Birthday Boy

He's from O-town.
He loves chocolate milk chugs as much as his wife.
He writes poetry.
He's a friend to all.
He makes the best grilled cheese you'll ever taste.
He can build an Indian Sauna like nobody's business.
He thinks he's losing his hair.
He free-style raps like a gangsta.
He's been hit-on by men and women alike, many times.
He owns his own business.
He's very handsome.
He has a true talent for public speaking.
He loves the opening day of the hunt more than Christmas morning.
He can run really fast, for a really long time.
He's 30 years, 2 weeks, and 2 days old.

Happy Birthday Bruce!!
You're loved by many!
Welcome to the next decade.

And now, a small picture tribute to the last 30 yrs...

...and here's to the next 30.

R.I.P.

Well, it's now been almost 6 months since my was stolen. There I was, loving the and early mornings, trying to be , while getting some and riding my bike to work. I walked out from the hospital, excited to ride home and saw this: , an empty bike rack. [Actually, they did leave my helmet with my cut chain inside it. The nerve.]
Ahh!!!! I was soooooo . But not a goofy mad, more like donald duck mad: . Then my boiling blood led to .




...and I'm still not quite over it.


But, on the bright side. Maybe this could have happened to me ,
and this to my bike .
Or this to my spandex .

Wait, I wasn't wearing spandex..




So, to for a ,
despite the economic.


My paypal account is up and running.

a new found love...

Seriously, have you tried these? They're waayyyyy better than milk chocolate ones!

Halloween!

4th Annual Halloween Party:



Little Red Riding Hood and my Big Bad Wolf:


Turns out there was an entire group missing their key figure. Lucky for them, I was able to fill the missing part.
Aren't the costumes great?!!



I just love this picture because not one person is looking at the camera. And also because I'm in-love with Woody and Buzz!!

poor thanksgiving

I just heard Christmas music today. Isn't it just a bit early?!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I know, it's creepy! ...but it's also hours of entertainment!

There's room for more great leaders...

What, you think you have no reason to visit South Dakota?! You're wrong!
We discovered that Mount Rushmore is really cool!! We headed there two weeks ago for a little road trip and had a great time. Being an election year and everything, we thought it was the patriotic thing to do.


We also discovered...



Martin's Cove is dead in the middle of no where in Wyoming. Poor pioneers- it was really cold and I could only imagine that the sub-zero wind chills would make an already miserable experience even more unfavorable.
It was nice and sunny while we passed through- as you can see by our squinty eyes!



The prairie lands of South Dakota are close competitors to Yellowstone for their wild life. We saw buffalo, mountain goats, tons of deer, wild turkeys, prarie dogs and prong horn sheep. Very cool!

We discovered gas is really cheap in WY! Turn your head and that's $2.79 you see. Back when it was still $3.30 in Utah.
But, that warrants no inkling of a desire to drive through the barren desert of Wyoming. This is pretty much all you'll see:

Yes, that's a giant steel triceratops cut-out. Unfortunately we didn't capture the giant jackalope cut-out but it might have even topped the dino. And the lands of the huge windmills- they were actually really cool.
And don't think you can just fly through the endless miles of flat lands. We got pulled over TWO times!! But luckily still got off clean. whew.


Lincolns' all-seeing eye.