Weekend Fun--Halloween party

We went to a three halloween parties this weekend.  One at Justin's work (no pictures), one at my mom's, and the ward trunk-or-treat (also no pictures).

Here we have Hannah the witch, Michelle the princess (Sleeping Beauty for those who are not up to speed on their princesses, her name is Aurora), and their indian cousin.
 

Here are some pictures of Hannah.  She has been practicing her cackle for about two weeks now.  She loves to wrap her cape around to hide herself and then you hear this little cackle.
 

Here's a look at the whole ensemble.
 

Princess Aurora, aka Sleeping Beauty.  Why she choose Sleeping Beauty we may never know.  She does not like to go to sleep (as evidence that she is still up with me right now).  She loves this dress and wears it fairly often (hence it is not satin fabric, I need it to last longer for this little princess).
 

Here's a picture of the goodies for the party.  My sister knows how to throw a party.  She makes some super great food.  This one was sponsored by Rice Krispies but she of course had extra stuff. Food is her thing and she does amazing things.
 

Here is Bowser.  This was a very fun costume to make (yes, I made all the costumes, I like to do it).  This was my challenge costume but it was so much fun.  There are still some things that may get done but Sam is happy with it.  His only other thing he wants is to be able to put candy in the shell.
 

Fun games were played.  Bowling, Last Man (Kid?) Standing, and Bingo.  Did I mention that my sister knows how to throw parties?


Sorry, no pictures of Ben.  He isn't feeling good.  Hopefully he gets to wear his costume (a monkey) for a photo later. 

Weekend Fun--Idaho road trip

Did you know that in a five hour trip from my sisters house to Rexburg you can see 12 temples!  That's amazing!  I course did not see all of those as I didn't have to go quite as far, I could have seen 6-9 of them (depending on if I looked behind us across the valley).

This was a fun weekend.  My mom and sister and I drove to Rexburg for my cousins wedding.  It was a great trip.  Good company and good times.  As we came into Idaho Falls and my mom had to show us the falls with a view of the temple.  Amazing!  I took a couple of pictures to be able to show the fam.
 

 

This is the Rexburg temple.  We were there early and needed to kill some time.  Did you know there is no fabric store in Rexburg?  But we did find a DI.  I can kill some time at the DI.  :)
 

My cousin and her new husband.
 

Weekend Fun--Conference

So, yes I have some updating to do.  Here is a look at some of our recent activities.  I don't have anything to say about most of the pictures since I didn't join the boys in mountain biking (someone had to stay and watch the kids).
 

A look at some of the color up the canyon.
 

Jared after his first crash.
 

Our car after his second crash (no injuries that I know of).  And Justin now drives a newer car than I do.

We also of course watched conference.  We played with lots of cousins.  The kids played conference bingo.  And if anyone reading this gives a conference talk, it would be awesome if you threw in some of the random words on the conference bingo (we got ours from lds.org).