Green..I mean Jeremy's Lantern

Jordyn's Lantern

Something to know about Jordyn's: The mouth is patterned after her own teeth, having been visited by the Tooth Fairy twice this month.

My jack-o-lantern

So here's what this years lantern looks like.(at least the best I could get the cell phone to take) If I can get good shots of the kids' I'll post em too.

The nose is actually a pumpkin stem stuck to the front of the pumpkin.

Holly got an electric carving knife for them this year... it was cool to use a power tool on the pumpkin!

Just because it was an easy post

Hell, copy and paste is easy enough... Thanks Beck!
(and thanks Holly for pointing me to Beck's blog.)

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Now did any of you doubt this would be the case? (to be perfectly honest, I had some anxiety about not getting them all correct and probably would not have posted this if that were the case)

Top 10 Happiness Catalysts

Along time ago in a blog not so far away... (I started this on 9/21)
Tagged by my wonderful wife.

These 10 things induce happy behaviors in me, such as smiles, dancing in my seat (or even on my feet), and general feelings of euphoria. They are not numbered because putting all of them in order was near impossible.

• Loving Holly


• One of my kids calling me at work to tell me something they are excited about


• Ice-cream!


• Being surprised by Holly!


• Teaching other people something that I know, and seeing them 'get it'.


• Finishing something I made with my hands and tools (even better when I get to use power tools!)


• That rushing feeling you get on the Rocket at Lagoon (or similar rides elsewhere)


• Solving a particularly challenging problem, like how to get a web page I'm building to do what I wanted it to do


• Time with the family doing things we enjoy together, like watching Smallville.


• When I can do something that makes someone else laugh, especially when I intended it to be funny :)

The list could go on, it was hard to narrow it down to this and I'm sure there are things that I'd rank above some of these... I just needed to get it done so my blog didn't feel neglected anymore.