Halloween Party Two

Last night we went to Randy and Keri’s for our monthly "brothers and sisters" get together. Once a month we try to get together with my brother and his wife, Ray’s sister and her husband and kids, Ray’s brother and his wife and kids and my sister-in-law’s sister and husband. Got that! We each take a turn "hosting" it. Last night was a Halloween costume party. I got the boy’s costumes from my mom when we were down there a couple of weeks ago. I think both of them were Mike’s when he was a kid, so they are probably 20+ years old, and still in great shape. I had fun drawing a mustache and beard (complete with sideburns on Trent the cowboy) They each had their accessories, but at the last minute Tyler decided he didn’t want his (peace pipe and tomahawk) Ray and I dressed up as a "50’s couple", he was my accessory – my Fonzie! I also got my poodle skirt while at my parents. My mom made it for me when I was 10 or 11 – seems like 5th grade (?) anyway, as you can probably guess, I am not the same size I was back then and so I couldn’t zip it up – AT ALL. I was barely able fit it over my hips! It was long enough though and I just made sure my shirt covered up the zipper in the back. We had a great time, the kids ran around as usual playing with their cousins, and we (adults) visited and ate dinner.
We also decorated sugar cookies – which the kids loved! It was a fun night.

Randy, Keri and kids

Jenny, David and kids

Kara is kind of a little bully when it comes to Jenna. She kept pulling on her yellow bow, making her fall down and kept trying to take things from her. Here she is trying to take away Jenna's necklace. They are 4 months apart; My great hope is that they will be good friends like I am with my cousins that are my age.

This morning we woke up to snow! I should of taken a picture -dang! We probably only got 1 – 2 inches but it covered the grass. It didn’t stick to the road or side walk, so no shoveling yet! The boys wanted to play in it, and so they did – in their church clothes. I could see that their hands were getting red so I got them each a pair of gloves, I guess they forgot that we had gloves.

Today the primary children had their sacrament meeting program. It was really good. They have been working on it for a long time. Not just learning the songs, but as a class they have been practicing their parts. Usually the boys bring home their part and we work on memorizing it. Well, last week Tyler brought home his part and I forgot about it until Friday. I told him we better work on it and I said I think it starts with "my faith grows" and then he finished the sentence. I then realized that he already knew it. I also wondered if Trent had forgotten his piece of paper with the part, but he didn’t bring one home because he already had it memorized. They both did a good job.

This week’s "deal of the week" is free candy at Kmart – see coupon link to the right. It is limited to one, but hey – free candy is free candy!