Pumkins are gross inside

We carved our pumpkins tonight and Abby officially named them all "Jack". Aidan and Abby got to pick a face for their little pumpkins they got at the pumpkin patch. Abby said, "I want a mean face!" so I did my best. Michael picked out a pattern and did his entire pumpkin by himself start to finish. I even talked Ryan into carving a face on the one that looks scared of Michael's pumpkin. He said he can't carve pumpkins because the slimy texture and smell make him sick. Wimp. At least he did it! As for me, I did what every do-it-yourself woman would do and took a drill to mine!!! I love power tools.

Abby so proud of her mean faced Jack.
Their favorite part was pulling out all the slimy seeds inside.

They watched Uncle Jon very longingly as he stabbed the pumpkins to get the tops off.

Michael's took the longest but turned out the best.

Abby's lit up.

All 4 of ours
The entire gang combined with my brother's family's pumpkins.

I'll have a Beanie With That Scarf Please

I love my scarf so much I had to make a matching beanie so I taught myself how to do it. I'm willing to teach anyone that is willing to learn!
It's really quite fun.
By the way, that is Lu's hair in the back -- it is so long!!!

Little Lu and Mikey Too

My Michael

He is growing up so fast. He will be 12 in Dec.
Here is a picture Michael took of me. He is getting really interested in Photography now and as you can see he is quite the natural! I think he gets it from his mama!

Witches Night Out

For the second year in a row my sisters and I went to Gardner Village for Witches Night Out. We danced and laughed the night away and then went to the cemetery to get spooky pictures of our hot witch costumes! I had so much fun. I even had an old man tell me I was a hot witch! (I may be attracting the older crowd nowadays but at least I still got something!)

This is my infamous dancing face. Don't know why I do it, but whenever I dance I make this dumb face. No wonder I could never get a guy whenever I used to go dancing in my single days! Annie just had to get a picture of it so here it is in all its glory!

As soon as we got done taking pictures and drove away from the cemetery, a cop passed us and stopped in front of it. We were so lucky!!!

Chili Cook-off Champions! (and a trunk or treat)

Our ward had a trunk or treat Halloween party. They were having a chili cook off so Sherilyn and I decided to make chili for the first time and enter. I called my mother in law and got her recipe from her. Sherilyn and I were sitting at a table just talking while they were announcing the restults. When they announced our names for first place, our jaws dropped at the same time! We were so shocked! So we are now the current reining chili champions!

I had to ask someone to get a picture of us and it didn't turn out very clear and was dark so I just made it black and white!

Abby wearing what's left of her Wonder Woman costume. It got removed piece by piece as the night went on!

Pumpkin Patch and Cute Kids

This is the whole class. Miss Linda is their teacher.

Aidan found a huge pumpkin he loved and ran over to it and had to show Abby

All the children got to pick their very own pumpkin to take home.

Aidan and Abby with their prized pics of the morning.
(Aidan's color was itching him!)

Fashion Show

Yesterday Michael was playing with his sisters by dressing them up in play clothes and then sending them into the room to model their outfits. Michael was even humming music as they walked in. The final outfit made me start laughing and jump up and grab my camera. This is little Lu under all this stuff. If you look closely you can see her little foot poking out the bottom.

Unfortunately the outfit was a little too much for Lu to maneuver in and she fell backwards. She was so sad! Fashion show -- OVER.

Eat, Drink, and be Scary!!!

My cute Abby

I found an amazing location for pictures and took my Abby there. Love the lines and patterns

I Knitted A Scarf!!!

Once again, I have added to my list of things I love to do. I learned how to knit last Saturday and have been wasting the week away knitting two scarves. Here are pics of one of them on my niece and nephew at Gardner Village. They are so cute that I am going to make many more.

First Family Shoot

Huge thanks to my brother, Jon and my sis, Sherilyn for being my guinea pigs for my first family photo shoot. You guys are the best.

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Why So Serious?????

Since today was the last day of school before Michael goes off track, his class has their Halloween party today. Michael really wanted to be the joker from "The Dark Knight" Batman movie since that is his fav right now. Believe it or not, (I am still in shock myself) Michael did not want me to make his costume this year. He saw an add with this costume and wanted it instead of one of mom's homemade masterpieces. I went and bought the costume and when I brought it home, he got upset because it didn't look real enough. I hated to say "I told you so" but I did anyway! He said, "I guess I am just used to the real looking costumes you make so I thought this would be like that." He had no choice but to wear it since it is not returnable and once he tried it on and mom made a couple of adjustments he liked it a lot more. I actually like the finished product with the make-up and all and it was nice to not have to stress over making it! By the way, Michael didn't have to try to look anoyed and angry in the pics -- I made him late for school by doing the mini photo shoot in front of the neighbors fence and he was not happy with me!

I Wasn't Dreaming of A White Halloween!!!

We got our first snow last night. I have very mixed feelings about it. I love this time of year but it seems that the warm weather just didn't last long enough this year. We have only had two weeks of fall!

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Keslie, Bryson, McKenzie, TJ, Emily, Aysha
Some of the greatest kids I am proud to call my nieces and nephews.
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Fall Colors

I love the fall. We drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon tonight to see the beautiful leaves and take some pics. It was not my best photo shoot. I took so many pictures and none really turned out that great. I did learn a lot though so at least it wasn't a complete waste and I have an excuse to make another trip!

Here's a couple okay ones.

The sky was beautiful

Shot from the car

I love how hard she is trying to peek over the board!

Color or Black & White?
(Ryan, who took the picture says, "Color")