Chineapple Punks

11/13/12

Friendsgiving

Thanksgiving came early! Well, for our friends it did. Last year we celebrated at Sizzler (stop looking at me like that) and this year we wanted something a little more personal. So we planned a sit down family style dinner.

This was our first attempt at cooking a turkey and though there were a few mishaps I think it went well. We named her Gina and she was a total rockstar. Cleaning out Gina certainly wasn't my favorite thing in the world - especially when you have no clue what you're doing. But fun people make everything better so it turned out to be one of the most entertaining parts of the night. We made a few frantic phone calls to our mothers, a few desperate Google searches, and went a little rouge from the instructions. But we did it!

Displaying a cooked Gina with our best Vanna White skills:

Great minds think (and shop) alike

And what would Thanksgiving dinner be without a pie eating contest? It started off as a joke and next thing I know I'm being handed a napkin bib and staring at a piece of chocolate cream pie while considering my strategy. That escalated quickly.

Anna won! Impressive. I lost! Surprise surprise. I'm not certain why I even participated considering I've never been known for my speedy eating skills. Shanna does a great impression of me eating fries, but I'll save that for another day. Or never because sometimes the truth hurts.

I have a lot to be grateful for this year, and these people are a large part of that. Happy Early Thanksgiving!

11/11/12

PoW: Nov 4-11

Life can really be a kick in the pants sometimes. But great weekends like this last one certainly take the edge off!

11/4/12

PoW: Oct 28-Nov 4

Red & Blue

11/1/12

Chocolate cake, please

October: Always a great month. Vibrant leaves, awkwardly awesome Halloween costumes, enough sugar to demand a root canal. And BOOTS. Let's not forget the return of wonderful boots.

Though I most definitely earn the "creature of habit" title, October is a good reminder to me that change and transition can actually be pretty beautiful. Especially when it looks like towering white aspens with bright yellow leaves. Yet even staring at that beautiful aspen, I often find myself wishing for change sparingly and autumn continually. I'll take my cake and eat it too, thankyouverymuch.

October in a nutshell that looks like a grid that easily could have been six times the size. Because that's how epic autumn can really be. And how much I love photos ... duh :)

10/28/12

PoW: Oct 21-28

Things I learned from Zombie Jess
(well, half Zombie Jess):

It's so much easier to try to be ugly than it is to try to be pretty - and with a lot less pressure!
I need to learn how to growl
Need a wax? Liquid latex will do the job ... whether you like it or not
Avoid eye contact at Walmart
Crimped hair is back and better than ever
The DI is always a good idea
Next time: more blood!
HALLOWEEN ROCKS

10/21/12

PoW: Oct 14-21

This is what happens when we have a free hour on a fall Saturday afternoon. Good thing you can't really see the outline of the cell phones in our pockets or the illusion would be blown.

Stop trying to find the cell phone outline and just pretend we're actually ghosts, huh? My face might not be super convincing, but Anna's .... oh geez. Someone's seen The Sixth Sense a few too many times.