This years costumes

Our knight in shining armor.  

Here we have Link.  He was so excited about this costume.  Credit for this one goes to Julie Herrmann.  I asked if she could make Miles this costume, and she did an amazing job!  Thank you Julie!!

The CUTEST monkey ever!  

Trick or Treating

We had a great time trick or treating Halloween night.  The weather was absolutely perfect.  We didn't even need jackets.  It was so nice.

I had had a bad day with Vance, and was seriously considering not taking him with us.  But Jordan had the idea to keep him in the wagon.  That worked perfect!  He just lounged in there and watched his brothers for the longest time.  Eventually he decided that he had to join in the fun.  He was sooooo cute to watch.  

Miles was hilarious!  He was so excited and ran from house to house.  He was going to fast and at one point ended up taking a big spill.  After a few minutes of comforting, he was about ready to go.   As we approached the next house, a lady was waiting for us, band-aid in hand.  I thought that was so nice.  And Miles was happy after that because band-aids make everything better!

Cute trick or treaters!

That is one comfy monkey!

The back of the monkey

He's so cute!

Mason's 7th Birthday

Mason had his seventh birthday last week.  He's at that age were he waits with baited breath for his birthday to arrive.   I went to wake up up for school on the special day, and he literally 

bounded out of bed!  He had a great day, and enjoyed having all four grandparents and his Aunt Lindsey over for the birthday celebration.  We love you Mason!!

Mason's birthday wish came true in this picture.  He got Mario Kart.

Superman Cake

Vance really liked the cake!

My award winning cooking

That's right my friends, your eyes do not deceive you.  One of the world's worst cooks has won a cooking award.  I ventured to make a chili for this years ward chili cook-off, and won for... the most unique chili!  I took my enchilada recipe, which is my one speciality, and turned it into a chili.  I thought it was pretty good, and others must have too, because every last drop was gone!  It's a miracle!

Mourning the rapid decline of my 20's

Today is my 29th birthday.  How did this happen???  Do you remember when you were a kid, and all you wanted to be was a grown up, and it took for-ev-er?   And then when you finally become an adult, time goes by in a flash?? Next thing you know, I'll be pushing forty!  

Okay, off my soapbox now.  Sorry, I needed to rant for a second.  :) 

It was a very nice day, and to make it even better, my parents are here.  They are visiting from Utah, and will be here for two weeks.  It is good to have them around.  It's will also be nice to have them here for Mason's birthday and Halloween.  Hopefully my kids don't wear them out too much!  Mason is already dreading their departure.  Tonight during family prayer, he prayed for Grandma and Grandpa not to go.  This might get interesting...

Get to work boy!

Eight Things Tag

I was tagged by Becky.  Here we go!

8 TV shows I love to watch- ER, the Office, Chuck, Pushing Daisies, My Name is Earl, Friday Night Lights, House, and the Soup

8 things I did yesterday- Got up at 6 AM(on a Saturday, thanks Vance), watched conference, did laundry, went grocery shopping, played Chutes and Ladders, made meatballs for dinner, played Wii Fit, read a few chapters of Twilight(I'm not obsessed at all!)

8 things I'm looking forward to- My parents coming for a visit in 16 days, the Twilight movie(yeah!), Halloween, Christmas, my birthday, Mason's birthday, going to a MSU football game with Jordan, and my next trip to Utah(hopefully in February).

8 things on my wish lists-Vance to sleep through the night(he's two years old, for heavens sake!), all three boys to sleep in on the weekend, a vacation with Jordan, to be out of debt, a Mini Cooper, my kids to stop fighting, new shoes(a girl can never have enough!), a new kitchen table(we lost another chair yesterday.)

8 people I'm tagging-Becky W., Julie P., Julie H., Melisa, Melissa H., Kristy, Natalie, and Jeannette