All he wants for Christmas…

So, after loosing the first one on Friday durning school lunch (swallowed it), I pulled out the second one before bed.

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First Smoked Turkey, Test Run

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A Beautiful Day For Soccer

It was a great day for playing outside today. November 17th in Arizona, and it was 80 degrees. A bit above average, but really nice for spending the afternoon playing soccer. Check out Ben in action:

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What’s Up - Jonas Style

Jonas was trying real hard to stay away and smile for the camera, but it just did not happen. His eyelids were just too heavy to keep open.

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Happy Birthday JT, A Day At The Links

So Jim Tolar reached 50 something ;) this week. Since the weather is great, we all decided to pitch in and get him a round of golf for his birthday.

Today we played at ASU Karsten. It felt a little strange for me at first being on ‘the’ ASU course, but being outside playing golf in November, I totally forgot I was in Sparky territory.

It was unanimous that we do a little Best Ball, after some lengthy discussion, we had the teams. JT and JW against Bob and myself. The old vs. the young. It was on.

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Bob and I looked pretty good leading by 1 stroke going into the back nine.

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But when it was all said and done, the ‘old’ prevailed and won the round by 2. I somehow forgot the final score… Congrats JT and JW, it was a great time.

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Halloween 2007

Here is the Halloween 2007 update.

We had a Ninja (Ben), Duck (Gray), and a Banana (Jonas). We went over to Gary and Laura’s really scary haunted house first, where both Ben and Gray were pretty scared. Elizabeth only got about four steps in and ran back out the entrance. Good times.

The night was capped off over at the Merrill’s where we saw the little hula girls.

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Jen Bell - Saving the World

Jen Newlin Bell, my twin sister born in 1977.

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I just wanted to post a little info on what she has been up to lately, working crazy long hours.

Jen has been working on a very cool project for The Nature Conservancy in the Klamath Basin (Southern Oregon).

The Nature Conservancy aims to restore almost 5 square miles of marsh in an area vital to two rare fish species. Crews will set off 100 tons of explosives buried in four half-mile sections of dikes. (USA Today)

Here are some links with all the info, and some cool videos.

Blasting levees part of effort to revive Oregon lake
Explosions Open Wetlands Reclaimation Project In The Klamath Basin
Explosions May Save Wetlands
Dam blasted apart
Explosives used to restore wetlands
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