The Big Six!

Yesterday was Carson's 6th Birthday. It was pretty low key with all the other Halloween festivities I just couldn't do a huge party. But he was excited and happy about his birthday anyway.

He got a "Nurf" type gun from Grandma and Grandpa Elton.
New cloths from Grandma and Grandpa Foster, Iron Hide Transformer from Mom and Dad, and his own real tools from Mom and Dad. He is constantly "borrowing" his Dad's tools to "fix" things around the house, so now he has his own. I'm sure there will be a lot more things around the house that will be "fixed" now.

Halloween

Halloween was busy this year. Two Trunk or Treats, carving pumpkins and a Birthday. Carson dressed up as Iron Man this year, which was ridiculously difficult to find in his size, and Alaina was Cinderella. They were both adorable!

On Saturday we went to my brother's ward to join in the fun with them. In this picture is Carson (Iron Man), Mason (Dragon), Alaina (Cinderella), and Brady (Spiderman). It was a crazy type of fun.
Carson with his pumpkin which is the smaller one. Mine is the bigger one. It was supposed to be a mummy but turned out to be more of a Picasso.
Alaina with her pumpkin.

And here is Carson and Alaina together. What cuties!

Halloween Cakes

Here are some Halloween themed cakes I made for our ward Trunk or Treat/ Harvest party tonight. These cakes are a new record for me. I baked, made frosting, frosted and decorated both cakes in 2 hours! Go me!

The Hunt Begins

As many of you may know Tony will be attending BYU-Idaho in January. The last couple months we've been living with my parents in Meridian. We've been able to rent out our home to some nice people who are taking great care of our house! The exciting news is that Tony's financial aid has finally been awarded! So that means that we can start the search for a place over in Rexburg. It's a scary task. First of all I've never had to search for an apartment before and it makes it difficult when we're not there to go look at these places. So most of our search will be done mostly via craigslist and email. Which is another reason I'm nervous. I just pray that we will be lead to a place that we can make into our new home.

Piano for Sale

We're selling our upright piano. $100 OBO. It needs a little TLC. Let me know if your interested.

Cake for Perry

I know that the decorating on this cake is nothing spectacular, but it tasted great! Red velvet cake, fudge filling and chocolate frosting. A perfect combination!

Hiking to Blue Lake

A few weeks ago while visiting my parents cabin in High Valley, Tony, the kids, and I hiked to Blue Lake. It was beautiful! The weather was perfect and the kids loved playing with the millions of frogs.

Blue Lake. Just Beautiful!
Carson with one of the may frogs he caught and played with.
Alaina taking off her shoes to wade in the water.
Tony did go for a swim in the lake. It was little too cold for me.
The kids and I on the trail, which was straight down going in and straight up going out. Too bad it wasn't the other way around. I would have been happy to jump in the lake after hiking up that hill.