Auntie weekend

Tyson and kim were headed out to California and asked if I could watch the kids for a weekend. We had a grand ol time and went up to visit Grandma and Grandpa. 

They are so adorable but I might have been in over my head. Good thing Grandma had a bag of tricks. 

Grandma taught them how to knit

I taught them how to make Christmas cards

Frolicking in the leaves! 

Halloween 2010

We wanted to do something different for Halloween. We aren't so much into the big halloween groupie parties. We headed up to Grandma's house to chill, enjoy the fall colors, shoot some guns, and watch movies.

While we were there we went to the Halloween carnival the high school choir puts on. It was fun and really put us in the halloween mood.

Who doesn't love winning a slinky??

Matt you are such a stud.

Dallin dresses as a whoopie cushion. He was going to get a fart machine but then we reminded him he could fart on demand. What a talented little boy.

He let me help him in the fishing booth for a bit. :) Making little kids dreams come true one stupid toy at a time.

Jakeb and Matt dominated the cake walk!

Getting the awful face paint done. lol. When she asked if she could practice her butterfly on me I was imagining something a LITTLE smaller.

Soup, Crafts and Pumpkins.

OOOOOOKAY. What did I decide to do last night? Take a left over chicken carcass and make soup out of it. FROM SCRATCH. CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP. I remember my mom making soup, like this, for us when we were kids. I had 2 chicken remains left and wanted to do something "fallish" to help me forget about how HOT it is outside in the middle of OCTOBER.

Here I am with all my vegetables and chicken.WHY? Because I am Mern, Thats why.

Smelling the aroma from my soup. I was amazed at how the bones feel apart and the meat fell into the soup. It took awhile to pluck out all the chicken bones and skin.

I was thinking it would be fun to make a chicken soup, take all the bones out, clean them, and put them back in for a Halloween meal. :)

As I was cooking I was thinking about the book Stone Soup. Did anyone else read that one growing up? haha

Lindsey gives it a thumbs up!! When Lindsey first moved in she was scared to try my food. Now she begs me to cook. I am not saying I am GREAT at it, but things turn out okay.

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My Project.

I have this white couch in my bedroom. Above it hangs a few large black and white Audrey Hepburn photos. I wanted to tie the couch in somehow so I was thinking of tying each of the pillows with a black ribbon. I liked the effect but it looked a little plain. So then I added some charms and jewels. There is a close up below. Its just not turning out exactly how I would like it to. Maybe I need to attach some pearls? another idea is to find a thinner ribbon that is black and white zebra and run that down the center of the black ribbon. ANY IDEAS? HELP.

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Pumpkin Carving

Friday night Elicia and I went over to trisha's house and carved pumpkins. They turned out great and we had a fun time. Trisha spread a tarp out in her front room and we carved them inside. That was different, and fun!

Happy Birthday!

It was Sister L's birthday on Monday. She is From Quebec and goes home in November. We are glad that we met her! We had a chips and salsa party and had different kinds of salsa and dips. We are dip freaks at my house so it was fun.

This is my creation. I got the idea online and it was easy to make. Carved pumkin plus Guacamole and TADA, puking pumkin.

Don't mind the miss but check out my witch hat lights! I LOVE them. They were on sale at party city for 5 bucks!

Here is some of the crew that came.

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Reasons I love fall

1. Orange
2. Scarves
3. Hot chocolate
4. Crisp air
5. Hiking season
6. Everyone feels like cuddling
7. Camping
8. Christmas is just around the corner
9. The smell of wood burning stoves in the air
10. You can eat soup and not feel like you are in a sauna
11. Cute hates/beanies
12. No more HOT DAYS.
13. Bath's are much more comforting in the fall
14. The scents of pumkin bread and spices.
15. Fall just makes me happy.

Fa Fa Fa FALL!

Okay, I am such a succor for fall. I went to wal mart on friday for a few lunch items for the upcoming week and before I know it my cart looks like an entire tree has shed its fall leaves into it. Even now as I sit at my desk, drinking my hot chocolate and thinking about those leaves, I feel happy inside.
It was such a fantastic weekend. Roommate Julie and I got to go to the lake on Friday and we had a BLAST. The multiple bruises on my body are there to prove it! haha. I now know what its like to FLY off a jetski, backwards. Saturday night Julie, Meagan, Tori and I got to attend the RS broadcast which was fantastic! Its so comforting to hear from such amazing women. I know that they care about all of us and pray for guidance in knowing how to direct us. The chapel that I watched it in looked EXACTLY like my stake center back home. I imagined that I was at home, on Main street in Eagar. I walked outside, saw the best western across the street, and drove up main, around the corner to school bus, took a left onto amity and I was HOME. I. LOVE. EAGAR.

Waiting for us back at my place was a house warm with friends. Roy was there cooking up a storm. Chilis, stuffed with cheese, wrapped in Bacon. Taco's. Homemade spanish rice. YUM. He is such a great cook. Zach and Kara come over along with old school Brendon and his GF Kristina. It was fun passing out gifts from Egypt and telling our stories.

Sunday night we had friends over again. Here are a few of my FAVORITE people in the Universe.

You are very familiar with Best Friend THE ZACH. Here is his GF KARA PALMER. She is a sweetheard and, cross your fingers, hopefully my new roommate!!

Here is the stud himself, Jakeb. Are you liking his beard? I think its groovy and sexy. Too bad his stake president doesn't agree and asked him to shave it. boo

Angie, Amy, Lindsey.

Roommate Tori! She is such a doll. I can't believe all the dedication she puts into her work. She is a teacher and ALWAYS brings work home with her and stays after to do things. Its amazing. Kudo's to The Tori.

Here is me and that dead guy.

I rocked my Galabeya. I LOVE It.

So here are my decorations! I love them. These leaves have fallen down 100 times! I am trying to figure out how to get them to stay. I am going to try tying them up with string. I think that will do the trick.

The kitchen counter.

Do you just LOVE this wreath? I know I do. 10 bucks at wal mart. I can't wait to see what Michael's has...

This is a nifty scarf I got in Egypt along with a cornacopia a friend made for me years ago. Our house is very festive and I can't wait to make it even more so. :) It makes it feel more like home.