Elvis's Last Moments

Halloween morning

The kids were so excited to wear their costumes to school today. Max wanted to be Elvis and Isaac the Grim Reaper.

Pet for a day

Of course, only AFTER the tarantula festival is over do we finally find a tarantula around the house. This little guy was crawling across our driveway the other day. The boys caught him and made him a little home, but we only kept him for one day, then let him be on his way to find a mate. Bye bye Hairy!

Boo!

Carving Pumpkins

It's that time of the year again, scooping slimy gut like stringy substances from the insides of pumpkins. Turned out pretty good though!

Coarsegold Tarantula Festival

Where we live, in October, the Tarantulas come out in force looking for a mate. They are often seen crossing the highways, climbing the exterior walls of houses, and so on. So our little town has an annual Tarantula Festival the last weekend in October to help raise awareness about the little hairy guys (like that they are actually quite shy gentle, and their bite will not kill you). So here are some photos of the event.

Tarantula Festival Part 2

During the Tarantula Festival this weekend, the kids got to take part in a number of different activities and contests. They decorated pumpkins, entered a pizza eating contest (they both eat too slow however, and Max was still chewing a mouthful of pizza long after leaving the stage) and a toy tarantula race. Sadly, we didn't get to enter the real tarantula race, because after hunting all over our property the day before, the little buggers were all hiding, and we couldn't find one to catch!

Tour of the Jelly Belly Factory

Since the kids had this last week off from school (but we still had to work) we wanted to give them a little "mini" vacation. So on Wednesday, we loaded up five kids into our friend's SUV and took a 3+ hour drive up to Fairfield to take a tour of the Jelly Belly Factory. It was good fun, and we all ended up with WAY too many jelly bellys!

Isaac plays soccer

This weekend we got a few good photos and a bit of video of Isaac's soccer game. Click on the link below to see the little green scorpions in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zfc2UspIus