happy halloween

Jammies and Treats

Trains, trains, trains! Dallin was so excited to get a package in the mail from his Grandma and Grandpa Duncan that had TRAIN jammies in it! He loves trains lately. He will line up his frosted mini wheats on the table and "CHOO CHOO" them along like it is a long train. Baby girl also got some jammies too, so we took a group picture. Dallin wasn't too interested. Thanks for the jammies G&G Duncan!
Yesterday we had a ward FHE trunk-or-treat activity. We had so much fun. Paul was Dr. McDreamy (haha), Dallin was a pretty scary tiger, and I was a Geisha. Okay, I wasn't really, but I had my oriental robe on and that is what everyone kept calling me.
Here are friends Tigger and Pooh! They were so funny together.
Here is the whole 100 Acre Woods crew! Have you ever seen the Tigger movie where Tigger is in search of his family? He found one of his relatives tonight. We had so much fun tonight passing out candy from our car and begging for candy for Dallin, which we have now hidden and will probably keep a lot of it for ourselves.... NEVER, right??

What's this?

So what is this, you ask. First, I am the most indecisive person in the world. I was determined to buy crib bedding for my little girl. And I want to thank those of you who commented (and called me) to tell me which one you liked the best! THANKS! I was leaning towards the second one, then the first, then the first, then the second... you get the picture. I just couldn't decide. So today, when we were in Lexington, I got to step into the fabric store. And guess what I did. I bought fabric to make my own crib bedding. The funny thing is that: 1- It is nothing like the ones I had picked out previously, and 2- it is not even pink, or green, like I originally wanted. I thought these colors were so cute and I love the patterns. But don't be surprised if I change my mind and make something else out of this fabric and buy the crib bedding. I guess I could say, "to be continued".

P.S. Thanks to everyone who called me to wish me a "Happy Birthday". I forgot my phone, and we were gone all day, sorry I didn't get a lot of your calls, but thanks for the messages!

Sweet Deal

I found a pretty cool blog, Baby Cheapskate, recently. It has all sorts of deals posted on baby deals and steals. This one http://babycheapskate.blogspot.com/2007/10/reader-tips-85-off.html is worth looking into! Seriously, click on the link right now and found out what I am talking about! I found these super cute pink cowgirl boots! They are listed as $18.95. So with the deal of 85% off, they should come out to $2.85, right?! One of every size and color please!

Chili and Mini Cheddar Biscuits

I LOVE the fall. I love the chilly nights and falling leaves. I love mountains full of red, orange and yellow. I love throwing on a sweater. I love cuddling up in a blanket and sipping hot chocolate. I love turning on my oven and using my stove. I love making soup and stew and chili and biscuits. I love the sound and smell of my heater turning on. It brings memories of my childhood at Thanksgiving and Christmas time. I love fall for all the things it brings to me.

Baby Shower

I have the coolest Young Women at church. They, along with a few other amazing friends in my ward, threw me a baby shower tonight. I took my camera with me, hoping it would take some good pictures, but it only takes fuzzy ones in our church building. I needed Paul there to fix it. Anywho--- There are the most amazing people in my ward! Thank you everyone for coming and supporting me! My young women decided that that they would be in charge of all the games and prizes. They passed out little napkin diapers and we all opened them and the people who got the "peepee" and the "poopy" diapers won a prize. Then they had us sit in a circle and we played the LEFT, RIGHT game. Here's the story that Rachel (13) and Nicole (14) made up, they are hilarious!

Once upon a time, in a land far far away of green jello (Utah), there was a family consisting of a woman named Kristen, a man named Paul, and a super baby named Dallin. They suddenly LEFT Utah because they heard rumors that the awesome young women in Winchester, Kentucky were needing another assistant, since the other one LEFT. RIGHT at that moment, she knew she should come and help make them scarves and soap. A year seemed to have LEFT so quickly, because now she’s RIGHT here with us. But what you don’t know is that at night, she becomes a super hero/bounty hunter. Her shoe phone rang, RIGHT in front of Paul, who had no idea of her secret identity. She fled her house to of to the crime scene. As she flew in, she crashed RIGHT into the bank owner. It took him half an hour to explain that they had $6000 and all that’s LEFT is $0.48 now. The witnesses were shouting out directions how to get the criminals: “LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, straight ahead and your there.” Kristen tried to follow those directions, but RIGHT before she got there, the criminals had already LEFT. As soon as Kristen relocates them, they’re hanging from the top of the Ale-8 factory tied up. “Who did this?” she wondered, as she turned to her LEFT to discover that Dallin the super baby had been the one to capture the criminals. Before she knew it, the police showed up, RIGHT in front of her. As the police LEFT with the criminals, Dallin the super baby and Kristen looked LEFT, looked RIGHT, and gave a sigh of relief knowing the job was done. LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. The END.

The girls also brought Dallin a bag full of presents to open. He has not left that shiny gold bag out of his sight since then. I laughed so hard tonight. What funny, amazing girls I get to work with every Sunday! Thanks for an amazing shower, yummy food, and all the pink that now fills my home!

**Ale-8-one is soft drink. It is made right here in Winchester. It is like GOLD here, everyone drinks it. It tastes like watered down Gingerale.**

b l o g

I am sure that we all love to blog travel, or "stalk" as most people call it. I prefer "traveling". It sounds less obsessive. There are so many people's blogs that I like to look at. Some people I know, some that I don't. And with all the trackers that people have on their blogs, I feel like a stalker that knows their being watched stalking. Why can't I just write a comment on their blog that says, "Hi, I really like your blog. I look at it all the time. So when you see me on your tracker, you know that it's me, and that I am just enjoying the words that you write." Maybe I could make some new friends doing this. I recently looked at a blog of a girl that I knew from high school. I wasn't friends with her, but I knew who she was. I came across her blog in my "travels", recognized her, love reading her blog, but I am just to shy to comment. "What if she thinks that I am stupid?" I think. She even has a post where she asks everyone to comment, even if you don't know her. What did I do when I read this? I got out of there. I got nervous. Phoooeee! I should have commented. Maybe I will go back to her blog and do just that. I have gotten brave a couple times and commented on blogs, whether acquaintances or strangers. So maybe you are reading this and wondering if I have been looking at your blog...probably. You make me laugh, you make me cry, YOU entertain me!