SNOW!!

There was a blizzard blowing through town last week (although it wasn't much of a blizzard).  I'll be honest.  I was scared out of my mind!  I think it was all the hype it was getting.  They had warned that power may go out for a couple of days and state employees were getting sent home early to avoid driving in it.  Now who wouldn't be scared?

To me, it was just a typical Utah snow storm.  It started off VERY windy, but other than that, it just snowed all night.  The next day was the worst because the streets had froze overnight.

I was, however, excited to take Maddie out in the first snow of the season!  Unfortunately, I had to work for the next few days  :(   But when I did take her out, it was totally worth it!





Luckily I had just gotten her coat the night before the storm.  She still had her snow suit from last year, but it's a size 18 months.  It looked like it would fit her.  I tried it on her at the end of the summer and it did!  But fast forward a few months and it no longer fit her  :(  She's in a 3T now!  When did that happen?






Her favorite part was throwing snowballs at me!  What a little stinker!!  :)  She would literally crack up after she threw it at me.










We only lasted for 20 minutes outside.  It was sooo cold!  Maddie had been wiping the snow off her cars and her glove fell off.  She came and brought it to me, but then continued to wipe the snow off with her bare hand.  Moments later she came up to me crying because her hand hurt!  Poor baby!  lol  So we just went inside from there.

Hope everyone else has been enjoying the snow!!

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My Daughter...

Is so wonderfully weird!  :)    

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What's a blog post...

 

...without pictures?

Boring.

That's what it is.

So I've decided that when I make a post, wether I have anything to say or not, I'll always add a picture (or two)

Today, I don't have a whole lot to say.

Except that it's been raining...and snowing.  We had a good run with the warm weather (all the way to November!!) and it's time for us turn on the space heaters, slip on a second pair of socks, and drink all the hot chocolate we want.

Some of us are a little adventurous and still want to play outside  (I won't name any names...but I will share the pictures!).

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Halloween {photo overload}

 

We've been busy this month!  Halloween is definitely in my top 3 favorite Holidays and it's my mom's #1, so we do things pretty big around here.  :)

A couple of weeks ago was my cousin's 18th birthday/family halloween party.  We do it every year and it's always a blast!  Everyone dresses up and we carve pumpkins!

The best part is when everyone arrives and we get to see who dressed up as what!  This year we had a mad hatter, michael jackson, a couple from the 50's, Jack the pumpkin king, albert einstein, two little witches, a greek goddess, a fairy, and a flapper girl just to name a few  :)

(I had already taken off my shoes because I DON'T wear heels! lol)

 

(she wasn't too sure! lol)

Ben, there are NO words...



Our Group

After our pictures, we all went inside for dinner and then some yummy dessert!



After the table was emptied of food, we let the pumpkin carving begin!

I don't mean to brag or anything, but we've got some mad pumpkin carving skills...

 (maddie's kitty)

Fast forward to the night before the 30th!  Since Halloween fell on a Sunday this year, the whole state decided to celebrate the Saturday before (don't even get me started). 

So the night before the big day, Maddie helped mommy make some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!

The best part!

and then Maddie's favorite part  :)

We burned the first batch  :(

So we made root beer floats to make us feel better!  :)

On Saturday, we had plans to go to Salt Lake for a halloween party, but unfortunately it decided to rain (and when I say rain, I'm being modest.  It was a downpour!)  So we made last minute plans to go to the mall for trick-or-treating (never.again.).  But that didn't start until 6.  So Maddie got dressed up in her costume and played outside a little bit.

Maddie's pet spider  :)

We got our very first trick-or-treaters at 4:00!  We were a little unprepared to say the least.  But we gave them their soda and chips and off they were  :)

(watching them leave)

This year, we had a whopping 14 pumpkins to carve!  Now how did we end up with so many?  I bought 4 pumpkins for Maddie's Halloween pictures, we got a couple leftover from pumpkin carving at our family halloween party, and my mom bought like 7 more. 

(the coolest pumpkin I've ever seen!)

I wasn't kidding about all those pumpkins!!

But carving them had to wait.  6 o'clock rolled around pretty fast and we had to get to the mall!  Unfortunately, the gloomy gray clouds rolled in pretty fast too  :(

(and yes, I'm so cool, I can take pictures while I'm driving)

 I couldn't believe how many people were there!

we saw some pretty cute costumes though!

Kyler was having fun, can you tell?

Superman!!

When we were about ready to leave (and when I mean ready to leave, I mean we were all packed up and buckled in the car about ready to pull out of the parking lot), I realized I left my purse inside the mall!  I ran back inside, but I couldn't find it anywhere.  I left my name and number with security and went home.  We were going to go trick or treating after the mall, but Maddie was tired and I was stressed about my purse (and my wallet and my credit cards and my i.d.). 

When we got home, we arrived to a table full of goodies! (and a phone call that someone had found my purse!!  Unfortunately I had already gone home so I had to get it the next day.)

and the best part....  :)

We decided to carve our 14 pumpkins the next day (ON Halloween).  Everybody thought it would be fun to do them outside, but I don't see what's so fun about sitting on the ground in the freezing cold covered in pumpkin guts.  So I did mine inside  :)

I'd say we've got some mad pumpkin carving skills...

I hope everyone else had a great Halloween!! 

What did you do for Halloween?  What did you or your little ones dress up as?

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