Halloween Fun

Once again our neighborhood rocks when it comes to trick or treating! Unfortunately Mark had school on Halloween so that left me taking 4 kids out to do the rounds not to mention getting them all done up. A big thank you goes out to the Jones family for letting me tag along with them for a little adult moral support. Phewww! So here are some pics of Halloween 2008 with the Chapins.

Anyone want to guess what Jackson is...Dr. 2 Brains from Word Girl on PBSkids!

Liam wouldn't get in the picture so I had to take a separate on of him.

A Request

Hi all, so my birthday is coming up and I am making Mark take me out to dinner and I have yet to fall in love with any specific restaurants in the area so I want to know what your favorite is. For those of you not from the Ohio/Kentucky area feel free to chime in anyway, maybe your favorite is a chain or maybe it will just make me homesick for my old haunts, either way I want to know. Thanks for your input, I'll let you know sometime after Nov 9 who the big winner is and maybe we'll get you a doggie bag!

Election Frustration

All right so I know I'm probably singing to the choir for most of you but I've got to get this off my chest and for those friends of mine that lean towards the left bear with me.
Aggghhh! I am so fed up with this election I am tired of biased media that won't be tough on Obama and tired of McCain who won't be tough on him either. I'm tired of trying to support a campaign where I can't even get a blasted sign for my yard or sticker for my car. I'm sick of politicians that won't answer the stupid question during a debate, JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION! I'm tired of seeing all these Obama signs everywhere and wondering if they really know who and what type of America they are voting for. Do we really want a country where the government has control of everything including as Obama says, "spreading the wealth around"? Of course we need to care for the poor but what he's talking about is Marxism and not what has made our country great. It's starting to look like either people are voting without all the facts (thank you to the media) or maybe that's the kind of government the majority wants. That scares me. I'm sick of the double standard feminists and their cruelty and disrespect towards Sarah Palin and I'm really sick of Hollywood (enough said on that).

I know politics really gets people passionate and fired up and that's why I normally veer away from political conversations but I felt like this was a safe outlet to express my feelings. So whether you agree with me or not this is how I feel and as far as I know I still have a right to express it. I hope I still have it at the end of the next 4 years.

Savanna & Luke Get Inspired

Savanna and Luke saw what Jackson was making out of a box of "junk" and could not resist joining in. Here are thier creations.

Bacuum, by Luke

Mouser, by Savanna

Shoot Boat, by Luke

Jackson Builds the Future

Jackson recieved a generous gift of wires, magnets, speakers, headphones, & switches from Mark's coworker Nicholas, and has been smiling in "creation heaven" ever since.

Bull Dozer

Cleaner Boleaner

S. S. J. Boat

Shocky