Girls night out

So we had girls night out at my Aunt Jolene's house on Saturday. It was fun. We each brought a finger food( I asked everyone to bring something they wouldn't normally make or something different or exciting).

I was going to bring this really easy appetizer but I thought it wasn't exciting enough. So I looked on the internet and found something on the Food Network. It looked easy, exciting and different. It was definitely not something I would normally do so I thought I would give it a try.

I bought all of the ingredients including aged Gouda cheese and prosciutto both of which I have never used. It called for toasted white bread and green apples with some honey mustard on bottom. It looks so fancy in the picture and if it looks that pretty it just has to taste good, right? Well I brought everything and assembled them there. I don't think I did everything right either but it was a good try.

After everyone got there and it was all ready we each grabbed a plate of food and one of these grown up ham and cheese finger sandwiches. We we sat down Katie was like," OK lets all try this". After I couple of bites we decided it wasn't the worst thing we had tried and it wasn't like a really strong flavor so we didn't have to spit any of it out.
Well I tried something new and it wasn't a complete disappointment, great. Oh, and Gouda cheese is really good.

So the rest of the night was enjoyable. We watched 27 dresses and made some hats on a loom for the humanitarian aid(I really wanted to learn how to make hats) and ate ice cream. We also watched Fly Boys because Katie just could not stand to watch Pride and Prejudice. The night ended with honey facials(I love those honey facials, it makes your skin so smooth.).

I love hanging out with my Aunt and it was great getting away for the night. I'm just glad that it won't be my turn to plan the next one.

The Trans Siberian Orchestra

So a couple weeks ago we went to the Trans Siberian Orchestra. It was at the Idaho Center on Monday the 11th. We were pretty excited about it because last year we went when Doug had won tickets to it and it was pretty fun. It was a wonderful show on Monday. They have a lot of new stuff in their program and it makes for an interesting experience. 

The first part of the show is where they tell a christmas stroy of a guy in a bar and it is very hookie but the music and lights make up for it. It is fun and I would recommend going sometime. 

The bad part about it is that people are jam packed in there and they sell beer at the consession stands. So you are pretty much sitting next to a bunch of people with bad breath drinking beer and if not already, on their way to being drunk. Well I think it is like that anytime their is a show at the Idaho Center. Just sit close to the person you go with.

I got this video off the internet. It is from a concert in 2004. They have made a lot of changes to the equipment they use but it is still the same fun music. Enjoy.

A new tag

So my friend tagged me like last month and I just saw it, so sorry Heidie it took me so long.

5 T.V. Shows I love to watch
1. House
2. Biggest Loser
3. Designed to Sell
4. America's Next Top Model :)
5. Life

5 things that happened yesterday
1. Took Cameron to Preschool
2. Went to the store and picked up a lot of milk
3. Went to the library and dollar store
4. Sat down and read all the books we got from the library to the kids
5. Made dinner and actually staightened up the house before bed

5 favorite places to eat
1. Mongolian BBQ
2. Costco
3. Olive Garden
4. Sonic
5. McDonalds, just because it is cheap and the kids like the play area, my husband is going to be shocked

5 things I look forward to
1. financial stability
2. More time with my husband
3. My husband only having one job
4. I always look forward to Christmas( I like holidays)
5. Cameron starting kindergarden

5 things on my wish list
1. I want to travel, I want to go on a cruise
2. To always know what to make for dinner without all the planning( Oh, that I was a good cook in the first place)
3. To have more self control
4. That my kids will grow up healthy and happy, for the most part making good decisions
5. That I had a better memory, wait what was I saying?

5 people I tag
1. Sarah Gray
2. Lizzy Harward(there will be more for you because you are a newbi)
3. Mom( though I know she probably won't do it)
4. Carley Picket
5. I can't think of any one else

Okay, if you're on the above list-or not-copy and paste it with your answers. I double-dog-dare you.

Fall fun

I took the kids on a bike ride to the park last week. We had played in the back yard first which is where I took these pictures. It got pretty chilly but the kids needed out. So I dressed them nice and warm and we went. The kids were doing fine until the wind started blowing in their faces. I asked them if they wanted to keep going and they did, but I had a feeling we should turn back. So we kept going to the park and just tryed to get there as quickly as possible.

Lilly has been getting so much better at riding her bike. She used to stop and go stop and go as slow as possible but now she keeps a pretty good pase.

Then we got to the park and the kids raced for the swings. They got to swing and go really really high until I picked Miah up and let her slide down the minny slide. I didn't realize ituntil she got down that there was a puddle of water at the bottom. The entire back of her pants got all wet. I made me worry because it was too cold for her to be wet like that and she already had purple lips.

So I got the kids together and rushed them home. Miah kept trying to push off her blanket and then I saw that her tiny little hands were purple. It scared me some more and little was not in the mood to rush. The 15 min that it took to get home seemed like forever and I think that next time I try and do something like that I will be a little more careful.

Cameron's birthday

Cameron's birthday was two weeks ago but I was waiting to blog about it until I got some of the other pictures taken at party from my sister-in-law :) Since I don't have those I wanted to share the video that we got of him the morning of his birthday. Instead of cake I shoved candles into his pancake and we sang to him. He still had a little bit of make-up on him from Halloween the night before. It is really short because my flash card is old and holds hardly any memory.

For his birthday he got to play his new Lego Batman game all
day long. Then he worked on his new humongous preschool erasable workbook from grandma H. He has also enjoyed the webkinz froggy that Sarah and Jackson's family got him. He gets upset at me because I make him wait till Friday to play on the computer. He also got a spriderman fun book with markers in it from Jeremy and Molly( Thanks Jeremy and Molly for the ice cream that you brought to the party. We really appreciate you guys.) . He loves spiderman. Cameron also loves Happy meals and Corin, Hyrum and Nathan got him a $10 gift certificate to McDonalds. That was great. He loves having the excuse to get out of the house and going to McDonalds. Thanks everyone for going to Cameron's birthday party and celebrating him reaching the big number 5. He was very happy and had a good time. Thanks

Halloween

Halloween

- Mary Jane Carr

Witches flying past on broomsticks,
Black cats leaping here and there,
White-robed spooks on every corner,
Mournful moaning in the air,

Goblins peering out of windows,
Spirit-things that rap and run-
But don't be scared-it's just October,
Having one last hour of fun!

Halloween is always a fun time for us. Doug just loves those scary movies and I love dressing up the kids. I was surprised that by 6:30 that night no one had come trick or treating to our house. 

We left and went to what we thought was Doug's families' trunk or treat. We walk around and the kids got some candy until Doug realized that he did not recognize anyone. So we went for grandmas house instead. Grandma H always has a wonderfully scary Halloween party. She fixes up her house with ghosts and spiderwebs, makes rootbear, donuts, pigs in a blanket and pizza, and she dresses up in some kind of festive outfit. Halloween is really one of their favorite holidays.

This is from top across to bottom: Sarah, Jeremy, Lilly, Jeff, and Cameron. Wow Jeremy looks really good in this picture, just like an old man. Jeff I think ate off someone else's leg. Cameron's doing the batman pose and lilly is just trying to be cute. Sarah really rocked the fro and later had changed the wig which made her look like a hooker. All great costumes. Loved them. And we had fun. 

There were not a lot of trick or treaters out around their house either. It felt so good outside, so for the first time, Doug and I took all the kids trick or treating and walked around the block with them. Usually I let doug take them because it is normally so cold out. Lilly would run up to each house and pound on the door. When someone would open up Lilly would poke her head inside and look around the house before putting her pumkin basket in the air to catch the candy. 

We tryed going to the houses that seemed no one else was going to and it worked out. The kids completely filled up their baskets and by the end Lilly just could not walk any further and she could barely hold up her pumkin.

Now there is too much candy in the house and I fear for my overindulgence. The candy tax always takes over and I'm sure that the candy will be gone in the next month or two. I really try to not buy much candy and treats because I seem to eat them more than the kids do. So I will have to find a hiding spot to get them out of sight so that it won't be as tempting.

Cameron will probably eat all the chocolate out of his basket and Lilly's. He is a choco holic. I will have to keep the candy out of his way too.

We really do enjoy Halloween though and it was a good night.

Doug borrowed this wig and glasses from Sarah. He looks pretty goofy. 

Miah just could not stand him wearing this. She would hide her face and would not allow him to touch her. Miah just wanted everyone else to hold her except Doug.

Miah was really cute in this monster costume because she would walk up to people's doors with her ears flapping up and down while her tail would wag side to side. 

This was before going to the trunk or treat last Saturday. Jeremy and Molly came with us and the kids were pretty excited. Jeremy did the make-up on them because I was running late on making the taco soup for the soup feed. 

This was the serious pose

And then there was the happy pose. 

Now Halloween is over and November is going to be a busy month. More to look forward to.