Halloween Birds

Halloween was up to its old tricks again. I told Rachel a while back that I thought it would be really funny to be Big Bird for Halloween. She made it happen. Quite the little craftswoman. And I was right, it was funny to be Big Bird. It was a little scary for my 2-year old nephew, Lincoln. He wouldn't come near me. Big Bird is so misunderstood.

Rachel had a cool peacock costume but it didn't show up as well in the pictures. It's probably from being overshadowed by the giant, yellow head. If you look closely you can see her tail feathers.

This is a dog.

May I have your attention, please?

We've been handed down our assignment. The call came around 4:00 pm on October 8th. The Major asked if I had time for the call. I didn't tell him that I have no job and no responsibilities, I just told him it was a good time. He said we could choose between Travis AFB in Fairfield California, or Whiteman AFB in Missouri. So we chose California.

We're pretty excited about it. We'll about about 50 minutes away from both Sacramento and San Francisco/Oakland. I'm planning on going to as many baseball games as I can. This will be the closest I've ever lived to a baseball team, and now there are two teams within striking distance. So that makes me happy.

The base seems real nice, from what we can tell. It's a large one, and is apparently the best base to do the "space-available travel" from. Apparently the Air Force is always flying places. Makes sense. And they don't like to have empty room on the plans. So they allow military and their families to fly free (outside the continental U.S.). And it seems the Travis AFB is the main base to do this from, if your heading out Pacific way, like Hawaii. Anyway, I don't know a lot about it, but I'll have to find out. Also, I really wanted a base with a golf course. I think most of them have them. And this one does, they let you play 9-holes for 5 buck's and 18 for 11. So that's obviously awesome. Too bad I'll have to work sometimes. And too bad I'm really bad at golf.

Speaking of golfing, I'm going tomorrow with John and my dad. No betting please.

John and I had a 3-point contest and John beat me...repeatedly. We'll get him next time though. At one point John and I had both made 12 in a row. There were other, not-so-good moments as well, but we'll keep those ones quiet.

My Dad and I tried to change John's flat tire yesterday but couldn't do it. We stripped the lug nut and made a mess of the whole rusted process. Dad had to call triple A. My Dad said last time he had to call triple A for a flat tire they sent some girl out and she changed the tire for him. He said it was embarrassing because it was right next to the school he was teaching at, and all of his students would drive by and see this girl changing my dad's tire.

Also, if you are looking for a fantasy football tip this week, play me. My team has pure bye's and injuries. I'm hoping for a defensive battle.

Coming and goings

Last week we went up to Boise for a swearing in ceremony. We didn't put our hands on the bible. But we did have the option of either saying "So help me God" or "I hereby affirm." I said the first one. We stayed with Rachel's family in Emmett and even went to the high school to watch the Powder Puff football game. The seniors won of course, mostly because Rachel's brother Malcom was coaching them. Yeah seniors!!! We also got a milkshake at Roe-Ann's, the local anti-Mormon ice cream place. We tried to eat at Moon's, which is our favorite place in the world but they were closed for the Boise State football game. Doot! So we ate at some trendy Chinese restaurant, with an in-your-face/watch-me-mix-these-oils-together waiter.

I had a class the next day I had to go to so Rachel went for a drive with her parents. This ended up being a drive to Stanley, which is near Sun Valley, which is a long way away. After the class my friend Faren and I went frisbee golfing in the drizzling rain. Of course I threw my frisbee into the huge river. Luckily nobody was around so I could take my pants off and go and get it. Also luckily Faren's camera phone doesn 't take very clear pictures.

Yesterday we had a little dinner at my Dad's house. Friends and family were invited. Rachel baked a mammoth cake, and it was very delicious, and half of it is still in the fridge for me to eat for my meals thoughout the week. Josh brought over his croquet set. I lost because of an "accidental" bonk backwards threw a ring. At one point I had an easy shot through the ring and I missed it, so people laughed at me. As people were laughing I took one step to my right and sprained my ankle on the uneven grass and almost fell down, causing more laughter. Not my finest hour.

Euro Lagoon

Arches is one of Brett's favorite places in the world. He talks about it at least bi-monthly. If I didn't know better I would assume "Arches" was an ex-girlfriend. We spent 3 days in Arches and it was gorgeous. If you haven't gone- GO !!! I suggest late spring or fall, but not July or Aug due to temps of up to 100.
But it was awesome - we camped at a place with a pool so we got our "swim on."

Everything was really beautiful and we got our fill of wildlife. Here is our wildlife count:


Ringtails: 3
Foxes: 1
Bears: 0

Squirrels: 7
Birds: alot
Snakes: 1
Lions: 0
Weirdo Europeans: 278+

There are plenty of Europeans. Most of them nice, alot of them weird (no offense Chad and Elisa :) ) This particular picture was taken after a notably funny incident. We made it to Delicate Arch and brett broke out the video camera. He started filming people at the base of the arch who were trying to take pictures. There was this one guy in a red shirt, however, that kept trying to shew people away from the base of the arch so he could get a picture. Brett pointed him out to me and we both laughed, as did the German speaking people next to us. We continued to let this man be the brunt of our jokes until he ran back up to near where we were standing and joined the group of Germans that were standing next to us. They laughed so hard at us when they saw our embarressed reaction. ... jerks.

We Live in Draper Now! Yay!

It was solid good times at the BubsAnge house, but we have moved to Draper. Also, I work at a really cool Rehab/Prep school. If you move to Utah and want an easy job I will hook you up.

and Last, but not least...

BRETT PASSED THE BAR!!! Not that it was a shock. But I figured he should get one exclamation for each year of law school.

Brett you earned it! (!!)