Happy Halloween!

Don't have too much planned for tonight, we'll probably just take Leila trick or treating with some friends. I've kinda slacked off this year and have procrastinated our costumes. Well, I procrastinate everything so that's nothing new. I don't go Christmas shopping until a week before Christmas and don't send out birthday cards until AFTER someone has had a birthday. It's the Mexican in me, what can I say. I'll try to be on top of it this Christmas and will actually send our Christmas cards on time. Last year they didn't even make it out!

Back to Halloween. I still need to complete Leila's costume. I was going to get ambitious and make her a Princess Leia costume but just never made it a priority and we didn't have huge plans this year so that's my excuse.

Well, now it's October 31st and we still have no costumes...for all 3 of us! So this year Leila is stuck with an outfit that Abuelita sent her - but it's so cute and thought it could be her Halloween costume anyway so no biggie. She's gonna be a little geisha. And she'll be the cutest geisha around! I still need to make her a little hat with a bun. I really wanted to dress up as a family but better luck next year. Eric will probably be Justin Bieber and I'll be a crazy Bieber fan! I know it's a cop out because everything we need for the costume will just come out of our closet. Oops!

Two years ago Eric and I were Juno and Paulie Bleeker, little did I know I was actually like 2 weeks pregnant!

Last year, Eric was the paparazzi and I was a celebrity...Leila was just a little 3 month old skeleton.

We'll see what I can pull out of my magic cap today.

Anyway, we've coped out on the costume but not so much on the festivities...

Rachel and Ben have a cute tradition of carving pumpkins while eating chili in bread bowls and invited us to join in on the fun. It's the season of soups, hot chocolate, and cider so why not enjoy it while carving pumpkins? It's perfect and am totally stealing it for next year.

It was a nice change having the boys around for our monthly GNO.

We didn't get around to carving pumpkins because we had too much fun talking so it gave us something fun to do yesterday.

Leila didn't really appreciate getting her hands dirty. 

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween!

More YouTube Videos

Ok, this genre of music isn't really my thing. Just not into it. BUT...I stumbled upon this video on the blogosphere today and felt like sharing it because I really like the message of the song.



Then all of this woman's videos showed up on the sidebar of YouTube and the name of this video caught my attention so I had to see what it was all about. Kinda funny...and will probably be my life.

What happens when Daddy makes cookies?

Leila gets to lick the spoon.

The Loop

Fall doesn't feel complete without a drive up the Alpine Loop. We love to take this drive and do it often, especially during this time of year when the mountains look like they're on fire. Love that this canyon is so close to our home, it's practically up the street. Can't get enough of this place.

Pumpkin Time!

Ohhh yeah, it's pumpkin season and my favorite part of October! I love everything about pumpkins... picking them, eating them, decorating them, and getting my hands dirty with them. 

This years pumpkin picking was the best one yet because we were able to include Leila in our tradition. She slept the whole time on her first trip to the pumpkin patch but sure made up for it this year. 

We found the perfect little pumpkin patch in Payson, it was complete with a band, pony rides, a petting zoo, games, hay rides, bounce houses, and tractors. The best part: there weren't that many people so we were able to join in on all the fun without the lines and crowds.  

We ended the night by playing the fishing pond game. Where you "throw" the pole into the "pond" and someone attaches a toy at the end of it. Felt like I was in the old movie Pollyanna, love that movie. Leila's our perfect excuse to join in on all the festive fun...I mean when else can we play in the petting zoo, ride a pony, and fish for toys? So looking forward to the holidays this year.

just a few snaps

Here are just a few snaps from the past month. 

1-3: Mmm...Street Tacos

4-7: Visited Eric's Grandpa at his bell ringing performance...and Greg and Shasta are back from Alaska! Couldn't be happier to have them back in the lower 48

8: The Awful Waffle - a delish dessert stand by BYU

9: Abuelita sent Leila a package. In it was this beautiful silk nightie from China Town in San Francisco but she was too tired to smile for the camera