Halloween Happenings

To start out the season

My sister invited me with her crafty friends to make "Wicked" blocks

Then we carved with some friends

The finished products

Our friends were dressing up as Batman and Robin,
hence the batman sign 

We found a new love for black lights

And helped my mom plan for a very successful Halloween party

Bats lined the hall to welcome the guests

With yummy food.  The menu consisted of:

Poisoned Apples

Bread Bones and Blood

Scary Salad (yes a bit of a stretch)

Forbidden Fruit

Witches Brew

and 

Cauldron Chili

EVERYONE dressed up, even my grandparents!

Only missing Bryce and Brian, both away on school assignments

Colby and I were a Witch and Frankenstein

Colby never disappoints even though he threw this together last second.  He even topped it off with the screws coming out of his neck.

Another Great DI shoe find. If these don't say
 "black magic", I don't know what does. 

Erica planned some activities

The bean bag toss

Jenn made these with her friend

Pumpkin Bowling

Doughnut on a String

Love this picture cause it explains the moment perfectly:
Kelle was not going to lose, Kade with huge eyes ecstatic he gets
to eat doughnuts and Ken not so sure.

My favorite picture of the night, Maddie wanted in and
got more in one bite then Kendell did in 10 minutes

Mummy Wrapping

Trick or Treating

Scavanger Hunt

and 

Finished off the night with some Scary Stories

Then for actual Halloween night

Luminaries lined our sidewalks to welcome Trick-or-Treaters

and we ate our 2nd annual dinner in a pumpkin

Once again a loaded October, and another successful Halloween, wouldn't you say?

Under the Sea

The Sherman's took a trip down to St. George.

The main event

Little Mermaid at Tuachan.

On the way in we saw this

So gross, I was nervous the rest of the trip

A real life tarantula... Creepy!

We made a temple stop,

And played for hours in the sand dunes.

This is why I love St. George.  

Thanks for the fun trip Mitch and Sue

Domesticated

Domesticate[duh-mes-ti-keyt]- to accustom to household life or affairs (dictionary.com)

My definition- 23 bottles of home grown tomatoes.

Thanks mom for domesticating me.

Library Delinquent

I often wonder how people went through school without the internet.  They must be really smart people, and spent a LOT of time searching for their resources.

I remember learning about "call numbers" and "card catalogs" in my distant past, but really, did anyone ever use these time consuming methods?

I thought libraries were just a guaranteed quiet spot to study.

Proud to say after 5+ years in college, I checked out my first books.