Family

Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving we decided to stay in Tucson and try our hand at making a nice turkey dinner. We invited Grandpa over along with our good friends Paul, April and Silas. I was hopeful that it would turn out OK, but the potatoes were drier than the Sahara and the turkey had absolutely no flavor. My gravy turned out to be a little too thick and by the end of the meal I could barely get the ladel out it without taking the whole boat along! Oh well…we learned our lesson and our guests were so nice and ate it up with sweet smiles so they wouldn’t hurt our feelings.  🙂 Even though the meal was lacking, the company made up for it! THANK YOU GUYS!

Momma and Henry dressed up
Paul, April and Silas

 

Daddy cleans up nice

 

Ready for Turkey!
Grandpa reading to Henry
Henry thrilled to get his socks off!
Henry

More pics for Henry’s calendar

Trying to grab the camera
Patriot Baby
Rocking baby
Sweet boy
Relaxing on the coffee table
Yes I am cute...I know
Cranky skeleton boy
Hey mom
Camo baby
How do I look?
Enough mom!
Mommy's little monster
My favorite picture ever!
Misc, Trips

Shooting Trip/Flagstaff

This past weekend Tommy and I traveled up to Flagstaff to go shooting with our Uncle Keto. He has quite the collection of firearms and was nice enough to take us out and let us shoot some of his cooler ones. We’ve decided that we want to make this an annual event because we had so much fun! Maybe by this time next year, there’ll be some new ones to break in!

Tommy and Keto checking out where to put targets
Getting the Browning ready
Keto feeding in the bullets
Keto and the M-16
Tommy with the SKS
Me and the M-16
The BEAST – .50 Cal
Uh, those bullets are slightly intimidating…
Keto getting me ready for my drill
That target is pretty damn small
Keto gets a headshot

And for your viewing pleasure…a few videos!
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Maria “going to town” on an old car with Keto’s Browning

Maria getting her “kicks” on the .50 cal!

“Cool Hand Luke”…until the 2nd magazine!

House

More Backyard work

We finally finished laying down the railroad ties…now we start on the shed and brickwork…

Tommy hammering in rebar
Henry falling asleep through all the racket
Done with the railroad ties!
No more slope!
Henry trying to clean up the mess
House

Let the excavating begin!

The transformation of the backyard has started. We rented a bobcat this weekend and dug out the slope on the side of the house and started laying railroad ties. We worked night and day moving that dirt and it ended up being a hell of a lot more than we thought. We had the railroad ties delivered and dumped in the driveway (54 of them) and then moved them all, one by one, to the backyard. Talk about back-breaking work. We moved those damn things while little kids walked around trick or treating! The next day Grandpa came over and helped us shovel excess dirt and then ended up helping us bury the water line that we dug up! woops! It all went well and we were able to return the bobcat on time even with the set back.  Happy Halloween!

Slope by side of fence
Doesn't look like THAT much dirt, does it?
View from the other side
54 railroad ties - Before
Railroad ties after...we were dead.
Henry helping daddy with the bobcat
That's a lot of dirt!
Taking the dirt to the driveway
Grandpa giving me a smile
Can I help Dad?
Laying the first railroad ties
My favorite boys

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