Thanksgiving 2013

Here are our pictures of yesterday's Thanksgiving.  Nice day, no running around, would have been nice if Grandma and Grandpa were here!

Adam, Justin, and Luke played outside for quite a while and it was COLD, then relaxed indoors then the dinner.

Adam in into his bike all of a sudden--He's working on his bike here and Justin and Luke are playing in the snow.

Luke loves eating snow.

Luke LOVES being outside.

A cute picture of Adam and Luke

Close up of Adam

The Turkey-- it was very very good-- No stuffing in the bird though-

Another shot of the turkey.

The wedding soup- it was very very good.

Luke after coming in from the cold and some hot cocoa.

Another of Luke

Adam after he came in

Justin after he came in-- he looks cute here!

A & J together in their room

The turkey-- white and dark meat and the stuffing.

The Table

Another of the table.

The boys

I set the timer on the camera, and I set it to take 10 pictures-- I told everyone to take one nice one and some silly ones- here are a few.

Amy Just smiles!

A little crazy

Crazier

And Crazier

The aftermath-- all the food condensed.

And the Pumpkin Pie for dessert!

Next year Grandma and Grandpa in Canonsburg!

Halloween 2013

Here are the pictures of Halloween 2013.  It was much warmer than last year (last year it was pretty cold) but it was raining.  Amy went out with Luke, I stayed home and passed out candy and Adam and Justin went with a friend.  Luke came back after about 45 minutes, he had enough, Adam and Justin came back after it was over.  They got a hellalot a candy!

Our picture in front of the door- Adam and Just are actually backward here.

Full length shot

Close up shot

The inside shot-- all with their masks on-- again, Adam and Just are backward here.

The silly shot.

Every year they draw what they want their pumpkin to look like- I carved them this year, Amy usually does.  The 1st one is Adam's the second is Justin's and the top two are Luke's.

The fire truck in front of our house- a cool tradition.

The haul- Adam and Justin got A LOT.  Luke was tired after about 45 minutes.

Another of the haul

The kids and their pumpkin in the daylight.

And another.

"Rock Island" The Music Man (opening scene)

Here's another great movie clip

From The Music Man

Volkswagen Feeling Carefree Commercial | VW USA

In the 1980's this was a great song, I was at Kent State and we all like the song and the video was very entertaining. Just like the "Singing In The Rain" commercial for that other Volkswagen, this is another great commercial. The video is mixed with new stuff not in the original video and the ending is very cute. Great commercial!

Hickory Apple Festival

Today was the Hickory Apple Festival.  It was pretty big.  We had to park 2 miles away and a shuttle took us to the festival which was at a volunteer fire department.

It was over 80 degrees.  There were signs selling hot chocolate, but I'm sure none sold.  There was also a stand that cooked outdoor bean soup, with home made bread- I guess it's a "thing" in Hickory but no one was buying soup when it was so warm and humid.  I bet it's usually much colder and that stuff sells well.

This is inside the fire hall.  That sign is up there all the time, it just happens to be October and the fesival is going on!

This nice guy had a bunch of birds.  He let the birds interact with the kids.  Luke loves all animals and he loved holding the birds.

A bird on his head and a bird on his finger.

3 Birds!

A few pictures to show the size of the festival

A and J eating hot italian sausage.

Drinking coke

Justin and his coke

One of the stages.

Luke petting a kitty from an animal shelter.

This was on our house when we got home

I added these next 2 later-- they should be before the bug.  Everyone eating their apple and ice cream desset.

Some random older gentleman-- he just seemed so perfect in this small town festival enjoying his Italian sausage and the delicious looking coke. 

Ok, one more--- this funny one of Adam eating his sausage!

Artsy and Random

Here are some random pictures.

I'm rediscovering my camera and trying to figure out

how to take great pictures

Jojo

Kind of artsy

Fall in our back yard.

Singing in the Rain [HQ] Golf GTI Advertisement Comercial

Cool commercial- the movie was on today.  I shared this once before.  There is another GREAT VW commercial that's on the tv now (this commercial was from a few years ago) that I plan on putting up in a few days.