Halloween...just a little late!

As Halloween fell on a Sunday this year, we didn't have a ward trunk or treat, so we opted for the next best thing...a family costume party! We loaded up our little dragon and flew on over to mom's house for some spooktacular eats and goolish fun!

Who knew that eating from a grave yard would be so good? The coffins (meat loaf), pile of cremated ashes (mashed pototoes) and discarded body parts (bread sticks) were eerily delicious!

The games....AWESOME!

Happy Birthday Jayce!

What do you do when you forget the baby blanket at home?

You use the extra onsie in the bag as pants! DUH!

Holiday "Wreath"ing

I was asked to make a holiday wreath for our ward Super Saturday and was given the pattern of a tulle wreath that...well... wasn't exactly my favorite. I tried really hard to turn it into something I would hang on my front door...but this is all I came up with.

Still not my favorite, but it did make the front door!

Then I decided that I would try my hand at another wreath tutorial that I found online. I bought some ribbon at Costco (of all places) and made this bow wreath. I don't think the picture does it justice, but I love it! However, if I had it to do over, I would buy a coordinating ribbon and alternate them through the wreath, but this will do for now!

Work Party

Thank you mom for another enjoyable day at your work party!

Kambyra enjoyed her first ride on the merry go round!

Whitney had occasion to show off his skills to the only people who may still be impressed by them!

This just about sums up our day!

Rain, Rain, Hail and more Rain

How do you know you're in Arizona?

When you see this in the middle of a rain storm...

It's like no one had ever seen rain before... people literally running to the windows in the employee break room to check out this unusual site. And I must admit it was quite unusual. I have never seen hail quite this big...

and this is small compared to the others!

You can imagine, though, how big the hail was if after the storm had passed I walked outside to leave for lunch and found this in the parking lot.

I have never before seen this in the Valley! Thanks for an entertaining afternoon ...and not to be forgotten...thanks for the opportunity to hike up my skirt and help save some people whose cars were stuck in the flood waters!

Yard Sale and Conference

If one man's junk is another man's treasure, then why not have a Yard Sale and make some $$$ off your junk?

Well you don't have to tell us twice. We had a community yard sale on Saturday morning...and sold our junk for $180. Not too shabby for items that were going to be donated to Good Will anyways. I even scored some great FREE stuff that my sisters and in-laws brought to sell - purses, hair straightner, papershredder and more! I love getting great deals!

After the yard sale, we relaxed a watched the General Conference broadcast and as you can tell, some of us did more watching than others:) I love conference though and hearing the messages of living prophets and apostles. I always come away with a renewed sense of self and a greater resolve to live the gospel. It was just what I needed! I also love the opportunity to get away with the girls, while the men are at the Priesthood session, and attend Ladies Night at Desert Book. I guess you can call it tradition, but I love it!

Are you (insert bad word here) kidding me?

This...

Only three weeks after I was stung by a scorpion who found it's way into my towel after a shower. Thank goodness I was stung on my arm (it could have been much worse, if ya know what I mean!)

Oh and did I mention that those are my shorts in this picture and that I found this scorpion within 12 hours of finding another larger scorpion on our kitchen floor? Yeah, it still makes me shiver. I think its about time to change pest control companies, how about you?