Head Banging and Pumpkin Booming

The Halloween season ended with a bang this weekend. Not a headbang as it would appear here but a real bang.

I've got to throw in a few pictures from Halloween before all the stuff from this weekend. Yes, we actually dressed up. Here we are.

Notice the nose ring. So hot.

Me with the Owls. Carly and her new babe.


A truly excited trick or treater.

and the whole crowd of darling niece and nephews, with some friends.

Now on to this weekend. Since winter is so long here, we had to do something to celebrate the end of fall and we did it with a bang on Saturday. I finally visited Weston Idaho, the neighbor of Napoleon Dynamite's hometown. How have I gone my whole life not visiting?

Our friends from the ward invited us up to witness the annual pumpkin blow. I'm not sure if that is it's technical name but we sure enjoyed ourselves. Here we are with the pile before.

And here we are after a case of dynamite has done it's work.

Here's the video. Yes, I am so happy I caught this on tape. Heb is the one laughing at the end. You can tell he loved it. Is this not the coolest tradition ever!!

Thank you for letting us join the other hundred people to witness this great event. Could we please come back next year?