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11.01.2009

That's a BIG Pumpkin








Halloween this year was quite. Nothing really exciting happened nor did we do anything that required us dressing up or for that matter even leaving the house. Halloween this year was perfect in our own little way. On Friday night we went to our local pumpkin patch and for an added bonus everything was half off. Apparently, when you decide to go pick out your pumpkins the night before Halloween, you get the best deals. That is how the story begins as to why we bought a 55lb pumpkin. You see, when we arrived we imagined getting the usual size pumpkins to carve and nothing more. But we got caught up on how big and may we add cheap some of the pumpkins were. Neither of us had every owned a huge pumpkin so with no convening at all on both of our ends, we left the pumpkin patch with 2 small and one very large pumpkin. We came home eager to carve the small pumpkins (we are saving the large pumpkin for decoration). This was the first time Bear and I have carved pumpkins together so it was a first for us and a lot of fun. We laughed as we carved away on the soon to be jack-o’-lanterns. I made quiche (a tradition in my family on or around Halloween) and we enjoyed a very quite and relaxing night.
The night of Halloween went about the same. We answered the door to our cute trick-or-treaters (see picture’s of our neighbor kids) and watched the Gator game. Shento was even in on the action, like it or not. I dressed him up as a Tim Tebow fan. The ear bows and balloon necklace did not last more than a minute but we did get a picture with his shirt and I LOVE TEBOW sign. Let’s just say that we are a little bit in love with the Gators as well as Tim Tebow ( GO GATORS). After the game we played cards and ate home-made chili. To most, this would sound like we are an old married couple, eating chili, watching football, playing cards, but to us, at least to me this was a perfect Halloween.

10.18.2009

Fall Adventures

Katrina and I spent the weekend frolicking around New Jersey (yes...frolicking). But as we have been somewhat spoiled by Utah's unspoiled landscapes, we only go to the most picturesque places here on the East Coast. This is a two-fold strategy of ours. First, it is an effort on our part to reconnect with nature, let Shento run around off-leash, and stretch our hippie-liberal legs by huggin a few trees along the way. Secondly, by selectively visiting these ecological hot spots, cataloguing our adventures through photographs, and more or less conspicuously misrepresenting New Jersey's nature-scapes we hope to convince our more gullible readers to come visit us.





10.13.2009

The feel of fall is in the air. 




10.10.2009

Go Gators 


10.09.2009

I heart Sugarland

 
Train ride into New York 

Inside Madison Square Garden were pictures everywhere of the one and only Keith Urban. 

I heart Sugarland!

Keith Urban rocking his heart out. 


Bear and I spent the evening in New York at the Keith Urban & Sugarland concert at Madison Square Garden. It's about time that I saw Sugarland in person, because I have been listening to their CD in my car non-stop ever since Bear bought it for me for my birthday three months ago. It has replayed so many times in my car that now even Bear knows the words to all the songs. 

10.03.2009

The crazy kid (the crazy kid = Bear) decided to go to Washington D.C to have a boys weekend with Ryan and Jack. I miss him. I miss him a lot, but.... the house is quiet and I have gotten a lot accomplished. It is surprising how much you have to entertain a husband when they are around. You just never realize that until they leave.  :) 

Art Show










New Hope, PA is a small town with bookstores, coffee shops, art stores, and the old town feel. Last weekend Bear, myself, and Janice spent the day in this little town and enjoyed the art show that was going on through the weekend.