Halloween 2010

Jas started off the day with a jack-o-lantern pancake.

This was his costume choice. A little kid who turned around and came face to face with the mask got scared and started crying. But Jas liked it.

She did not get to choose, but she looked dang cute.

We went to a park near Grandma and Grandpa's house where they have a big Halloween party every year. The games are free and super easy, so Jasper had a good time.

Journey was bright-eyed during the games, and everyone thought she was adorable.

Jas got enough candy to satisfy a four-year old, and it was all good candy. We like the big stuff :)

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I have four observations about Halloween:

1. People who only have a baby and still go trick-or-treating are lame and cheap. Go buy your own candy.

2. Jeans, a t-shirt and a scary mask is not a costume.

3. If Journey ever thinks about shopping for her costume at the lingerie store, she'll need to think again. And she'll have plenty of time to think while she's grounded.

4. Halloween isn't what it used to be when I was a kid, but I don't know if that's because I'm grown up, or because it's really changed. It's fun to see the excitement in Jasper's eyes, though.

This Is A Lot of Pictures

Lots of things have been going on lately. My parents came to celebrate Journey's birth, which was nice that they both could come. We also moved across the state, so that was an adventure. Jon left a week before us and I would not have been able to get it done by myself if my brother wasn't there. I'm glad he's with us. We're still getting settled in. Our new place is smaller, but it has a washer and dryer and that makes up for most things. This post is mostly pictures of the past 4 months, and it's not even that many, but it's good for now!

G-ma and G-pa are the best.

There's a G-pa buried in here somewhere.

Myspace on the train!





There's an old factory-type place by my mom's house that I have driven by almost every day of my life and suddenly it has become one of Utah County's photographic hot spots. I have no idea why. And since most Utah County girls have their own photo business (i.e. fancy camera), there is usually someone there when you drive by. I decided to hire my brother, my mom and myself to take pictures of my kids there so they wouldn't feel left out. We weren't the only ones there at the time. These are just a few and I actually think they turned out pretty cute. But I still don't know why this is the place to go.

If babies don't have red eyes in their pictures, it could mean they have a certain kind of cancer.

Absolutely the most precious girl on Earth.

Jasper is getting used to her.

Thank you Rachel for all the bows and flowers!

Me and Jas made a scarecrow to decorate our new place.

Did you know in Wendover you can be in two states at once? I think that is awesome, so I got a picture of it.

Jasper was mostly not helpful during the move, but he did okay. He is not handling the new house as well as I thought he would. He keeps wanting to go back to our old house, but someone else lives there now, so we can't. We're liking it here. It's nice to be near Jon's family and Jasper and Jon go over there every Monday, which is a fun daddy-son thing to have. I think once Jasper gets in school and the rest of us get settled in, and I find a decent Wal-Mart, we'll be good.

Pumpkins

My husband is one of the toughest guys I know, but he gets grossed out by pumpkin guts, so it's my job to make sure it gets done. Jasper was semi-grossed out, but he tried to be tough and handle it. He does not, however, have the attention span necessary to gut and carve a pumpkin in one sitting. We got it done, though, and I think it turned out pretty good. Until Jasper tripped going outside and the pumpkin cracked almost in half. But it still works and we had a lot of fun.

More posts will be coming soon. We moved and I'm not settled in enough to do posts yet. Keep holding on, Rach!