My Time With Dad

Video Games & Cub Scouts

2010-03-16T17:51:00.000-07:00

Stockton and I have been working on his Webelos scout requirements lately for time with dad. The other day I heard that they came out with a new belt loop and academic pin for video games. I asked Stockton if he'd like to try and pass those off today, and he was more than happy to!

For those interested, the requirements for these are described here. For the belt loop, he basically needed to explain video game age ratings, check his games to see what ratings they had, make a schedule for when he could play games and when he needed to do chores, homework, etc, and play a new game approved by his parents.

After passing off the first couple requirements, we took the family to Blockbuster and let Stockton pick out a game. He then enjoyed passing off the last requirement by playing Wario Land Shake It on the Wii.

We'll probably go for the academic pin for video games next week. Nice to see him excited about scouts! Too bad not all the achievements are this appealing to him!

Preparing for the Vegetable Race

2009-10-08T17:32:00.000-07:00

Several years ago we were on a Disney cruise where they held a vegetable derby. It was similar to a pinewood derby except that everyone had to make their own cars out of carrots and potatoes.

Last year Stephanie was on the ward activities committee and suggested we do that for an activity. Everybody made their own cars out of whatever vegetable or fruit you brought in. You even had to make the wheels (toothpick axles were provided). It was a lot of fun and I'm proud to say that the Smith family held it's own during that competition - taking 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and "best of show". Sweet revenge from my pinewood derby years.

Maysen's birthday is coming up this week and she decided that she wanted to have a vegetable derby at her party. Tonight we started working on the track.

We have a bunch of lumber that we scavenged from my neighbor when he moved out. (It used to be the frames for a spray-tanning booth that they had in their basement as a side business.) Glad we were able to put it to good use.

Here is a picture of our 5 cars from last year's ward competition:

Cars of Stephanie, Mike, Maysen, Jorja and Stockton from last year

The first place car is Stepanie's yucca-root on the left. Note that sweet 3 wheel design - not a bad piece of work. It kept the front wheel from falling off.

In other news, I officially launched my new business today and put up my new website hoping to lure in customers. I'm teaching classes about movie making - stuff like camera moves, scriptwriting, storyboarding, special effects, etc. For those interested, check out http://www.moviemakerz.net/. I'll be launching a parallel business shortly, teaching video game creation and robotics for kids.

Fingers crossed!

One McCoraline, hold the meatballs, please...

2009-09-18T17:40:00.000-07:00

Jorja wanted to see Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs today, so after the kids came home from school I took the girls to the theater. I was proud of my perfect theater timing - not too early, but early enough to beat the huge line that formed after we got there.

Things were great until I got to the front of the line and asked for tickets. "Sorry, we're not showing that movie today due to technical difficulties." What? That's a new one for me. I asked when they would be showing it, and was told that they might get a digital protector tomorrow to be able to show it. Hmmm.

So, Maysen and I led a sad Jorja across the street to McDonalds to get ice cream. They decided that the trip wasn't a complete waste. Jorja got a big vanilla cone and Maysen and I split a mint Oreo McFlurry.

On the way home, we stopped at the WalMart parking lot for a visit to the RedBox. We were glad to see that they had Coraline, which we'd been wanting to see for a while.

Pretty groovy show! Freaky groovy. Plus, it was only a dollar. Too bad it wasn't Monday or we could have used a free Monday code. (Did I mention I like free stuff?) It was better watching a flick in our basement theater anyway. Where else can your two year old dump out bags of popcorn and jump on a big air mattress during a show. Guess I'll be cleaning that up tomorrow...

Dragon Wings

2009-09-17T17:30:00.000-07:00

Maysen has decided that she wants to be a dragon for halloween. (surprise). A couple of years ago I showed her these cool wings that someone made and suggested we make some. At the time she passed on the idea, but that was mostly because she didn't want to have to open/close/flap them by having her arms tied to them. She, being my daughter, wanted them to open/close/flap by themselves via some sort of remote control.

So this year, we're going to give that a try. Our wings will be slightly scaled down so that we can make the frame out of those big paint stirring sticks they give out at home depot. (Free stuff is cool!) These should actually be a good size for her.

Today we started putting the different pieces together for the first wing - mostly just roughing out the idea. One of these wings will be hooked to each side of a backpack type thing that we'll make out of PVC pipe or a padded scrap of plywood, which will be strapped to her back.

This is what one of the wings looks like closed...

...and this is what it looks like when opened...

(It reminds me of one of those extend-o-glove thingies they punch each other with in cartoons.)

We'll cover this skeleton with some kind of stretchy fabric. To make it open and close on it's own, we're going to made what is called an air muscle, as described here or here. I think we'll only need one, and by stringing it between the two wings it should open them both when it contracts. We'll find out next week when we give it a try! It means we'll be strapping a paintball tank of air on her back, wiring it up, and letting her open and close the wings with the press of a button.

We're excited to be making them, and I figure it will be a good thing to show/use in the robotics classes I'm hoping to teach soon. Watch for updates soon...

Sponge Hockey Makes Cleaning Fun

2009-09-15T17:41:00.000-07:00

Yes, it has been far too long since I've posted on MTWD. The kids and I have been doing a lot of fun stuff, but I've just been too lazy to document it. Shame on me! However, today we had way too much fun for me to keep to myself.

Stockton wanted to invent a way to make cleaning fun. He had an idea to attach sponges on the bottom of our shoes and skate around on soapy water. I really didn't think it would work, but Publix was having a 3-sponges-for-a-dollar sale, so I figured why not.

With a little hot glue and some old shoes, we were in business.

I put a mix of classical piano, Nintendo soundtracks, and Charlie Brown Christmas CDs in the CD changer and cranked up the ice-skating tunes. The next step was to dip the sponge skates in a tub of soapy water.

Then we gave the skating a try. Wow! It worked a heckuva lot better than I thought it possibly could. We had a blast - skating, twirling, jumping and falling. Stockton loved pointing out that the floor was getting clean and that he didn't mind a bit!

The other kids were anxious to try. We didn't have enough sponge skates for everyone, but we took turns.

Even Steph got into the act! What grace! What style!

She is no match for my moves though...

Preston had a blast slipping around in his clothes too.

My favorite part came when I was trying to soak up a bit of the soap suds with a mop. The mop gave a nice hockey feel and really let you lean into the skates. We added a puck and ended up playing hockey for another half hour or so.

I believe I will need to pick up an extra mop and some more sponges next time I'm out. I'm pretty sure the kids will be asking for a rematch soon.

In the meantime, please enjoy a glimpse of this new form of performance art. Bonus points if you can name where the music comes from...

Saturdays and S'mores

2009-05-09T17:57:00.001-07:00

Someone get me an almanac, because I believe today was the longest Saturday on record. We crammed a lot of stuff into one day - even though we spent most of it at home. Much of it I shall not write about since it involves a mother's day surprise.

This morning we had our Wii party - a monthly ritual at our house. The highlight of my entire week came as I was tucking Maysen into the big cushy recliner with a giant pink, boofy blanket and positioning her perfectly centered in front of the giant 8 foot movie screen which glowed with Mario Kart goodness: she looked at me and said "Dad, I love you....you are so cool." It was exactly what I needed after being both mom and dad for the week.

Tonight we roasted marshmellows and made s'mores and hot chocolate out on the deck.

For those that are curious, this is what a perfectly put together s'more looks like as it's being gently squeezed so that the chocolate and marshmellow blend together in melted naughtiness.

Stockton's not much for a marshmellow roast, but he humored me with the occasional visit to the fire and a quick pose for the camera.

Marshmellow roasting is of course the highest expression of the outdoor cooking art form.

I planned to throw a steak on for dinner as well, but couldn't wait and had one for lunch with corn on the cob and a big mug of root beer.

Maysen doesn't mess around when it comes to marshmellow roasting. She is deadly serious about her craft.

Everyone knows that smoke follows beauty

Stockton and I ran down earlier in the day to Men's Wearhouse to pick up my suit and try on Stockton's Tux jacket for John and Cassie's wedding. I had taken my suit in for the "free" alterations since I have lost 30 pounds since I bought it.

Stockton wasn't very excited about going to the suit store, but he really seemed to enjoy trying on the jacket and checking himself out in front of the mirror. He could use a haircut though.

Jorja, Maysen, Preston and I spent an hour outside today hunting more worms for their garden. Those girls like it so much that I think we're going to build a worm composter and let them hunt worms for one of their chores.

And now, with the kids finally asleep, we have reached the part of the evening where Mike rushes off to embark on a cleaning marathon since his wife will be home in less than 10 hours.....

Raingutter Gardening

2009-05-08T16:42:00.000-07:00

Steph is out of town in Utah this week for her brother's wedding, so it's been just me and the kids.

Today we made a raingutter garden. We had tried making a garden in the yard a couple of years ago, but as hot and miserable as it gets here, it was hard to get out and go all the way down to take a look how things were going.

So this time, I bought a $5 raingutter and some mounting brackets and screwed the gutter to the bottom of the railing on one side of the deck.

The girls took turns hauling buckets of our nice, dark dirt we had mixed up for the last garden and filled the gutter. They had an absolute blast!

We divided the garden mostly between Maysen and Jorja, though I have a small area on each of the two ends. If we get anything to grow, we may add a few more gutters along the other edges of the deck and add a second row near the tops of the railings. We decided to start with the gutter down low so that peas and things can climb up the rails. We can easily attach some kind of climbing net for them there if we need to.

This setup should work out nicely for us, since the garden will be visible from the main living area and it will be easy for the girls to go out to work without having to trudge all the way out and down into the yard.

Jorja went to the store with me to get seeds. She happily planted flowers and peas in her areas, and let me put carrots, and radishes next to her. Maysen planted flowers and strawberries. We really wanted to find some strawberry plants, but there was none to be seen. So, we bought a carton of strawberries from the grocery store and buried about 6 of those. We have no idea if those will actually grow, but it's worth a try.

(Perhaps my lovely wife could figure out a way to bring/send some strawberry starts from Utah? I bet she could weasel some from my brother's yard. Hmm.....)

Maysen let me plant tomatoes and peppers in my area next to hers.

When the seeds were planted, Maysen and Jorja went on a great worm hunt. I don't know how they found so many, but apparently they are good at finding them in the back yard under the leaves. They put 25 or 30 of them into the garden to help take care of it.

Each of them had their favorite worms...but I don't seem to recall what they named them at the moment.

It was very cute to watch them working together, sifting through the dirt to find their new worm friends and placing them carefully in their new homes.

I believe Jorja is holding "lightning" in this picture....

So one might ask what Preston was doing during all this time. I believe I'll let the pictures do the talking...

About this time we headed in for the tub.... (after getting mud out of Preston's mouth)

In case you can't read Preston's shirt, it says: "Mischief is my business, and business is GOOD!". How fitting!

AFV

2009-04-21T17:32:00.001-07:00

Each Sunday, our kids enjoy watching America's Funniest Home Videos together as a family. Amazing that nineteen years after that show first aired it's still funny to watch a guy getting whacked in the crotch.

Stockton has been begging me to film him doing "crazy stuff" that we can upload to the AFV Web site and hopefully be picked for the show. Here are some of his attempts today...

Pinewood Derby Car Stands

2009-03-25T18:22:00.000-07:00

Jorja was so excited about her derby car the other day and couldn't wait to make a stand for it so she could display it proudly. She helped me find plans for making a stand online.

I cut the boards but she had fun sanding, drilling and screwing it together.

Next week she wants to paint the stand a nice shiny blue.

Slot Cars

2009-03-24T16:54:00.001-07:00

A couple of years ago, Santa Claus brought the kids a slot car set for Christmas. At the time, they were a little young to appreciate it, but they have recently rediscovered it.

Stockton, Preston and I spent some time together building some pretty cool tracks and racing slot cars. Preston was pretty cute racing, watching, and being an obstacle for the cars.

One of these days we might try to hook up some proximity sensors above the lanes and program a microcontroller to count the laps and lap times for the cars, showing them on a little LCD screen. That would be a pretty cool project, and I should have all the parts we'd need...

Super Blooper

2009-03-21T19:00:00.001-07:00

Stockton's cub scout pack had their pinewood derby today. I was proud of Stockton, Jorja and Maysen for working hard on their cars this week!

After the derby, we raced all our family's cars on the track. Out of our group, Jorja's Super Blooper car was the fastest...

It was fun watching Stockton's races during the derby. He did pretty well and made it to the semi-finals. Here is his car racing against the Mach 4 car from Speed Racer and Sponge Bob Square Pants' boat...

Way to go Stockton!

Pretty nice looking car, Stockton... Jorja wants to make a stand like this next week for her car.

My batmobile did pretty well. It looked good, but I was too chicken to fire off the rocket motor with all the people away. We wouldn't want anyone getting hurt....

Derby Days

2009-03-20T19:43:00.000-07:00

Each night this week the kids and I worked on our pinewood derby cars. Tomorrow is the big day!

Jorja did a great job polishing her axles today. She was so cute working the drill press.

Here are some more pictures from the week of sanding and painting...

Here are the finished cars. Maysen's is the burgundy one, mine is the batmobile, Jorja's is the white Super Blooper and Stockton's is the red one with flames.

OK, I'll admit that the batmobile does have a few tricks up it's sleeves. Besides the working headlights and tail lights, it also has a remotely controlled rocket motor hiding in the back.

I made a similar rocket car a couple of years ago. It took off like mad and smashed into the cinderblock wall of the church. I'm not sure if I'll really fire this one off or not - I'd hate to see if smashed into bits, but we'll see...

Cat in the Hat Hats

2009-03-06T04:53:00.000-08:00

Jorja told me that she wanted to make Dr. Seuss hats today. We did a quick search and found some good instructions here. They say to use construction paper, but we didn't have any that would fit around our heads, so we opted for postboard. It's stronger anyway.

One of the things I love about Jorja is that she is always thinking of other people, and about kind things she can do for others. She wanted to make hats for both her teachers, herself, and a friend. (Actually, she wanted to make them for everyone in her class, but making 20 or so of these is more than I was willing to take on).

Stockton saw the hats and wanted one, so Jorja said he could have the one she made for her friend. She is so nice!

We used the left over scraps to make some cute cat-in-the-hat bowties to go with them.

I love how Jorja comes up with these fun ideas!

Cheaters Never Prosper....Sorta

2009-02-26T16:46:00.000-08:00

Maysen and I played Age of Mythology for Time with Dad tonight. It is one of her favorite computer games. A while ago we looked up a bunch of cheat codes for the game. Here are some videos of us picking on the computer players with our ill-begotten units. Namely, flying purple hippos and laser bears - something you don't see every day. Those greeks never knew what hit 'em!

Maysen loves these cheat units. The flying purple hippos (which she calls FPH's) attack with love -they throw red hearts at the enemy and leave a shimmering rainbow wherever they go. Laser bears wear a Canadian flag and shoot lasers out of their eyes.

Maysen also started her science project today. I am proud of her for thinking of her project all by herself and doing all the work. She is growing different groups of bean seeds, "watering" them with 4 different liquids: water, milk, orange juice, and coke. It will be interesting to see which groups fares the best.

Perhaps plants in the South enjoy the cool refreshing taste of Coke better? Or the fizz will make them grow huge? We'll report back when she's done with her research.

It's almost Derby season...

2009-02-25T18:11:00.000-08:00

At Stockton's pack meeting tonight they announced that Pinewood Derby season is almost upon us once more. I'm excited because Maysen, Stockton and Jorja all wanted cars. Hmmm...let's see....I have no job and have a basement full of power tools. What could be better?

The last time I made a derby car for myself was for a no-rules adult derby a couple years back. I made a rocket powered car that was pretty sweet. You can check it out here.

The kids want to go with the Mario Kart theme this year. Here are some pictures that might give us some inspiration. I like the look of Mario's car below...

Stockton might go for the cheap-cheap chaser....

And I believe Jorja wants to make a Super Blooper...

In related news, Jorja and I played Mario Kart Wii again for Time With Dad today. That's Jorja on the top half of the screen playing as Yoshi in a Super Blooper. I'm Luigi on the bottom screen. I am trying to learn how to use the manual drift/turbo controls rather than the automatic, because learning them may be my one and only chance at beating Stockton. As a result, I played worse than ever, but Jorja was especially proud of this race.

WARNING: If you play this video, turn the sound down because it recorded VERY LOUDLY.

Nice job Porge!

A Toast to Great Art

2009-02-04T18:35:00.000-08:00

Stephanie found a recipe online for painted toast and Jorja was happy to give it a try.

Basically, you mix about 1 TBSP of milk with a few drops of few coloring and then you can paint a piece of bread with a clean paintbrush or some Q-Tips. When you're done, pop them in the toaster and out pops some edible art. Jorja made these pieces of Mario and Luigi toast.

With this project we finally found a good use for Stephanie's few remaining shot glasses. We threw most of her collection out a few months ago, and now I wish we had kept a few more.

Pretty soon Stockton and Maysen decided to give it a try...

...and eventually everybody was getting into the act.

Stockton was quite pleased with his creation.

Maysen gave a thumbs up after eating her tasty Yoshi toast.

Mario Kart

2009-02-03T17:55:00.000-08:00

Stockton got Mario Kart Wii for his birthday last week. Needless to say, it's been popular around our house lately.

Both he and Maysen wanted to play it during their time with dad this past week. I can't blame them - it is fun. Although I prefer to do something more hands-on or creative with the kids, I basically believe in doing whatever it is they want to do, and I'm just happy they let me hang around for the ride. Plus, Mario Kart rocks.

Today Stockton and I played online against other Mario Kart players. I don't understand how I can suck so bad at it while he beats everyone. Apparently he drives that well at least 5 languages. I try to watch and learn, but I pretty much just eat his dust.

We had tons of fun though. I just love spending time with my kids.

Baking Bread

2009-02-03T17:28:00.000-08:00

Getting our kids to eat anything is a trial. They've started getting a little better, but it still amazes me how someone can throw that big of a fit over such a small portion of vegetables.

So it is bizzarre to me that all four of our kids are crazy about the wheat bread we've been making. Shannon Doan shared her recipe with us. It is good stuff.

Here's a picture of the girls and me making a couple of loaves.

They did a really good job mixing everything, and they loved kneading it. They even stuck with it for the whole 15 minutes of kneading time.

Our big mixer is on the fritz - I think we stripped its gears out making 4 loaves at once, so we've been doing it by hand.

Here's the recipe we use. It makes 4 loaves, so we half it sometimes.

Ingredients:

4 1/2 C hot water
2 T active dry yeast
2 T sugar
1/2 C bulgar wheat
1 T wheat germ
1 T ground flax seed
1/2 C rolled oats
1/2 C vegetable oil
1/2 C honey
1 C powdered milk
1/3 C wheat gluten
3 T dough enhancer
1 T salt
4 C bread flour
8 C whole wheat flour

Instructions:

Place a pan of water in the oven and set it to warm. This makes a nice, cozy place for the dough to rise just before baking.

Mix the water, yeast, and sugar together and let sit for 3-5 minutes. The yeast should get foamy.

Add all of the remaining ingredients, mixing everything together well between each addition.

Knead the dough for 12-15 minutes

Divide the dough into equal parts and form it into loaves. Place each loaf in a glass bread pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Turn off the oven that has been set to warm. Wet a towel with hot water and wring it out well. Place it on top of the loaf pans and place the loaf pans in the warm oven.

Let rise for 30 minutes and then remove the damp towel. Let rise for another 30 minutes.

After letting the bread rise, set the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 30 minutes.

Yum!

Paper Plate Snowmen and Homemade Play-doh

2009-01-28T19:19:00.001-08:00

Jorja and I made homemade Play-Doh today. Here is the recipie we used. It worked pretty well:

3cups flour
1/3 cup salt
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup water
7 drops food coloring

Mix dry ingredients with oil. Add food coloring to water and mix
together. Add water to flour/salt/oil mixture slowly~about 1/4 cup
at a time and mix together with a spoon. Once you've added all the water,
knead the dough with your hands.

Jorja enjoyed making big cut out necklaces for her teachers out of it. We'll see if it hardens in a few days.

Afterwards she made this paper plate snowman all by herself. The broom is a pocket and there are two candy canes in it. She wants to give this to her teacher as well.

Stockton's Cake

2009-01-28T06:26:00.001-08:00

Today is Stockton's birthday. He is now a big nine year old.

This week, Stockton and I finished his Cake animation video for his school's reflections contest. He was pretty excited to get it done.

Happy Birthday Stocky Boy!

Spyro on the Wii

2009-01-22T18:34:00.000-08:00

Maysen has gotten me addicted to Spyro on the Wii.

We had a lot of fun tonight taking turns and trying to defeat some pretty hairy bosses. First we got past a band of pirates.

Maysen did a great job jumping across the jellyfish forest and ridding the world of a few bad dudes inside a tree trunk. Then we had to take on this huge tree monster named Arborick. Crazy crazy.

Now we've been captured by pirates and are being forced to battle giant scorpions in some kind of gladiator arena.

Let's hope I don't have nightmares over this!

Butterfiles from Bottles

2009-01-21T18:46:00.001-08:00

Jorja and I made butterflies out of an old 2-liter bottle today. We found the instructions on how to do it here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Bottle_Butterflies/

If there's one thing Jorja likes to do, it's painting!

She is quite handy with a pair of scissors!

Jorja made the big blue butterfly and I made the smaller orange and brown one. We still need to make the bodies--so far we have only made the wings. Next time I make a run by the craft store I'll need to pick up some polymer clay so we can finish these off.

Let them make cake

2009-01-20T18:00:00.000-08:00

UPDATED: We added music and finished the animation over the past couple of days...

The kids' school is having a Reflections contest, and the students can enter any kind of art projects they have made. The theme is "wow". Stockton decided to make a stop-motion animation of a cake making and baking itself for his entry. We worked on it tonight. Here is what we put together so far...

Remodeling a Groovy Tent Trailer

2009-01-16T05:05:00.000-08:00

We bought a 1970's StarCraft tent trailer a few months ago for $500 from some friends of ours. So far we've only taken it out once but I'd like to use it more often.

It sleeps 5 - which is one short for our family, and it's decorated in true 70's style - mustard colors, dark wood, yellow linoleum, etc. A bit too retro for my taste. It needs quite a bit of work mechanically as well. The lift mechanism needs to be redone, as raising the tent up is a real chore, and it's got a 2x4 holding part of the tent to the roof.

Lately I've felt the urge to do some remodeling. We've decided to take out the odd fold-up closet and some of the drawers in order to make a second bench/table/bed combination so that it can sit and sleep our whole family. I have left over wood flooring from the bowling alley we made in the basement and that should make quite an improvement. My Home-EC-major sister-in-law volunteered to help sew some new covers for the benches and beds.

I took two-year-old Preston outside to spend some quality time with tools. We're in the process of dismantling everything so that we can redo the floors, replace the dark wood paneling, and rebuild the cabinets. Preston enjoys taking out screws and putting them in a jar for safekeeping.

Here are some additional pictures of the "before". Stay tuned for some "after" in the near future...

Holy 70's flooring batman!

Preston and Stockton exploring the trailer...

There was a old in-wall cooler in this hole. I plan to replace it with a working mini-fridge. Also seen above is a plank of wood flooring to cover up the sins of a past decade.

These cushions are in really good condition, but I think recovering them will add a really nice touch. It will also help make the place smell better...

Board Games of Greece

2009-01-15T20:30:00.000-08:00

Maysen is big-time into mythology. Today she started making a mytholology board game where you pick a hero, do battle with mythical creatures, and draw cards to gain favor from ancient greek gods.

Can't wait to give it a try when it is finished!

Sugar Cookies with the Porge

2009-01-14T18:12:00.000-08:00

Jorja chose to make sugar cookies today. She sure does love that new arpon and chef hat!

When I see an Elefun Fly

2009-01-09T10:58:00.000-08:00

Years ago we bought our kids an Elefun - a toy elephant that blows little "butterflies" into the air that you try to catch with a net. The problem with this toy, as most people discover, is that it just doesn't have enough oompf to make the butterflies come out without a little coaxing. Thus, we ended up throwing ours out.

A couple of weeks ago I saw one at a thrift store and decided it would be fun to give it a bit more juice by replacing the batteries with a higher voltage power supply. Preston and I decided to work on that today.

What two year old doesn't like using a screwdriver, playing with batteries, and snipping wires? Well, Preston certainly does...

Making Movies With Maysen

2009-01-08T18:13:00.000-08:00

Maysen decided to make a baby-einstein-style movie for Preston using his favorite toys, stuffed animals, etc. It will be a combination of stop-motion animation and live video with music when completed.

We shot a few scenes of her bouncing around on a big hippity-hop ball and me scooting along on a wheeled horse, and then moved on to some stop-motion animation of his toys.

When completed, she wants to surprise Preston with the video during a road trip. We'll post it here when done.