Halloween in Panaca

This year we decided to go to Panaca for Halloween. We thought it would be fun for Sadie and Curtis to go trick-or-treating together, and then we decided to bless Ambrie the next day since it was November 1st.

This was the first year where Sadie REALLY seemed to get the whole trick-or-treating thing. She had a blast! She and Curtis loved saying trick-or-treat at all the houses and getting candy, and they didn't want to stop! But us wimpy grown-ups finally got cold and made them go home- I know, we're so mean!

Even after we went home though, when other kids would ring the doorbell, Sadie and Curtis would run to the door yelling "trick-or-treat, trick-or-treat!" It was so cute :)

Here's our little Tinkerbell!

Sadie and Curtis

Ambrie was an adorable little strawberry!

Our cute little girls!

Curtis was one tough Spiderman, I tell you what!

Pre-Halloween Party!

Our fun neighbors, Kasie and Lorenzo, invited us to a Halloween party at their house last Friday. We had so much fun! It was supposed to be adults only, but unfortunately we couldn't find a babysitter- everyone was either out of town, or going to the same party :) Luckily we weren't the only ones, and our friends had someone to watch the kids upstairs so we could have some fun grown-up time. We had a blast!

Kasie's decorations were awesome! Her whole downstairs was decorated.

Our hostess with the mostest!

Aimee and Robbie

Isn't Robbie's costume awesome?!

Me and my new buddy Tracey!

The girl who was watching the kids upstairs had to leave around 9:00, so after that the kids came downstairs. This is our neighbors and their cute little boy Corlin

Alex was bringing sexy back... ;)

We had a great time, and we're so lucky to have such awesome neighbors!

Pumpkin Carving!

John and Lindsay invited us over to their house Monday night for chili, cupcakes, caramel apples, and pumpkin carving! We had so much fun!

Sadie loved scooping out our pumpkin, which really surprised me because usually she doesn't like slimy stuff.

She was really getting in there!

Our friends Aimee, Robbie and Taite were also there.

This is John babysitting for a bit :) What a good guy!

Our finished products. Ours is on the right. John and Lindsay's is on the step-stool, and the other two are Aimee's and Robbie's.

Our jack-o-lantern

Me and the girls. We couldn't get one where both of them were looking at the camera at the same time, so here is one where Sadie's looking at it...

...and here is one where Ambrie's looking at it :)

Aimee, Robbie, and Taite

John and Lindsay

Our little mischief makers. Sadie looks ready to chuck that apple, LOL!

Playing with Lindsay's tote

Mommy Daughter Date

Last week Brian agreed to watch Ambrie so Sadie and I could go on a much overdue mommy/daughter date! I don't know who else this happens too, but after I had Ambrie I felt a lot of guilt about not being able to give Sadie as much attention. And while she's doing good and being a GREAT big sister, I felt like it would be awesome if just she and I could spend some fun time together.

I asked her what she wanted to do, and she said "Go to the dinosaur park" which is what she calls one of the elementary school playgrounds here. So we went and had a lot of fun! It was great for me too because I could climb, slide, and run around with her since I wasn't holding Ambrie the whole time. I love Ambrie, but sometimes its nice to have a little break, you know?

It was seriously like pulling teeth to get her to sit with me long enough to get a photo of both of us- she didn't want to stop playing for that long, lol! :)

When it started getting dark, we still had a little time before I told Brian we'd be home, so we went and got ice cream! The perfect end for our mommy daughter date :)

These next two pics aren't of our date, but from the next day. Me, Ambrie, and Sadie went for a walk to a nearby park and Sadie asked if she could bring her "treasure", which was an empty wipes box she had put some things in. I said sure!

When we got to the park, she started taking everything out, and here is what was in it:

a toothbrush, some blocks, a hair brush, nail polish, a pen, a necklace, one of Ambrie's socks, a lid, some of Ambrie's toy rings, an amethyst rock I have, a toy cat, a plug cover that came with one of Brian's computers, a lid, and a little toy bed. I had NO IDEA she had that much stuff in there! It totally made me laugh, so I had to share!

Catching Up

I realize its been forever since I've updated my blog with anything other than "mouse talk". (By the way, we have our superintendent coming over today to fill in all the gaps around our pipes and such, so no more mousies! Yay!) Ok, for real, that is the last I plan to say about mice :)

Part of my reason for not updating with any photos lately is our camera batteries died a few weeks ago, and guess who never remembered to buy new ones at the store? Yeah, thats me. So since I didn't have my camera for some fun things, I'm stealing some pics from friends and family's facebooks/blogs so you can see what we've been up to. What I'm really sad about is we went out to Panaca for a big 100 year celebration highschool homecoming. My WHOLE family came home for it, plus we did a lot of stuff. My class had a float in the parade that the girls and I were on (Brian drove the truck) and my fam took a trip to Cathedral Gorge which is always fun for photos. I also got a totally new haircut, and all I have so far are cell phone pics for that.

Ok, so on to the updates! This first one I actually have pics of because it was so strange and frustrating to us. Sadie got this rash one weekend, and we went to the doctor once a week for three weeks trying to figure out what it was. It kept getting worse no matter what we put on it, and it was only on ONE side of her body (and it went all the way from her knees to her wrists, even though this picture doesn't show it all). It also had this weird lacy pattern you can see in the picture. Weird, huh? So finally we went to a dermatologist and the first thing he asked was "Has she had a MILD cold recently?" We said yeah, all of us had one. He then told us this rash was a reaction to the cold virus, and is called an ULEC rash, which stands for Unilateral Laterothoracic Exanthema in Children (try saying that five times fast). He said they're pretty uncommon, but every once in a while a kid will get one after getting mildly ill and it can last up to two months! No cure, just have to wait for it to go away. So we got some anti-itch lotion to help the poor girl feel better, and FINALLY (its been almost two months) the rash is fading away.

Something fun we've done recently is paint a green accent wall in our living room. I kind of wanted red, but Brian thought it would be too dark, so we went with green (to go with our "nature" motif) Of course, once we painted it green, he said he didn't like it and wanted to go with red, but I think its grown on him :)

Another exciting milestone? Ambrie turned 3 months! So here are some 3 month pics of our baby angel

so happy!

This is her "deer in the headlights" look, lol!

One of the really fun things we did recently was go to Panaca for a special homecoming, a 100-year celebration of when our highschool was founded. I got to see alot of people who I haven't seen in a while, my WHOLE family came home for it, and we just had a good time at the different activities and stuff.

My class (thanks to Camille) put together a float for the homecoming parade. Brian's driving, and I'm the one with my back turned to the camera :) These photos are complimentary of Barbara Rhode's facebook :)

Curtis and Sadie at Cathedral Gorge

This was Sadie's first time to Cathedral Gorge. Isn't that pathetic?! I know, I need to get on the ball and take her there more, she and Curtis LOVED it!

And last, but not least, here's my new 'do. Sorry, its just pics from my cell phone, so they don't look great, but you get the idea.