Fiction or Non-fiction?

It was the dead of night. I knew the trail between the frontier and the city was dangerous. you don't pass too many travelers during that time of night, but that was my plan. To get out of there before anyone even knew I was there. Then I heard it. Right behind me. There is a split second where a man doesn't know what he should do, and the sinking feeling he gets in his stomach when he realizes what he needs to do. So I pulled over and took my first ticket like a man.

Carson

Gretchen went down stairs to borrow her sisters boots while she was getting ready for church. As she passed through the kitchen with her curlers in her hair, 4 year old Carson stared at her and said, "I hate your hair."

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving Gretchen and I went to L.A. to spend the holiday with her Sister Mary and her husband Corban and their son Baby Carson. (This distinguishes between the two Carson nephews.) It was a lot of fun. Mary is a mix between Gretchen and her father, meaning she is very kind and a lot of fun. Corban and I went to play in his Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving morning. We played hard and paid for it for the next few days. I had to lift my legs up with my arms in order to put them on the ottoman I was so sore. Gretchen's family are Black Friday shoppers, something we never grew up with. I decided to go with Gretchen and Mary. We started at an outlet mall that was open at midnight. Traffic was horrible. We were stuck on the offramp for about an hour. We would have waited another hour to get into the parking lot but we ended up parking a 1/4 mile away and walking. As we were walking we heard someone yell, "Stop! Police!" We turned around and saw a man in basketball shorts and no shoes running from an undercover police officer. We stood aside as they ran past us and watched them cross the street and two other officers take the guy down. Lots of excitement. There were lines to get into the stores an hour after they opened, and lines around most of the stores to check out. We got out of there after 4 and they dropped me off at home and continued to shop until 9:00 AM!!!! That is one of those things that you only have to do once.
After L.A. we stopped in Gilroy picked up Ann Grover, went to see the Mellanders who were in town, and then went to Santa Cruz and Natural Bridges. It was a lot of fun.

The things boys like

Mary (Gretchen's sister) is visiting with her baby Carson. "Baby Carson" is a very cute kid who is one of those babies who lets anyone hold him and will smile at anyone. He was a little cranky while Gretchen and I were watching him before church and Gretchen said that Mary says that whenever he gets in front of a camera he smiles. We found out that it is true.



Sometimes the kids say pretty funny stuff. While we were eating breakfast on Saturday, Blake asked if he could see my armpit. I looked at him for a bit, wondering what I wanted to do, and then lifted my arms up. He said something like, "cool", but I don't remember exactly. When Mary and Gretchen started laughing at the singular occasion, Blake thought it necessary to explain himself. "What? Guys like things like bugs, blood, sports, armpits. They are cool!" So, I guess if you were wondering what gender you are, if you have a strange attraction to the axilla, you must be a boy.

Carson is a friend of mine

This is while we babysat the kids while Penny and Todd were in Greece.

The Apartment

These two pictures were taken standing in about the same place looking in opposite directions. It is the best apartment above Todd and Penny's garage. When you come visit, you can sleep where I was standing, or if you come for Thanksgiving we will have the rest of the house to ourselves. We just want someone to come because Penny won't be here to cook us Thanksgiving dinner.

Warners/Brimhalls UNITE!!!!

This just in:
Thanksgiving is at our place this year.