Abe Was Here

Just as Glen was leaving for the weekend--to go to a football game, of course--Abe was arriving in town. He had a wedding to attend in SLC. His friend Brian was getting married and here he is primping for the occasion (okay he's putting on his tie, but these are the absolute only pictures I took of him all weekend, so what can I say???).



Later in the evening, after all the wedding festivities were over, Abe and I hooked up with Rebecca's family for dinner at Olive Garden and this is how Caroline's little happy face transformed when she saw me...


She was totally traumatized and I felt the same way when I saw that I was the one causing her such distress--by just smiling at her and talking to her while she was in her baby carrier. Should we say she's now entered the mama's girl stage or am I really that scary?!?

FAVORITE ABE MOMENTS:

**Watching him run around the restaurant chasing Brooke who liked to escape as often as she could.

**Learning he had awakened the first morning here an hour earlier than scheduled because no one had bothered to set the clock in that bedroom back last week.

**Discovering he'd made up a big batch of cookie dough just so he could eat the raw dough.

**Having some good belly laughs with him while watching a funny movie together.

**Sharing our Sunday dinner with him before he left to go back to San Francisco.

Fun times, Abe. Looking forward to your next visit when you bring your wife along. See you soon!

Some Of Us Didn't Care That It Was the Day After Halloween

Halloween didn't end for us on October 31st--no siree. We had a family party to attend the next day at Mom's and some of us were very excited to dress up. Some people spent more time than others on their costumes. Rebecca had definitely done a very elaborate sewing job to transform herself and her husband into Cinderella and Prince Charming.


What a handsome prince! I really like the clock in the background--even though it's not quite yet striking the magical hour of midnight.


Brooke had to make friends with the stuffed turkey before she could strike her pose as the fairy godmother.


Hey, I thought the story went that Cinderella lost her beautiful slipper--not the fairy godmother...


In sticking with the family's fairy tale theme, Caroline was the cutest pumpkin ever.


An adorable royal family!


Once at Mom and Dad's house, we found other costumed family members. Rachel was the cutest, little green witch and Wes was the best-looking fireman ever.


Nani was very punny as Smartie pants with Smarties candy packages taped all over her pants. She kept sharing her candies with all the little kids until by the end of the night she had none on her pants and the kids were walking out with handfuls of Smarties.


Dad was a good sport to dress up in camo costume despite his slinged arm with Mom nearby as his able Indian nurse ready to care for all his needs.


Glen and I were rednecks.


Here are the rednecks with my parents enjoying the joke on them--as "the trash we took out" the day before. (See previous blog post to get that joke and all the other redneck jokes if you happened to have missed them.)


This is the royal family posing together--minus the sleeping pumpkin.


Austin and Andy came as hunters and Preston was a nerd.


But don't be fooled by that cute face in the previous picture. Preston has a darker side to him... This photo was posted on the refrigerator for all to see Preston's real alter-ego personality.


The following are some photos taken of everyone during the evening.















And finally at the very end of the party, our little pumpkin Caroline finally woke up.


Fun party, Dad and Mom! We really missed sick Maggie and Amanda who stayed home to take care of her. Thanks to everyone who dressed up and didn't care that it was the day after Halloween! All you party poopers--there's always next year to redeem yourselves.

Happy Birthday to KIM

I know this is the post that everyone has been waiting for. A tribute to Kimmy. Happy Birthday to my sweet wife!!!





As I did this it was amazingly obvious who takes all the pictures. We just do not have a lot of pictures with Kim all by herself.

A loving sister she is for sure.


A pregnant glamour shot!! She will love this one.





A loving caring Grandma.




But best of all, MY WIFE!!!



Happy Birthday Sweetheart!!!!!

WE ALL LOVE YOU!

Halloween

This is how Glen did his home teaching on the last day of the month. He made a cute candy man home teacher giving a sweet message to his family. And to give Glen credit--he did have an appointment with that family earlier in the month, but they stood him up.


He wasn't the only one letting his creative Halloween juices flow. I decided to make a pumpkin design on the top of the lasagne I was taking to our family dinner.


Glen was a good sport to go along with the dress-up idea I had. For the annual family Halloween party, we went as REDNECKS!!

You might be a redneck if...you wear knee high nylons with a skirt.

You might be a redneck if...you think a woman who is "out of your league" bowls on a different night.

You might be a redneck if...your most expensive shoes have numbers on the heels.


You might be a redneck if...you consider your license plate personalized because your Dad made it in prison.

You might be a redneck if...an expired license plate means another decoration for your living room wall.

You might be a redneck if...you think "taking out the trash" means taking your in-laws to a movie (or to a play--which we did the night before).


For some reason the redneck jokes seem way more funny after having lived in the South.