Halloween this year!

Happy Halloween everyone. I decided to go ahead and post the kids costumes this year. The blog topper is courtesy of last year, so here we are.

Reagan as a Knight in Shining Armor

Elise as Glinda the Good Witch

and Mollie as a Clown

What a crew these three make. So much fun. Tyler went to work as the Wizard since the bank was going with a Wizard of Oz theme, that worked well and I am Elphaba the bad witch, so stay tuned for those pictures, I know you will be on the edge of your seats.

The Biggest Loser and Haunted Mansions

Part One:
Haunted MansionsSaturday Night my mom, Paula and I went to Albion to check out the Haunted Mansion set up in the old, closed down Albion Teaching College Campus, which closed over 30 years ago and has been rumored to actually be haunted and not just at Halloween. WOW!!!! It was scary. There were 3 buildings we went through, 2 were just empty, old buildings, a theater and the gymnasium that were completely dark, with random zombies creeping up behind us, or jumping out at us from dark corners. Holy crap, I was so glad to have my mommy there. I didn't let go of her the whole night, I am kind of a baby. The 3rd building was the actual Haunted Mansion and it was so well done. I won't give anything away for those of you who plan on attending, but it was very well done and I had such much fun with Mom and Paula. My mom spent most of the night laughing at the 2 of us chickens, mostly me, but it was crazy.

Part Two:
A group of us have decided to start a Biggest Loser Blog Contest. It begins November 1st and will end April 30th. If any of you are interested in joining check out the blog and let me know!

The Kelsey's

This is kind of fun. My cousin Nick and his wife Angie were featured on the Early Show this morning. They were doing a story about getting pregnant after adopting and since that is what Nick and Ang went through, they were selected to be on the show. Check it out HERE.

Time for a Mollie post

Mollie has been a little under the weather for a week or so with a cold, then on Thursday night she was up all night long, (Not even joking) with stomach flu, but today she is feeling better and my happy little Mollie has returned. So today's post is a Mollie post. My sisters Paula and Rachel are so good about recording everything her daughter does, words, songs, favorites, you name it and I wish I had been better with my older 2 and even with Mollie, but alas you get what you get. Mollie is my yellow personality child, like her dad. She is out for fun, nothing is serious, just entertaining. She flits around the house and loves to be cuddled and kissed. Today Tyler taught her Eskimo kisses and she can't give out enough of them. I love my little Mollie and everyday I think she gets more and more lovable!

Pretty sure someone must have said " Say cheese!"

"Check me out, mom"

We did curlers last night in Mollie's hair, but since Elise was sick, we didn't get to show off the curly locks to her friends in nursery, maybe next week.

Isn't she cute?

Happy Belated Birthday to me

I suppose I haven't posted this one yet, because I figure if I deny it long enough, maybe I won't get older. Yikes 35, I can't believe it, that is half of 70. Oh, well, I'll let you know how 70 goes when I get there. Had a fun weekend. Tyler, the kids and I went down to Provo, missed the horrific snow storms though, (yay!) We left Friday night before they hit our area, Provo didn't see anything and then we left Monday when everything had pretty much cleared out, I was very grateful. I got to spend some time with 3 of my sisters and that rocked. Melanie, Rachel and Jacque, thanks for a great weekend, I had a blast.
Saturday, Tyler, Rachel and I ran the BYU Cougar 5K, it was cold, but a lot of fun. We were cheered on by our kids, Jacque, and Tyler's family, thanks guys for the Birthday signs, that was cool. We went out for breakfast, then went to Rachel's to hang out until the guys left for the BYU homecoming game. That's when the girls took off for IKEA, love that place and I love the fun stuff I acquired, woo hoo for shopping! That night we had cake and ice cream at Jacque's house, (thanks Rachel for the cake, so yummy, I miss it already)
Sunday we headed up to Melanie's and had such a great time with her family, you guys are the best, thanks for letting us bunk there and ride out the storm.

Me and the kids, I can pull off 26, right?

Rachel and I, thanks again for the cake, girlfriend, so good!

Mollie and HD had so much fun together, they are a hoot! Cute cousins!
A little Scandanavian, a little Italian, we'll call it the melting pot family

Too much partying for Mollie and me, see I told you I was getting old.

How to peel an egg

I ran across this video on someone's blog, (yes, I was blog stalking and I didn't leave a comment, I know rude!). However, this is the coolest trick I have seen and I thought I would pass it on.

So much fun

Mollie and I arrived home from Michigan last night and I finally got a chance to post about our trip. It was so good to see Elise, Reagan and Tyler again, but we had such a great time, Carrie is the best hostess and we were spoiled by her and her family. Michigan is beautiful, her home is beautiful, her kids rock and I want to take the rest of my family there someday. Here is a quick run down on our activities.

• Carrie and Seth picked us up from the Airport Friday evening. Mollie did so well on the flight. She was cute and happy most of the time. She even slept for about a half hour, so that was nice. Thank goodness for portable DVD players.

Carrie and I are only 2 years apart, she is the sister just younger than I am

Saturday, Seth had to leave for a week long business trip in Belgium, so after he left, we headed into Brighton for the Harvest Festival.

Mollie had fun feeding the ducks once she got over the fear that they might eat her.

What a beautiful downtown. The kids played at the park, fed the ducks and bought gourds that were later artistically decorated.

These kids had such a great time and they doted on Mollie, we both loved it.
Karyna, Mollie, Tayden, Kaylee, and Tyler

• Sunday we went to church and had the opportunity to meet many of Carrie's friends we have heard so much about. Great people and they were all so welcoming, it was nice. I wish Mollie had cooperated a little more, but she won't even go to Nursery in our own ward, I don't know what else I should have expected.

• Monday was Carrie's Birthday, (she turned 29, wink, wink) so we spent the day together, talking, goofing off, making a birthday cake, seeing the gorgeous lakes and homes, and did more talking. Loved it. After the kids got home from school we headed out to Spicer Orchards for some playing and raspberry picking. It was amazing. My favorite time of year is the fall and this was the epitome of what I love about fall.

It reminded me of living in Massachusetts, and those were fun memories. Mollie had such a good time and she is quite the berry picker, I was impressed.
That night we had cake and ice cream and stayed up until almost 2:00 am doing more talking.

• Tuesday we went back into Brighton to do a little shopping and then headed back out to the airport. I can't believe how fast the trip went, but I am so glad I was able to go spend some time with the Cook family. Thank-you guys for a great time, can't wait to do it again.