Wow, I think we carved our pumpkins a little soon. Now they just look like Senior citizen pumpkins. I think the one on the right might win if we had a contest again. Thanks for all the voting you all did, it was a lot of fun watching and seeing who's carving was up and down.

For the record Alida told me we needed to wait a little longer to carve but I got a little impatient. I swear next year I will listen to her.

The one on the left was : Aaron - center: Alida - right:Kelcy


The winner of the first annual pumpkin carving contest is............................... AARON..................... yaaaaaa. Alida gave me a good run for the money but was not able to upset my lead . Kelcy didn't bomb out completely, she did manage to get 3% of the vote. OK who ever gave her the vote we wanna know who you are so leave a comment. Alida and I went to a cool Halloween party last week. we had a scavenger hunt that made us run all over town and do crazy things, all the while video taping them. We all met back at the Horns house and watched each others tapes and graded them. Out of the four teams Alida's group came in first place and my group came in 3rd. We all had a good time though win or lose. { even though we should have won }.....

OK the results are in and we have a winner. We will announce it very soon. I hate to keep everyone in suspense ( as if ) but I want to do it right and don't have the time right now. Alida is trying to push me out the door to go to Terry and Bethany's right now. Check back tomorrow for the update.

Happy Halloween!!!!

Tonight for family home evening, we decided to carve pumpkins. We were all pretty pleased with our designs, but there was one small problem...whose was the best of all? We could not come to a consensus among ourselves so we thought that you could help us decide who is queen (or king) of pumpkin carving. Don't worry, it's only for bragging rights, nothing truly important, so be brutally honest and choose your favorite. Aaron is going to put up a poll that you can answer to make sure that your voice is heard. Vote Left, Center, or Right on the left hand side of our page.

We decorated the front porch to welcome all the decked out rug rats prowling for goodies and treats. My sister said I should hand out toothpaste and toothbrushes. What a weirdo! That is Halloween sacrilege! We will be handing out great goblin goodies and terrible treats come October 31st. We even have our own personal ghastly ghoul peering through the bottom left hand side of the door. Who could those two beady eyes belong to??? I'm not telling. Hope that ya'll have a happy and safe Halloween.

Here is our new car, we actualy got in in July but I know many of you have not seen it yet. It is a 2008 "KIA Rio 5." affectionatly known as "Gerbil two."

Here is "Gerbil one."

I finaly found a place to get a deep fried twinkie. Sounds good doesnt it. I had been looking for them at a fair for months, Alida and I went to the persimamin festavel in Mitchell and there they were. We also enjoyed some deep fried pickels, they were pretty good too.

School is going good for me. Between work and church we stay pretty buisy. Married life is treating me good and I am lucky to have such a smart and witty wife as a companion.