The pics

We didn't do too much on our trip, thanks to the cripple (ME). Of course we got to see some trains, though! The next few pictures were taken at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale. It was really cool! We got to tour through this car, and if Bob the Tour Guide was here, he could tell you all about it, for a lot longer than necessary. And not get the hint when you start walking away. But, he's not, so I'll just copy and paste what the website says about the Pullman car. The Roald Amundsen Pullman Car was built in 1928 for $205,000. As one of the last cars built by the Pullman Company, the Roald Amundsen is best known for its presidential travel. The car provided maximum security and was used at various times by every president from Herbert Hoover through Dwight Eisenhower. It was on this car in 1940 that President Franklin Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister W. L. McKenzie King signed the Ogdensberg Declaration, an agreement that provided for the joint defense of North America, now known as NORAD.

This was the president's room

This is a picture of Roosevelt sitting in his favorite place on the train, and below that a picture of Maddie in the same place.

Maddie being cute and Tyler being himself

Some cheesy glamour shots

Casey and Jason's wedding pics

Riley found the snacks in the dressing room

He did it

I don't know how. Someone must have been praying or something, because Riley put on his tux, walked down the aisle with that little ring pillow, sat in his seat, danced with the little girls at dinner, and was GOOD THE WHOLE NIGHT!!! And to top it off, slept without a stir until about 9am!!!

Will post lots of pics later. Maddie was gorgeous and Riley was.......well, Riley was a big hit with the ladies.

This will make you laugh!

Picture this: Trying to get Riley to try on his tux for the wedding.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Yeah.

One good thing

about having a broken ankle. When you pack for a trip you get to pack twice as many kinds of shoes because you only need one from each pair.

"Gwish nuffin"

That's what Riley said he wanted for breakfast today. Made me smile.

OMG! Are you serious?!!!

Great follow up to yesterday's post....hahaha!

Houston....we have a really, really big problem

There are no words. To describe. How mad. This makes me.

The older I get...

...the less Republican I become, it seems.

I'm really torn on the election.

Our national debt is now over $10 TRILLION. I think people making over $250,000/year do not need any help with taxes the way that low and middle class Americans do and can contribute more to the pot. Maybe this sounds a little socialist but it's still how I feel.

We have got to get a handle on energy independence and the environment.

Like I said. I'm torn.

Don't disown me, family. :)

They won!

From the Bellingham Herald-

Bellingham bulldog wins Nick at Nite contest

Gabe the bulldog rocked his way to stardom at The Worldwide Fido Awards, a national contest sponsored by Nick at Nite. Gabe, who lives in Bellingham and whose talents include skateboarding and riding a rocking horse, won the top honor of Worldwide Fido 2008 and celebrated with a victory ride on his wooden rocking horse, Old Sliver. Gabe also won first place in the Best Trick category and competed for the top dog honor against five other category winners, including a deep-diving Labrador retriever and a bikini-clad boxer. Gabe's winnings included $15,000 and a Bissell vacuum cleaner. The awards show hosted by Fred Willard was broadcast Sunday, Oct. 5, and included celebrity judges Kevin Nealon, Vivica Fox and dog trainer Tamar Geller. Gabe, his owner Cheryl Knapp and Knapp's 21-year-old son Micah, were flown to Santa Monica, Calif., for the show and put up at Le Merigot, a pet-friendly, luxury beachside hotel. The hotel had a gated garden with shrubs and flowers just for the pets to do their business, Knapp said. But the trio didn't confine themselves to the hotel. During a day of sight-seeing before filming, Gabe, 11/2, wowed a crowd in Hollywood by skateboarding down the Walk of Fame. A stranger had put the skateboard in front of Gabe, but he had no idea Gabe could actually ride, Knapp said. Knapp said she felt confident Gabe would win because of all the support he received nationwide. He had the most page views of any of the dogs on the Worldwide Fido Awards Web site, and Knapp said she received hundreds of e-mails from people saying they had voted for Gabe. Since returning to Bellingham, Gabe has been taking it easy at home, but Knapp said she expects more opportunities to open up for Gabe after all the national attention. "People (at the awards show) kept saying he's got 'star' written all over him," Knapp said.

This scares me.

I mean........WHOA. If you ever come to my house and there are a bunch of freaky dolls everywhere....you know what to do. Just put me out of my misery. Tell my kids you took me to a special farm where I could run free all day or something.

Unliving Dolls