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This past Halloween was so much fun! We planned such an amazing party and weekend with my family!

My family came down the Friday before Halloween, and as soon as they got here we all headed down to St. George. We ate at the Mongolian BBQ and excitedly headed over to Tuachan for Thriller! Brent and I saw it last year so it was so much fun sharing it with my family. They had most of the same performances but some new ones. I loved every minute and we all had so much fun! I think my favorite ones were still Frankenstein and his wife, the giggly girl, and the zombies!

Saturday, us girls did crafts all morning with my Relief Society, while the guys spent the morning playing games and doing whatever. After, we all went and watched Puss In Boots and got ready for our party. We had such a fun time. We had a Harry Potter party and we were all competing for the House Cup. We all dressed up, watched the first Harry Potter movie, and laughed so hard at all the stupid games we did. I got so into it that I even made little Firebolts and chocolate frogs for everyone. I loved that everyone got involved and got into it. We had all sorts of games and challenges for each person to do - from a target practice, rolling toilet paper around you, moving a cookie from you head into your mouth without using your hands, picking up cotton balls by using petroleum jelly on the end of your nose, and so many others. We all just about died laughing. It was so much fun. I enjoyed every second I was able to spend with my family and making them laugh. Thank you so much for coming down!!!

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Black & Orange Masquerade Ball

I so wish I had gotten more pictures!!!

My best friend in the whole world - Jenessa - came down this past weekend to have our belated Halloween party! She brought her little brother Mckuhla along and my friends Shanae and Kevin came over too. It was so fun seeing everyone in their masks. Each one was so creative! ... And yes Shanae you do win for the ugliest j/k!! It was totally awesome! It was so fun just talking, eating, watching movies and playing games. WARNING: We played the mellowest game of the suck game ever!!!!! lol but it was still fun.. especially watching Kevin putting each m&m he sucked up into his mouth before trying to suck up another one!

I just loved having Nessa and Kuhla here for the weekend. It had been forever since I had done anything with them. We had so much fun playing Raving Rabbids, Rockband, and Little Big Planet. Watching movies and some great stand-up comedians (we ended up laughing more at Mckuhla than the comedian though!).

Wish this weekend could have lasted so much longer but loved all the memories we made and can't wait till next year's party!!!

Amanda & Solomon Nair and a wonderful weekend

My wonderful cousin Amanda and her fiance Solomon, who have been waiting about 6 months to get clearance to be married in the Temple, finally were able to go to the Manti Temple to be sealed for time & eternity on Thursday the 28th of October. I was so lucky to be able to attend. They looked so completely happy together. Congrats again you guys! After the wedding was a luncheon at the church. My mom and Cam were able to come. We all stood up and gave a toast to the happy couple and like a complete idiot I cried (I blame Jene Beal)!! and to make it worse it was recorded!! I felt so dumb.. but oh well I was just happy to be there... at least I wasn't calling Solomon the wrong name like Grandma (I love my silly grandma)! Love ya Manda! And I can't wait to get to know you more Solomon. Congrats to both of you!

Friday was a fun day. I did Paige's makeup really neat for her Halloween costume and went and watched her school dance with my mom. Some of the kids in her grade had some great costumes! Captain Underpants was one of my favorites. He had a superhero costume on with a pair of his old underwear on top. So funny. One of Paige's teachers was Edward Cullen. I thought it was just sweat at first. Oops. After the dance we all traveled up North... dropped Paige at a friends house for the weekend and Mom and I went shopping before going to Manda and Sol's reception. It was so fun just spending the day with my mom. I haven't been able to do that for such a long time! Brent traveled to my parents house that night. I missed him so much and was glad to snuggle up to him that night.

Saturday we had a great day just having fun with my parents. We went to a Snow College football game. It poured rain like crazy but it was way fun. I tried some kettle corn and I actually loved it! We then went home and ate yummy food and watched "The Poltergeist" for some Halloween fun. It was such a great weekend!!!!

Thriller

Yesterday I surprised Brent with tickets to see Thriller at the Tuacahn Theatre in St. George.

Odyssey Dance Company has some amazing dancers! Every act was so amazing.. we can't decide what one was our favorite!

The first dance was Thriller. It was fun to see all the zombies dance to this Michael Jackson song. Next came the psychotic clown who tried to stab someone in the audience.. but the music cut off before he could - which made him very depressed and very funny (he also kept showing up in little odd places here and there throughout the night)! The next dance is called the Curse of the Mummy which featured Egyptian dancers and a mummy rising and loving the fact that there were a lot of girls. Miss Alli's Nightmare came next. It had a whole bunch of girls acting like there were 5 year old's performing. It was so funny to watch them all get way out of control. I totally understand how that could be a nightmare for someone! This next dance was truly amazing! It is a Romeo & Juliet theme to Frankenstein and his love. Some of the moves were absolutely amazing! Frankie accidentally kills his love when she doesn't want to kiss him, and he is dragging her all over the stage. Some of the positions she is put in were unbelievable! Next came a giggling girl (who I must add is a great giggler!) who sings "I saw Mommy KILLING Santa Clause". It was incredibly hilarious! That poor doll she used to mimic what her mom had done to Santa! lol. Next was a visually stimulating dance with glowing skeletons. It was done in black light and amazing to watch (probably one of my favorites). Next was a short little number about Marie Antoinette being be-headed. Their special effects on this one was really neat! The last number for the first half of the show is called Jason Jam. It was a very funny "stomp" featuring 3 Jason's, one of which kept getting distracted and into trouble. I loved his little teddy bear with the hockey mask on. It was definitely amusing and so funny (another favorite!).

The 2nd Act started off with the dance of a sugarplum fairy who gets shot in the middle of her number by Jason. Next came the Children of the Corn. A bunch of highschool kids go into the corn field and when scarecrows start to dance join in... but it doesn't end well for some of those kids. An amazing dance with a man and his dead love. It was amazing to watch the ghost fly through the air. Next came a Michael Jackson dance where at the end he goes with Elvis. The next dance was quite funny. It was a battle between team Jacob and team Edward. I think Jacob won when at the end he turned into a horrific werewolf and scared everyone away. The giggling girl came back next singing "Do You Want to Know a Secret?". Turns out she has an alien growing out of her stomach that is her best friend and sings to her! Next came a dance about the Salem Witches. Three girls were hanged and came back for vengeance! The magic was very cool! A number titled Lost Boys featured a group of vampires who attacked a girl. Blood was spraying out of their mouths! Super cool to watch, especially the acrobatics! Next was about a magician who changed himself into a girl. Really amazing! The last number of the night is called River of Blood Dance. It featured a group of girls tap dancing the River Dance... when all of a sudden someone starts shooting them. It was really funny! Some of them were trying to sneak away before they got hit. Some were trying to dodge the bullets. And the really funny part is that the shooter ended up being Bubbles the Clown!

It was such a fun night! I really loved every minute of it! Brent & I already decided that we are going back next year!!! Here are a few pictures of the Theatre and of the zombies and acts. Also a older promo video. Enjoy!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Get a Clue!

For our awesome Halloween party this year we decided to get a clue ... a clue theme that is. It was really fun to have us all dress up as our clue character. Jenessa was Mrs. Peacock, Shanae was Mrs. White, Kevin was Mr. Green, Brent was Colonel Mustard, and I was Miss Scarlett. We decorated my apartment all out so it looked like an abandoned hotel or something putting white old sheets on my couches, melted candles everywhere, cobwebs galore, and wilted flowers. Shanae and I made some "spooktacular" coffin treat boxes and place holders. We ate spaghetti for dinner, sparkling apple cider, and had raspberry coconut bars and chocolate cupcakes decorated to look like cute spiders for dessert. After dinner we all played the DVD version of clue. It was so much fun! Brent (a.k.a. Colonel Mustard) was the thief. All in all it was a great party and we all had so much fun!

Our Awesome Halloween Party!

On Halloween Jenessa and her friend Lea came down from Orem to party with us. We also invited our friends Kevin & Shanae from Cedar to join us. Most of us dressed up. Brent was a Amish guy, Nessa was a speed bump, Lea was a Ninja, and I was a fairy. For the party we did a Murder Mystery dinner. The characters were Gregory Graves, Bella Bones, Jack Lantern, Penelope Crust, Todd Sweeny, and Tara Cardolli. The mystery was trying to find out who killed Grimsby Graves. We had a lavish dinner and went around the table asking questions. It was so funny and delicious. At the end, Shanae turned out to be the killer. It was a total surprise. After dinner Shanae & Kevin left and the rest of us decided to play Nessa's favorite game. We played the "suck" game but with candy corn instead of peanut M&M's. It was so funny watching us try to pick up candy corn by sucking through a straw. We were laughing so hard!! We spent the rest of the night playing games and watching a movie.

In the morning while Brent was in a meeting, we played Raving Rabbids on the wii. It was so funny! Our arms hurt from moving them so fast and our tummies hurt from laughing so hard. Later, after Brent got home, we went to St. George. We played a round of glow-in-the-dark miniature golf. It was all decorated for Halloween. It was so fun! Brent got the best score out of all of us. After the exhastingly hallarious game we went to the Blue Bunny ice cream parlor. It was so yummy and it was just what the doctor ordered. Nessa liked her treat so much she had to lick the plate clean! It was the best party ever! I can't wait until we can do it again!

Here are some pictures of our fabulous party!!!

Our Trip to the Pumpkin Patch and Our Silly Jack O'lanterns

On Monday the 27th of October, Brent and I went to Paragonah to the pumpkin patch. We went a little to late in the season. Most of the pumpkins were gross and squishy. We did manage to tromp through the patch enough to find 3 beautiful pumpkins. It was cold but really fun and wonderful to do something together. We got some fun pictures. Brent insisted on having the camera this year... so 90% of the pictures were of me. He is so funny!

The next day is when we decided to carve the pumpkins. We only did 2 of the 3 but I think they turned out awesomely! Brent gutted out both of them because it is one of the only things that grosses me out. I know, I know... I'm pathetic. We then both designed and cut out the faces for our own Jack O'lanterns.

"I had a pumpkin, a big fat Pumpkin
It was growing on a vine.
Then I carved a jack-o'lantern
and it turned out just fine."

Here are a few pictures -