as you can see from the photos she rode the mini as much as anyone. Riley took over Gage's four wheeler and Robbie spent most of his time riding on the back with dad when he wasn't eating.

The BEEEEEzzzzzz Game

2010-05-06T21:12:00.003-06:00

This was our first experience as a family at any kind of sporting event. The kids, by the looks on their faces you can tell, really enjoyed the game. Some of the fans really enjoyed seeing the kids play with their little bats, while others yelled at them to sit down. We found Robbie to be a very observant child. (Trooper Jones would be proud) He kept track of how many root Beers, wink-wink, everybody had and how many times they went to the bathroom. He started to catch on real quick... "How can they be that thirsty?" "Why does she keep drinking all those drinks if it makes her go to the bathroom so much?" Believe me when I say that when he speaks the west side of the stadium can hear him. The kids begged us to find the Big Bee so we chased that dumb bumble bee down from the other side of the stadium and what do you know. The kid cracked under pressure and cried.

Brody

2010-04-15T22:11:00.009-06:00

Our Youngest child is now almost six months old. We have received many complaints from you all that not a single picture has been posted since his birth date. So pretty much you have no idea what he looks like. The following is a short slide show of Brody.

Disclaimer:
Some of these pictures were actually taken by the kids.

Island Park Snowmobiling Christmas 09'

2010-01-24T17:10:00.000-07:00

Christmas was a blast! Everybody had a good time. Hot tubbin, Rock Band until 1:00a.m., Fighting over the Mario Wii, movies and more. Oh and lets not forget all the great food including the dozens and dozens of caramels that Mama Radford. But I will let Kelly tell you more about the caramels cuz she would know better than everybody seeing how she ate many dozen.

The Die Hard Riders.
The Boys loaded up with Dad for the big ride.

The Easy Riders.

The overs sized dome Lego helmet is a better helmet to sleep with on the trail.

This is going to be a good ride, says Dad.

Uncle Gary on the Green Snow Machine!

Robbie perched up against a willow in the middle of the Island Park Flats near the Henry's lake out let stream.

Uncle Gary Radford and cousin Courtney playing in the untouched powder.

The Willow Fields on the Island Park Flats.

Who is that in the blue coat.

Where do you think you are going?

I am going on a ride and I might not come back.

Everybody was having such a good time riding that even Mom suited up for a ride.

Hide and Sleep

2010-01-18T22:43:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when you play hide & seek by yourself and no one ever comes to find you. Eventually mom will care that you are still hiding and she will come and find you. But don't ever count on any body else.

Christmas B-Day Party

2010-01-18T20:52:00.001-07:00

It was a big surprise when Santa showed up at the birthday party! All the cousins went wild. Every year we have a ginger bread house decorating competition for many years Riley's dad has won this competition but this past year he didn't win. But he did win the Halloween pumpkin carving contest back in October!

The over sized birthday hat.

I know what some of you are thinking..... Uncle Rino, "It looks like a dunst hat." I never heard him say that, but I know he will as soon as he sees the picture.

Now this is what our Christmas card should of looked like.

Nothing about this Santa is artificial. He is 100% natural - no stuffing enhancements have been added under that red suit. Santa did blow out the back side of his pants, but don't worry I have spared you all the visual.

Jedi Knight Protector of the Babies on Planet Nebo

2010-01-18T20:29:00.001-07:00

I am a Jedi Knight I am the protector of the Babies.

Day by day I stand watching and observing and ensuring the protection of these babies. Sometimes I must carry them around so I use the sure strap as in sure to strangle if I use this on the real baby.

The Jedi trains daily and only trains in full combat mode - meaning any persons entering the training zone, also known as our house could recieve multiple lacerations on the lower extermities of thier body. His two favorite sparing partners are his dad and his brother Robbie. His favorite full combat sparing partner is his cousin Gage.

The Baby Came Last Week!

2009-11-11T13:13:00.000-07:00

Date: November 5th, 2009
Time: 3:06 p.m. MST
Pecking Order: Third Child
Name: Brody Raymond Meier
Weight: 7lbs 10oz.
Height: 20in.
Head circumference: 15 in.
10 toes - 10 fingers

This is a picture of Brody fresh from the womb with no bath. He looks great!

"Kelly how do you feel?"

"I feel great, I look great, life is good, it was worth the nine months and two & a half pushes. If they were all this easy I would have more!"

The Proud Dad.

3 for 3

The Happy Helper.
(Please note the other child is not in any of these pictures for the safety of the newborn we keep him at a safe distance.)

The emotional Grandmother.

"This is number 10 for me - I am so happy, but they all make me feel so old."

Brody loaded up ready to head home.

The Labor room view.

"What a beautiful day to delivery a baby!" --Dr. Lloyd --

All washed up and ready to show case for visitors.

Bath Time.

Less than one hour fresh from the womb.

STILL WAITING OOOHH BABY STILL WAITING FOR BABY!

2009-11-04T22:44:00.000-07:00

STILL WAITING OOOH BABY STILL WAITING! OOOH BABY OOOHHH BABY OOOH BABY STILL WAITING. TIRED OF WAITING OH BABY OH BABY OH BABY! BORED OF WAITING OOHHH BABY OH BABY OH BABY. STILL WAITING OH BABY OH BABY OH BABY.

Come Baby Baby Baby Come Baby Baby Baby Come!

2009-11-04T22:29:00.000-07:00

Come Baby Baby Baby Coooommmmme! Come BABY BABY BABY COOOOMMMME! OOOOOHHHH COOMMME BABY BABY BABY OOOOHHHH COME! COME BABY BABY BABY OH COME. NOW COME BABY BABY BABY NOW COMMMMEEE. OOOHHHHH COME BABY BABY BABY NOW COMMMMEEE! PLEASE COME BABY BABY OH BABY PLEASE COME! PLEASE COME OOOOHHH BABY BABY OOOOH PLEASE COME! NOW OOOH PLEASE COME BABY BABY BABY OHHHHH PLEASE COME. TONIGHT OHHHH BABY OHHH BABY PLEASE COME TONIGHT! TONIGHT OOHHH BABY OOOOH BABY OOOHHH TONIGHT. NOW PLEASE COME TONIGHT OOOHHH BABY OOOH BABY OOOHH BABY NOW PLEASE COME TONIGHT. COOMMME OUT OOOH BABY OOOH BABY OOOH BABY COME OUT! COME OUT COME OUT COME OUT OOOOH BABY COME OUT NOW!

People need to think outside the box on what is service.

2009-10-12T17:13:00.000-06:00

Our family was very impressed with Pres. Monson's talk on warm fuzzies and doing service for one another. Just the other day Robbie, the first little monster, provided a special kind of service that they just don't teach in primary any more. It was nothing short of jumping on a granad for his brother. His little monster brother decided to unbuckle himself from his car seat, while the car was speeding down the street. Knowing that this would be dangerous for his little brother to be unbuckled in the car, he insisted that Riley buckle himself back up. Because his dumb little brother didn't want to be seated and kept releasing his seat belt Robbie did what he knew would be the right thing to do. While remaining buckled he jumped and laid his body across Riley's seat belt, all the while, as he received repeated blows to the head. Screaming for relief he held down that buckle until the car came to a complete stop. That is a different kind of service, a kind of service you just can't talk about, but none the less just as important. How do you share that kind of service in a conference talk? The violence and swollen forehead makes one wonder, why would one provide such a warm fuzzy for such a little punk! What's your warm fuzzy?

It's already Fall?

2009-10-12T17:01:00.000-06:00

Since the family reunion we have started school twice now, this is only possible with a bad track on year round school. We are now four weeks from the big due date. As you can see we are saving up all blogging post and pictures until that day. Okay maybe if the Halloween customes are really good this year we will put the pics up on the blog for everyone to see.

Bears in the Camp

2009-08-02T22:52:00.000-06:00

This is living proof that bears were close by, less than a half mile close by. Some family members didn't think it was necessary for Kelly to take all food inside the cabin.

If you look closely you can see a bear behind the pine tree on the left side. At the bottom of the picture you can see the date of when it was taken. Saturday night after the Rodeo BBQ this picture was taken.

Even More Family Reunion Pics

2009-08-02T22:38:00.001-06:00

The Reunion Hike started at the old Indian fort behind the cabin.

The Pilgrimage stretched long and far. Old and Young, tall and small, fat and thin.

Some of the Family members rode their motorcycles to the reunion. Here is a pic of the Harley Riders.

The Muley was the transportation vehicle forthe camping gear. Some people brought enough camping gear to stay a life time.

More Family Reunion Pics

2009-08-02T22:20:00.000-06:00

Big Boy Bottle Rockets.

Candy was placed on the top of each rocket then shot into the air. Candy would fly every where and the kids would go crazy trying to pick it up.

The rocket was pressurized with the air pump. A big crowd pleaser at a redneck family reunion.

Day 2 Family Reunion

2009-07-23T23:16:00.000-06:00

Friday morning uncle Mike and I tried to ditch out on the reunion so we took a long ride that started out on the continental divide trail on the Montana Idaho boarder on Redrock road. We headed north on the trail. then we cut off onto the Elk Lodge trail.

We saw Henry's Lake.

We saw the Centennial Mountains.

The Centennial Mountains along the Idaho Montana boarder.

We found hidden lake! I once went fishing there many many years ago. We didn't catch many fish because uncle Parkie ran over his worms the night before.

Mike above Hidden Lake.

Rob above Hidden Lake. We never found Elk Lake, but Mike still said it was the best part of the reunion for him.

Friday night at the reunion we took the kids on a bear hunt in the dark with a spot light. We saw predator eyes lurking at us through the dark forest and kids started crying.

Family Reunion Sand Dunes

2009-07-23T13:54:00.000-06:00

Day One of the Family Reunion Started out at The St. Anthony Sand Dunes in Idaho. Here is a picture of Uncle Gary Radford getting some big St. Anthony air. Everyone had a good time.
This is the Devil's Back Bowl. Uncle Gary and Uncle Kory spun around the rim like they were running from the devil. Had there wives been there they wouldn't had "AAA- tempted" it. Aunt Katie would of had a heart attack at the sight of this massive like moon crater.

They call this Choke Cherry Hill. Straight up and straight down. It is one of the steepest dunes in the lower 48.

Everyone has mad skills except that guy on the yellow one. Not sure if we will invite him again.

Desert Oaisis.

The next generations of riders.

Look at the Big St. Anthony Air uncle Kory got on his dirt bike.

More crazy dune riding by uncle Gary.

2009-07-12T23:10:00.000-06:00

Today the pacifier was replaced with a whistle. So we gave it back.

Living the Dream!

2009-07-12T23:04:00.000-06:00

Now that we have a family blog and Kelly is on Facebook we are truly living the dream.