Tagged

Ok, I've been tagged by a couple people--one was "Six Random Things About Me" and one was "Seven Random Things About Me". I'll pick six :) So, here goes:

Six Random Things About Me:

1- I don't like shopping. I already used this for one post a year ago. But it still remains true.

2- I've self diagnosed myself with adult ADD. Not really..but sometimes I start a story and get off on tangents and totally forget about the point of the story in the first place. And I don't like long movies because they're too painful to sit through. Also used in a previous "tag" post of mine. Maybe I should just go back and copy that one...

3- I've recently found I really love to paint. Not art painting, I'm just not that creative. But house painting. I painted our house (inside) a couple years ago when we bought this house--because then I found I could help with the whole "remodel". But that was less fun because the house was freezing (middle of winter, furnace didn't work yet) and it was late at night (we were living in a rental while we fixed up this house--Trevor would work on the house during the day, and I would go paint when he got back at night.)

Anyway, the point is--we're painting the outside of our house now. It's taking way longer than expected and it's kindof a long story--but when Tyler's at school and the girls are taking a nap, I go and paint outside. It's such beautiful weather and I feel like I'm accomplishing something. It's kind of therapeutic.

4- I like country music. I guess that's a random thing. I like other music too, but I started listening to country when I worked at Hallmark and they played it all day long. Good stuff.

5- Ok, only two more to go. Hmm. I make my husband take me to all the Christmas Balls the military has. Actually, we've been two years in a row. They were both stupid. So maybe not this year. Plus, I would look like a cow (a pregnant one--I might need that tent, Paige :) )

6- My husband has more shoes than me. This isn't saying anything about my husband having a shoe fettish--because he doesn't. I just don't have a lot of shoes because I think they take up too much room in my closet...and it probably goes back to the not liking shopping thing.

So, there it is. Six random things (sorry I couldn't come up with any more interesting tidbits...) I don't know who to tag either, so if you feel like sharing...feel free :)

Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. We had a ward Fall Party where the kids got to play lots of games and do a little trick or treating inside the church.

On Halloween night we went trick or treating--I know, if anyone pays a lot of attention to what they dress up as every year, you'll notice it's the same as last (well, Tyler was a power ranger 2 years ago) but it was their idea. Tyler and Hailey's costumes are a little small, but they wanted to squeeze one more year out of them.

It was really fun taking them trick or treating. The kids wanted to go trick-or-treating with some friends, so we had the Jones over to our neighborhood. They ended up watching my kids the whole night while I was in the back of the pack slowly moving along with Ashley. :)

Trevor decided he would have some Halloween fun and decorated our garage. It looked really cool but I couldn't find any really good pictures of it, so this will have to do.




This is the front, there's a door cut on either side to walk in and out.



Inside the garage there was like a "U" shape walkway where you walk past a scary looking dummy, then to Trevor for the candy and then out.

In the center of the "U" he had a graveyard with some tombstone's, skulls, ghosts, etc. etc.

Oh, and to top it all off, he had a fogger to fill the garage...but not just any fogger. He made a cooler with a tube to "chill" the fog before it entered the garage. Apparently this is supposed to keep the fog low. It looked pretty cool, but I do like to tease him when he gets ideas like these.

It was a big hit with the neighborhood kids, but in hindsight--I should've stuck around to stand outside and give candy to those poor tiny scared kids. Some are just too young for that. I know my kids were always scared at houses even remotely scary. Oh well, next year if Trevor decides to do it again, I'll remember to stick around for the little ones.