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What’s for dinner?

Luke — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:07:41 +0000

(while eating dinner)

LR: Here’s a trick, RJ. What animal is pork made from?

RJ: Cows?

LR: No. Pigs!

Dad: How about this one? What animal is beef made from?

LR: Pigs?

Dad: No.

LR: Cows?

Dad: Yes!

Dad: One more… What is venison?

RJ: Lion food!

Our USA Adventure 2010, Part 5: Hot Springs and Rodeo

Luke — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:07:53 +0000

The hot springs, geysers and other exciting geological activity isn’t confined to Yellowstone. Thermopolis, a small town not far from Cody, WY is home to numerous hot springs (it’s actually located in the creatively named “Hot Springs County”). The locals were quick to take advantage of a few of the springs by directing their output into swimming pools and water slides. We enjoyed a relaxing morning there, splashing around and having a great time.

The streets of Cody are filled with real cowboys (fully decked out with real cowboy boots, real cowboy hats and really large belt buckles), so no trip to Wyoming would be complete without going to see cowboys in their natural habitat — a rodeo. The events were pretty exciting and did a good job of convicing us that the competitors were all quite insane. An Australian was competing in the bronco riding and we think he won… We yelled out a hearty, “Ozzie ozzie ozzie! Oy! Oy! Oy!” for good measure.

We had such a great time in Wyoming — it was pretty much non-stop activities and entertainment — most of which wouldn’t have been possible without the hospitality of our friends DD. and C. Thank you so much guys. It’s just amazing how much we got done; it really was terrific.

RJ takes to the warm, hot-springs fed pools at Thermopolis!

RJ and Mum watch from the warm pool as LR and C. head down the waterslide.

Go LR, go!

C. and LR chilling with the noodles. The hot springs feed the pool with fresh hot water, while the minerals in the water keep bacteria and algae from growing. It smells a little strange, but the kids can swim for hours without turning blue!

Dad and RJ practiced diving under the water.

C and DD enjoy some lunch at a nearby park. After swimming all morning, we were absolutely starved! There were hot springs bubbling up here too.

RJ gives Flappy, his pet pterodactyl, a stern talking to after he refuses to behave during lunch.

Time to go explore the area! The boardwalk is there so that we don't inadventently walk somewhere unsafe and break through the surface into a boiling hot spring.

We stopped by a friend's place to visit their trout pond. He even let dad have a go of his off-road Segway. It was a lot of fun, even if you do look quite ridiculous while doing it.

LR tried hard to catch a trout, but it's very difficult to get them interested when your brother is standing beside you shoveling scoops of fish food into the water.

LR and C. are all dressed up and ready to go to the rodeo!

Insert theme song to "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" here.

The rodeo was full of exciting events. The bronco and bull riding looked extremely painful. The "Heading and Heeling" team roping looked a lot safer... for the riders.

One of the bulls throw his rider and charged across the ring to where one of the rodeo clowns was sitting. The clown ducked into the barrel just moments before the bull powered into it and knocked it flying.

The rodeo clown emerges unscathed from the barrel! His hat was a little worse for wear.

This clown wasn't so lucky. Both he and the bull rider limped away from this encounter.

C. and RJ climb one of the fences to the holding pens and check out the horses and cattle after the events. The animals seemed quite calm and happy and not upset after their ordeal.

A shop in Meeteetsee, Wyoming... across the road from the Cowboy Chocolatier where we stopped for a treat.

We had such a great time in Wyoming, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the help and hospitality of our great friends, DD and C. Here’s a final picture of LR on the fossil hunting plains (click for big version).

Goodbye Wyoming! We had a great time!

We like to… move it!

Luke — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:07:07 +0000

We made an offer on a house… The owners accepted… Settlement is in 40 days… PANIC!

In the meantime, here it is. Purdy lil’ thang, aint it!

Hmmm... Those rose bushes may have to go...

The kids love the look of it even more than we do. They’ve decided to call it, “The Cow House.”

Is it time to moooove in yet?

Best… Wine list… Ever…

Luke — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:07:23 +0000

Mum went off to camp to visit LR for the evening. RJ and I had a big afternoon playing secret agents, jumping on the trampoline, mucking about at the beach and having getting dinner at a restaurant.
Towards the end of the meal, RJ grabbed the drinks menu, opened it and started reading.

RJ: Hmmm… Look at that…

… That’s interesting.

… Wow. I didn’t know that!

Dad: RJ. What are you reading???

RJ: This magazine. They left it here for us.

Dad: What is it about?

RJ: All sorts of things. There is a story about a party that they had.

Dad: What kind of party?

RJ: Just a birthday party. It’s not very interesting.

Dad: Is there an interesting story in there?

RJ: Yes. It’s about dragons.

Dad: Cool. What does it say?

RJ: Dragons have enormous teeth and a big tail. Some of them live in the ocean. They have very sharp teeth and they eat meat… but not people meat.

Dad: What kind of meat do they eat?

RJ: Oh you know, sheep, cows and horses and stuff.

Dad: Anything else about dragons in there?

RJ: They have a picture of a knight who had to kill a dragon. It was very dangerous, but he had a sword and shield with him.

Dad: Why did he have to kill the dragon?

RJ: The king told him to. It was eating all the sheep and making the people mad. (goes back to reading the menu)

Dad: … Anything else in there?

RJ: No. That’s the end.

RJ can tell you a thing or two about dragons.

Joke Time

Luke — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:27:39 +0000

LR: Why did the elephant paint his feet yellow?

Because he wanted to hide upside down in the custard!

LR: Why did the elephant paint himself purple, with a green face?

Because he wanted to hide in the purple carrot patch!

RJ: Why was the ship missing?

Because the Kraken already smashed it!

LR: What is a slug?

A snail with a housing problem!

RJ: Why did the chicken cross the playground?

To get to the other slide!

Mum: Why did the fish cross the playground?

To get to the other tide!

LR: Why did the cow jump over the moon?

Because the farmer had cold hands!

LR: What’s the scariest flower in the garden?

A dandelion!

Dad: What’s the scariest flower in the whole world?

A daisy. With a lion hiding behind it!

I Hear Mary liked her Lamb too…

Luke — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:14:18 +0000

RJ: (singing) Old MacDonald had a farm. Eee eye eee eye oh!

And on that farm he had a cow. Eee eye eee eye oh!

With a moo-moo here, and a moo-moo there. Here a moo, there a moo everywhere a moo-moo.

Old MacDonald had a farm, Eee eye eee eye oh!

RJ: And after that he ate the pig and the sheep and the duck too!

Run fellas! Old Mac-D is on the way!

The Kraken awakes!

Luke — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:35:08 +0000

The latest on the Kraken, courtesy of RJ and his “Kraken Joke Book”.

Q: Why did the Kraken cross the ocean?

A: To go and eat a pot.

Q: Why did the Kraken have big teeth?

A: Because he was a carnivore.

Q: Why did the Kraken smash the ship?

A: Because he was the Master of the Ocean.

Q: Why did the Kraken jump over the moon?

A: Because he wanted to eat a cow!

Just another day in the life of a giant, destructive sea creature.