Annual Halloween Party!

Julie came and helped decorate and make the chili.

She helped a ton! It took us 5 hours to get the 

house all prepared, decorated, and the chili made!

Shelley and Les/Butterfly and Flowers

 Derrick/Michael Jackson

 Me/Supergirl and Derrick

 Tyler and Ashley

 Colton

 Bre and Lance/Lydia and Betelgeuse 

 Gaven and Karree

 Tausha, Ray, and Tara.

(Jacob in back)

 Passing out the drinks.

Who has the poison, and becomes the "murderer"?

 It ended up being Lance, and he was able

to "murder" everyone. =)

Andy showing us his choice of drink! =)

 Cambria and Oddessey

 Lowynn

Andy and Lowynn/ Batman and Superman

 Karree and Oddessey

 She was watching The Dark Knight.

 Me, Oddessey, Cambria, and Natalie/Cowgirl.

It was a fun night! We had fun eating good food, playing

games, and visiting with old and new friends! It was a lot

of hard work, like always, but it was worth it!

Thanks every one for coming!!!

I'm not sure why the drawings are sideways,

but Derrick drew the pictures for our kids.
It was cute to watch them so intently watching

him draw the pictures. Dora was for Oddessey,

and Frankenstein was for Lowynn. 

Karree, Gaven, and Paytin have been coming over

every weekend. Our kids love playing together. 

Oddessey loves Paytin, and gets so excited when

she sees her! It's fun to watch them play.

I'm so glad that they have cousins that live close!

It's fun to have some one over just to sit and visit 

and just enjoy each other's company.

The Stove Is Finished!

Derrick, putting the finishing touches on.

 It's finished! It looks so good!

 Oh, Derrick! =)

Derrick and Gaven starting a fire.

 Derrick and Gaven had to cook dinner on it!

Karree and I were making fun of them,

but then we thought about baking

cookies in it. We had to try it! =)

 It was fun to watch Derrick restore the stove.

He is so ambitious, and when he sets his

mind to something, he accomplishes it! I love

that about him! He's such a handy man, too!

I also love the stove, it's going to be so much 

fun to have going in the cold months!

It is beautiful, Derrick did and amazing job!