31 October 2010

. . . top '10 costumes . . .

{disclaimer: someday i'll own a fancy schmancy camera
that doesn't require the use of evil flash . . . grrrrrr!}

. . . that said . . .
. . . and taking note of the fact that
our trick-or-treater numbers
were slightly down this year . . .
{saturday/sunday/do we?/don't we? confusion}
. . . here are my top picks . . .

. . . number ten . . .
. . . the cutest nemo you've ever seen . . .
. . . complete with ping pong ball eyes
and drool . . .

. . . number nine . . .
. . . the zookeepers and their wild animals . . .
. . . among them a toothless monkey,
a pink-hooved giraffe,
and an exhausted lion . . .

. . . number eight . . .
. . . flower pot complete with little bumble
{including matching bee-nky} . . .

. . . number seven . . .
. . . arrrrrrrrrrgh! a miniature piratess
with the bluest eyes ever . . .

. . . number six . . .
. . . nerd who's expecting his first son
in the next few days . . .
{hey, cory . . . you might want to listen to that brad paisley song "anything like me"}

. . . number five . . .
. . . my favorite pair of witches . . .
{pay no attention to headwearless buzz yet}
. . . in role reversal from last year . . .
{see below}
{at least one of them wasn't too happy about the change, either}

. . . number four . . .
. . . buzz {now you can look} and woody . . .
. . . both thrilled with their costumes, obviously . . .

. . . number three . . .
. . . squeaky-eared mickey . . .
. . . he was even cuter asleep . . .

. . . number two . . .
{for reference}
. . . abe himself . . .
. . . who absolutely unbelievably . . .
. . . didn't even place in
the university of phoenix costume contest . . .
{i demand to speak to the judges!}

. . . and number one . . .
{again for reference}
. . . i give you russell . . .
. . . simply fantastic . . .

. . . happy halloween to all! . . .


30 October 2010

. . . hole~y pumpkins, batman! . . .

. . . far from scary . . .
. . . no . . .
. . . these beautifully-carved gourds
are purely decorative . . .
. . . how to get those
perfectly circular {well} circles? . . .

. . . a pumpkin carving kit? . . .
. . . that's so walmart . . .

. . . an apple corer perhaps? . . .
. . . that's so martha . . .

. . . we're talking power tools . . .
. . . that's soooooo home depot . . .
. . . yep . . .
. . . hole saws . . .
. . . and drill bits . . .
. . . pumpkin guts flying everywhere . . .
. . . and one happy son-in-law . . .
. . . no need for menacing eyes . . .
. . . toothless grins . . .
. . . or spooky messages . . .
. . . nope! ~ you can never go wrong
with polka dots . . .
{although i'd like them lots better if they were on white pumpkins}


27 October 2010

. . . must be halloween again . . .

. . . that time of year when
like this . . .
. . . and bring them to your house! . . .
. . . and although there are many components
representing different food groups ~
cashews {protein},
homemade caramel {dairy, right?},
and MILK chocolate . . .
. . . we are {slash were} totally counting this as a fruit . . .


19 October 2010

. . . a gaggle . . .

. . . of flying geese for dummies . . .
{my name for these quilt units }
. . . that's what i've been working on . . .
. . . so easy with no points to match
or worry about cutting off . . .
. . . loving {oh-so-popular in the quilting world} bliss . . .
. . . the pattern calls for bajillions of these . . .
. . . seriously ~ bajillions . . .


18 October 2010

. . . elliott got a new shirt . . .

. . . and apparently ~
that's not the only new thing
he's getting! . . .
. . . we're definitely looking forward to may . . .
. . . congratulations to amanda & brent! . . .


17 October 2010

. . . a little healthy competition . . .

. . . in the form of the highly anticipated . . .
. . . semi~annual . . .
. . . general conference jeopardy . . .
. . . the fireside~approved version
of extreme sports . . .
. . . khodie and the young men's team
wielded their gigantic bell . . .
. . . and proved themselves a worthy opponent . . .
. . . for the young women's team ~
captained by nichole . . .
{siblings as opposing team captains ~ rethink that next time!}
. . . but in the end . . .
. . . the girls came out victorious . . .
. . . by one point . . .
. . . competition that's good for the soul . . .


08 October 2010

. . . under the knife . . .

. . . dear dr{s} jackson . . .
. . . please do
your very best work this morning
on our boy . . .
. . . he needs to get better real quick . . .
. . . he has a lot to do ~ ~
go to school,
teach some new missionaries,
and get married soon . . .

{i'm more worried than he is
about the fact that i'm not there
to at least make him some soup.
quote: "i'm not having throat surgery, mom!
i'll be fine."}


07 October 2010

. . . cooking up an excellent evening . . .

. . . a little project recently . . .
. . . my assignment for
. . . favors for all the girls . . .
. . . they were super simple . . .
. . . but making thirty of anything takes
a little bit of time . . .
{special thanks to my ironing friends who saved me hours! xoxo}
. . . and, hey ~ i'll take sewing any day
over preparing a talk! . . .
{go ahead and ask me about cheesecake with various toppings
in the colors of all eight young women values.
go ahead . . . ask! we have an awesome ward.}