Family pictures

We had a friend of ours take our family pictures and she did an awesome job. Check them out....

Halloween

Here are some fun pictures of our family this year for Halloween. This is the first time in years that Milan and I have actually dressed up. The boys of coarse had to be something scary. Payton didn't want anything to do with them when the costumes were on. She was a cute little lady bug. We have been using Carson's scary mask as our baby gate. Payton wont go near it so when our baby gate was a few inches too short to fit on our stairs we turned to the mask to keep her off of them and it worked. She wont go near the stairs.

This was the disgusting hand that Carson got from a Halloween party. It was gummy, but had a hard candy inside to make it feel like it had bones on the inside. It felt real. It was creepy. My boys loved it!!

I love this time of year, especially when the leaves change colors, but here in Texas, not many leaves change. I miss that about Utah. Looking up at the mountains and seeing all of those beautiful autumn colors. However, one of the perks about being in Texas is the warmer weather. While grandpa and grandma were visiting, we went to the Dallas World Aquarium, the kids loved it.

While we had our built in babysitters for the week, Milan surprised me with a date night, which consisted of getting all dressed up and going to dinner and seeing Mary Poppins the broadway musical. I haven't been to a musical or play for a long time and it was wonderful. It was a pleasant surprise. Milan had left a card on my bathroom counter inviting me to spend an evening with him and to go buy myself something nice to wear for the occasion. What a wonderful husband I have.

Fun Halloween Treats

I found some fun Halloween recipes and thought while grandma and grandpa were here this week visiting, we would try a few. Let's just say grandpa wasn't impressed with the worms. If anyone would like the recipes or you want to know how to make any of these, let me know.

I made eyeballs the first night, which were really easy to make.

The next night I made worms on top of dirt (crushed oreos). The worms look real and my kids actually thought I was feeding them real worms at first and protested eating them. I have to say they look really disgusting and feel really creepy too.

A few nights later (we had to give grandpa a break)we made Candy Corn Bark. Grandpa liked this one best.

We are getting ready for Halloween at our house and to get you into the Halloween spirit, we wanted to share a little movie clip of our family. Enjoy!

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Dad update

My Dad is continuing to do better and is ahead of schedule for recovery. It looks like he will be able to go home this weekend if he continues to improve. They have been able to keep his pain somewhat undercontrol, but he is very tired from the nurses waking him up every hour to walk around. I appreciate all the prayers that have gone out on his behalf. There is definately power in prayer.

FAMILY- there's no greater blessing

Family truly is the greatest blessing in my life. I could not have gotten through the hard time without them. In return, there are times they need us when they themselves go through trials. The past few days have been such an emotional rollercoaster ride. My dad had a mild heart attack on Sunday night which should have just been a minor thing right. Well after doing the heart test where they put the balloon in the artery to clear the block, there were some complications. The balloon broke off. Now he needs open heart surgery. This morning he underwent open heart, bi-pass sugery to fix the block and retrieve the broken 15" balloon and wires. He is recovering from surgery, but he is in extreme pain. The hardest part of all of this is not being able to be at his bedside and supporting him as he has always done for me. I know my dad is tough and he will get through this, he has always been so strong. Please keep him in your prayers as the next few hours and days are critical.

I LOVE YOU DAD!!!!