Decorating Cookies

When you begin to run out of ideas for decorating gingerbread cookies, sometimes you must think outside the box (or inside the ring). Behold, gingerbread sumo!

happy day for mike

happy birthday and anniversary to mike. hope it was great!

that time again

don't forget to fill in your brackets for this year's tourney. deadline is noon thursday (3/15).

http://ncaa.daveandnic.com

- hadji

Favorite snow stories

Its a great winter for precipitation (at least for some of us). Who has the best story?

I brushed the snow of my car today. When I pushed it off the roof of the car, it didn't fall down: snow pile was too high.

First Denver blizzard: road clearing was so far behind the firefighters had to leave their trucks and walk down side streets to respond to calls (actual story from Arvada firefighter).

Best looking turkey

Which turkey looks best? The first turkey is fried; the second is roasted. The roast turkey was preferred by 2 out of 3 people polled due to moistness. Fried turkey is injected with a stick of butter with hot sauce; the roast turkey is brined.

summer plans. . .

ok, so i really don't have many summer plans. family reunions are coming up and i have a dentist appointment before too much longer. staying busy at the church.

i'm wondering what all of you melvinists have going on for the summer.

ncaa bracket challenge

it is that time of year again. please follow this link to fill in your bracket.

Blowing off steam

If our vision is a bit clouded, it is a result of blowing off steam. Check out the pictures of Mt Augustine at the Alaska Volcano Observatory pages.

We're Going to Fry

Frying turkeys is for sultans. Any recipe that begins with "inject one stick of butter" must be good. Check out the video and audio of lowering the uncooked turkey into the hot oil.

wedding pics

here are pictures from last weekend's wedding festivities. the pics are from multiple photographers and are in no particular order. some are fuzzy, but i left in as many as were at least recognizable and took out all the dark ones.

 

http://www.daveandnic.com/photos/melvinisticwedding/

 

peace and java

 

 

melvin prepares for married life

sorry for the delay on the wedding dvd. i had camera issues and i'm actually still waiting on a pic to come in.

here is a fun clip from the rehearsal. enjoy!
http://www.daveandnic.com/video/wacky-melvin.wmv

peace and java