Go Cougars!

Yesterday we went and saw BYU vs. San Diego State; naturally, BYU won, and we had a great time together. Marshall won tickets to the game because they used his question on The Bronco Mendenhall Show. I thought it was so sweet that I was the first person he wanted to invite to the game (because #1 I don't know diddly squat about football, not that I don't appreciate football, but let's just say that every fall I have had to compete with football for the attention of my husband, not to mention the tv channel wars that frequently ensue around here. So I guess you could say I might hold a little bit of a grudge against football. It's nothing personal though.) Another reason I was surprised he asked me is because I was scheduled to work Friday night, and the game started at noon, which would leave me with about 3.5 hours of sleep- if I was lucky. I was surprised myself when I said "yes" to his invitation. I teased him later that he only asked me to be nice, knowing that I would surely say "no thanks," and when I actually said yes, he was probably bummed, knowing he could have taken his brother who is also way into BYU football instead of me. But, of course, I know my husband a lot better than that. Although sometimes I'm not sure why, he insists there is no one he would rather go with than me, even when I complain. My husband is so sweet and patient with me. I don't deserve him sometimes. It was even better because I was put on-call Friday night and didn't end up having to go to work, so I didn't have to be tired all day. It was fun to laugh and talk sans kids. We love our little ones so much, but it's fun to break away from them now and then. (We don't do that nearly enough!) Neither of us had eaten lunch before the game in our haste to get there, and we were both starving. Football, particularly the BYU sort, is about the only thing that takes priority over my husbands' stomach. Too bad for me that I don't share the same sentiment. We had plans to go to Cafe Rio after the game, and he kept telling me to hold out. So of course every single person around us at this (sold out) game was eating something or other. I kept begging to get some popcorn or something, but M knows me, and know that I would eat the whole thing and get a stomachache, and not want any real food. So, to punish him for withholding the popcorn from me, I proceeded to interrupt his concentration on the game to point out every morsel of food that came our way. (And that was a LOT.) We drooled over churros, nachos, popcorn, licorice, hot dogs, Teriyaki Stix, pizza, brownies, cotton candy, etc etc. He was, as always, a good sport and we had fun laughing about it. I asked him if he dared me to ask the kid below me for a bite of his humongous cougar tail donut maple bar thing. lol- I didn't. When the blessed time came for the Cafe Rio, I got a burrito for the first time in my life (I'm usually a salad girl) and I wolfed it down in like, three bites. Nothing ever tasted so good- SO worth the wait! Thanks for the fun date, babe! (And was I well behaved enough to get a second date for the next game?)

Happy Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween. Even though we didn't make it to Cedar City this year (as per our annual tradition) it was still fun to actually be home and take our kids trick-or-treating to houses they actually know, and to hand out candy to the neighborhood kids (there were a ton!) Good thing I bought extra candy- we even had to dig into a two year old bag of Dum-dums. Dum-dums suck. I felt bad for the kids that got those. We took the kids out (even though it rained on and off the entire time- what's up with that?) trick-or-treating and they had a good time. Interestingly enough- they seemed more interested in the spooky decor than the candy. That was refreshing. It was also funny to note how the size of the candy bags seemed to exponentiate with the children's age. I was reminiscing about my own pillowcase days. Halloween is fun with the excited little ones who don't know how to be greedy yet.

The Black Widow spider and Thomas. Quite the pair!

Her costume was SO ghetto! I made it, so of course it was- I don't sew. At all. What you see is the result of stuffing black panty hose and sewing them onto a black turtleneck. Oh, and dont forget the felt "hourglass" on the front. Like I said, ghetto. But homemade costumes rule! (Besides- where the heck was I going to find a black widow costume? For some reason it is just what she just had to be this year.)

Drew and his buddy Ethan (I mean, the Sheriff) on the prowl for some candy.

Funny- in this light you can totally see the blue socks I stuffed the spider legs with. I am glad it got dark early.

The girls that work at at the Chevron by my house love my kids...we went trick-or-treating there early in the day and Allie scored herself an awesome Tootsie Roll.

I tried and tried to get a shot of her with her arms out..but she wasn't having it. This is the closest I could get.

Chocolate face. (I know, I know-no one else but a child's mother thinks their kid looks cute with food and crap all over their face. But this is my blog, so...there!)

We had Marshall's brothers and sister and their families over for dinner and a little FHE last Mon. Marshall's parents are still in Texas on their mission, so Marshall gave a nice lesson on missionary work, and we all wrote letters and drew pictures for grandma and grandpa. Marshall has a nice family.

The cousins.

Marshall and his two brothers.

I have always wanted to make caramel apples- the gourmet ones like you can get in chocolate shops. So I made them. They were good, but super rich. (This picture is blurry because my camera was on a weird setting and I didn't know.) We dipped the apples in caramel, let it set, then rolled them in toasted almonds, Reese's Pieces, Reese's PB cups, Mini M&M's, etc. Then we drizzled chocolate over all that! Like I said-rich.

We had a fun Halloween this year. Now it's time to pack away Skully and our other decoration pals until next October! Hope you all had a nice and spooky Halloween. Now it's time to gear up for all the Thanksgiving festivities and beginning of the holiday season. I love it!

p.s. Is there a set rule about how much of your child's Halloween candy you are allowed to eat before it is just plain mean?? Just wondering.