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Jack O'Lantern

The story of the Jack o'Lantern comes from Irish folklore. Jack was a crafty farmer who tricked the Devil into climbing a tall tree. When the Devil reached the highest branch, Jack carved a large cross in the trunk, making it impossible for the Devil to climb down. In exchange for help getting out of the tree, the Devil promised never to tempt Jack with evil again. When Jack died, he was turned away from Heaven for his sins and turned away from Hell because of his trickery. Condemned to wander the Earth without rest, Jack carved out one of his turnips, took an ember from the devil, and used it for a lantern to light his way.

He became known as "Jack of the Lantern."

Hmmmmm....

Well,

I've been working and unpacking (slowly) lately. That pretty much sums it up. Obviously my office is not set up yet or I would post more often. :)

We bought some furniture which will be here on Saturday and then I will hopefully post some pictures! Wahoo!

I got a hair cut....

house is awesome.

that's about it. :D

Not really that interesting without pictures...huh?

Not quite settled in....

I haven't had easy access to internet so my updates have been more than lacking lately. I'll post someday. :D

The Deed is Done

We did it! We closed on our house! Wahoo!

We are officially moving in on Saturday all day! If you are free and would like to come help or just see the house feel free to come by! We will be starting at 9:00 am at our current bountiful house.

If you have any questions or comments (or advice for new home owners!) give one of us a call!
Thanks y'all! :D

Is Throwing A Tree Really A Sport?!

I was definitely going to post this a week ago but got really busy, so, here it is very quickly.


Well, I am back from a fabulous band extravanganza in the Rockies. The Longs Peak Scottish Highland Festival hired our band to perform for them at their annual games. The games were held in Estes Park Colorado and it was beautiful (most of the time)! We saw a ton of wildlife and experienced some great weather.


We were featured alongside the Scots Guard Pipe Band established in 1632 who came all the way from Scotland to perform! It was also an honor to play alongside the US Marine Corps Band.


The 3 bands performed for the tattoo held each night starting on Thursday Sep 10. It was great. Here you can see the spoils. Enjoy.


Catapult trying to hit ol' nessy on the lake

The real marines.

That's right....we were VIPs.

Free junk food and drinks all the time!

Hiding out from the rain inside a vendor tent

Playing Mad Gab on the bus ride over to the park

I just finished raiding the box of lunch left-overs for more Capri Suns.

Playing cards with a band marine dude

Our band just chillin'

Megan doing Blue Steel

Hacky. The band's favorite past-time...besides music of course. ;P

Gorgeous Sunsets. (This picture does not do it justice)

Me, Kierra and Jill just goofing off at the tattoo on down-time

Me doing a flip on the exercise equipment at the YMCA

Just posing for a good golf shot.

I got a hole-in-one!

Elk

Brandon had to visit The Man Cave so we made him pose like a sissy

Howdy.

Calzone (and Jill getting in the picture so it's not just a picture of food).

Triple Decker.........$6
Italian Sub.........$6
Calzone.........$5
Getting 3 meals and splitting them between your friends.....Priceless

My sunburn on the very first day! It is nice and cool so you can't tell you're burning!

Wildlife

They were fighting and then posed for the camera dang it!