Happy Halloween 2011

Boston- ghost, Jody- Genie, Kimber- pumpkin, Jamie- Flower

Tanner- Luigi, Katelynn- Princess Peach, Mario (Cameron) missed our party

Clay Boy the Friendly Ghost

If it weren't for my nieces and nephews, I wouldn't have had many trick or treaters this year. We had four neighbor kids and all the nieces and nephews besides Cameron and baby Ava. It was a pretty quiet night.

2011 Deer Hunt

Well the deer hunt is over for the year and Casey didn't kill anything. Darn it...... That is sarcasm BTW. I don't know that we have room for another creature in our house on top of the:

6 deer mounts

bobcat

fish

elk

coyote, fox, and bobcat skins

But he did help Kent Probst with his deer and it looks like he had a fun week anyway.

Special Little Girl

I have a special little girl in my life that will turn four years old this week. She may not look like a person, but she has me and her dad convinced she is a little person, not a dog. I love my little girl so much and I'm so lucky to have her.

I got her during Christmas time in 2007. She weighed 20 ounces when I got her. She was just over six weeks old.

It takes her probably six months to eat a five pound bag of dogfood. This weekend I bought her a new kind because they didn't have hers in stock. I mixed the new food with her old food to help her transistion. First of all, her dog food is sitting on the kitchen tile, but she refuses to eat on the tile. She carries little mouthfuls to the carpet to eat. Second, she must really like her new food a lot better because she has been picking it out and leaving the old behind. I think someone might be a little spoiled........

Turkey Time

This weekend my nephew Clay helped me get my Thanksgiving craft project done. He painted his turkey on paper and I painted my wood turkey. He was a good boy and we had a good time at grandma's house.

Apples and More Apples

Thank goodness canning is over for the year for me. Saturday Mindy, Becky, Jen and I canned 75 pints and 7 quarts of applesauce and 19 quarts of apple pie filling. It really wasn't too bad, it just took all day; we started at 7:00am and got done about 4:30. Sunday morning I woke up and my whole body ached, but we had apple pie for sunday dinner and I think the applesauce is delicious. I was the lucky one of the group because I was able to get it all done in one day. Jen had already done 36 quarts of applesauce for her family and Becky and Mindy had already canned their pie filling. Grandpa Provost is pretty happy that all his apples are getting used.

20 Week Ultrasound

I finally reached my halfway mark and had my 20 week ultrasound and everything looked great. Our baby weighs 10 ounces. I'm feeling pretty good and hope the next 20 weeks fly by because I can't wait for him to be here!

MRU Fundraiser

Miss Rodeo Utah, Jamie Udell had her fundraiser tonight in Ogden. Mom, Dad, Casey and I all rode together. It was at the Ogden Comfort Suite hotel and they served speghetti, fettuccini alfredo, salad, and breadsticks. It was pretty good food and she had a really good turnout.

She had a Miss Rodeo Utah Alumni auction table and I donated a purse, hat, and necklace. I thought it turned out pretty cute. It was fun to be able to visit with all of my friends and be able to support Jamie.

Nursery Storage Idea

I was walking through Joanns the other day and was given an idea for a cheap way to decorate and have storage for the nursery. I know this is a common decorating idea, but I never considered using it until now. My husband does work at a lumber store so I thought it would be pretty cheap. They were selling them for $29.99 at Joanns for a stack of two. I am going to buy baskets that fit inside of them (or have them made to fit the baskets that I buy), line the baskets with fabric that match my crib bedding, and stain the boxes to match the rest of the bedroom furniture. Then I can put diapers, rags, wipes, ect in the baskets. Some of the boxes could also have stuffed animals or room decor. I will probably do 4-6 boxes stacked in 2 columns. Then as the baby grows up, he can use them for whatever he wants; books, toys, ect.

Baby Pictures

I think baby pictures are so precious. I can't wait to be able to get some pictures of my own little guy to hang in our home. These are some of my favorite ideas.

Riding Lessons

I stole these pictures off of my brother-in-laws Facebook. I didn't even know that he had taken them but this is how my Thursday nights have been spent. I am giving my neices Jody and Boston riding lessons. They are six and eight years old, but they catch on pretty quick.

Baby Names

Casey and I haven't exactly agreed on names, so we have been avoiding the conversation. I finally got him to help me make some sort of a list because I want to have a name picked out weeks before we even get to the hospital. He won't admit it's a problem, but neither one of us are very good at making decisions, so we will see how well that plan goes. Here is our list and it is subject to change.

Bennett
Brendan
*Cade
*Caleb
Colby
*Cole
*Colton
*Corbin
Easton
*Gage
Gavin
*Hayden
Jayden
*Keegan
Kyler
Logan
Peyton
Shane
Tucker
*Weston

*= names that we both agreed on!! We are making progress.

Halloween

Mom and I made some Halloween Crafts from Wood Connection this weekend. It was a lot of fun. She is so creative. She made the witch's cape out of tulle and it added so much from the version the Wood Connection had made.