Halloween Festivities

cutest pumpkin

Halloween dinner

bumble bee girl

strike a pose

Jacobsen grandkids

Daddy and Naomi

Mom and Naomi

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. We started it off by going to Gardner Village to see the witches and take pictures. Naomi was not cooperating that day so we didn't get many pics. Then I went to Thriller at Tuachan in St. George with my mother-in-law and two of my sister-in-laws. Watching it outside was really fun. I love that show. While we were in St. George, we put all the grandkids in their costumes and took pictures. Everyone looked so cute. When we got back, we went to my mom's annual Halloween dinner. Usually we go dressed up but we drove right in from St. George. She always has soup in bread bowls and lots of Halloween goodies. If any of you know my mom you know she goes crazy with decorating at holidays. Her house is covered, inside and out, with Halloween decorations. It looks really cute and the grandkids love it!

Paradise

Sunset at our beach

Chris on his beach cruiser

Me on my beach cruiser

View from our room

The happy couple

My view from my lawnchair

Beach babes ( Chris's sunglasses are a joke)

Chris on the Hobie

For my 30th birthday, my cute husband had a big surprise for me. My friend Wendi Bench owns Posh Frippery in Gardner Village and she carries the cutest polka dot luggage. Chris came walking in with some of this luggage as my birthday gift. I was so excited and started looking at all the bags. After a little bit, I notice something in my tote. It was a peice of paper that read, "Pack your new bags. Were going to the Turks and Caicos for one week". Obviously, I was ecstatic. But honestly, I knew he was planning a trip due to my sister-in-law who spilled the beans. It didn't matter. I have been wanting to go to the Turks and Caicos, which is in the Carribean, for a long time.

Unfortunately, two days before we lefted, Naomi came down with a bad cold. As if it wasn't hard enough to leave her for the first time ever. Now, I felt even worse . Luckily, my in laws were watching her and my mom-in-law is a nurse practioner. So, that put my mind at ease a little bit. I still felt guily that I lefted her while she was sick. By the way, she is still sick.

Well, we got there and I was an incredible vacation. It is beautiful over there. Awesome beaches and the color of the water was unbelievable. Literally, all we did was sun on the beach, read our books, and swim. Totally relaxing. Chris did golf and scuba.The place we stayed at was small and secluded. It was perfect. I've been to some nice places in my life, but for some reason this trip was beyond perfect. I told my husband that we needed to come back here in five years and stay in the same room. Making it a tradition.

Needless to say, it was paradise. The perfect birthday gift. Thank you babe. I love you.

Recipe Club

A year or so ago, my friends and I decided to start a recipe club. We would meet once a month and the host for that month would choose the theme. Well, we took a little break due to a busy summer but now we're up and running again. We started off at Marie's house and she chose a pumpkin theme. We had pasta, soup and desserts. All of it was so good. Luckily, you have to bring a recipe for everyone of what you brought. So, since we've been doing recipe club, I've collected a lot of great recipes. And, we have a lot of great cooks in our club. It's so fun to get together and do this. We have so much fun.

Happy 30th to Me!!

I'm 30 years old today! Yikes! I honestly can't believe it. I'll have to say I do feel older. Hopefully, this birthday won't be as bad as last years. I had just had a baby two months earlier so I felt FAT and TIRED. Plus, I cried alot of the day. I think half was postpartum and half was I thought I was old. Thankfully, I'm over that. And I believe my 30's are going to be great! My friends and I went to Porcupine last night for my b-day. I love my friends. I am so grateful that I get to spend time with these girls because I think they are all so great. I'm very lucky to still have a close friendship to these gals. Thanks for dinner girls! Unfortunately, we were missing Christianne, Cassie and Kara but I'll see them soon.

Park Fun

Me, Becca, Layla and Christianne

Becky, Ben, Me, Naomi

Lucy (marie) and Jake (becca)

Ben (becky)

Cole and Zack (becca)

Jake (becca) and Matt (marie)

Naomi (alyssa)

Last week, my friends and I with all our kids, met at Tanner Park. I cannot believe this was the first time this year we did this. Now, it's going to get too cold to do many more. But, we had a really good time. Us gals chatted while the kids played. Naomi is too little to be on playgrounds by herself so I was on the playground with her most of the time. So, I was chatting from above. Well, here are some good pics Marie took. I was bummed because my husband had the camera that day for his job. So, thanks Marie. I look forward to the winter play dates!