Fun with Knives

Happy Halloween!!!

My Mom, John and I had a fun time carving pumpkins a few nights ago. I think all of our creations turned out great but my mom's was especially awesome. Here we are with our finished products. Mine is hard to see in the light but it's an owl with a moon and clouds and spooky branches.

Here's John with his scaaaary smile...My Dad was there too but he didn't partake in the carving festivities.
Mom's pumpkin up close. Her's looks cooler in the light...
John's spooky glowy face...
My creepy owl...
Mom's in the dark...
Hope you all have a Happy Halloween!!!

Emily's Baptism

My "niece" Emily just turned 8 and got baptized. She's now an official member of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We are all so proud of her. Here she is all smiles after she got "dunked." I can't believe how grown up she is...
I was happy to be able to be there on her special day.
Proud Daddy...
The whole family...so happy...
Congratulations Emily!!!

p.s. If you're curious about baptism in our church you can visit www.lds.org for tons more information...or just ask me. :)

Slumber Party!

A couple of weeks ago I got to babysit my "nieces" while Ken and Rachel hung out in Vegas for the night. We had sooo much fun! We started off by busting out the Halloween decorations to make the house all festive. Here we are in our Halloween hats...

Once we were in the spirit, we made some Halloween sugar cookies...

A little flour on the nose never hurt anybody...

So fun!

Then it was time for the best part...FROSTING!!! This is serious business...

Messy good fun...

The finished products...delicious!!!

After the cookie madness we went to Wendy's (the girls' favorite place to eat!) and everyone got kids meals and Frosty's! Awesome! Then we watched Hanna Montana, read a scary Halloween story, said our prayers and hit the hay since we were all pretty tuckered out.

The next morning, Ashley and I walked Emily to the bus stop for school and then she and I played every game in the game cabinet, had bath time, and gossiped. :) Then Emily came home, we had a snack, watched some Wizard show, and then Ken and Rachel came home and the fun was done. lol. I know I've said it before...but I am really good at this "Aunt" thing...did you hear that Lauren???