Halloween

Nothing to spectacular for Halloween this year. Graci had a party and parade at preschool. Here is a picture of her singing some songs. She was a BYU cheerleader.

Me and Shelby. It was cold that morning.

 Cowgirl and Little Red Riding Hood

Graci and her pumpkin

 Me carving. I just realized that every picture of me lately I am in a hat. I must be having 

a lot of "don't want to to my hair days"

Ali as Wonder Woman. Never did get a good picture with Andrew as Batman.

Shelby for some reason was not going to let me take her picture. She seemed so sad for a while

until we went trick or treating and she realized what people were putting 

in her bucket. She perked right up.

This week

This past week we have been getting all our finish work done in the house. And the hardwood floor. And the base cabinets so they could measure for countertops. At first I wasn't too pleased with the color of cabinet I chose with the exception of one of the bathrooms that is a beautiful red. However, I think it is growing on me and I will like it more once all cabinets and decor are in. They start staining all the wood tomorrow then painting. I can't believe we are getting so close to having it all done.
Nothing too exciting happened last week. I helped Rian and Kenni with their Reflections contest entries. They did photography of course.
Friday I got my hair done then took Graci and Shelby in to the doctor for some checkups that they were overdo for. Shelby is now finally 20 pounds at 22 months.  She is my little shadow and is with me no matter what I am doing.
It has been raining here a lot all weekend and Brian took Rian to the byu game. Luckily, it stopped once they got there and started up again literally as the game ended.
I have been reading the second book of the Hunger Games and so far really like it. If you haven't read the books, I recommend them.
Well, I guess that is about it for this week.

Our Bathroom

Mantle

October

For fall break we took the Ewell's to Panguitch. They haven't been to Bryce in a while and we decided it would be a great weekend to do it. Our first day we hiked one of our favorite hikes, Willis Creek. It is beautiful with the water and slot canyons. I think everyone had a great time. 

 Slinky

 About 2 weeks ago, Kenni met her goal of going for 1 full year with No French Fries or potato chips. 

She decided to do that to earn an ipod touch. She had so much willpower throughout the year even when people were eating them in front of her. She knew what she wanted and wasn't about to give in. It was worth every penny to see her accomplish something so big and to see her happy when her dad came home with it. 

kids playing in living room

Doors

Septic Tank

View from Deck

Stone in boxes that needs to be put on

Messy Garage

Front Porch View

Its that time of year again!

Don't forget to pause the music

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

horse and house

The horses love to frolic and play when they get let out in the pasture. I love to take pictures of them horsin around. Hee hee.

This is the stage our house is at now.  They should be done with texturing tomorrow then onto painting!

This is the girls playroom in the basement. Didn't Brian do a good job on the arch? I sure think so. The kids LOVE it already. They like to play restaurant. 

Yesterday we celebrated Grandpa Ewell's bday. I made such yummy cupcakes!

 I found the recipe right here. They were really good. Note: If you make them, put the cookie dough in the middle and push down a little and add more batter on top. 

I feel really bad for Brian today because he has really been stressed out lately. Stressed for today. He has to layoff people. He has been dreading it. He has made good friends that are being let go. I talked to him this morning and he found out that his friend that he carpools with, who actually drove them today, is being let go.