Funny Videos

These two videos are pretty funny. The first one is of Drake and Grace. BEWARE it is very loud so turn your speakers down a little bit. They act more like brother and sister than they do friends. The second video is of Drake laughing at Jordan. It is one of those videos that you watch and can't help but laugh while you are watching it.

Happy Halloween

I love the month of October for many reasons, but one of the reasons is Halloween. I love dressing up. I don't get to do it very often, so when I do, I like to go all out and have fun with it. Our friends put on a Halloween party this year. We had really good food and played some fun games. It was a fun night with friends.

Josh's costume was put together last minute. He went as a "cereal killer" and I went as a witch.

Look how cool those eyelashes are!

When we got to the party we were surprised to see that the 3 of us were the only ones that had dressed up. I say 3 because when we got there our husbands quickly got rid of their costumes. They say that blondes have more fun... and that night it was true!

Trick or Treating

Drake was a Giraffe. This was his first Halloween and it was super fun to get him a costume. Our first Trick or Treating stop was Dan and Holly's.

Hannah as an old lady, Mckay as himself, Drake as a giraffe, Elli as super girl and Boston as a cowboy.

Our next stop was the Karren residence. Emmy as a superstar, Logan as a nerd, and Cooper as Buzz Light Year. (p.s. Robin made those wings)

Then off to Grandma and Grandpa's.

Drake and Grace as a pink kitty.

The next stop, the first Aggie basketball game. Where we spent more time walking up at the top than we did watching the game.

Our last stop Great Grandpa and Grandma Haslam's house.

While we were there, Holly got me back for all of the stuff I have done to her kids and put a temporary tattoo on Drake's arm....

...and let him get into all of the candy he wanted.

Perfect Activity for a Rainy Day

I spent a rainy day learning to bottle applesauce with my grandparents.

Not only did we get yummy applesauce out of it, but I was able to learn something from them and spend time with them that I will always remember and cherish. I love my grandparents so much. They teach me something new everyday. I spend a lot of time at their house and love every minute of it. I am so happy they live to close. I love you Larry and Pris!!

Drake's First Haircut

Drake was in much need of a haircut.

So... you add Aunt Holly,

an ice cold Sprite,

Grandpa to hold the straw,

and you get a pretty handsome little boy!

I can't believe I am saying this!!

I have always told myself I wouldn't be caught dead driving a van. Well, I need to go back on what I said. The new Honda Odyssey is so sweet. It has everything you would want in a car....well except for dashing good looks. I can only imagine with more kids, my life is going to get busier and busier. I will have kids and kids friends in and out of my car. If one of them ding up my doors or hit into other peoples cars, I will have to kill them....but with this Honda Odyssey you don't have to worry about that. All of you know how much I love Diet Coke and better yet, a nice cold Diet Coke!! Well don't worry this van has a cooler in it!! (That is my favorite part). Anyway, I decided to just drop my PRIDE and come to grips with the possibility of maybe driving a van one day and actually being ok with it! Go check this swagger wagon out here and you too will see how cool a van can be :)

Gardner Village and Target

Last week a bunch of us headed to Gardner Village in West Jordan. I had never been before, and it was so fun, especially at Halloween time. There was quite the group that went down. Karly and Ben. Karly's sister Hayley and her two boys Will and Drew. Hayley, Grace and her niece Ellie. Me, Drake and my Mom. We had a fun time looking in all of the shops and all of us enjoyed pumpkin sugar cookies from the bakery.

Karly, Ben, Drake and Me.

Ben and Drake.

So cute!

Check out those cute kids. From left to right: Will, Drew, Ben, Grace, Drake and Ellie.

Karly, Hayley and Me with our kiddos.

Grace, Hayley and Ellie.

After Gardner Village me along with Drake and my mom went with Hayley and the two little girls to the Fashion Place Mall. While we were there we stopped at a few stores that had the Tom's shoes. Hayley and I both looked at them and wished that we had them on our feet, but both told ourselves we didn't need them, maybe next month. After being in the mall a couple of hours, on our way out we decided to try them on. Well.... we were hooked and.....

We treated ourselves to a cute pair of Tom's! The great thing about these shoes if you don't already know, when you buy a pair, a pair gets donated to a child in need of a pair of shoes.

Pretty happy with our great decision!!

Oh boy, now to the end of the day. We were all pretty tired from the long day of walking around and shopping, but my mom and I still had to make one more stop at Target before we could head home. I love going there, and I had something I needed to return. Drake had been good all day, but hadn't been able to crawl around and get any energy out. While we were trying on some things, we let him down to get out that energy. While doing so, he also got out more than just energy and we were heading straight to the bathroom to change his diaper. My mom went in the bathroom to change him while I paid for my things. When I got in the bathroom, my mom had a look of fright on her face as there was "stuff" all over the place. All over the changing table, all over Drake and all over her!! We only had one option and well....we did what we had to do and bathed him in the sink! I was mortified and explained over and over as people were coming in.

The water was the perfect temperature and Drake thought it was pretty cool.

Thanks to Grandma who ran out and got a towel and some new jammies.

This is the best picture of them all! Look at that happy face. This is by far something I will always remember and laugh at! But seriously Drake, don't make me do this again!

Halloween Decor

I love Halloween. I love dressing up, so this is my kind of holiday. I think because Halloween is in October that is also why I like it so much. This is by far my favorite month of the year. I love the smells, the tastes, the weather and the coziness of homes. The only thing I was lacking, were Halloween decorations. I didn't have anything, and was having a really hard time finding anything that I wanted to buy. They sale lots of cute Halloween decorations, but I wanted spooky. Thanks to my talented friend Hayley Neil, we made our own Halloween decorations this year and I got the spooky feel I was looking for. All for under $20.

The pictures below are terrible photos, but it gives ya an idea of what it is like.

Check out that owl. What a sweet find at the D.I. Just a little spray paint on that baby and it changed the whole look! The picture in the frame is a photo I took a few years back when I lived in Romania. It is a staircase in Dracula's Castle.

We got everything at the D.I. and then just went to town with the spray paint. We found a couple of really cool items when doing this project. We got this spray paint that you spray on the inside of glass or on the back side and it makes it look like a mirror. It is way cool and gives it a great look. We did that to the vases with the roses in it. With the black over the top, it gives it an old creepy look. It is awesome. Then on the candlestick holders we painted them black then spayed gold webbing on them. It looks like gold spiderwebs. It too is pretty cool. I am so happy with the way my house looks for Halloween, and can't wait for next year when I can do more!