Halloween Roundup

Here's the scary monster cupcakes that we made for Christian to take to work. I think they turned out a little more cute than scary... He added all the antennae.

Then we went to a Halloween party with a little mix-up. We had to bring costumes, but then we drew names, and someone else had to wear our costumes. The stick figures below are the costumes we brought, and in the front of the picture you can see Christian and I. We were Japanese tourists at Disneyland. (See the Mickey ears?)
Thanks John and Diane! We had lots of fun!

Seriously, I'm a blog slacker!

Ok, so my dad sent this to me today and I really liked it:


Weekend Recap:
Saturday morning: Helped with Make a Difference Day. Oversaw 30+ people and made 2000+ cards for Meals on Wheels and other organizations. That was a lot of fun! It was held at the Stake Center but is for the entire city/community. I have to say that I was a little disappointed that out of the 100+ people there, there were only about 10 from the stake. Everyone else was from other organizations outside the church...anyway...

Sunday morning: Primary Program-went well overall! Made a mental note next year to figure out before hand what size stool each class needs to stand on so that the older kids don't have to stand around the stool because it was too high, and to make sure the younger kids don't get the shorter stool when they needed the tallest. All you could see was there hair. Sorry parents! I tried my best!

Erin

Have you seen it yet?

Can't wait!!!

Two posts in one month?!?

Haha, so I'm already doing better than last month when I had a grand total of 1 post! Thanks Laura for handing out the Brillante Weblog-Premio 2008 Award to me.
Here are the rules: I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass it on to seven others.

Here are the questions:

1. Where is your cell phone? found
2. Where is your significant other? heart
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? creative
5. Your father? germany
6. Your favorite thing? crafts
7. Your dream last night? ?
8. Your dream/goal? entrepreneur
9. The room you're in? office
10. Your hobby? designing
11. Your fear? aliens
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? europe
13. Where were you last night? celia's
14. What you're not? clutter-free
15. One of your wish-list items? traveling
16. Where you grew up? kentucky
17. The last thing you did? eat
18. What are you wearing? stripes
19. Your TV? old
20. Your pet? friendly
21. Your computer? cute
22. Your mood? happy
23. Missing someone? nope
24. Your car? accord
25. Something you're not wearing? watch
26. Favorite store? (seriously!! One word!!) um... schlosserdesignshobbylobbyjoannsmichaelsanntayloranycraftstoretargethalfpricebooks
27. Your summer? hot
28. Love someone? sure
29. Your favorite color? white (it has ALL the colors!)
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? cat-funeral

OK, so if you want the award, it's yours!

Erin

All a matter of perspective...

Lately at work it's been crazy! So crazy in fact that I had very harsh words with a co-worker today... (It's ok, it was justified. And if you know me, you know it takes a very LARGE amount of anything to make me mad. I pretty much NEVER get mad...) So I've been in my own little funk of life....you know, the I don't like my job, and why am I spending 2 1/2 hours everyday driving to and from my job... Today put everything in perspective. I am SOOO thankful for everything I have!

My good friend and co-worker was diagnosed with breast cancer about 3 weeks ago. She took it very well and was actually looking forward to a breast reduction. Then the rest of her testing came back... the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes. That moved the cancer from Stage 1 to Stage 3 in a matter of a week and a half. Once the cancer moves into the lymph nodes it can spread a lot easier because it's now in the blood stream. Yesterday she got some more test results back, and they are pretty sure that the cancer has spread to her liver. That moves the cancer to Stage 4. There is NO Stage 5 cancer! I just feel awful. She just got divorced a few months ago and shares custody of her 4 year old daughter with her ex-husband... Then on top of everything this happens. I feel so helpless, like there's nothing I can do.

Anyway, sorry for such a sad post, I just felt like I needed to get that out! I'm so thankful for the perspective of the gospel! I am super thankful for the healthy body I have, even when it aches after I go running! I promise I'll try to post more, I just feel like our little family is pretty boring right now!

Erin

Sprouts in McKinney!?!

Ok, ever since my friend Emily introduced me to the grocery store/farmer's market Sprouts I've been in love. They have awesome produce and great prices, especially their sales. Unfortunately, the only one is in Frisco, which isn't too far away, but since I hardly ever go there it's kind of out of the way. So imagine my delight when I saw a teensy, and I mean teensy, sign on the Northeast corner of Hardin and Virginia in McKinney. I even had to ask Christian if that was actually their logo. He confirmed that it was. So, to double check, I went to their website and found this! (Click on News and Announcements, then Coming soon.) Woo hoo!!!

Another Linky Link:

This is a website that I've watched for a while, it's kind of like Flickr, but for food. AND, when you click on the image, it takes you to the recipe! You'll be SUPER hungry when you're done visiting Tastespotting because all the images are mouthwatering and delicious looking! Tonight I found a recipe for Carrot Cake Cookie Sandwiches, Baked Apricots with Almond Paste, Vegetable Enchiladas, and tons of other yummy looking recipes!!! Have fun!