Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! And no we are not dead. Sorry for the absent posting. We couldn't let Marty and Jeremy have all the fun so we decided to move, too! How fun is that!? You might remember if you read back a few post, Erin was looking to buy a house. And she did and packed all our great stuff in boxes. Now don't worry, the move didn't stop us from having great adventures...we just don't exactly remember which box the camera was packed in. But as soon as we unpack all 29,042 boxes of Erin's crap we will have a slew of back post for you all. We can't wait, hope you can a little longer. Just drink some of that spiked eggnog and enjoy the holidays. That's what we are doing.

We'll help unpack this one!

Just ME!

Earlier this year, I went to Portland, Maine! In celebration of this trip, I first took some time to stop and smell the rosehips, a key ingredient in several kinds of tea.



Then I visited Portland Head Light, or PHL as some of the locals call it.



I don't see what the big deal is, looks WAY too small for me; lets see if they've got anything more my size around here...



Success! Just my size!

Seriously though, the scenery was gorgeous. Here is a camera-phone, postcard quality picture that scarcely does it justice.



I'll be heading back to Maine for some camping and more seafood ASAP! Wanna come?

Lobster

Veni



Vidi



VICI!!!!

Halloween Aftermath

So after the parade the sheep wanted to get going and get candy. It all seemed like a good idea...

Sheep ready to go Trick - Or - Treating

Until they decided to eat all the candy they got in one sitting. Now they are in a diabetic coma. We hope they snap out of it so they can keep blogging. But we will have to see.

Sheep in diabetic coma

Hope your sheep (dog, dragon, pink teddy bear) got lots of candy because of their great costumes AND that they know better than my sheep and space out the eating of it.

This state fair is a great state fair...

I got to go to the New Mexico State Fair! It was really fun, but first they didn't want me to go (see item 2 on the list).



Then they tried to get me to change my insurance to Gieco - 15 minutes and they didn't even save me money!



Once I FINALLY got inside, I saw some crafts, including a carved Mr. Potato Head!



Since I was from the furthest away, they even gave me a coupon for Malt-o-meal. I like the food people! Then, right by the Malt-o-meal people, there was a tractor from home; yay John Deere!



After some tractor riding, I got to play in a puppet show. I sang "I've got no strings," it seemed appropriate.



Next, I went to play in the New Mexico Department of Natural resources building; do you see me?



How 'bout now?



Last, I went to see Old McDonalds Farm.



I got nervous when I saw some future HAMburgers...



Then they tried to keep me!



Help!

I decided they were right in the first place, I should have stayed out to begin with and insurance sure would have been a good idea!

All good parades must come to an end!

Hi everyone!

Thanks so much for participating in this year's costume parade! We ended up with SEVENTEEN entries (wow!):

1 – D.J. as Shaun the Sheep

2 – Quinn as a member of the Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band

3 – Andi as an Iowa Cheerleader

4 – Scout as Monk from the TV show Monk

5 – Aerin as a Banshee

6 – Chris as a Mummy

7 – Farfner as a Witch

8 – Taylor as a Ghost Buster

9 – Franklin as a Famous French Pastry Chef

10 – Marty as Harry Potter

11 – Jesse as a Soccer Hooligan…I mean Sounder Player

12 – Elliot as Vince “Offer” Shlomi the Sham-Wow guy

13 – Val as H1N1

14 – Riley as a Pirate

15 – Pink Bear as a Witch

16 – Jeremy as a Witchcraft

17 – Shaun the Sheep as D.J.


Now, you have 11 whole months to be thinking what you're going to be for next year. Erin's accepting pictures anytime you have a picture to send in before next year of Halloween. I can't wait!

DJ...or is it?

Shaun the Sheep as D.J.

Shaun the Sheep is bringing us full circle with his costume of our very own D.J., who is going as Shaun the Sheep this year for Halloween. Shaun loves cotton candy ever since the famous episode “Sheep on the Loose" where a younger member of the flock Timmy gets caught in a cotton candy machine and comes out as a big wad of candy. Who wouldn't love that? Thanks Shaun for joining our parade and bringing us back to where it all began.