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 ;)

This dad business is a good gig

I love foreign films!

So I watched a few films this week that were so good I thought I would post about them. The first is the city of lost children. It is a really creative sci-fi fantasy film from France. The second was another French filn called Inside. Probably one of the creepiest and most disturbing films I have seen in a loooooong time. Definitely not for the faint of heart. Lastly, I watched [Rec] an indie from Spain. It is a unique take on the zombie genre that mixes in a little bit of catholic corruption. Right up my alley! Below I added a clip of audience reactions from one of the first screenings of [Rec]. Pretty awesome. Lastly I watched Amelie again. I love this movie! I wish we could get some American filmakers that were doing cool stuff like this instead of Rocky, Rambo or Beverly Hills Cop remakes.

Graduation Pics

This week we had our 4th year convocation and they took our graduation pictures before we all spread out for fourth year. Speaking of spreading out, we will be in Utah for almost two months starting at the end of this month. We are excited to see everybody!

Another doozy