Food Storage Mania!

So we got some early Christmas money this year that was to be used only for food storage so a few of us in the ward got together to stock up on the basics. I had never been to the cannery before and thought it was quite fun. We were there for 2 or 3 hours and really accomplished a lot. I feel so happy and relieved to have a little food storage now. And really there is nothing sexier than women wearing hairnets! Yeah, baby!

My First Fire

I couldn't resist taking this picture of Cory and Ethan while they stared at the fire in the fireplace. It's the first one that we built this season, and Ethan kept saying, "This is my first fire." He was fascinated, and we all enjoyed spending some family time in front of the cozy fire.

Go Cougs!

We made the hour or so trek to Fort Collins for the BYU/CSU game with the Langstraats, friends from our ward, and a group of the Langstraats' friends. We were beginning to think that our trip had been in vain, but the Cougars pulled out the victory in the end. It definitely was a nail-biter and well worth the trip! We love BYU football!


Here are the cougs preforming the Haka before kickoff.


Here's our attempt at a picture with Cosmo. Ethan was too distracted by the game and surroundings.


True blue fans all the way!

Happy Halloween!

Here is our scary little vampire before he went out for treats. We went to the ward trunk-or-treat and then took Ethan around to a few houses for the real trick-or-treat experience.


Looks like Ethan made out like a bandit!

Another Halloween Party

Ethan and I are just party animals. We got together today with some moms and kids from the ward for a Halloween party at the Stewart's home. The children played pin the nose on the pumpkin, ate yummy pizza, and went on a "monster walk" to find a special bag of goodies. Here's a picture of the little monsters. They were having so much fun that it was hard to get them to sit or stand still for the picture.


Ethan had fun playing in the backyard. I guess vampires like doing gymnastics...


and riding in toy cars.

Early Halloween with Cousins

Ethan and I spent some time in Utah in October and were able to have a little Halloween party with my brother and his family. The kids got all dressed up, watched a Halloween cartoon, and decorated sugar cookies. What a cute bunch!

Walking to the Park

The lovely weather continues here in the Denver area. Today Ethan and I decided to walk to the park with our friends Alicia and Nathan. Nathan hopped into Ethan's stroller so Ethan decided to push him. Nathan is like a little brother to Ethan. We are so blessed to have such great neighbors.