Ferris wheel

Giving thanks is always a pleasure in that it includes family, food, and dodge ball?  You had me sold with the first two...dodge ball was just an excellent added bonus!  We ate, tossed a football around. and played on the nearby school's playground.   Kit and the hubs were the only ones missing and since the absence of the sis I didn't have her to help me defeat the boys at flies up.  I lost.  I'm all talk, I tell people I used to be a tomboy in elementary school, which I was. And then that I was good at football at recess. I honestly thought I was but now I am seriously doubting my skills.  The only throw I caught was a pity throw from my cute dad. And it only counted for 200 points in flies up.  After football we collected a few things to include in a time capsule. We all wrote a few things we were thankful for as well as a letter to our future selves in five years. Mike suggested that I just play MASH and put it in the capsule. So I absolutely did. We'll see how well I predicted my life. ha  Dodge ball took place that evening up North.  It is a new up and coming tradition, I hope.

Also during my break home I finally went to Scheels and rode the Ferris wheel with my little sisters.  It was a good time, except they were way braver then me. When we were just sitting at the very top my stomach was turning inside out and doing flips upon flips. Ken and bee were all fascinated looking around the store from the top so the seat kept tilting back and forth therefore causing my fear to increase in intensity. It was rough, and they just thought it was funny.  It kinda was. 

At least we have cute pictures. Ferris wheels are just the cutest things ever, am I right?

My sis finally came home after the festivities and we made cute things for her etsy shop. seriously check it out HERE.

A wedding on a Monday

Big news! I attended my first wedding ever. It was everything I hoped and imagined. I even got a little emotional, just a tiny bit.  The wedding was beautiful. The bride looked stunning. Smiling faces all around. weddings are just fun!

 

and here are some pics

Love these two! and please notice the DRESS! hand-made by the grooms grandmother. It is so so so pretty! 

congrats Susan and Matt

Hallow and fallish things

Before Halloween came to an abrupt end I was really feeling the Halloween spirit.  And now I'm just more than ready for thanksgiving and Christmas to get here that it seems silly to post about Halloween after the fact.

Halloween was really great though! The weather perfectly warmed up in time for Hallow's eve.  The kind of temperature in Utah when it has already snowed twice and then a week later it's like 70.  It's wonderful because you realize how warm 70 degrees actually is. 

A few weeks prior to Halloween, over fall break, I was at home and decorated/ carved pumpkins with some of my family.  I didn't even attempt to carve mine because it seems like i'm always disappointed with how it turns out. This year my awesome Sis-in-law brought tons of paint and glitter so I had fun going to town with the glitter. (side note: my childhood nickname from my bro was Sparkle girl) And lets be honest you can't mess up glitter and it always looks so good!  Also Aubree painted about 32 different layers of paint on her tiny baby pumpk.  That was entertaining.  And Kennadee painted a spider on her pumpkin that looked WAY good. like really? She's just a newly turned seven-year-old who will, clearly, always show me up for the rest of my life. It's fine. 

My friends and I finally got to the pumpkin carving thing on hallow's eve. They all carved these masterpieces and such while I drew a face on my tiny white pumpkin thingy with a....wait for it.......SHARPIE. The next Halloween morning itself was a party. Getting ready to "This is Halloween" from the nightmare before Christmas. (I kept doing the dance from Just Dance) because that song is always on repeat at my home! 

Oh and I attended like 3 whole costume parties this year with my friends. 

until next year!

*I'm not crazy about Christmas music early but bring on a little Josh Groban and Mariah Carey(and JB). Just a little and I wouldn't even be mad.*

enjoy some pics from my quick weekend home.  So glad I had an excuse to play in the leaves!