Halloween Part 1

Thanks to School Halloween parties, we had some more baking fun. Both Olivia and Henry had signed up to bring cupcakes (they love to bake and decorate cupcakes) and so we looked for a fun new Halloween cupcake. The one- eyed monster is the one both wanted to bring to their party, and I have to say that they turned out pretty good. Alright, so this blog entry is going to be a little about me... a couple of days ago, Henry and I were walking around in Safeway and Henry was still wearing his plastic vampire teeth, like he had been doing since he got them as a prize at the elementary school Fall Festival (at first, it was hard to understand him, but you get used to it.) Out of the blue, Henry asks me "Do you like me now?" I'm a little surprised by the question but I answer "Henry, I always love you!" To this he replies "No, I mean, do you like me now that I'm a vampire... you like vampires..." I guess I've read the twilight books too much before their bedtime and watched the movie trailer one to many times!

Another Henry moment: This morning at breakfast, Olivia asked Henry what he wanted to be next Halloween and he answered without hesitation "a crystal shrimp!" He meant a Sushi Roll like the one Amber is making Mitchell this Halloween (Amber and Mitchell came to Lovelock to watch our Primary program last Sunday and showed us pictures of the costume. It's awesome. I got this picture from the Family Fun magazine which is where Amber got her inspiration.) For those who do not know, Henry loves sushi, even the raw stuff, but his very favorite is the crystal shrimp rolls.

So excited for Twilight

It seems that lately this blog has been more about me than the kids... not to worry I will soon blog about them again but I couldn't pass this. I found the clip on MSN and I love it... enjoy!

I've been tagged...

8 T.V Shows I love to Watch: I don’t watch all of them but I wish I had time… 1. Lost 2. The Office 3. Ghost whisperer 4. Medium 5. House 6. Numbers 7. Criminal Minds 8. My Own Worst Enemy

8 Favorite Restaurants: 1. Chili Pepper (Thai restaurant in Reno) 2. P.F. Chang’s 3. Sushi Time 4. Cheesecake Factory 5. Bajio 6. Ciao (too bad they aren’t there anymore) 7. Famous Daves 8. Panera

8 Things that Happened Yesterday: 1. I did laundry (didn’t get to the ironing though) 2. I straightened the house. 3. I made more pumpkin bread. 4. I took Olivia and Henry to a birthday party. 5. I took Olivia and Henry to the elementary school Fall Festival. 6. I cleaned the bathroom and moped the kitchen. 7. Tyler and I went to a “game night”, we played battle of the sexes. The ladies won! It was also a congratulation party for Tyler and his friend Bryce who have just passed the Nevada Bar Exam. 8. I went to bed with a migraine.

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to: 1. A Sunday afternnon nap. 2. Some quiet time to finally read the book club book. 3. Halloween…and the candy witch to take most of the candy away so I don’t have time to get into it! 4. My birthday…I can’t wait to see what the kids will do this year. 5. The Twilight Movie!! I loved the books and I get to go see it with my girlfriends. 6. Going to France for Christmas. I haven’t been there for Christmas since 99. 7. Going to Disneyland Paris at least 3 times in the two weeks will be in France. 8. Catching up on my scrapbooking.

8 Things on My Wish List: 1. A weekend all to myself. It wouldn’t have to be a weekend any two days would do. 2. A weekend with just my husband and I. 3. New dishes. 4. Children who never fight. 5. More time in a day. 6. To know more about computers. 7. More patience. 8. More understanding.

8 People I Tag: 1. Florine R. 2. Heidi G. 3. Merideth A. 4. Alicia L. 5. Coleen A. 6. Emeline T. 7. Christine A. 8. Lauren A.

California

We went to L.A. for a wedding but we couldn't pass the beach. We love the beach and decided to go check out Malibu. We couldn't get there until Sunday and still managed to have a grand time without swimming (although Henry got awfully close and didn't seem to mind that he was fully dressed, including his blanky he uses as a cape.)

Olivia preferred to stay as dry as possible and found plenty to amuse herself away from the water.

And finally a picture from the wedding feature Zack, Jocelyn, the groomsmen and the bridesmaids. It was a beautiful wedding. We got to see many friends and family at the wedding and reception.

But best of all, we stayed with Craig and Jennifer (Tyler's uncle and aunt) and their family and got to spend time with Wade and Merideth who blessed their precious baby boy Crew Benson Altom.

Only in Lovelock

Yesterday, I went to our little Safeway to buy milk and eggs. As often, there was no skim milk on the shelves but we were out so I found someone and asked them to check if they had some in the back. The woman was gone for about 10 minutes (and I’m not exaggerating) when she came back to tell me she couldn’t see any skim milk but she would go check with ______ (I can’t remember her name) because she “worked in dairy”. The two of them had been gone a few minutes when they came back and the one who “worked in dairy” said “I’m sorry I don’t have any skim milk, all I have is fat free, 1% and 2%”. I could have said something really mean but all I said is “I’ll take 2 gallons of the fat free.” I kept my rude and sarcastic comments for Tyler when I got home. I have to give it to those two ladies; the jug does say Fat Free and not Skim. I know it's hard to tell but I'm really not a good photographer and I couldn't get the camera to get a clearer picture of the label.