I have no more children...

Jen always decorated Jessica's room for Christmas and her December birthday. Connor complained that no one ever decorated his room for his birthday...Jen tried to come up with something that Connor 'enjoys' - Zombies

Jen found rubber body parts. She colored them and hung them in his room.

Katie gave him a lovely birthday card...keeping with the zombie theme - almost

And Dad gave him a "Monster" drink in the fridge to start his day with a bang.

Taylor's Tuesday Thanksgiving turkey tradition

So the kids can go to their other houses on Thursday the Taylors celebrate on Tuesday....you can't imagine how relaxing and peaceful Thanksgiving day turns out to be.

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Laser eye kitty

This is an untouched photo of steve

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A short visit with Olive

I went to visit little miss Olive after work on Friday. It was right before nap time. She was a little smiley but more content with just looking at things. I put her in our favorite snuggle spot and she just turned and stared at me in that same position for a good five minutes. It didn't matter if I was talking or not, she just stared.
After 15-20 minutes olive was more intetested in rating and sleeping then slobbering on her g'pa.
Megan turned down the lights and I think I feel asleep first. I think it was the midnight showing of Harry Potter talking with some help from the 5a shift I worked friday morning.

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Some people dress up as a Fireman for Halloween

And others get to dress up once a week (or more) and play fireman.
Friday was hoses day...rolling, unrolling, loading, unloaded, draining, folding, prepping, storing, linking, hooking up to the truck, unhooking from the truck, hooking up to a mock hydrant, unhooking from mock hydrant...everything you could do with a hose.






My job was photographer.
(I am helping with the calendar fundraiser and year-end slide show)
Yes, it rained all afternoon.

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Connor, showing his backward horse riding skills. No, I did not ride on the truck, nor was I thrown from the truck.



Connor, the company leader.




Some things I learned this day...

* Hoses are heavy - even without water

* There is a right way and a wrong way to handle and carry a hose

* There are many many hoses stored on each firetruck

* Rain is very wet - especially in the NW

It was a festive night at the Taylors - no ghosts though

We made caramel apples. We only made a couple of mistakes (it had been a while since we have made them). Mistake #1 - we did NOT use kraft caramels...what a pain to unwrap. Mistake #2 - we didn't put them in the cold to solidify the caramel. Mistake #3 - I ate one...it was super delicious.

Jennifer wants to be a nurse someday...here she is getting some proctice.

Connor's shirt say "Plays well with other"...a gift from his Aunt Lori

The Artist at work...carving the perfect pumpkin.

Would she have it any other way...I think not.

No band aids were needed tonight. That may be a first.

One of my favorite things about carving up pumpkins - the bucket-o-seeds.

Each pumpkin passed the light test...

This is my pumpkin, Cody's, and Jessica's

The EYE of SAURON

In progress...

All of them together - Jen, Connor, Mitch, Cody, and Jessica.

Tiger football comes to an end

This was part of the homecoming 'tailgate'. There were T-shirts to be purchased for $4. They were orange and the only thing they said was "HOMECOMING". No BGHS, No Tigers No BG.

Hot dogs, chips and a soda were sold for $2. See the picture post in my photo log.

Army recruiters showed up with a climbing wall. The high school tried to arrange for them to come but got no response...until the night of the tailgate. Last year they brought a climbing wall, but none of the students could use it - unless they were 18 or had parent consent. That would be why they school wanted to see if they were coming so they could get out parent consent forms...the wall was not even put up and erect - you can see it in the back ground.

Then there was the battle of the musics...Someone brought their truck and speakers and cranked out loud inappropriate country music (bad words and themes). The ASB kids asked them to leave and then they played radio versions of hip-hop songs. The country truck pulled across the street and pointed their speakers toward the tailgate party. All the "country" kids hung around the truck and all the other kids stayed at the official tailgate...

There was face painting, colored hair spraying, games and just hanging out.

That is my view from what we call the crow's nest...best seat in the house

The season isn't over but their home games are done, therefore my job is finished as announcer.

If you think this job was easy, you try and keep crowd excited about a game when your team is getting blown out my more than 4 touchdowns or 5 touchdowns or 6 like last night at the homecoming game the tigers lost by eight touchdowns.

Some "Mitch phrases" that I use to 'entertain' the crowd...

• More than one flag is thrown - "Yellow hanky parade"
• Hard hit - "Bob Jones with a meet and great at the line of scrimmage"
• Hard hit - "Bob Jones introducing himself - the hard way"
• Running back running up the field with a defender hanging on - "Bob Jones giving free piggy-back rides"
• Person with the ball spins to get more yardage - "Bob Jones twists and shouts for a 1st down"
• Defense jumps offsides and tries to get back - "They put their right foot in...they put their right foot out....and an offsides call -that's what it's all about"
• Officials having an on the field conference "And the officials are trying to agree where dinner is tonight"
• Swarmed upon and hit like a flock of Angry Birds (video game reference)
• Long yards to go for a first down (over 15) - "3rd down and a short taxi ride for the 1st"

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