Turkey Ball or Basket Turkey?

This morning I again woke up early for the annual tradition of playing basketball with old friends. It was a celebration of getting old while still thinking that we can play like we used to in the old days. We were also hoping that running around so much would help us loose some pounds and make room for the pending turkey surge. It was fun!
The group that showed up were: John Thorpe, David Thorpe, Mike Maynard, Paul Stokes, Chris Nordfelt, Lantz Nordfelt, and their families of course. Thanks guys, it was a fun pre-Thanksgiving ritual!

Ball and Chain

Well, this year for Halloween Melissa got the chance to call me her "ball and chain." We went to our annual Ward Carnival and had a picture taken with the family. The kids were dressed in their Halloween best and the photographer said we had to look the part so he made sure the witch was looking over us and had the chain wrapped around my neck. Now, Melissa had full control of me and I had no where go, but I seem to be enjoying it and the kids did too.

The Carnival is always fun, especially tasting everyone's favorite dessert that they choose to bring. The Pumpkin dessert was really good, THANKS Jon! Mmmmmm.