Happy Halloween! Hope everyone had a great weekend. David and I started the week off by carving pumpkins. I carved the Oogie Boogie man from the Nightmare before Christmas and David carved a scary skull pirate.

We had a Halloween party on Friday. David and I dressed up as Spock and Uhura. Of course you would never know I was her since I'm white...

I made these bleeding candles ( Inspired by Brittany's candles. )
We even had a fog machine!! We borrowed it from David's mom along with lots of other decor... she is very resourceful.

MMMMmmm! Strawberry Jack-o-lanterns and Jello-shots
Haunted House corner. Everyone could decorate their own.



Can you believe these costumes were hand stitched! This girl is amazing!
For those who have seen the show Minute to Win it you might recognize the next couple of pictures.

Halloween Haunt

This year David and I decided we wanted to do something extra fun for Halloween. We had heard about Halloween Haunt from some people and checked out reviews, which were good. We were a little disappointed it was so expensive and decided not to go unless we found tickets that were more affordable. We lucked out and found Costco was selling tickets for half the price. Halloween Haunt is kind of like Wild waves during Halloween in Washington but much bigger. They transform Great America into a creepy Halloween theme park with mazes, scare zones, rides, and shows.


In the park there were 6 mazes to go through.
Werewolf canyon, slaughterhouse, Carn Evil, Toy Factory, Cornstalkers, and Club blood (the vampire attraction). All were equally creepy, weird and gross.
The scariest thing though are all the people they hire to walk around the park to scare visitors. They walk right up to you out of no where in really creepy costumes. Apparently "they won't touch you if you don't touch them" but they aren't afraid to block your path and get right in your face...ek!



We had a lot of fun! Definitely something to go and do at least once!

Fall 2010

Time for an update. We recently were generously given a leather couch from David's Aunt Holly and Uncle Chuck. I was soooo HAPPY to be able to warm up the apartment. I've been complaining to David that I thought our apartment looked more like a college bachelor pad than a home. Thanks Holly and Chuck!



This last weekend for Conference I decided I wanted to work on something while listening. So I headed to Michael's to buy watercolor supplies. At home in Washington this was a Sunday tradition, to wake up and watercolor Sunday morning before church. I tried but quickly gave up. I just couldn't compete with all my sisters talents and frankly I just stunk at it. So I decided maybe enough time has passed and somehow I'll be miraculously better at the whole painting thing. Unfortunately, I don't think that's the case. I guess I need quite a bit more practice.

Here are some of my first attempts. For Halloween of course!

David's portrait while watching conference comfortably on the bean bag.
I am also trying to grow some herbs. Sadly they are wimpy and growing mold. :(

Trip to Vegas

Last Tuesday we left for Las Vegas. I was pretty excited to leave for vacation, I've been pretty bored since I finished my summer class and had a few weeks before I started the PTA Program. David has driven through the strip before but I've never even been to Nevada. We were able to get a really good deal through bookit.com and stayed at the Venetian for three nights. We left around 1pm and got there about 5pm, so we still had the entire evening. After we checked in we grabbed some dinner, checked out the canal shops at our hotel and then hit the strip to walk to the Bellagio to see the fountain show. I liked where we stayed because it was pretty close to every thing we wanted to see. The next day we walked and walked and walked. So much walking, but we saw I think almost every hotel. My favorites were Caesar's palace, Bellagio, and the Wynn. I also enjoyed the lions at the MGM Grand, the M&M store (it was 4 stores), and the canals at the Venetian. There was so much to see. The next day we got to relax. We spent the morning by the pool. Oh and did I mention that it was HOT. It was 108 the day we left, but I think it was hotter than that prior. We hung around the casino for a little while and David won 30 bucks at the slots (he put in 5) so he was pretty stoked about that. Did you know you have to be 21 to gamble in the state of Nevada! I'm pretty sure it's only 18 in California and Washington. LAME. So I was afraid to win anything but we still had fun. Our last night we saw Blue Man Group. We had received free tickets to the show through the hotel deal. It was pretty funny and entertaining. We sat in the third row so we had to wear ponchos to protect us from paint splatter.
Here are a few pictures of our trip.

At the Bellagio waiting for the water show to start

Sipping a pina colada at Treasure Island.

David showing off his winnings.

Here are a few pictures of our hotel room. The bathroom was awesome! It had a separate roman style tub. It kinda reminded my of grandma and grandpa carders old bathroom.

Here is a clip of the water show at the Bellagio. I liked it better at night... but here is the day one.