I recently posted some Halloween pictures. This one was taken at the end of the night when the spirits were still high and the sugar was still flowing through the veins. The crash afterwards wasn't as well documented but it was inevitable. We convinced Sydney to be a princess after we ran out of time trying to find her first choice costume, a bee. Bryce was a monkey which I believe we borrowed from Aiden Potter. He initially wasn't thrilled about standing on stranger's doorsteps but soon got the hang of it as the candy was being passed out. He insisted on being handed the candy so he could personally put it in his pail. The few people who actually put the candy in his pail for him got some blank stares and disappointed looks. A few people just hold out the bowl which he took to mean load up! Sydney had the routine down although she needed regular reminders to actually say "trick or treat." I wore my Packers stuff to "scare" all the local Broncos fans who were still in shock over the Monday Night Football game. I did not, however, paint my face, nor will I do so in the same manor ever again. Looking back at the pictures I don't know how Melissa let me go to the game looking like a sickly drag queen but it was my first face painting experience so I guess live and learn!
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Broncos Packers Monday Night Football!
We attended the awesome Bronco Packer Monday Night Football game at Mile High Stadium last night. Yes I painted my face like a crazy person and Melissa actually went to the game with me like that. We drove down early with Paul and Jill Olson and some other Packer friends (and that Bronco fan in the background) to meet up with more Packer friends for some tailgating. Car after car pulled up filled with Packer fans who all came down to tailgate. It was amazing how many Packer fans were at the game. It was practically a home game for the Pack. A few times the Packer fans were able to get the "GO PACK GO" chant going above the crowd noise until the Bronco fans started booing and drowned us out. Melissa scored some AWESOME tickets from a friend on the 6th row on the railing next to the tunnel where the Broncos run out on the field. We felt like we were practically on the field when the plays were down in our end. I had a MNF cameraman filming me for most of the first half but apparently I didn't make it on TV. If you haven't heard, the game was incredible and came down to a literally last second Broncos field goal (in the end zone we were sitting in) to put the game into overtime. The Packers won the toss and on the first play, Brett Favre threw a touchdown pass (again into our end zone) to win the game. The place actually erupted with cheering Packer fans even though the Broncos were stunned silent. What an amazing game! Click here to view the stunning slideshow.
Monday, October 22, 2007
I'm an Uncle!
My brother Brian and his wife Katie just had their first child, a boy, Carson James Thomas. His email to me:
"It's a Boy! His name is Carson James Thomas. (Carson is Katie's maiden name and James is our favorite book of the Bible and Katie's grandpa's name). Carson was 8 lbs. 10 oz. - I say "was" because he's a sow. He's 19 1/2 inches long. I have no idea what this means but I was told it's important to include in this email for those who aren't as clueless as me about babies. He is not fussy at all and looks a lot like . . . a baby as far as I can tell. It's up to you to tell us who you think he looks more like. One thing we both agree on is that he's the cutest baby we've ever seen and we also agree that we have no bias.
Katie was a champ and did the whole thing without meds. I got an epidural for the sympathy pains. We are a VERY happy family and excited to come home to Healy. Thanks for your support and prayers - they were felt and appreciated. Here are a couple pictures of the newest version of the Thomas family with the life-changing upgrade "Carson 1.0". Enjoy the photos check out our website soon (later this week) for some more pictures and hopefully a video. (www.briankatiethomas.freeservers.com)
--Dad"
Sydney ladybug face paint
Here's a funny picture of Sydney with ladybug face paint. Our neighborhood had a fall fair where she won some prizes and got her face painted.
Melissa running Denver half marathon
Melissa running Denver half marathon
Melissa running Denver half marathon
Originally uploaded by jason_m_thomas
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Christmas Picture
Every year in the fall we go out into the beautiful Colorado wilderness and try to take a Christmas picture. We do this partially to enjoy the scenary ourselves and partially to make all our relatives in the midwest jealous so they'll want to come visit us. This year we went up outside of Nederland to the Indian Peaks Wilderness area to attempt to photograph a 4 year old, 18 month old, and two golden retrievers all by using the self timer on our camera. This usually leads to some hillarious shots and half the time we have to force ourselves to stop laughing when the timer goes off. You'll notice how attentive the dogs are in this picture. This was achieved by throwing rocks out near the camera in the instant before the timer expired. I guess I was a little off because they weren't looking exactly ahead but close enough. Click the photo to launch Flickr and check out some of our other attempts.
Bryce getting his first haircut
Bryce got his first offical haircut (they actually cut all his hair not just the bangs) back on Sept 20th so I thought I would post a picture. There are few more in our Flickr photostream if you're interested. He was quite the trouper just sitting perfectly still the whole time. We went to this kids hair place where they let him watch the intro to Cars the whole time. Kids these days ...
Monday, September 24, 2007
Bryce and Jason reading an Exciting book
This picture was too funny not to write about. Bryce gets so pumped when we read books about tractors, fire trucks, contruction equipment, etc. I don't know what little boys did before construction equipment ... look at the big horses I guess. For fun I like to pull up YouTube videos of construction equipment, race cars, explosions, etc. All the stuff even 18 month old boys can appreciate. For starters check out this promotional video for Hyundai Construction Equipment.
Sydney's Soccer
We enrolled Sydney in Westminster Soccer this fall for her first time participating in a team sport. She is on the Dolphins team and her coach is the guy wearing the black shirt in the background. I was nominated as the assistant coach which basically means I sit with the subs on the sideline and don't let them run out on the field when its not their turn. They play 3 on 3 girls with no goalie on a 30 yard field. Sydney is not really into it that much and just sort of runs around with the pack around the ball. This last game the ball actually went through her legs as she was running and not paying attention. Two weeks ago one girl on the other team got "hurt" and by that I mean she fell while running and started crying. It was pretty cute because Sydney was the only one of the girls to sit down with her and try to comfort her. I guess she's a lover not a fighter. It seems like each team has about one girl that's really into it and will score all the goals. Our team doesn't really have that girl and we've been beaten pretty handily even though no one keeps score. We've got until the end of October before the end of the season so hopefully we'll teach them to be a little more agressive and make some goals. Go Dolphins! (Never thought I'd be saying that being a Packer fan. Speaking of which: Go PACKERS! 3-0 BABY!)
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Dog Day at the Bay
I just created another YouTube video of Dog Day at the Bay. This is an annual event at the local pool where they open up the pool for dogs to swim on the last day of the year. It was held last weekend and we've been going for the past few years. Kozmo and Zoey love it although I think Kozmo likes it more for the people interaction than for the dog interaction.
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