I Love The Holidays...

Except for the cold, and really, I was just tired of looking at that Happy Thanksgiving post... ;)

Happy Thanksgiving...

Again...

So yeah, I had about six or seven more trees to cut down, but I was too scared to do it as they could have easily crushed the pool house I've spent three years building, so my friend said he would come do it...

Luckily he knew what he was doing... :)

This is the mess we were left with...

Zac clearing some of the debris, there is still a lot of it out there, so perhaps this time tomorrow I'll have a picture of it all gone. Although we burned most of it yesterday. I guess I better get off of this PC and get out there and get to work... :(

Kids LOVE Fire...

Yeah, we've been clearing the area behind the pool house, and burning the trees we cut down, so the kids all had to have their "own" fire, which was fine with me, because the more kids running around finding sticks and whatever to burn, the less I have to pick up... :) (I'm getting rid of all the pines back there and clearing an area for a garden next year - in case you were wondering :)

So we have basically burned everything there is to burn back there now, grading it is next... :(

Oh wait, I have about six or seven more pines to cut down back there, but am too scared to cut them myself, so my neighbor is going to drop them for me next weekend...

This Is What I've Been Up To...

Cooking chili... A fine meal if I do say so myself, I make so much of it because I do not know how to cook in small quantities having grown up in such a large family and how can you cook chili in small quantities???

Anyway, that's my post, the chili is AWESOME and everyone loves it. I made so much of it though, two days, two pots that size, we have a freezer full and have shared plenty of it with neighbors and friends. Still have a freezer full. The stuff is excellent after it has been in the freezer for a few months...

Halloween...

Taylor cleaning out her pumpkin for carving... Yeah, I didn't take any other pics for some reason... :(

Trailer all set and ready to go once darkness arrives... Everyone's pumpkins they carved are attached (obviously), the "mummy pumpkin" didn't used to be a "mummy" but somehow the face got smashed in, yeah, I'm sure it was an accident, but anyway, the cloth strips came in handy... :)

Nearly ready, yeah, I was basically the same thing as I was last year, to be honest, I'm not even sure why I "dress up" since I rarely get out of the truck... :)

Shot right before we left...