Happy Halloween!

Ty was a Power Ranger, Kate was a fairy and Spencer and I were mad scientist. We had a big party at my brother's house. We had 3 different kinds of soup in homemade bread bowls, homemade root beer and scary cupcakes. There was about 30 or so people there, all family! It was so much fun. Baby Luke was Superman. Michael was a Tiger.

My sister Steph and her husband Josh were my Grandma and Grandpa.

My mom was a gypsy.My sister, Holli, was the Tortilla man from Toy Story 3. She and my mom made her costume!My sister, Lori, was an Indian.My brother Brandon and his wife Becky were Will Farrell and Jon Heder from the movie Blades of Glory. My brother-in-law, Curtis, was a scary man with a mask and gun.

I'm Grandma!

My mom puts curlers in her hair every morning and the kids are used to seeing her like that. One morning after breakfast I was doing the dishes and Ty was off playing, or so I thought. A few minutes later he came into the kitchen and announced loudly, "Look, I'm Grandma!" We serisoulsy split a rib laughing so hard.

Paw print cupcakes

My mom is really good friends with the author of this new book called, "Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me." She was having a big book signing at Borders and asked if I would make some cupcakes. I made 300 small cupcakes with little paw prints. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun. She loved them and they were a big hit!

Picking apples with Grandma

Ty and Kate picked apples with Grandma in the backyard. Kate seriously cracks me up, she tries to carry so many things in her arms. She does this with everything from toys to clothes. I am pretty impressed with how many things she can fit in her arms sometimes.