After the Utes game last Saturday, Dale and 2 of our neighbors sprayed red U's on about 6 of our neighbors' lawns that are BYU fans. So that no one would know it was them, they decided to spray their own lawns too. That plan backfired and they woke up to Blue U's and Y's. Boys will be boys!!!
My friend Cindi started Gourmet Girls one year ago. We meet together once a month, bring a yummy dish that goes with our theme for the month and recipe cards for everyone. There are 11 of us. We eat, discuss our recipes, talk, and have a blast. It is the best night of the month. This month was game night. I made Avocado Egg Rolls. (They were so yummy). And to make it even better this month, went to the midnight show of Twilight afterwards. It was fabulous. Good food, good movie, and even better company. We had so much fun and I loved the movie!!! Thanks Cindi for starting Gourmet Girls and giving us all something to look forward to each month.
Jill, me , and Britt
Michele, Kathryn, and Jen
Brittany, Cindi, and Michele
Amber, Heather, and Amy
I love Gourmet Girls!!
Our wristbands, getting ready for the movie!
Cindi, Michele, and Heather
Brittany, Jen, Jill, and me
All of my family came over to our house for dinner and trick or treating on Halloween. I made homeade spudnuts and rootbeer. They were yummy but a lot of work.
Amy, Jill, and Cindi hosted a fabulous party. It was such a blast. Dale is Slash, I'm Cruella Deville, Rylee is Dorothy, and Mason is the Lion.
He is so Cute!!
Bailey and Rylee as twin Dorothy's. They are the cutest little friends ever!!
Kathryn, Brittany, Cindi, Sarah, Me, Amy, Jill, and Jen.
Carley, Bailey, and Rylee at gymnastics.
Mason, Jace, Cooper, and Caleb at Lil' Flippers
Every year we carve pumpkins with Dale's family. As you can see, it has become a religious ritual at our house. We absolutely love it. Everyone tries to find the best patterns. (I think we may have too much time on our hands.)
Mason LOVES sports. He had so much fun at the game and now wants to wear his jersey and hat every day! Dale couldn't be prouder.
Rylee played soccer for the first time this fall. It is so cute!! (I had better pictures, but I couldn't get them to work.)
Mason and Caleb
Our dearest friends, Jill, Chris, and Caleb Halbasch moved this summer. We will miss them so much being our neighbors. We never could have asked for better friends! Thanks guys we love you, you are the best. We had a going away party with our neighbors. I love my ward and neighborhood.
My friend Ashley invited me to go to New York with her a week and a half before she was going for business. I decided I couldn't miss a chance to stay at the Ritz Carlton for free so I went. We were only there for three days, but we packed as much in as we could. We went and saw Mary Poppins and it was so GooD!! We went to Ground Zero, saw the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park, 5th Avenue, Times Square, SoHo, Little Italy, China Town, and more. I think we walked at least 10 miles a day! New York was such an amazing place to go. I want to go back. We were fascinated by the big city and the people that live there. We got asked 4 times for directions so we thought we were pretty cool. The funny thing was that we could actually help them. We had fun trying to figure out the subway and being scared to death in the taxis. We had such a great time.
Central Park was beautiful
Times Sqaure at 11:00 at night! It's crazy how many people are there on a Thursday night.
It was such a fun trip! Thanks Ashley! You are the best! You got yourself a new traveling partner. San Fransisco next, right?
Ashley's mom, Ashley, and me.
Whew, deep breaths
So beautiful 
I can't believe I did it. I went SKYDIVING!! I never, ever wanted to go skydiving. It was my friend, Ashley Larson's, birthday and she wanted to go. Dale and Ashley were going to go (because me and Kelly were way too scared) but instead Dale signed me up because he has already been 5 times. I thought for sure I was going to die. But it was AWESOME!! It totally feels like you are floating or flying. I loved it!! Happy Birthday Ashley, best birthday ever!!
