Spencer's Homecoming

Marc's brother Spencer returned from his mission to Nicaragua on November 9th! We all piled into a hummer limo (5 kids in carseats), drove to LAX and met Spencer with signs, hugs & tears! Terrie and Wayne went to Nicaragua the week before to pick Spenc up and bring him home so they were at the airport too. It was a great reunion! That following Sunday, Spencer spoke in sacrament and gave an amazing talk. Im SO glad he is home. Rumor has it that he will live at our house in January for the semester while he goes to BYU! Im so excited! He's my favorite! Shhhhhh!

 My little family!

 Big limo

 Most of the gang!

 Cousins: Pax, Luke, Logan, Landon, Caiden (binky), Llayton and Layah

 This is before Spencer, Terrie and Wayne joined us in the limo!

 My family holding one of the signs

 Brother hug!

 My boys

 Me and Pax with our Superman capes on

 It was Spencer's first time meeting Paxton!

LOVE him

Halloween 2011

This Halloween was a lot of fun! Pax was able to go trick-or-treating for the 1st time and we actually went "all out" for it. My mom bought Pax a lion costume and i knew right away that the theme would be Wizard of Oz. We made Marc's scarecrow outfit and my Dorothy costume is a little girls costume we FINALLY found at a store. Of course, trying to get costumes the day before our Halloween parties wasn't very smart! We also made my ruby red slippers! I left a trail of glitter everywhere i went! 

First stop, our ward Halloween party at our Bishop's mansion! 

Second stop was at our friends clubhouse. Thanks Meekers!

Walker, Julie, Me and Pax

Us again with the hostess of the party, Vanessa

The men. Brandon and Walker and Marc and Pax

Scarecrow and the lion

Lion and Dorothy

Love my family!

See my shoes!

Earlier that day, we went to a corn maze. We had a coupon but unfortunately it was a bad coupon. So because it cost an arm and a leg, seriously, we took pictures out front and left! Next time we are definitely going back to Cornbelly's.

Nikki and Ivan joined us!

Finally, on actual Halloween. We went over to the Shield's house so that Pax could trick or treat with his cousins, Tay and Tanya

We taught Tay how to pick up Pax and how to put him down!

Off we go!

Paxton collecting his candy!

Big ole' Frankenstein!

He carried his bag like this all night!

Then it was Daddy's turn!

Love my family!!

This picture is from our ward blog!

And this is a pumpkin i did at our RS activity! Again, from the ward blog!

PS: At our ward halloween party, I won best Chili and our family won, Best Costumes of the Night!! GO US!!

My Best Friends Bridal Shower

On October 15th, we celebrated my besties engagement with a bridal shower!! It was so much fun and I'm so glad we had such a good turn out. She got some amazing gifts and it was nice to spoil her!! We love you Cort! 

 Lemon poppy seed cake from Michelle's

 Fruit tray

 Table decorations

 The bride-to-be!!

 While Cort opened presents, i made sure to write down everyone's responses and compiled them on a list and read them out loud afterwards explaining to Cort that this is what she would say on her wedding night!! Either I'm extremely perverted (which i am) or the people there were!! Either way, it made for some good entertainment!

 I made these veggie cups!

 Chels made the chicken salad

 Gabby made this pasta

 Auntie Snorkle and Pax

Three Peas In A Pod