Happy Halloween!!!

Kyle suggested we carve pumpkins. I hadn't because I thought for sure he's say he didn't want to. So I was thrilled with his idea! We did it with Wendy and her kids..at least some of them. Some were way too cool. Or grumpy. Your call.

Last Contest of the Semester

Justin got 2nd place on both of these photos!!!

Anderson Halloween 2009

I must say, in spite of the rain, the Halloween party was super fun. Above is Kyle and I.

The Stevensons

Kurt and his Krew...get it? ha ha!

Shauna and her kids.

The Coplens and a picture of Jeremy that Kyle promised to haunt him with for the rest of his life.

Skanky and totally hot Rainey and Jeff.

And their kids.

And here come the people with few enough children that they can all be named. Kory, Amy, and Axel.

Ashley, Brandon, and Ashdon.

Jerome, Kass and Story. (And Jerome did dress up--that name tag says "Joelle").
Isn't my mom the coolest? She actually got dad to play the couples game!!

Here's our look-alikes. I seriously confused Leisha for Dusty several times.And these two....

And the thousands of babies....

And the main event--the shoe game. It was Keri's idea. I forgot to give her credit. It was really fun and you could really tell who thought a lot of themselves with their answers. Notice how pissed Jessica is that they got this question wrong:

This was the after party. It ended quite soon after this picture:

P.S. If you want an actual disc of these pictures leave a comment or I'll just assume you are good with stealing them from this post.

A few of my favorite things

1. $5 sweat pants fromWalmart. They are SO comfy and warm. I look forward to putting them on EVERY day. Don't worry, I bought multiple pairs :)

2. Bounce Dryer Bar. I don't have to put in dryer sheets anymore or throw them away once I find them in the middle of my laundry. I just stuck this to the side of my dryer and when the word "replace" shows up on it I'll get a new one. And my clothes are totally static free!
3. My new electric blanket. These things are pricey! But totally worth it. I turn it on while I'm reading and am toasty so quick and then turn it off before I fall asleep so I don't melt. It has changed my life!
4. This crazy soft throw from Kohl's. It is SOOOOO soft. It makes me happy every time I touch it.

5. Halloween. I am so excited for our family party! I love my costume and I can't wait to see everyone elses and play games and eat treats!!!!

No Turning Back

We've booked it and there's no refunds! We're totally set to go to Rome the day after Christmas. We've cut out Cairo and that'll give us so much more time in Italy to explore and relax and have the most amazing trip together ever (not that Bear Lake and Washington weren't great). We'll have a day going up to Florence and a day heading out to Sardinia (the island on the map to the left). I am so excited I just had to share!!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

These are my Halloween knitted projects:

9

We went to go to a class last night at my church...and then when no one was there (because apparently it was bumped to next week) we decided to run to a movie. We chose 9 and I LOVED it. It was short, so cool looking, and I loved the story. I think I was grinding my teeth the whole time and jumped several times because it was very tense.This is my favorite guy from it. He's 6 and the crazy one.

This was Kyle's favorite. It's not a very close up picture, but it's the only one I could find. He's 5 and only has one eye.

Yesterday Kyle and I did what my mom used to do with me and Kass before church. After we got all ready we took pictures of each other dressed up. It completely brought me back to standing in front of the porch with Kassie in our church clothes before we went to church.

The people in this video are dark to conceal their identities so their parenting can not be reported to DCFS.

And since I actually got a video to upload I took advantage of my good luck and loaded this video. I'm quite proud. Kyle taught me to dive this summer and this is me doing it! I'm so proud of me!

Our Winner

Here's another photo from Justin. Sadly, he didn't win his contest, but we think he's pretty great.

Slight Renovations

Since I've finished painting my main rooms, my motivation for redecorating has gone way down. But here's what I have accomplishedin the last few weeks. Dad put base boards around my mirror and I painted them to make a frame.

Kyle and I got our towel holder up (Jerome put up the smaller one you can see in the mirror above).
All by MYSELF I put up these curtains!
And this isn't decorating, but I made this pig for my work friend's birthday.