What the hecks a Barack Obama?

I guess we're all going to find out soon. I told Doug last night that it feels good to have the person you voted for win and he said, "Honey, McCain didn't win". Silly Douglas. In case you didn't see The Onion report on Barack, here it is. It was pretty funny. http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/what_in_the_hecks_a_barack

I'm going to post pics from our Halloween once I get them uploaded so check back soon (I'm not going anywehere thanks to the snow we found on the ground this morning! so I'm sure I'll have time to post again today)!

More Happy Halloween and other Randomness

We had such a fun time at the Ivins Halloween Party this past weekend. Doug even one a prize for the Craziest Costume. No one could really tell what he was unless he was holding Lilly. I thought it turned out pretty cute. His family goes all out at these parties and it's so fun. Here's a picture of Lilly enjoying a cookie before the party.Here's the contest winners. Notice the Man in the Yellow Hat from Curious George. His costume was awesome. Doug's aunt that's standing behind Doug was Hannah Montana. Her costume was great too.Doug's aunt and uncle were nuns and his grandma was a cheerleader. Their costumes were hilarious.Before the party we pressed apples at my parents. That's always a great time. Thomas did a good job manning the press this year.
Last weekend we watched Doug's sisters kids. I found Doug reading them all a story and couldn't help but take a picture. What a great guy.A few weekends ago we went down to the old red barn in Santaquin to go to the pumpkin patch. The girls had a great time on the hayride. We came home to eat cheesy broccoli soup in these yummy pumpkin bread bowls.We also welcomed Doug and his brother JD home from the hunt last week. I think this is one of Doug's favorite things in the world to do. Here's what JD came out with:We made Doug a welcome home sign and Sophia did a great job helping. It's kind of hard to see (maybe you can see it if you enlarge it) but she added and H and i before and after the we and she did a pretty good job writing "daddy" (or drawing musical notes?).
Here's some more randomness:
The cute Lillers with two piggies!
Lilly has also discovered she loves the Elmo chair and could stay in it for hours. Thanks again Lissa!We had a Halloween party for Activity Days last week and had a fabulous time. We have a crazy but fun group of girls.And finally, this is not part of my Halloween costume. This is what happens when you edge the grass with flip-flops on. Not a good idea. At least it wasn't the lawnmower!

Amazing Restaurant Deal

So I'm going to post pictures of our fun family Halloween party over the weekend but that will have to wait. I had to post quick about this amazing deal we found for restaurant coupons. The site is www.restaurant.com where you can chose coupons to restaurants (there aren't too many from many well known restaurants from around here but it is a nationwide website so you may find something awesome in your neighborhood). Anyway, they have $10 coupons for $3 and $25 coupons for $10. Also, until the end of the month if you enter "TREATS" in the discount box you get an extra 80% off. We just ordered some and got about $150 worth of coupons for $10. It's really that amazing. Enjoy!

Say Click!...Take a Pic!

My very talented little bro Jeffy took some pictures of us up the canyon yesterday. I love how they turned out! Thanks to cute Lexie too for being his assistant and putting up with us! You might notice that I changed my hair again. I cut the bottom layer off and dyed the whole thing brown. I like how it turned out. The day after I cut it again I came out of the shower with it all fixed and everything and Sophia said, "Mom, you look hot! Hot like my eggy pieces!" Well thanks Sophs, you sure know how to make a mom feel good. Enjoy the shots (sorry there are MANY of them)!
Here's the talented photographer himself with his cute Lexie
Jeffy later took come pictures of Lilly enjoying her dinner.
Could she not be the perfect poster child for Ikea?