Halloween Dance

Jackson's group

There are some pretty creative costumes!
Willy Wonka and the Golden Ticket

Shopping Trip

Kori and Garrett got engaged a couple of weeks ago. A date has not been set but they are proceeding with arrangements; they will get married within the next year. Kori and Angie had been shopping for wedding dresses and needed some more opinions so we had a little shopping trip on Saturday.

This dress can have any color sash.

The first place we went Kori had already picked out a few dresses and these are the three she tried on there . . .
this one would need some severe alterations . . . .
this was her favorite at the first place.

Angie, Lexie, Addie, Sara, MaryAnn, Grams and I went with Kori.

The second place we went Kori tried on six or seven different dresses but we were not allowed to take pictures of all of them. These are a couple of our favorites.

She may or may not have decided on which one she likes best but I am not going to be the one to say.

It was a fun trip and a good bonding experience. I look forward to the day I get to do this with my own daughters but I better start saving up because it is not cheap.

After our shopping adventure we went to lunch at Lucky China - YUM!

I am not a shopper and was a little worried before we left. We left just before noon and did not get back until about five but it did not seem that long - it was such a fun afternoon!

Thanks Angie and Kori for inviting me!

Our reason for being happy . . . .

First, we both finished some major projects - me the eight witches you see above and Kortnee had been working on some baby gifts (sorry no pictures of her project). I gave away one of the witches to my good friend Mackenzie for her persuasive reason for needing one. We left the witch on her porch while she was at church to surprise her. I enjoyed painting and it was a good stress reliever.
The second reason for us both being happy is because I bought this sweet little car for Kortnee to drive to school. She has been having car trouble this year and it has been major stress having her so far away and being broken down so this helps us both out. It is my car but I am borrowing it to her.

See the smiling face when we brought it home. It is a stick shift and she has never driven a stick.

She is still smiling after she has driven it a couple of times.

Dale spent some time with Kortnee this weekend helping her learn to drive the stick shift and as she left this afternoon to head back to Cedar City she is feeling pretty good about her driving skills.

It is such a relieve to both of us to know that she is driving something reliable.

Mom and Kortnee are both HaPpy - WaHoO!!!!

Why are Mom and Kortnee so HaPpY?

Kortnee has been home for a long weekend and she will be leaving tomorrow to head back to school but Mom and Kortnee are happy because . . . .

Family Fun

Thankful Thursday

I am trying to get back to posting about the things that I am thankful for;

this week the list includes:

Thankful that Kortnee made it home today for a long weekend

Thankful that I am through with work until Tuesday - WAHOO

Thankful for good kids

Thankful for an awesome husband

Thankful the numbers on the scales are going down again

Thankful to not have a lot on the calendar this weekend

Thankful for my health

Weekend Fun

This last weekend our neighbor held a craft boutique at her home. She asked me to make cinnamon rolls that could be sold there. Between Friday and Saturday I baked about 12 dozen cinnamon rolls . . . .

It was a lot of work but I love to bake. I was so good that I didn't even sample one - YEAH for me!
It was my week to teach the lesson in Relief Society so I did lots of studying . . .
the lesson was on the Relief Society. I love the Relief Society, I love the Sisters, I love everything about it. I feel good about the lesson and I hope that I touched at least one sister.

I have also spent the last couple of weekends painting witches. Over the course of the last few years I have painted about 30 of these witches and sold them or gave them away. I even ended up giving mine away. Last year (or maybe the year before) Dale cut out eight more witches for me to paint. I started them last year but didn't get very far . . . .

they are very time consuming, especially if you are doing more than one. I will finish the outlining tonight (as I am home alone - WAHOO!!!!) and then I can begin assembling them tomorrow night after work.

This is the finished project and I will have 5 to sell if anyone is interested.
I may even be inclined to give one away to the person who is the most persuasive as to the reason why they need a witch. Leave your comments!
I love to paint as a stress reliever. I don't have a lot of confidence in my work but it is something that I enjoy and will be spending at least one night a week hidden away in my room painting.