Gobble, Gobble, Giggle

We had Thanksgiving dinner at Jess' Grandma's before going to Missy's house. We had a great time with family. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the week.

This isn't as easy as it looks!

Cousin Fun

Being Silly

I thought this was cute!

Let a sleeping kangaroo lie

Don't worry, I asked them not to stand on the couch

Turkey boy!

Banana boy! (Love this pic)

Story time with uncle Dan. It was the epic tale of Princess Sarah-Naiya-Are-You-Crazy. Apparently Naiya disapproved of the name I selected and corrected me by saying: Princess NAIYA, are you crazy (for picking Sarah)? This made me miss my Partial Care kids.

T-Nizzle Turns Five

Playing in the smoke after blowing out the candles

Opening presents

Hangin' out with Uncle Jordy

This is for you, Mom. They were excited over the presents

Twin Falls

After getting my tire replaced today, I decided to take a drive around Twin Falls. Here a few shots that I took.

The Shoshone Falls

"It was this big"

Throwing it back

A Chapman Halloween

My sister-in-law Jen loves to decorate and entertain. Here are some shots from her Halloween party.

Homemade rootbeer

After bobbing for donuts

Pumpkin Patch

We decided that our mini-pumpkins weren't enough, so we carved regular pumpkins too. Jess and Lynne grew so many that Jess and I decided to carve two each.

Jess' Ghost - The shape of the pumpkin made it really stick out

One of mine

Lynne's Witch Legs (Shaved and painted)

Jess' Crazy-Eyes

My other one

Frustrated with the lack of symmetry/perfection

For The Birds

One Saturday morning in October, Jen, Jess and I were sitting in the basement while Bill and Lynne were upstairs with Brynlee, Jen's little girl. All of a sudden we hear "OH!" and movement upstairs followed by a "BAM!" We ran upstairs to see what was going on. Turns out Lynne opened the back door and a bird flew in! After trying to fly into two windows with closed blinds, and pooping on the floor several times, it managed to find its way to a window without blinds, emphasis on WINDOW. This is the result:

Smacked into the window and landed on the bench below

Lynne gingerly scooped it off the bench with a shovel and placed it back outside on the porch. It laid there for a while before finally ending up in the position. Jen and I went out to take a look. After several minutes of it just sitting there like this, we decided to walk away. Just then it took flight, buzzed right by our heads and flew off into the field. It made Jen jump, which made me laugh! :)

Cousin Fun

Here are a few shots of the kids on the trampoline back in September.

Before the chop

Watching Curtis on the dirt bike

A ball of energy!

Worst Drive Ever...So Far

So my trip to Twin started off on the wrong foot. After getting on the road I switched the heat from defrost to floor. Upon doing so I immediately began to smell something foul. I slid my shoe off to find it covered in poo. After debating whether or not to just pull-over and wipe it in the grass, I realized I was passing my sister Melissa's exit. So I swung by her place and hosed off my rubber floor mat and shoe. Not entirely convinced the smell was gone, I left the mat and shoe in the trunk and drove in my slippers (yes I bring them for my over-night in Twin). When I left her house I knew I'd be pushing it to make it to class on time, but little did I know that poo would be the least of my problems on this trip.

About thirty miles out of Twin I began to hear something on the passenger side rattling. I looked at the passenger seat belt and messed with the stuff on the seat. Didn't quit. I then looked in my rear-view mirror and noticed that it was kind of shaking. I looked at the road to see if it was my lane, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. It was then that I decided something might be wrong and I began to slow down and pulled off the road. I opened my door and looked at the rear tire and found this:

I got the tire changed without any real problems and was back on my way. Luckily I have a full-sized spare so I didn't have to drive 45mph the rest of the way there. Needless to say, I was late for class, but I was safe.