Halloween

Despite having a ginormous blizzard that started the Wednesday prior to Halloween, Halloween turned out to be a really nice day.  It was warm and most of the snow on the roads and sidewalks had melted by that evening.

We trick-or-treated for about an hour and a half that evening in our neighborhood and made quite a haul.  Actually I should say Andrew and I did.  Matt hung back at the house and scared the trick-or-treaters, and Brayden wasn't feeling well that day, so he only made it through half the evening.

PUMPKIN PATCH

CARVING PUMPKINS

   

TRICK-OR-TREATING

 

Brayden wanted to be Obi Wan Kenobe again this year and Andrew has become obsessed with Spider Man.  He walked around the house the entire week in his costume and wanted to wear it everywhere we went.

 

Yum!  They couldn't wait to dig in...and neither could I!:)

A "Wicked" good time!!!!!

This past Friday night we got to see "Wicked" at the Temple Buell Theater in Denver.  It was AMAZING!!!  We left the kids with a friend of ours over night and then headed to Denver where we ate at Maggiano's before the show.  If you have never eaten there, and have one close by, YOU MUST GO!  The food was DELECTABLE!  It's a little on the pricey side, but if you do it family style with at least one other couple you get all you can eat salads, pastas, entrees and desserts for around $26/person. (I think they should pay me for advertising ;)) Anyway, it was worth every single penny!  Then we hit the show which was entertaining and hilarious.  I LOVED it!!!

Here are some not so good pics of the evening.  It was dark and we were afraid of the flash reflecting off the window, so we didn't use it, and in the end we got some not so good pics, but anyway you get the gist.

What is with me looking pregnant.  I think I'm getting the hint, a diet and exercise plan is in the works for me.  Or maybe I just slouch a lot.  Yeah, I like that better;).

Sorry Ais this is the best we got of you guys. 

A birthday, a baptism and a blog slacker

Yes, I know you are all probably shocked to see that I have posted something new!!  I know it's been awhile but to be quite honest I've lost the blog bug.  Hopefully I'll get it back again some day, but for now I'll try to keep up with the main events.  So here are some of our latest happenings...

Brayden had a birthday shout hooray (la la la)!!!  He turned 8 years old and had a killer party at Chuck E. Cheese with all of his friends, or at least those that could make it:)  We've never done the "pay somebody else to do it for you" kind of party, but this year we did, just because I was stressed about having to throw a kid party and then throwing a baptism party.  That's way too much cleaning and prep work for me:)  Anyway, I must say that it's going to be hard to go back to doing the party myself.:(

Here are some pics from the event...

For his baptism both sets of grandparents were able to make it from California and Arizona, but the blizzard we had the night before kept family from driving in from Wyoming.  We had lots of friends that were able to make it though.  It was a really special day for Brayden being that he was baptized on his actual birthday.

We have stake baptisms here so everyone that turns 8 that month (before the day) gets baptized at the same time.  There were a ton of kids!  They do break us up by wards though.  Anyway, a funny story...So Brayden was the last one to get baptized in his group.  There were 3 boys before him.  No one had mentioned anything about the water temp before Brayden and Matt got in, in fact nobody even flinched, but as soon as Brayden set one foot in the water, he announced to the entire room, "OOh, it's HOT!'  It was really cute and Matt confirmed afterward that indeed it was hot.  Hot enough to give a little sting when you got in.

Here are some pics of who was there...

Way to go Brayden, we are SOOO proud of you!!!:)

Which would you choose?

Before I begin my story I need to let you know a little bit about Andrew.  He is my child with a GIGANTIC sweet tooth!  Getting him to eat dinner or pretty much anything for that matter is close to impossible, but when it comes to something sweet you can't get him to stop.  He will literally make himself SICK!

I think every mom has a story about their children that, no matter where they are or what they are doing, if they think about this story or incident it brings a smile to their face or even a chuckle...out loud.  This is my story...

Well one night Matt decided to finish a piece of leftover cheesecake that was in the fridge.  His mistake, was not waiting until Andrew went to bed before he got it out.  So, of course, Andrew sees this and comes running over.  "Can I have a bite daddy?"  Matt says, "Sure, but I'm sick so you need to go get your own spoon.  I don't want to get you sick with my germs."  "Okay, dad!", and off Andrew runs to the silverware drawer.  I'm watching this whole interaction and see Andrew open the drawer and go for the spoon, but then he stops...

He sees something out of the corner of his eye...

And instead of reaching for the "normal" spoon, he grabs this...

 

And with a proud smile on his face, marches over to Matt for his "bite" of cheesecake.

Now which would you choose?

9 years later...

 

-Cards

-Flowers

-Hugs

-Kisses

-Filet Mignon

-Lobster

-Strawberries

-Bananas

-Cheesecake

-Chocolate fondue

-This is how we celebrated our last 9 amazing years together.  A delicious dinner at The Melting Pot (a fondue restaurant).  We are looking forward to many more wonderful, happy and memorable years together.  I love you hun!

A belated Easter post!

Easter was not a good one for me this year.  I spent it sprawled out on the bathroom floor praying to the porcelain gods.

I woke up fine that morning, other than feeling tired and worn out.  The kids got all dressed up so handsome in their Easter clothes and were excited to begin the hunt.  I got out the camera and the boys went about the tradition hunting for their eggs and basket (inside of course, because Colorado weather never seems to let us hunt outside).  When they were all but done, that's when my stomach did a 180 degree turn and from that point on the only place you could find me was on the bathroom floor.

Matt took the boys to church and then to my parent's house after church for a big Easter dinner.  That's about all I know as for how the rest of their Easter went.  Good thing we have family around!  They said they had a Happy Easter and I hope everyone else did too!

You can call me the Blog Slacker

I know it's been awhile.  I do have a few good excuses and some not so great ones.  So, I've had 3 blogs written that I wanted to post awhile back but I couldn't get my pictures to load onto the computer from my camera, which meant I needed to wait for Matt to figure it out.  That can sometimes take awhile being that he's busy and all.  So, he finally got them loaded for me and then things just got too busy with Andrew's birthday and our trip to Utah.  Now I'm finally sitting down to add the pictures to my blogs and post them.  So here are three very old blogs and I hope to catch you up on all the latest happenings soon ;)  (We'll see)

The Phantom of the Opera was here...

For Christmas this year I got Matt tickets to see Phantom of the Opera.  We had both seen it before, but it had been years.  We went with some friends of ours and it was just as good as we both remembered.  Our seats were only 3 rows back from the stage and off center a little bit, but it was really neat to be able to see the actors so up close and personal.

It's always great to see your pictures big and realize the shirt you are wearing makes you look pregnant.  I promise you all that I'm not.  I haven't even gained any weight...okay maybe a pound or two I don't know.

To top off our perfect day, we had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.  Yum! Yum!

We had such a good time, we are going to see Wicked in October.  Yeah, I can't wait!

A Vegas Valentine's Day

We actually celebrated Valentine's Day a week early this year.  We've started a tradition where myself and 2 of my friends plan a fun evening for our husbands.  (One of "the girl's" was having surgery the day before Valentine's day, so we needed to change the date.) You may remember the "Little Black Dress Event" from last year.  This year we celebrated Vegas style.

Our husbands were asked to RSVP via a king card (if they'd attend) or a joker card (if they had better things to do).  The catch was they had to do so creatively.  Matt of course didn't disappoint.  The first thing he did was wake me up with a text that said, "I'm only a JOKER without you.  Having you in my life makes me a KING.  I would be honored to attend tomorrow with my QUEEN. Luv U."  (cue the AAAaaahhhs)  As my day proceeded I found King cards on virtually everything I touched...my coke in the fridge, the dog treats, my debit card in my purse, the front AND back windshields, etc.  The day ended with a single red rose and a king card attached to it.  Isn't he the cutest!?!?!

This is what our evening looked like...

We dressed somewhat like Vegas showgirls.  It's hard to tell in these pics but we had insanely long, fake eyelashes with rhinestones on.

We made virgin strawberry margaritas in big, HUGE glasses, and we ordered PF Changs for dinner.

We had an impromptu performance of Taylor Swift's Love Story. (I can't believe I'm posting these for the world to see.)    

We then watched "What Happens In Vegas", and were going to play poker afterwards, but due to some poor choices by some children the night was cut short.  So no poker this time.

We had an awesome time though.  How was your Valentines Day?

Happy Valentine's Day!