Halloween #2, #3 and #4

#2...Zoo Boo. One crazy day at the zoo with friends! They had a pumpkin patch, trick-or-treating and fun decorations. It was worth the trip!

The gang...

#3...Carnival at the old workplace. In an effort to keep my mom out of the house for her surprise birthday party we took E to the carnival at my old job. Despite the exhaustion from the zoo earlier that day our little cupcake had a blast playing games and chasing balloons. She also got 2nd place in the costume contest!

#4...Trunk or Treat. Tonight we had the ward trunk or treat. We had to pull out the classic car decoration (classic because it is a hand-me-down from my mom who made it about 20 years ago) and put on our costume one last time.

Ahhh...now I think we're done!

Pumpkin Messes

E surprisingly liked digging into the pumpkin! Good thing dad was able to make something of our mess!

Pumpkin Patch

We searched and searched....

Then found the one...

Halloween #1

I'm not sure I can express my feelings about Halloween. Let me just list the things I love (in no particular order)...

1. Costumes

2. Fun food

3. Candy

4. Decorations

5. Parties

At work I used to run a haunted trail for the community ever year. I kind of hated it because there was A LOT of work and time put into it. Now that I get to do it for fun I love it much, much more! This past weekend we had a small party with friends. Let's just say the costumes were adorable, the food was fabulous, the decorations were great and the friends were the best.

E told me she wanted to be a cupcake this year so of course dad and I had to be the bakers.

Here are the kiddos...minus the ladybug and duck.

And the wonderful food...minus the bones and blood.

Rise and Shout

Well...the cougars weren't completely out on Saturday, but we were! This weekend we met the B's sis and hub in Dallas for the TCU vs. BYU game. Although we lost we had a great time with the Hobbs and taking E to the game. Our little future cougar (yes all you BYU-I fans, she'll be a cougar). We also stopped by the Fort Worth Water Gardens before the game... reminiscent of my childhood. Overall a great weekend.

Mommy's Girl

Makes you want to never do anything wrong...ever.

One Year Ago

After 8 long weeks in the hospital, one year ago today we brought our sweet baby E home! Our life was never as good as it is with her in our home. (Yes, I am feeling a bit nostalgic.)

Then (my tiny little 6 lb baby who was red from the blood transfusion she received the day before)...

Now (my little 19 lb - yes we can't seem to break that 20 lb mark - big girl on her new bike we got at the neighborhood garage sell today)...