McGill Swimming Pool (Pond)

I went home to Ely, Nevada for my 20th Year Class Reunion.  I had a great time playing golf with my dad and seeing some old friends.  On July 3, I took my kids to my old stomping grounds. The McGill Swimming Pool was all we had when I grew up.  It is about 13 miles north of Ely.  It hadn't changed much since I was last there 20 years ago.  The kids had a blast that day.  Such a fun place to visit.

 

Here are the Thornock kids playing in the kiddy part.  Chloe is jumping off the Cat Walk.

 Brin is my dolphin.  Once she is in the water, she doesn't ever come out.  She never left the water the whole time we were there except to go down the slide of course.

 

Carson and Brin.

 

Carson went down the slide a bazillion times!  It was a fun slide.

 Cannon is my shy one when it comes to water.  Doesn't like to get his face wet yet. 

Brooke has so much of her mom in her.  She gets cold way easy.  Chloe just likes to follow her older sister.

 Cannon had a blast trying to catch guppies.   Yep there are guppies in the water.  They don't hurt, and if you swallow one, it is just protein.

 Brooke and Cannon playing tether ball (I think that is what it is called).

 My two princesses, laying out on the Cat Walk.

The third princess was looking for pretty rocks.

 

 Carson swimming.

We had a great afternoon.  Brought back some great childhood memories for me.

The Amazing Race Audition

 Back on June 22, my brother Ken and I traveled to Las Vegas to audition for the reality TV show "The Amazing Race."  We have talked about it for years, like most people.   We finally made to Vegas at 8:30 am.  Auditions started 10:00 am.  There was a huge line already when we arrived.  

The Thornock Brothers!!

 It took us nearly 2 hours of standing in line to get to the point of entering into the building.  It was already over 100 degrees.  We got inside and had another hour and half of lines still ahead. 

 We were the 106 team to audition that day.   I bet there were at least 3 times that many teams overall.

 We finally made it to the camera.  We were told that we had 60 seconds to sell ourselves.  During the previous 3 hours of waiting in line, we came up with a strategy.  We weren't perfect, but we gave it our best.  We had the room laughing a couple of times and I almost made the camera man fall to the floor when I was talking about my cancer and said that not too many people can say they gave their left nut to be on the show (Julie's idea). 

Now we sit and wait to see if we get a call back.  It is highly unlikely, but at least we can actually say that we auditioned!!!

Back in Business.....

Well after a nearly 3 year break from this blog, I thought I would start up again.  Hopefully I keep up with all our Thornock adventures, especially for our families and friends that are afar.  Here goes nothing...

BYU vs. Colorado St Football Game

Saturday I took a trip up to Provo with Kortney Ware to watch the BYU football game. We arrived early to do a little tailgating. It was a beautiful day and the food was good.

We had pretty good seats and BYU ended up winning 42-23.

Before and after the game, I met up with my Dad, Uncle Del, Cousins Jade and Tara, Uncle George and Aunt Kaylene.

Sorry that the pics are so bad. I forgot my camera and had to use my phone.

The First Day of School 2009-2010

Another year of school is here.

Below, Brooke is now in 4th Grade and has Mr. Nilson.

Brin is now in 3rd Grade and has Mr. Winn.

Carson is now in 1st Grade. His teacher is Mrs. Breinholt.

Cannon is in another year of PreSchool. He goes to two different ones. His teachers are Karen Oscarson for one and Mrs. Batty for the other.

Chloe can't wait to go to PreSchool next year, but for now, she is studying to become a Princess.

Our Summer in a Snapshot

Preparing for our 1400 mile trip to San Antonio, Texas. Stop in Albuquerque for a visit to the Rattlesnake Museum.

Rosewell, NM makes your face distort into weird forms.

Carlsbad Caverns was one of the many highlights of our trip.

Once in San Antonio, we headed for Sea World.

We took a train ride. Cannon's best day ever!

We visited the Japanese Tea Gardens. What a beautiful place.

We will "Remember the Alamo."

We had a nice boat trip down the river walk.

Dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe.

A trip to Corpus Christi, TX for a day of fun in the sun.

Maybe it wasn't so fun.

Back home, we enjoyed a great 4th of July together.

Followed by participating in our local 24th of July celebration in Monroe.

Brin and Brooke participated in the "Broadway in Monroe." They sang and danced for 4 straight nights. They did terrific.

For Julie's birthday, I took her to San Diego, CA to eat at the Hard Rock Cafe.....

...and go to the play "WICKED." It was so good. We both loved it.

Grandpa and Grandma Thornock came to visit. We went on a little picnic and hike.

We also took a trip up to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, UT.

We went with our friends the Thompsons to Lagoon for a great time.

That is a quick look at our absolutely fun summer. Can't wait till next summer!

Julie's Pez Collection Continues to Grow

Julie's Moab!

For me, September means Football and Baseball Pennant Races. For Julie, September means the Scrapbook Expo! This year she took Brooke up for the two day spending spree. I believe they had a great time. Brooke is showing how many thousands of dollars she and her mom spent. They even got a photo with the Good Things Utah girls!

Julie and Brooke brought home many new toys and stickers and tape and photo stuff and etc. and etc. They actually brought home some pages this year to show me that they actually do scrapbooking there.