Spring Cleaning in November

Our big Garage project is now complete. Jared and his Dad built a work bench and an upper storage unit above the door, in the back of the garage. We are very pleased with how it turned out. Now there will be no complaining about the Cat's getting cat hair on all of Jared's hunting equipment. He now has all his stuff up on top in the storage compartment. We moved all the baby equipment/clothes and holiday totes up in the storage space in Conner's room. We also layed out some of the left over pieces of carpet from inside the house along the walk space. It will also help keep our feet warm when we go to get something out of our spare refrigerator and freezer. I don't have a picture now but I will get one and post it soon. I can actually park my car in the garage now. The first night it was done, which I think was Saturday, I don't think our animals knew what to do with themselves. Chloe our tabby cat kept meowing and looking for her hiding spot, which is no longer there. Tucker our puppy thinks it is his new playground. Colby and Oscar really don't care one way or the other as long as they have a place to lounge.

Sports Highlights - Conner "Connman" Turpin

Last Saturday Novermber 8th was Conner's last game of the season and they all played really good. It was a great season. They were the youngest team in the league with no previous experience. But they managed to score every game and all the kids had great fun. The last 5 minutes of the game on Saturday both coaches agreed to let all the team members, on both teams, enter the field to play. It was a maylay of kids but they all had fun. And of course, because we live in Oregon, it started raining and all the kids got soaked. We got some pretty awesome pictures of Conner "Connman" Turpin at his finest.

Big Friday

Jared and Ed got a Deer tonight. Who needs Wyoming when you have Oregon City. They took Conner this morning but were unsuccessful. Although Conner was definitely a fun addition to the experience. Conner kept saying "Dad don't look that way, keep your eyes on the road." Even at an early age he knows how Dad drives. They could only hunt for a short time because Conner had Preschool at noon. Later I asked Conner if he had fun and he said "Mom it was so cool I saw a squirrel." That was the highlight of the morning hunt. After they dropped Conner off at school they went out to a different place and sure enough after a few buck grunt calls and some antler scapes the big buck came crashing through the trees to see what was going on. I don't think he knew what hit him. Jared and Ed really couldn't believe it either.

Halloween 2008

It was a spooktacular Day. We had our annual Halloween event at ADP. Our group decided it would be appropriate to dress as the presidential candidates. I was Senator John McCain. Jamie was Senator Barak Obama. Wendy was Cindy McCain. Diana was Michelle Obama. Paula was Sarah Palin and we suckered Rick into being Joe Bidden. We were quite the group...After no work and all play I picked Conner up from Preschool. He had a blast at his preschool fall party. He dressed as Spiderman, the same costume as last year, but he didn't mind. He thought it was cool that he got to be two superhero's this year for Halloween (Spiderman and Optimus Prime). Afterward we picked Jared up from home and went to the O.C Shopping Center where they were having trick-or-treating and costume contests for all ages. Conner got a medal, along with the rest of the kids, for a great costume. We dropped Jared off at home so he could make it to work, (he was working the Football game that night), and Conner switched costumes so he could become his second hero of the night "Optimus Prime". Conner and I headed to the O.C Stake Center for the annual Trunk-or-Treat, where we met up with Grandma and Grandpa Turpin. Conner wasn't much into trick-or-treating at that point. So he hung out with us on the tailgate of Granpa's Truck while we passed out Candy to the kids. We stopped by to say hi to Conner's buddy Austin Monte (who was also Optimus Prime) and they played while I chatted with Austin's Mom Kristy. We even made it home in time to receive a few dozen trick-or-treaters. All said and done it was a fun and busy night.