Happy Halloween! (take 1.. pre-Halloween)

Saturday before Halloween we went to a trunk or treat at a local park with the Jenkins.
There were a lot of kids there, and they ran out of candy, but it was fun to see the kids all dressed up and pre-trick or treating.


After that we all went to dinner :)
Here's Ains playing outside while we waited.


And here is the Jenkins pretending Ains is theirs.


The Wednesday before Halloween my ward had a play group with all the kids in costume.
Here's Ains playing 'Ghost, Ghost, Goblin' (duck, duck, goose the rest of the year)



Decorated cookies



It was a day for treats, later that afternoon at my playdate group with some friends, she decorated cupcakes. :)


Quentin, Brooklyn, Ethan, Ains, Cole and Hallee

Stay Tuned for more actual Halloween day activities :)

My First Craftiness, and cute cousins in costume.

Ok, I did it. I made something! Anyone who knows me.. knows that I am far from crafty.. luckily, I know crafty people :) And two of them (Tatum and Janell, probably the two most crafty of my friends) convinced me that I could do this. And it was remarkably easy! I feel so cool and domestic and homey! I made my daughters Halloween costume! :)

(Thanks to Anna for the fab picture)

Ella had a sweet birthday costume party, and we were lucky enough to be in town for it. It was a blast and so fun to see all the cute kids in their costumes.

She really enjoyed the trampoline :)


A Rare Sight.. all the cousins together
Ainsley, Ella, Jake & Adam


Ella was kind enough to let Ains try on her rad raggedy anne wig. Now we can all imagine what she would be like with hair :)

Embarrassing myself online

ok, fine.. here it is... Karaoke Me

please don't judge the singing too harshly.. it was late, we had been singing along with songs for hours at the top of our lungs.. and well.. ok, i don't have the best voice, but here i am posting videos online.. so i guess think whatever you want, lol.

the file was too big so i broke it into a couple pieces.. so here's the first part Kirty recorded.. "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend"


and the grand finish, lol...

Cruisin'

(Finally got it up... sorry it's so long)

First night out, excited to start our vacation.


I got my first towel animal :) A penguin! We also got a crab and an elephant.


Horse back riding in Cabo San Lucas




Instead of doing a shore excursion at Mazatlan, 2nd port, we let Tom be our guide. This was Tom's favorite part of the cruise, he felt like he was back in Venezuela on his mission. He got us a taxi and chatted him up while the rest of us squished in the back of the little car. He took us around to see all the sights, a great local restaurant for lunch and a sweet beach. (sorry, we refused to take any pictures of us in beach wear)

Mazatlan Buddies.






One of the prettiest scenic lookouts we went to was called The Heart of Mazatlan. If you look closely in the picture below you can see why.


Puerto Vallarta


The most fun we had on our cruise was in Puerto Vallarta going 4 wheeling through a village and the surrounding countryside.
Here we are, pumped up and ready to go!


We rode through the most gorgeous country side.


Back on the boat, it was Formal night.. so we had a little fun taking some pictures in our 'finery'.


Hot Mamas


Cool Cookies






It was really fun having friends on the cruise, I definitely recommend cruising with friends, it was great to get away with just me and Tom, but also great to have someone for us to get together with, meet up with late and eat ice cream and cookies. :)


We spent some of our free time playing cards..


This time i was cold, and not really caring what i looked like... so here's me.. lookin' silly




I had a blast at our one Karaoke night. (Though I was bummed, I was promised more Karaoke!)
(I do have a video that was taken without my knowledge.. that I may be willing to post.. if requested.. maybe)


the boys trying to get out of shakin' their booties

My Favorite Thing

Pedicures are one of life's sweetest pleasure,.. at least in my life. There's something so fabulous about sitting in a massage chair, your feet in warm swishing water in between the foot rubs.. and you end up with soft feet and pretty toes. :)

Yay for a world that includes pedicures.