Halloween

We had such a great Halloween this year! We went over to Greg and Piper's for a some Halloween fun. Gary, Sylvia, Angie, and Q joined us as well. They made us a wonderful chili/baked potato dinner, we went out trick-or-treating, and decorated cookies.

All the kids were dressed up so cute! The girls represented Disney quite well, don't you think?!

A little shout out to Angie who helped me (okay, she did the whole thing) get Elsie's "Rapunzel" wig ready and styled. Elsie felt so cool in it!


Elsie had a great time going house to house. She loved running ahead with Cannon, and we had to keep reminding them to wait up for Q and Harper. The weather was so gorgeous, and we were all so happy we didn't have to cover up the cute costumes with coats!



There's nothing like a little sugar to top off the night! We also caught her licking the frosting off the knife.


I've decided I really want to become a Halloween person. I want to go all out decorating the house/yard. I loved walking around to each house and seeing their decorations and costumes. What a great night!

Witchfest

We had the chance to go up to Gardner's Village to meet up with a dear family friend, Janice, and take part in Witchfest. The whole shopping village is decorated for Halloween, and witches set up in fun costumes all around. There's a little scavenger hunt you can do to find all of them, so, of course, we did that. We shopped around, ate some treats, and visited. Janice also treated Elsie to a little glitter face paint. That was super awesome!






I loved the fun Halloween spirit. I can't wait to dress up next year! I loved getting to visit with Janice.

Pumpkin Patch #2

(I hate when I can't get the writing at the top of the blog!)

Qiana's preschool class had a field trip to the pumpkin patch, so Ang invited Elsie and I along for the fun.

One of Elsie's favorite areas was the petting farm where you got to go in with the animals and pet them.



Aren't they scary???

Fall Festivities

We have enjoyed getting into the Fall/Halloween spirit this year. Jeff and Nicole decorate their yard with gravestones, skeletons, ghosts, etc, and Elsie loves to talk about how we live in a haunted house.

We went to the first pumpkin patch of the year with some good friends. Elsie enjoyed the corn pit most of all!



more fall festivities to come...

Blog

Yes, I've blogged!!!

I plan to do more very soon. It's an overwhelming task at this point. Why do I do this to myself?!

My Girls!

Note to self: Plan an Earl Girl Reunion every year on your birthday!!

Our reunion happened to fall on my birthday this year, and it was so amazing! We had the best time. There's so much to say, but everyone has said it so well already.

I'll just say I love them all, I admire them all, I enjoyed them all, and I love that they are my bestest friends and cousins!Check out more pics and details here and here.

St. George Marathon

Aaron got in to the St. George Marathon this year. So we headed down with Jeff and Nicole's group. We got to stay with them in their condo and enjoyed the warm weather, lots of good food/treats, games, swimming.

The race went pretty well for Aaron. He had spent time preparing this summer, but hadn't been able to run as much since the move. He wasn't feeling as prepared as he would've liked, but he was ready and excited to run. He ended up running the race in 4 hr. 7 min. Of course, he still thinks it sucks, but we were so proud of him and excited for how awesome he did. We set up to see him (and Jeff, their nephew, and his wife) at about mile 23. They were pretty dead by then, but Aaron still stopped to say hi and pose!
I had thought at one point in time that it would be fun to do a marathon. I have officially decided that I never want to. It took Aaron most of the day to get to feeling back to normal. But, he's crazy and wants to do it again!

Us ladies did a little Mayor's Walk the morning of the race. It was such a beautiful morning for a nice walk, and we got scones at the end. That's my kind of "race!"