Fall

You maybe seeing lots of these SmileBox albums on the blog. I found out about it through some friends' blogs. It's a great application and it easily works with the Mac.

Here's some shots from the last few weekends. We've been busy celebrating fall.

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The Chase

Here's how our Halloween night began. I went out on the front porch to sweep leaves off the steps so it looked nice for the "trick or treaters" and so we could avoid a law suit from someone tripping on them as they came to the door for candy. Gordon, the dog, was in the house. Grant came out on the porch to tell me something and left the door open. The dog escaped.

Since this was Gordon's first taste of freedom, he ran at top speed to appreciate it fully. So for the next half hour I drove, ran, hiked, and fumed through our neighborhood trying to grab that stubborn beagle. We finally caught him by cornering him in someone's back yard. He was standing by their fence howling at their dogs. I snuck up behind him and grabbed him.

I drove home, got out of the car, picked him up to carry him in, and he jumped out of my arms and ran off again. At that moment it took all of the self-control I possess to keep my "lips from speaking guile."

So, for the next hour we tromped through many more backyards, up very large hills, and through some heavily wooded areas so we would not lose sight of him. Grant was very concerned for his safety.

I'm sure if you had been watching it, it would have been hilarious, but at that moment it really wasn't.

By the time we captured him the second time, I had a headache, scuffed up feet since I was wearing flip flops, and Grant has a bruise on his knee from a spill he took as he tried to grab Gordon. All I really wanted to do was lay down, but our night was just beginning.

Thankfully the rest of it went off without a hitch. Grant was an Auburn football player, complete with shin guards that even though they couldn't be seen under his sweat pants he wore because they "just made him feel more realistic." We made the shoulder pads from bubble wrap and foam sheets. He looked great. (pictures coming soon)


We visited with a few of our neighbors and met some new ones. Then we went to a big fall festival at a local church. Grant had fun, saw some friends from school, and got lots of candy.

And Gordon still has a home- which was in question during that very long 90 minutes.