Happy Halloween!

Bright pink blouse: $4 from the D.I. (thrift store)
Floral pleated skirt: $4 from the D.I.
Black flats: $6 from the D.I.
Pantyhose: Borrowed from Holly
Jewelry and hair accessories: Borrowed from Holly

Spending the day as Davina: Priceless




I hope you all get as good of a laugh out of this picture as I have this morning! Dave got the brilliant idea yesterday with his Assistant Principal to dress up as ladies for Halloween so we rushed to the D.I. last night and purchased his attire. I bet his high school students will have a hard time taking him serious today, but I'm sure there will be lots of laughter!

Carving a pumpkin

This is my pumpkin creation for 2007. I'm not very creative so I have to "steal" patterns of pumpkin faces off of the internet to use as patterns...pretty pathetic, huh? Last year I made Dave clean the pumpkin out because I didn't want to deal with the nastiness, but this year I was a big girl and carved it entirely myself while Dave worked on putting the baseboards back up in the kitchen. Not to brag or anything, but I have to say that it is pretty darn cute. I bought a flameless tealight candle to put inside so it lights up and everything. Lots of fun!

SNOW!!!

This is what we woke up to Sunday morning! Snow! This is the first accumulation of snow on the ground this season. We've had a couple of storms where snow fell, but nothing that stuck to the ground. It is hard to believe that it is that time of year again. Dave and I both absolutely LOVE snow though so we are excited to see the new season fast approaching although I would like to enjoy a few more days of fall if possible. Our Pomeranian (Missy) absolutely loves snow and the cold weather too. I guess with all of that hair she gets hot pretty easy. The Cock-A-Poo (Buddy) is a big wimp though and would rather be inside where it is warm and dry.

Christmas?

As you can see in the picture, our Christmas cactus is almost in full bloom. We have a million blossoms ready to open on the crazy cactus. I'm starting to think that it has joined forces with the commercial world by celebrating two months early!! This just goes to show how cold we have been in Provo, UT this fall...plus, we've tried to hold off on turning the furnace on as long as we can. We've had to periodically turn it on for the night, but then it goes right back off the next day. Our plant has been fooled, but I'm excited it is in bloom! We bought this plant after Christmas last year on clearance and it bloomed until Easter and even a little after. I had no clue when it would start blooming this fall.

Kitchen tile

Dave's fall break was successfully filled entirely with our kitchen tile project. We had hoped to add in a few fun things during his fall break like going up to Sundance (ski resort) and riding the ski lift up the mountain to enjoy the beautiful fall colors and possibly even camping, but we ran out of time and didn't do any of those extras. We have a beautiful new kitchen floor though! We still have the "finishing touches" to do like put the baseboards back up and do some touch up painting, but the majority of the project is complete! We did notice (after the tile was set and the grout had dried...of course) that one of our tiles broke (as you can see in the picture). We need to chisel out that tile and replace it as well. Hopefully we can get those finishing touches done fairly soon. We are then finished with home improvement projects for awhile. I think we are ready to have our house be in a normal state until we get ancy and want another project!

Demolition

Installing the Hardibacker

Painting the kitchen

Progress!!

Working hard

Tough piece to cut!

Dave & Chet

Working on the grout

Almost done

Broken tile

Isn't it pretty?

October is busy!

As I was at work this morning I was thinking about what today's date is and realized it is Oct. 10th and that means that today is my Grandpa Housholder's birthday! My brain then started thinking about how many "events" there are in our family in October (tons!). I thought I would be fair and mention all of those events on our blog and say happy birthday and happy anniversary to all those who get to celebrate in October....we love you guys!

Joseph (Holly's nephew) - B-day on Oct. 2nd
Grandpa Housholder - B-day on Oct. 10th
Damian (Holly's friend's kiddo) - B-day on Oct. 12th
Daniel (one of Dave's older brothers) - B-day on Oct. 15th
Andy & Johanna (Holly's brother and sister-in-law) - Anniversary on Oct. 17th
Randal (Holly's dad) - B-day on Oct. 21st
George (Holly's uncle) - B-day on Oct. 24th
Harrison (Dave's nephew...Daniel's kiddo) - B-day on Oct. 26th

I hope I didn't forget anyone! As you can tell Oct. is busy for our family! We wish you all special days and want you to know we are thinking about each and every one of you!