Sugar Bowl

Guess who will be in Section 114 on January 2nd! Go UTES!

Yes we can.......go to jail

Found a few sweet mug shots of people who would love to reap the benefits from our increasing taxes...

With Rahm recently revealed to be on the Blago tapes, maybe some of them can share deep political discussion in the clink.

Memphis

This weekend Heather, Em and I went to Memphis. I had an interview and we had wanted to see the place for a while. We made the drive down and found ourselves at Corky's. This place was voted best BBQ in memphis 9 years in a row. It was phenomenal!!!


Before heading back to the hotel, I had to see where Johnny Cash started it all. Did I mention we listened to the man in black almost the entire trip?



We used the Trolleys a lot to avoid traffic and parking issues. Em thought it was great!

Friday was my interview. It went well and when I came home I found Heather and Em waiting for me in the lobby.

Friday night we went to Huey's whose burgers have been voted best in Memphis for 13 years in a row. The food was great! Also they encourage everybody to write on the wall and shoot their toothpick from their sandwich into the ceiling with their straw.




After dinner we took a carriage ride back to our hotel. Em thought it was pretty neat to see a horse up close.


Saturday morning we rode the trolley down to Beale St. It was kind of fun, but seemed more suited to those who like to get inebriated.





Our last stop in Memphis was at the famous Peabody hotel. Since the 30s there is a family of ducks that live in the penthouse. At 11:00 am each day the ducks come down the elevator into the main lobby, they roll out a red carpet for them and they waddle over to the fountain where they hang out for most of the day. It was kind of fun to watch. They also had a real gingerbread house they had been constructing since September, and a giant Christmas tree.



On our way back to St. Louis we stopped at a place called Lambert's. It is the hoome of the "throwed rolls". They have guys walking around the place and when you raise your hand they will chuck a roll across the room at you. Kinda fun. The portions were gigantic. We ordered the small portions of everything and still were stuffed. Anywhere that brings your coke in a cup like this is OK with me...

The quest for third...

If I only...

Here's the latest performance from Em.

Grillz

Dis what ya do when in da Lou
Ice grill Country Grammar
Where da hustlas move bricks
And da gangsta's bang hamma's

Anderson's Haunted House

When Heather went out of town during October I took it upon myself to do a little "decorating".

Halloween at the Anderson's

We had a fun Halloween around these parts. Emily dressed as a princess, Heather as a pregnant person, and me as an evil white trash clown. Halloween night we had friends over for a nice dinner and trick or treating, and then I talked everybody into watching a movie from my horror collection..haha. Keep watching the blog...I am going to upload a video tour of all the Halloween decorations I put up while Heather was out of town...for now though, here are a few pictures.


Em at the Kirkwood Farmer's market sitting in the pumpkin patch.



Em riding a tractor full of hay at the Kirkwood Farmer's Market


Em on top of the hay piles.



Here's the princess all dolled up.



Trick or Treating



The Evil White Trash Clown




Emily the Witch




Our 3 Halloween pumpkins this year...a carved vampire mr. burns, a painted zombie, and a painted demonic clown.



Fall in St. Louis

Happy Halloween

And finally for the real thing...

THRILLER

A crackhead among the mexicans

So this weekend we decided to go to the St. Louis Hispanic Festival. The only problem is that there aren't that many hispanics in St. Louis. The festival was held next to this park with a bunch of homeless people/crackheads. As the mexican band started to play, the crackheads wandered out of the park to investigate. There was one in particular who managed to get his hands on a sombrero. He walked right to the front of the stage and proceeded to dance for the whole hour and a half we were there. It was hilarious. Luckily I had a camera and took some sweet video (see below). Also a highlight were the pork tamales, the the homemade XXX salsa, the fruit empanadas and the agua de horchata. Emily loved watching the mexican ladies
dance and twirl their dresses.

The E to the N to the T in the UT

So we just got back from a two month trip to Utah where I did an away rotation. It was a busy but fun month. We went a couple week before the rotation and stayed late so we would have time to see family and friends. It was great to be home, and that's coming from someone who is usually indifferent to going home. I put in 90+ hours a week at the U when I was on service and it was nice to have family around to take care of us. We made a lot of fun memories. I found the rotation at the U to be intense, but they were a good group to work with and I really learned a lot. Overall I couldn't have asked for a better summer. Here are about a million pictures and videos to follow.

Em and Grandpa Anderson made a stepping stone for the garden

The cousins playing at Aunt Shannon's

Cute cousin Lex

Em making the hike up to Donut Falls

Em made it to the falls

The cousins roasting hot dogs at Mueller Park Canyon

Grandma Rasmussen and her birthday cake

Em with Grandma Rasmussen's birthday cake

Em and Lisa playing outside

Em at the parade on the 24th of July

Em and Lisa sharing a swing at Aunt Shannon's

This is me and Em at the Botanical Gardens

Em and her cute summer dress

Em enjoying the ride in her cousin's toys

A whole lotta cousins at Grandma Rasmussens

Em and Lisa at the table

Em was a bit hesitant to use the tramp at Aunt Shannon's but she got the hang of it



Heather and I went with my dad to see James Taylor in concert. It was a lot of fun.

Oh, here's what I was doing while everybody else was having fun ;)