Happy Halloween

Ok--I had to show my Halloween pictures. I was able to dress up twice this year. It was very exciting. It always takes twice for me to perfect the costume. I can usually talk myself out of it until I dress up once. Then I can't wait to dress up again.

I was going for Vampire. (Thanks to my love of Angel and Buffy) The cloak is my favorite part of the costume. I wish it was cool to wear it everywhere!

I also like the black lipstick and the long hair.

This was just proof that I went to my ward Halloween party. Julie and Adell were doing the "Beat it" dance. (They had to learn it for a roommate's wedding. My sisters are totally doing that at my wedding--I am so not kidding!!)

Vampire Bride, Pirate or Captian Morgan, Mrs. Roper (aka, Toni, Amy and Kathy)

Every year Toni and I walk around the school and take pictures of what we see. Here are a few of my favorites

The front office dress up as Hogwarts. It was pretty cool. Stacie dressed Hawaiian style.My roommate was a Dark Angel. My favorite thing are the wings and the wig. It totally rocks!

We were posing with my friend Nancy.

Striking a pose!

Doug and Wade, getting into the spirit of things. (I Duh, and Who Duh--as in I da man and Who da man?) Nice huh?

It's fun to be someone else for a day. I can't wait for Halloween next year.

Fall Break

I had a great Fall Break. First of all I went with my sister to Gardner Village to check out the witches. These are a few of my favorite pictures.

You can't read the sign, but it says, "you call me a witch like it's a bad thing" I liked it.

My next adventure was up at the Homestead helping out my cousin with some activities. Melissa and I helped out with the pumkin launch. It was pretty fun.

The kids really liked this game. Some of them were able to shoot the pumpkins pretty far. Sometimes they almost pulled us over.

The next event was carmel apples. I was getting more frustrated with the parents of the kids. They did have a good time.

Everything went pretty smooth, however I found out that I cannot work with the public--beyond teaching thier kids. (keep up the good work Lisa and Errol. )

The night ended with making chicken with pesto, mocha german cheesecake and bracelets. So fun.

Then on Sat. we hit the Farmer's market. This was way cool. There are so many people just walking around and they sell such great food. I bought the best tasting hummas. So good! I have to attend a lot more next year.

Jamie's Bridal shower

A few weeks ago we had Jamie's bridal shower. (a bridal shower while the guys were at priesthood) She requested no games, so we had a great little get together with soup and lots of desserts. Anytime we can have a party it's loud time.

She got some fun things and all the presents were rather tame and in clean taste.

Until Deb and Jess's present.

Deb came through. We think she was more embarrassed about the presents then Jamie was.

After the priesthood session the guys stopped by for some food and to join in on the fun.

Can't wait for the next party!

Tagged

I've been tagged. I am supposed to post my 4th picture in my 4th photo folder. Then tag 4 people.

This was the night of the Breaking Dawn release. Jen and Jenna and I wore our Team Edward t-shirts, got all tattooed up and then made smoothies. Good times.

I tag: Deb Hiatt, Amy Hampton, Lisa, Melissa Pope.

Fabulous Friday

My mom's ward had Fabulous Friday instead of Super Saturday. Lisa and Amy and I all signed up to have a night of crafts. I was pretty excited. I signed up for 3 little projects. (or so I thought)

Here we are just starting off with our witches boot. It really did not look that hard. Notice the smile on Lisa's face, that all disappeared when 3 hours later we were still working on the same freakin' boot.

Here is the middle part of the process. Painting was not bad. The worst part was lacing up the boot. It was so weird and a little complicated. Amy mastered the lacing up part and had to help everyone else. I kept thinking that we are almost done, so we did not break for dinner. We did keep up with the Diet Coke. And Jane (Amy's mom, and Fab Friday planner) kept us going with fabulous prizes and snacks and drinks. It was SO fun!!

I think the boot did me in, because I never took anymore pictures. I just got the final one.

I also made a pumpkin. That went a lot quicker then the boot. Lisa was making flower clips to put in your hair. She made me some and keep putting them in my hair. Now the boot in hanging in my house. I love it, but still laugh thinking about how long it took us. I still have to finish one project, it was an advent calendar for Christmas. Hopefully, we won't have a repeat of the boot.

Sewing Day

My roommate made the cutest bag ,so of course I had to have one too. On Labor Day we went shopping for fabric. I was so excited. I got it all cut out and then we sewed it later that week.

It has been a long time since I have sewed anything. I did make pajama pants 2 years ago and swore I would never sew anything again. Well this bag was just too cute to resist. My roommate was great to tell me exactly what to do--that is the only way to do it.

Marianne cutting out her fabric. It was so much fun. We watched the Parent Trap and sewed away.

Drum roll please.......

The final product. It only took me 3 hours to sew. I thought that was pretty good. I love how big it is. You can fit so much in it.

This is a picture of the inside. It has three pockets in it. My favorite part is the animal print. I just had to work that into the bag. I found out that I am not the straightest sewer and I'm not a perfectionist. It works. Don't look too closely or you will see all the mistakes. I can't wait to sew another one!

Hiking Timp

As if I have not put my body through enough--over Labor Day weekend Lisa and Jen and I decided to hike Timp. We were pretty excited about it, until we were hiking it. But first Lisa and I decided to go to Swiss Days. Love it. I live for the ham and swiss. It's my favorite. The next thing I love are the scones. My cousin Preston had the best idea. He said "Swiss Days only comes once a year so eat up." Oh and Lisa and I ate up. We also love a cookie there called bratslies. (I don't know how to spell it) Then Lisa and I walked around and spent money.


Enjoying my ham and swiss. (until next year) Preston and me and Melissa, getting out scone by the backdoor. (we didn't have to pay!)


Here comes the hike. I was kind of dreading it. I was just tired. I was hoping for the meadow only.

Happy Hikers

This was the sight of one of the breaks. We needed to fuel up. And convince ourselves that we could make to the meadow.

Refueling...and convincing us to make it to the saddle. Thanks Lisa for the Thanksgiving analogy. We were sitting there looking up at the saddle and thought, huh, we are here and it's not that far. We said we were going to make it to the saddle so when we don't, it' s like huh... and then Lisa said, "I feel like I cooked Thanksgiving dinner and now I don't get to eat it"

Yup..that did it.

Lisa and I can pretty much talk each other into anything. (little windy at the top)

Just finished eating "dinner" and now heading back down. We celebrated by eating at the Purple Turtle. Next year, we think we will just stay at Swiss Days and eat up.