Hunting for Worms

I was clearing off some pictures on my phone and found these.  I thought I'd share them.

My grandpa had these rods that he used to collect worms.  He would water the lawn good then come out in the evening and use these rods to "encourage" the worms to surface.  The rods produce an electrical current that basically shocks the worms into surfacing.  Jake and Zoe thought this was real fun. 

Helping grandpa spot worms

Found one

waiting for it to surface

attempting to make Jake wait for it to surface more

grabbing a surfaced worm

nice catch

playing with "baby" worm

Zoe finally got a keeper

Halloween 2011

This year Zoe insisted on being Princess Leia for Halloween.  I was surprised when I went to the fabric store to find a pattern for her costume and found out that the patterns had been discontinued.  I guess Princess Leia is not as popular at Halloween as I thought she would be.  We hit several Halloween stores and had no luck either.  Finally after searching we came up with our own design that I think looked cute.  I think she was more excited over the hair than anything else. Jake ended up seeing this storm trooper costume while out shopping with his mom.  He just had to have it.  It was a good deal so they got it.  They really looked cute together. I wonder what they will come up with for next year?

Jake if full costume.  The helmet didn't last long while out Trick or Treating.  It was difficult for him to see through.

Hawk?

I not really sure what kind of bird this is but it lives in my mom's neighborhood.

We were watching it from their porch yesterday. 

Anybody have any idea what kind of bird it is?

Dad's B-day present to himself

After several weeks of searching, my dad finally found a fishing boat that he liked on KSL.com.

He bought it a day or two before his birthday so I guess you could say he bought himself a b-day present.

The kids love to play in it, especially Jake.

Happily Ever After - at Kenley Amphitheater

Last night I took Zoe to see "Happily Ever After" at the Kenley Amphitheater in Layton.

It was described as a "musical review for fairy tale lovers of all ages".  It was actually kind of cute.

They performed songs from assorted Disney films and other fairy tale themed shows.

I will admit I would have loved a fast forward button during a few of the slow songs,

 but all in all it wasn't too bad.

Princes singing about agony.

Gaston trying to woo Belle

Z loved his fake Elvis style wig

I really wish I had brought my camera and not just used my phone.

These guys/girls were a hit singing there song

Glenda from Wicked

Elphaba

Shrek

Ray "the Cajun firefly from Princess and the Frog"

I loved the firefly light

We weren't really sure who the monk costume was suppose to be.

Broadway version of Cinderella's fairy godmother

Cinderella's fairy godmother based on cartoon version

Rapunzel

We didn't get any pictures after Rapunzel started singing.  It started to sprinkle a few songs before but the cloud burst started about the time Rapunzel got on stage.  We were getting absolutely soaked so we left to head for the car.  By the time we made it to the car it was a total cloud burst.  It made for a fun trek to the car and a fun end to the evening.

Flooding on 800 South

Today Andrea and I went to lunch at Moochies on 800 South in Salt Lake City.  It has been down pouring rain all day.  Starting around the Moochies area (200 E - 300 E) the street was flooded. 

Water was actually spraying out of the manhole covers.

Sorry picture isn't the best. 

It was taken with my phone, through the car windshield, while we were driving in the rain.

Flooded intersection

another flooded intersection

it was fun seeing the spray as cars tried to drive through the flood.

The spray as we drove through went higher than our car.

2nd Annual Photo Scavenger Hunt

Thanks to everyone that came and participated!  We thought of a few improvements so hopefully next year will be even better.

This year I went with a pirate theme.

Invitations

Treasure Chest Prize for first place team

(Congrats! to Paula's group for taking home 1st place this year)

Some of the booty included in the treasure chest

Even managed a Pirate themed cake for dessert.

 Just for fun, I've included a few of the pictures taken by teams this year.

"Person with a Harry Potter Scar"

"Team member eating a food sample"

"A team member walking the plank" 

(I had to throw a few pirate themed items on the list)

"A single picture of 4 people with 4 different hair colors"

"A garage sale sign"

"Inside of an elevator with all of the floor buttons selected"

"Team member using a pay phone"

"A Blue Door"

"Team member sitting on a kiddie ride"

"Graffiti"

"Picture of another team taking a picture"

"A Smurf"

"A solar panel"

it's interesting how different teams interpret the list.  I never would have thought of a solar calculator myself

"Team member catching a frisbee"

"Team member pointing at a you are here sign"

"All team members wearing sunglasses"

"Playdough sculpture"

some teams definately went to more trouble than others. 

(Nice pirate Marnie)

"Team member with a salesman whose name starts with "J"  Bonus if the name is Jeff"

"A waterfall"

"Personalized license plate"

"Team member returning a Library book"

"Team member playing hopscotch"

"Mock sword fight"

"Team member using flags to cross a street"

"Team member with a pet other than a cat or dog"

I suppose I should have specified "Live" 

"A three-legged race"

"Team member sliding into home plate"

(good job Will) 

"A floating toy duck, must be in water"

"Picture of a team member at the bottom of an escalator, taken from the top"

"Team member riding a skateboard"

"A paperclip chain"

"Team member washing a car"

"Picture of a team member coming out of a portable toilet"

"2 people in matching outfits"

"Team members saluting in front of Old Navy"

"Spelling out YMCA using people"

"Team member having a thumb war with a non-team member"

"write the first names of all team members in sidewalk chalk at the intersection of Crestwood and Fairfield in Kaysville"

"Team member wearing an eye patch"

"team member giving a high five to a checker/cashier"

"tree house"

"Team member returning a redbox movie"

"Team member on a stage"

"Team member riding in a wagon"

"team member striking a "muscleman" pose in front of a gym

All in all I thought it was a pretty fun night and hope next year is even better.

Thanks again to all that came and participated!