I love Halloween!!

I grew up having block parties. Each year the neighbors and I have tried to pull one off but it never happened until this year!! Between 5 of the houses on our street there are 17 kids of all ages. Most night when the weather is cool you can find all the kids riding bikes, playing and us adults visiting. It reminds me of my street growing up. We had such a good time eating bbq, playing games and then went trick or treating!!

What a good looking group.

Even though I kept reminding Con he was just a vampire, he was convinced that he was Edward just with black hair..... not to self, black hair spray needs to be sprayed outside to avoid a black film all over the bathroom and expect to clean a ring off the tub after days of washing it out!

I enjoyed making this costume!

Of course I love making Nics costumes each year. I always get so excited to buy all the cool, shiny and silky halloween material and then I grit my teeth while sewing on it and ask myself why I buy this stuff but then when it is over I feel content and will probably buy this nightmare material again next year!

We have started a pumpkin carving tradition with us and my brothers family. We all love going to get the pumpkins, eating dinner and then we get to carving. Our kids have gotten quite good at it and really enjoy it. D gets into it just as much at the kids. The only down side is with our heat they always seem to shrivel by Halloween. Kandy told me to put vaseline on them right after we carve them and it helps so that is on our to do list for next year!

Conners dragon

Nickolas cat

Zackerys clone trooper

Dad, this one is for you.

This is my new hairdo. When I wear ponytails and pull it back everyday, I can't justify keeping is long....so I went and had it chopped and layered and thinned. I love it. This is also a tribute to my dad.

I attended 6:00am seminary growing up because that was all we had, no release time. I was usually late and sometimes drove fast. I inevitably got a speeding ticket. Instead of getting angry, my dad wrote up a contract which included me getting a "low maintenance haircut" (since I was late because I took to long doing my hair). So I had to be under contract to cut my hair. This time there was no contract!

Family movie night.

Most Fridays is family movie night at our house. I grew up with the Sunday night movie put on by Disney and my family would gather with popcorn and a treat and watch it on the "popcorn blanket". I am proud to say we have continued that in our family. We have the popcorn blanket and we turn off the lights and just watch. I just have to say it warmed my heart to watch my boys watch the new Tinkerbell movie that their sister picked out and not complain in fact it was the opposite. They laughed and really enjoyed the movie. I love the innocence of my boys and I hope I can keep some of it in them for a long time

New moon clip

I just saw the new moon clip on Mtv music festival show(Oct. 30). I am soooo excited. It is so much better looking than the first...

some more pics for your enjoyment

Looks can be deceiving




con is our speed dem0n on the quad....



Americas next top model??



I love the goatee.. What a great looking group.



Love those worms.

A fishing we will go

Con has been asking daily to go fishing so D took the kids Sat morning while we were camping and they tried to catch something but alas they caught nothing. But they had a great time. Mom stayed behind at the camp with the dog.

I love this picture... it is going up on my wall


Of course here is Nickola playing with the worms. (where else)


Our monkey kids

Look at that form and concentration

Can you say Mayberry....