Sometimes when Andrew is out of town for work, I take other people on dates....

For the Hale Thank You Party, I took Danielle as my date! She's so pretty!

And we hang out with these awesome people! 

That is little baby Jude. He is too adorable in that bowtie.

 

And then after the party, we threw off our heels, laced up our boots & 

headed to Ihop, like what any self respecting adults would do!

Hey Jude, You're One!

In celebration of Jude's 1st birthday, there was a Rockin' 1960's party! 

Nobody told Jude that he was supposed to "blow" the candle out, 

not smother it with his little fingers! Poor sweetie.

I think I can safely say we ALL had a "smashing time!"

Halloween

It has been pretty crazy around here lately, and sadly we have not had time to plan for our usually awesome costumes for Halloween. For this year's holiday we spent it trick or treating with Lincoln, or should I say Darth Vader.

Like I previously mentioned, we had no costumes, so Lincoln and Shawn graciously lent us some of their own costumes from past Halloweens (or just from their dress up wardrobe)!

 

Darth Vader & Princess Leia 

 

Wonder Woman & Thor

Wonder Woman & Princess Leia

....and a good time was spent by all.

A Night of Witchy Fun!

Our Witchy night began with soup & tea at Carolyn's house 

 

 {what a witchin' table}

 

 {Eye Ball Cake -made by me!}                                  {Poisoned Apples - by Carolyn}

 {The Nevin witches}

Then we traveled to Gardener Village! 

 {Earl the Owl}

 {The Victorian Witches}

 

 {The Candy Witch - she gives the little children candy to 

lure them into her cottage & fatten them up 

before she eats them. [insert cackle here] }

{we are pretty cute}

 {again, very cute witches}

Lady bug & soccer player

 seriously. 

 cute.

"Yaarrr"

So a few weeks ago, Lincoln came down to visit & we took him to a very magical place called:

Pirate Island!

There were pirate ships with telescopes:

 

which helped us find lots of Pirate's Booty:

Captain Hook was there too: 

as well as some wanna-be pirates:

I think Lincoln's favorite part was the pirate money! The coins alone were worth much more to him than spending it at the arcade.

It's a pretty awesome place.

Pirates, BBQ's & Wet Bums....Oh My!

PIRATES

 

 

BBQ

 

 &

 

*That was a fun night!*

Andrew's stashe

He's pretty proud of it....

I don't have enough time to care.

Ringing in the New Year...and in Style!

Spending New Years Eve with my 3 sisters,

Dressing up!

80's Dance Party - complete with the original music videos projected on large screens.

VIP passes (yes, we had our own personal lounge...sorta)

Showing off all our sweet dance moves.

Rockin' Awesome

What more can I say?

HALLOWEEN!

Let me just tell you that I love Halloween! I love dressing up. I love CANDY.  I love spooky places. Scary movies. Crazy parties. To me this is Halloween. (Well that, and the Haunted House at the Playhouse!) Halloween in Utah is pretty awesome! Everyone gets pretty into it. There are haunted cornfields, mansions, and even forests by the dozen! People celebrate Halloween like crazy here. I love it. 

So, this year, Andrew & I went with Shawn & Shawn, Kathleen & Levi, and Justin & his date to see Thriller. Now, for those of you who don't know, Thriller is a put on by the Odyssey Dance Company in Salt Lake and is pretty awesome. They use different types of dancing to personify zombies, mummies, bones, Frankenstein, etc. Um.. it is really cool. The only complaint I had was that it was the exact same performance I saw a couple years ago. I think they should think of some new acts; it needs a fresh start. But I still recommend going to see it if you never have. It is pretty awesome!

On Halloween, Andrew & I scrambled to get our costumes together (I know, so irresponsible, right?) before we headed to see a play of Frankenstein. It was very good and of course a great spooky treat for Halloween night! Then, we visited Andrew's family (you know, to show off our costumes...and to see Chloe). Then we rented and watched Drag me to Hell. It was pretty funny. Although, somewhat disappointing because I was expecting it to be really scary. Anyways, it was a great Halloween! 

I hope you all had a fabulous Halloween, too!