Raise your hand if you had sloppy joes and cheese shapes for Halloween dinner

Marlo's kid, Eve, loved them

 Also, Kevin was asking about bushels and pecks. This is apparently what 1/2 a peck looks like.

Catch Up

This Fall Kanyon and I played soccer through parks and rec

Kanyon was one of the goalies for his team.

Carrying On traditions. Pumpkin carving with a jigsaw.

Thanks for the birthday present Grandma and Grandpa!

For Kanyon's last soccer practice the coach does a family vs. team game. It was chaotic with 50+ people on the field but everyone had fun. Adria's friend was on one of the coaches other teams. At the end he handed out cupcakes. As you can see from Adria's face, she enjoyed it very much.

Adria ready for a balloon battle.

We rode the trail at Harrison and Kanyon got a flat tire while riding.

Ready to ride.

Along the trail.

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Halloween Time

It's Halloween time!  Riley was so excited to carve pumpkins she couldn't wait to get started. Hence the use of a spoon. 

She dived right into the goo. 

Daddy helped carving out the tops. 

Carefully drawing her "design." 

Riley's Mickey Mouse, Matt's and mine. 

Happy Halloween!

New Bed

We finally put Riley's new bed together!  Her room seems a lot smaller but we are all very excited for this next "big girl" step. 

In an effort to push dad's toe pictures a little further down the page, here's some pics of a trip I took last week. My friend RyRy and I rented a pair of motorcycles (thanks mom and dad for the bday $$) and went for a ride to and through Shenandoah National Park. The leaves and views were beautiful, but we froze as we rode in the mornings.

Overlook on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah

 Plenty of rural roads and small towns in West Virginia 

 RyRy with the bikes

 Our car currently has 9 bushels of apples in it and I'm afraid of all of the saucing that's going to be required in the coming days.  

Accidents Do Happen At Home!!!

A while back we bought "soft" gun cases for all our rifles so they would be protected and a little easier to handle.  Since all the cases are the same you can't tell which is which until you unzip the case and look at it.  I got this brilliant idea to put tags on each case for identification.

 I laid the rifles all across the top bunk in my office and attached the appropriate tag to each case. 

 In order to get the right tag on the right case I unzipped the bottom of each one so I could see the rifle butt and know which was which.  The one in question was my Zane Grey Commemorative Model 30-30 with the brass butt plate and no sissy rubber cushion like the shotgun.

 When I was finished I was going to put them all back in the new gun safe we bought several months ago so I grabbed the first one and pulled it off the bed.

 Remember, I had unzipped the end so I could tell which gun was inside (notice I was doing this while barefoot).

 Since I grabbed the cloth handles of the case, the gun inside was free to slide un-encumbered out the bottom of the case and directly onto my foot from a height of several feet.

The corner of the stock hit directly on the middle toe of my right foot and smashed it between the stock and the thinly covered concrete floor.  Yes, it hurt immensely.  Each day it turns darker but hurts a little less.  Yesterday I sat around with my foot elevated all day.  Today I may venture outside so I don't go completely crazy.  Remember, most accidents happen at home.  Be careful!!!!

P.S.  Mom says I am just like Grandpa - I publish pictures of my injured body parts.

Coloring

When looking for Riley, all I see are her feet poking out from under the curtains. When I ask her what she's doing she simply says,"coloring." 

Duh, mom. This is perfectly logical. 

Our Weekend

 We decided to leave early Friday morning and take our time to visit places we "used to go".  Here we are entering Warden.

 Warden LDS Church.  It looked really nice.

 Our home in Warden.  Didn't look too bad but was a little overgrown.

 Looking north on Main Street (Asgrow buildings way in the back).  A lot of the town was boarded up, closed, run down, etc.  It looked the worst I've ever seen it.  Many houses that used to be the "nice ones" had dead lawns, dead trees, and weeds.

 G & G's house.  It looked great!  New siding, roof, windows, and landscaping.

 Chico's, enough said.  We did not stop for a pizza.

 Skyline Miniature Golf Course in Moses Lake.  Mom and I came here when she came to Warden in April of 1973 just before we got married.  It looks pretty sad now.

 If you look closely you can just make out, "Skyline Drive-In Theatre".  The museum is something new to the area.  This was the only outdoor drive-in in the area.  I once came here on a four-ple date and watched four Edgar Allen Poe classics.  I think we got home sometime the next morning.  There were eight of us in Rodeback's 1965 Ford LTD.

 Ephrata Raceway.  Mom and I used to come here to watch the stock car races when we lived in Quincy.

 Ephrata Airport (WWII Air Base).  We lived in one of the old barracks for a few months when we first came to Washington (G & G, Eugene, and me).  This is were Brenda came to pick me up when I returned from my mission.  Notice the beautiful sage brush in the foreground.

 Our home in Quincy.  Bottom right for a few months (one bedroom).  Then bottom left for the rest of the time (two bedrooms).  It looks terrible!

 Quincy Hospital where Matt was born.  It's been remodeled since 1981.

 Had to stop for some samples.  They were just as good as ever.

 We pass this museum every time we go to Cashmere so we decided to stop this time.  It is all about the Indian tribes that lived in the Columbia Basin area.  Lots of artifacts, stories, and history.  We could have spent hours here.

 Had to have my usual Railroad picture.

 Out behind the museum is a whole big area with 1800's era log structures from the area that have all been moved to this spot.  They are all furnish with "stuff" from the period.  Mom is standing in front of the school.  Notice the bars on the door to keep the kids from escaping (joke).

 Our lodging in Leavenworth.  Our room is the window on the second floor corner (left side of this picture) by the blue tree.  You can see the pickup in the far parking lot.

 When we booked reservations a few months ago the only room left was the Executive Suite.  It was "VERY" nice.  Big king-sized bed, fireplace, lots of room, and great view of the area.

 We drove down the highway a couple of miles to this place to buy a couple of pumpkins (to replace the one Mom gave the Mutual kids on Wednesday when they came by on a hunt for something "bigger or better" than the last house had given them).  We also got a bag of apples.  Fantastic!!

 Leavenworth "Front Street" from our motel.  We like the "easy walking distance."

 At noon they have this little parade.  Here is the beer wagon headed for the Beer Garden to "tap the keg."  We skipped that part.

 Our first "Selfie" from the golf course with our motel in the background.

Us in front of the Leavenworth sign.  As usual, we had a great time.  We went to church there on Sunday.  One of the families in the ward was a Facilities Manager from Yakima that had retired a couple of years ago.  It was nice to see him again.  We got home late Sunday night after a very enjoyable weekend.