Thanksgiving of the American Variety

Well, its fast sunday, so I guess I'll torture myself by posting thanksgiving dinner...l

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Pomegranite Salad

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Turkey

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Buns

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Whipped Cream

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Stuffing

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Cranberry Jelly

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Potatoes (the best part)

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Beans and Bacon

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And lets not forget the lemonade

Halloween

Let me introduce to you... The Random James Bond Villain! Complete with one lens sun glasses, a mutant pussy cat with "sharp pionty teeth" and lasors in its eye, an evil grin, slicked back hair (as slicked as it would go), rings, jewelry, a diabolicaly insane laugh, and of course, the ultimate plan for world domination!

This is my personal favorite - hero captured and can't hold in my excitment so tell the hero all my plans -pose.

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Every villain has a compassionate side

I needed a name tag for school lest I be called a "pimp" but that didn't stop some people.

This pumpkin kind of surprised us after we bought it. We really weren't expecting it to have teeth and eyes. Especially not with such feminine eyes.

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This is mom when she eats mild salsa

Fall at the Walton's

10 Things I like about fall:

1. Rain starts coming

2. Leaves start changing color

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3. Two thanksgivings holidays, two thanksgiving feasts, and a week long vacation to Las Vegas

4. Get to start wearing winter clothing again

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5. Excellent photography opportunities

6. It is the season before my favorite season

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7. Halloween, Halloween dances, candy overload, watching scary movies, playing scary video games, carving pumpkins and wearing Halloween costumes

8. The distant cracking, and popping of firecrackers and fireworks, along with the smell of smoke.
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9. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, pumkin bars (the kind with creme cheese icing), and any other pumkin desserts.

10. Get to start anticipating Christmas!

The Game of LIfe

Last weekend was the priest Laurel Conference with the theme of LIFE. That includes a dance, service project, workshops, "the Game of Life", and a testimony meeting. The Game of Life: First we drew cards that told us our high school experience, and rolled a die to determine how much money we had saved. I was a bit nervous to get my card, because the two guys in front of me both dropped out of high school and had to start over. Luckily I graduated from seminary and high school with top grades and a scholarship for further education. Not realizing how many choices we actually had in this game, I accidentally skipped the mission, and, by accident, got a PHD right off the bat. Lucky. So with my forged PHD in hand, I headed over to the employment center to get a job, however I was delayed by matrimony. Completely caught by surprise I was dragged off, by a game counselor, toward the singles ward. “I found him!” The counselor turns to me and says enthusiastically “This is your wife, Melisa, you two are very in love” My wife and I asked the typical arranged marriage questions. “So… what’s your name? What’s your financial situation? How’s life been for you?” As it turns out, my wife had gone on a full time mission; at least one of us did.

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Mr. and Mrs. A - 17

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We had a temple marriage and ring exchange, and yes, they actually had rings to give each other. After our medium size reception, and honeymoon to Cancun, Mexico, I got a job as a CEO, and bought a Mazda Miata. The Miata, however, became useless because soon enough we had five kids; Three boys, and two girls… or vice versa. We named them too, but I forgot what they were, as most parents do.

Hooray for five children and tax refunds!

Car salesmen at work

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Throughout the rest of the game, we bought insurance, bought a luxury home, went on vacations, got paid, paid tithing, got our car stolen, bought a van, mistook the afterlife for the temple (what can I say? They were all wearing white!), got arrested by Melisa’s younger brother, and charged by Dad for partial nudity, did community service time, overcame the looming threat of divorce, restrained from using either of our credit cards the entire game, and sent two of our kids on a mission.

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Court Clerk Walton and Herrington

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It was in line for our last pay period, when tragedy struck, and the grim reaper visited us. Melisa and I were both killed in a hunting accident. We both had the deer in our sites but the dang thing moved in between us. At least I think so, it wasn’t exactly clear. We politely asked him if we could get paid one more time before death so as to finish paying off our depts. He said no. We lost all of our earthly possessions, and the only thing that ended up counting for us was our blessing cards, and memory cards. Psh! How realistic is that! The game was really fun, and I would do it again if I had the chance!

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This is our visit with death. Look at that smug face; he must really love his job.

Thanksgiving of the Canadian Variety

MMMMMmmmhhhh! Turkey, stuffing, succulent cranberry jelly, fresh butter soaked buns, whopping pickled beans, potatoes, creamy turkey gravy, Martinellies, cherry pie, pumpkin pie, ice cream and a whole lot of thanks!

Before

After

I tried to pop the cap with my arm. It was harder than I thought.

Oops, a little too much Martinellies.




Mom and Dad went for a walk. (mischievous laugh)

It was Only a Matter of Time!

At last, it is MINE! My own. my precious.

We went to the US yesterday for some shopping since our Canadian dollar is totally equal now.
It was quite a challenge to find though. We checked two Best Buys, Costco, Target, EB Games, and found it at Game spot (sigh in frustration).

Halo 3 is TOTALLY AWESOME!!! With its new weapons, new maps, new vehicles, it is sure to send tidal waves of goosebumps through your body. Its exhilarating, and awe inspiring multi player phenomenon will leave you wanting more!

Hey I guess this means I have an regular x-box and four controllers sitting around collecting dust... wait too long and it will go on craigslist!

Multiple Me

This is just some fun I have been having on photoshop with the [Rubber Stamp Tool]

It's Brioooons!

Oh man! if i had clones, we would have so much fun!

I imagine we'd get bored too.