"SPOOK"tacular Party!!!

Ok...so some of you know that I am a HALLOWEEN LOVER!!! I mean...I LOVE IT!!! Some day when I am rolling in all of Jason's extra money...I am going to have the coolest Halloween house on the street...I am talking full on Haunted House, best scary decorations, strobe lights, THE WORKS...but for now, what I have will have to do!! So anyway, this year Jason and I were invited to our very first adult only costume party (yeah me!!!) I was so psyched!!!! So...we had to come up with costumes...let me tell you...Jason was soooooo the girl on this one (I love you honey...but it had to be said!!) The man went to 3 different costume stores, I looked for cosutmes online for about 3 hours, we asked family members for ideas, I came up with some creative ideas...but alas...none of them seemed to work for the man. The party was on Friday night...so Friday AFTERNOON (this is after I had just babysat 24 kids...24...yay... you read that right) I headed to the costume store to pick up what he FINALLY decided on!! Anyway...the party was SOOOOO fun...the costumes everyone came up with were great and we had a FABULOUS time!!! My only hope is that we get invited back next year, because it was "SPOOK"tacular!!! (cheesey...I know!!)


So...at the party we were able to....




rub shoulders with Presidential hopefuls Sara Palin and John McCain (Sara and Shane Buntrock)

Listen to jokes from the JOKER (Jessie Merrill)

Meet world class Ice-Skaters from Sweden (Brad and Jill Stoddard)

Met my new Butcher... (Andrea and Ben Dickinson)

Discovered my new Profession in life....I think I have a real future!! (Me and my autopsy love...Jason)

The girls......Jill...Me...Sara...Jill Barney

So....after much much thought and prayer....this is what he chose!!! It is pretty cool, and he got lots of comments at the party. Is it a costume....or is it really him?????

The "Vonderful" Vances and the Stupendeous Stoddards!!!!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!

F-O-R-E-V-E-R....

So...last night I am saying prayers with the girls, and Anna's prayer goes something like this...
(Everything inside these) = Mommy's thoughts...F.Y.I!!!

Dear H. F. (opening good)
Thank you for this day (so far so good)
Thank you I could have a good day at school (good good...getting all the basics)
Thank you I could have fun...FOREVER (ok...that is alittle odd)
Thank you I could be safe...FOREVER (whoa...wait...did she just say FOREVER again??)
Thank you my family can be safe...FOREVER (oh yeah...she is soooo doing this)
Help me to be a good friend...(wait for it)...FOREVER
Help me to live...FOREVER ( oh yeah....I am NOT making that one up)
(Mommy silently thinking to herself...Please help this prayer to not last...F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!)

In the name......AMEN!! (joy to the world...the prayer is done)

Oh how I love to listen to my children pray!! They say the best things sometimes.
(example...Mallory just stopped saying in the Name of Jesus God Amen...Jason tried to get me to correct her for weeks, but I loved it too much!!)
(example...Anna went through a phase were she said..."Bless H.F. and Jesus because they are being so kind... to each other" That was another favorite of mine. It lasted every prayer for about 2 weeks!!!
I am so proud of my girls and the things they are learning!! I hope they continue to pray always!!!

Need a reason to SMILE....

Borrow mine!!!


Incase you could not tell...I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS BOY!!

(Tate...about 16 months old)

WARNING!!! This post may cause EXTREME Jealousy

So...you think you can dance??? Well...I know I CAN'T...but THEY CAN!!!! (Let the jealousy commence)..... Oh yeah....I was TOTALLY there!!!

They were ALL so AMAZING!!!

TWITCH!!!!
5 guys named MOE!!!

THE DOOR!!!!!
THE BED!!!!

Holy crap...they rock the house!!!

Just some PROOF that I was really there!!! (Me and Laura!!)
Striking a pose....
MY TICKET!!! We had flippin' AMAZING seats!!!
(For Heather and Natalie...See...I'm getting better at the "crazy" poses right???) For future reference...after seeing this picture, it may very well be my LAST "crazy" pose!!!
Me...Laura...and Alli Jane!!!

Here are your GIRLS!!!

Shimmy...shimmy...shake...shake!!!
The best partnership on the show...in my opinion!!!
So there you have it....I may not be able to dance...but I will GLADLY watch anyone else do it...ANYTIME!!!

Hey Mickey your so fine...your so fine you blow my mind...Hey MICKEY!!

So I have decided I can hide no longer. It is time to come clean once and for all...I am afraid to admit that I have committed the ultimate sin...I had a 3 day long LOVE affair...and I LOVED every minute of it!! I was given THRILL rides, non-stop ACTION, and treated like a PRINCESS every step of the way...it was truly a MAGICAL 3 days...I will never forget you, my dirty little secret, my one and only MICKEY!! Yes, my heart has been stolen by MICKEY MOUSE!!! I was so LUCKY to be able to get away for a few days with some friends from my ward and have a girls trip!!! THANK YOU JASON...for helping me make this happen...even though I have now found Mickey...you will always hold a close second in my heart!!! :) We had such a great time becoming kids again (well...at least I did)!! It was so fun to laugh until it hurt, to scream like a girl and to smile and skip the day away!!! How can you NOT have a great time at Disneyland??? We rode the rides, ate the food and experienced the fun...I had a FABULOUS time!! Thanks Sue and Jill for the fun memories...until next time!!! Tell me we are not the coolest...
Jill...Me...Sue...
Pictures in the O...the best part of this picture was waiting for OUR turn. We actually sat and waited for a 3 year old to finish her picture...so we could have one. (It's part of the whole experience)

The new TOY STORY ride....GREAT RIDE!!!
Sue is ready for action...
Jill totally lost....no one can beat my mad skills!!!
(Ignore the turtle neck) Kicking butt and taking names!!!

Beep...Beep... This ride kind of loses its thrill when you can actually drive a REAL car!!!
Me and Jill
More "O" pictures!!!
My only TRUE passion....(Twilight...not Jill) We found these in California...too cute huh???

Me and Jill on SCREAMIN' such a fun ride...we couldn't get Sue on this ride!!!
Me and Jill on TOWER OF TERROR...again...no Sue....This is one of my FAVORITE rides!!!
Me and Sue...(after Jill and I survived the Tower of Terror!!)
Huh...me and Jill again....This time on Space Mountain!!! Sue actually had to leave a day earlier than Jill and I, so we went back to Disneyland!!!

Sue on Splash Mountain...it was hard to get her on this...it is only her 2nd time EVER being on this ride!! Hence the need for documentation!!!
Finally...All 3 of us on the same ride!!! (I love the lady behind Sue, taking her own picture)
All for the LOVE of rides!!!

I think the candy corns are so cute as A's!!

Jill... our resident Disneyland Expert!!!
Jill and Sue...waiting for the Pirates ride!!

Me and Jill waiting for Pirates...notice my "frizzy" hair... YES...just my luck...it rained for about the first 45 minutes of the day...just long enough to ruin my hair...but at least it cooled off the day!!!




So...in between Disneyland trips, we did actually manage to do a few other things...We went to the Garment District and got some new purses and "illegal" movies (for those interested I now own Kung Fu Panda and Mamma Mia...YEAH ME!!!) We also saw a few movies...none that I would recommend, but still worth noting...We saw Nights at Rodanthe (an OK movie) and we also saw The Woman...(walked out...not even worth finishing in my opinion)

Jill...in the Theatre for THE WOMEN...
Me in the same Theatre....
Notice all the empty seats...not a good sign...we were the only two in the whole theatre. In between talking and texting, we were able to realize how dumb the movie was and we left!!

Jill at the beach!! (Yeah for Newport and 15th street!!!)


Me...at the beach!!




So...we seemed to be able to squeeze EVERYTHING into our get away. We had Disneyland...twice...Shopping...movies...eating....the beach....It was such a great time, I can't wait to do it again!! Thanks Sue and Jill...you made it even BETTER!!!!