John's Thanksgiving

My brother John and his wife Sara made a VERY juicy turkey. They got a great recipe, and they did it exactly as it directed..The turkey was so moist that it literally fell off the bone!

Pretty huh?

No meat left on these bones!

Pictures from Kim

This is the Red Sox fan! Kaylee put a Red Sox shirt on her dog pugsley..The dog has class!!!!!

Dixie and Pugsley! Cute dogs!

Kim's barfing pumpkin for Halloween...Great huh?

Grant in Navy Chief Blues

Isn't he sexy? He decided to wear them today in honor of the Marine Corp's birthday celebration..(alos because he's had them for over a year and has yet to wear them) He looks soooooo good!! I love a man in uniform!

Trick or Treat

Macen as Captain America and me as the lovely (???) Malificent (from Sleeping Beauty)

Our house on Halloween night!

School halloween party

Macen's school said that costumes could be worn as long as they were from a book..Macen decided to be a cowboy. The vest that he is wearing was Grant's when he was around Macen's age. Cool huh?

Macen's class picture on Halloween

This is Macen's teacher Mr. Johnson, and teachers aid Ms. Mary (in devil ears)

Pumpkin Carving night

Macen helped me gut his pumpkin...

He thought it was gross AND cool at the same time!

Macen's finished masterpiece! He helped draw the face..I had to carve it!

da plane! da plane!

Our friends from Boise were here this weekend. Danyelle had a softball tournement in Reno. Her team came in 6th out of something like 40 teams! Way to go! Grant got permission to take them to our airfield so they could get a up close and personal look at the Navy planes we keep around here. We can't take pictures of the cockpit, but they got to check one out. They are standing in front of the F5. These are amazing machines. When any of you get a chance to visit us, we'll try to get a tour for you!

Chief's Halloween Party 2007

Aren't we a cute little family. Here's Grant as Iron Man, Macen as Captain America, and me as the lovely Daisey Duck!

What a lovely group huh? From left to right: Grant (Iron Man) Donny as a pregnant nun, Pam & Casey Forsche as Mr and Mrs. Dog the Bounty Hunter, and Lance & Wndy Flake as the White Trash Couple. This is a picture that will come back and bight 'em don't you think?

My serious son

Macen's school picture..

Decorating for Halloween 2007

This is Macen "helping" me decorate the house..He found my "heat Miser" wig and thought it was awesome....

My decorated garden during the day. I'll try to get some night time pictures blogged soon

Another view....I love Halloween. This year Macen will be Captain America and his dad will be Iron Man...pictures are coming I promise!

Rick and Linda's Property

This is my in-laws new property...which will one day soon have a home on it. They got the rock yesterday. I need to get a picture of the property. It's very beautiful and very secluded!

Kaylee's new Puppy

Introducing the newest Rice family memeber: Pugsley Rocco Rice!

Another view of the puppy! Isn't he cute. Kim said that he chews on EVERYTHING...I told her all small dogs do that..they're compensating!

Kim's OTHER dog Dixie getting to know the new puppy. I believe that my sister is our family's version of Noah...just not with an ark (yet)

The mighty hunter returns! (emptyhanded)

Grant got home this afternoon. YEAH! He looks awesome! (He looks a little tired too) He had a great time and can't wait till next year. He was up in Idaho. He loves to go home. I have a feeling that when he retires from the Navy we'll be in Idaho. (That's all good for me..It's a pretty nice place to be) He, his best friend Jeremy, his mom and dad braved a lot of harsh weather this year. I think it either rained or snowed (or did both) almost every day. I know I couldn't have handled it.. I'm too much of a wimp. Anyway, he's home safe and sound. Thanks again to Rick and Linda for being so great. We love you guys and we'll see you soon!

Grant's hunting trip

Day one..SNOW! It had been raining the night before and the mighty hunters woke up to snow on everything!

The view of the campsight covered in the lovely white stuff...I am not sad that I stayed in Fallon this year!

Mom and Dad Pollard's camper..I guess Linda stayed in it all week because it was too cold to do anything else!

What a beautiful sight! Grant took this picture on the first day of hunting. It doesn't get any prettier than this huh?

My big hunter Grant...on a very cold day

Grant's best friend Jeremy (aka BONE) Jeremy is more like a brother. He stayed hunting the first week..then got smart and out of the cold...