Halloween Parties and Cupcakes

So I was finally able to get the pictures uploaded for this post. It took for ever. Anyway, here you go.

We had 3 Halloween parties in 2 days and I have to admit I was a little partied out before Halloween ever came. I had two on a Friday, one at work and the other at a friend's house later that night. Dave wasn't able to make it to the work party so I had two different costumes because one would be more cool with Dave's costume. So for work, I was a bag of Jelly Bellies. I was really pleased with the way it turned out. When I was younger I saw a little kid as a bag of Jelly Beans and thought it was a really cool costume, so I copied it. We found a clear trash bag and cut out leg holes and then tied the top of the bag around my arms and filled it with little balloons. I printed off the Jelly Belly logo and taped it to the front of the bag. It was awesome. I only wore it for the party and not all of work because it was hard to move around in and sit in without having to move balloons away from my butt so I wouldn't sit on them and pop them.

My Jelly Belly.

This is Annie and Jeff/ Cop and Robber.

Franco slept in so he didn't have time to get dressed. :)

Meet Denae and Danielle/ the coolest girls ever/ Slash and Axl Rose.

This is Bill and his family/ Pinocchio characters.

Then that night, we went to a party at a friend's house. I was a ghost and Dave was a Ghost Buster. His costume was sweet and mine worked very nicely with a big belly. All of the other couples at the party had great costumes too. Here are just a few pictures.

Who you gonna call?

Snow White and Prince Charming.

Fred and Wilma.

Indians. Aren't they intense?

Patrick and Mr. Krabs.

Even Richard Simons came for the party.

Then Saturday, we had our ward Halloween party. We went as a ghost and Ghost Buster again. The activities committee did an awesome job. We had dinner and then they had crafts, games, and a haunted room for the little kids. Since it was raining, they moved the Trunk or Treat inside. So everyone lined the halls or went in classrooms and handed out candy. It was a great night. On actual Halloween we went to Dave's dad's house and helped them pass out candy and played games.

Here is a picture of the cupcakes I made for my work party. They were pretty cool if I do say so myself.

Anyway, I hope you all had a HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!

Birthdays and Baby Showers

I've been meaning to post this for a long time. I wrote a couple of posts at work a month ago and was waiting to get home to add pictures and it never happened because of laziness and because our computer died. So now that we have a new computer, I'm going to catch up.

October is a very busy birthday month in Dave and I's families. Dave's dad, brother, Matt, mom, sister-in-law, Tara, and my sister, Jenn, all have birthdays. There is a lot of singing and eating of cake but what's not to love about that? Here are some pictures of the birthdays we were able to take part in.

Jacob and Michael surprised Dad by driving all the way to CA from UT. It was a fun day. We went out to lunch, played miniature golf, went out to dinner, and then opened presents and ate cake.

Matt taught himself how to play the harmonica and now with the cool head piece, he can play it at the same time he plays the piano. It's pretty cool.

Matt turned the big 16 this year!

Also, in the month of October, I had 2 1/2 more baby showers. Remember how I already had one in Utah back in August? I had one in my ward, another from Dave's home ward/work, and then the young women in our ward threw one for both myself and my friend Marianne. Needless to say, our baby girl is all set. Here are some pictures.

This is at my ward baby shower. Thanks Kim and Joylynn for putting it together. You're the best!

This is from Dave's home ward/work baby shower. Thanks Natalee!

Thank you everyone for your generosity, love, and support. We are very excited to meet our little girl, Jocelyn!