A Pickle In Central Park

So when I was in New York, we had dessert at the Stage Deli in Manhattan. As I was ordering my massive slice of cheese cake, I noticed that all the other tables (the ones that ordered entrees) had a plate of pickles. I couldn't resist. . .yeah I think everyone in the restaurant (including my table) thought I was crazy!!

Better Late Than Never

So you will probably think we are crazy, but yesterday, 2 days after Halloween, Mike and I carved our pumpkin :) The plan was to carve it Halloween night, but we were much too busy. We had bought the pumpkin and we didn't want it to go to waste. We had never carved a pumpkin together before which is another reason we wanted to do it. We have been together the last 3 Halloweens and this is the first year we ended up doing. The funny thing is we have bought a pumpkin every year, we just didn't ever do it the other two years :) Here are some pictures of our endeavors:

Here is Mike cutting off the top


Here we are cleaning it out. I'm sorry, but pumpkin insides REAK!!!




And the carving begins :)




Alena had to get in on the action too. You may be thinking, "Wow, that is one big pumpkin" but it's not. Our sweet little Alena is just still really small :)


So here is the finished product. We had so much fun :) We were very proud of the end result.

Our Little Halloween Bunny :)

So, Alena was a little bunny rabbit for Halloween. The original plan was for her to be a pack of Sugar Babies and Mike got the Sugar Daddy T-Shirt, but no one in the valley had the Sugar Babies costume and it would have cost like $50 to get it online. A bit over the top for a Halloween costume, so we found this costume at Wal-Mart and I think it is the cutest thing ever!



I love the little tail on the back of the costume. I had to get a picture of it!


As soon as she was put in her costume all she wanted to do was sleep. It was the cutest thing ever! This is what she looked like for the whole 3 hours she was in the costume.



We luckily got these two pictures of her with her eyes open.




The night was spent visiting family. We went in to my parents house and had pizza and my older sisters Christi and Melissa came over with their kids in their costumes. We got this picture of the nieces and nephews that were there. We are missing 9 of them :) My youngest brother Logan is also in the picture. It was his last year to Trick-or-Treat this year.


After my parents we went over to Mike's Aunt Callie's house and visited with her and some of the cousins. We then went over to my Grandma's house and visited some more, then it was off to Mike's Mom's house for even more visiting. Like I said, she stayed asleep for all of this. It must have been a very cozy costume. Last but not least we headed over to Mike's cousin Tim's house and spent some time with Tim and Jess and Brian and Carrie. It was a great night. Can't wait till next Halloween!!!!

Congrats Heidi and Robert!!

My sister Heidi just got engaged last Saturday to Robert Richardson. They have known each other since high school. They will be getting married February 21st in Mesa. We are so happy for them.

Halloween Decorations

So, Mike went up to Idaho 3 weekends ago and since I was home alone I had to fill my time with something. I decided to fill it decorating my house for Halloween. This is our first Halloween in our house and Alena's first Halloween and there is no way I was going to let it go un-festive :) I had so much fun and I figured I would post a few pics.

Preston Got His Mission Call!!

So my little brother Preston, who isn't so little anymore, got his mission call last Thursday. All of the family went over to my parents house Thursday night so we could be there when he opened it. There were also about 50 of his friends there. Preston is such a great kid. I'm gunna miss him like crazy. Here is the video of him opening the call. (Make sure you pause our playlist so you can hear the video)



Well, as you heard, he is going to Kennewick, Washington and reports February 4th. Yay Preston!! We love you dude.