I Love Halloween!!

I know my mom cringes every year at the thought of Halloween, but I love it! She actually did really well this year and initiated the pumpking carving, which was a lot of fun. Mitchel didn't like the part where you scoop out the guts, but I absolutely LOVE that part. I know, I'm weird. I love Halloween!! I love dressing up and I love having an excuse to be somebody else and to be silly. For the past 3 years Missy and Megan and I have gone to the same Halloween party and it's so much fun! We look forward to it all year, and we are literally thinking of what to be all year round. We usually change our minds last minute, but so far we seem to have outdone ourselves every year. This year we decided last minute to go as the Ghostbusters, and I have to commend Missy and the girls for doing such a great job on our costumes. I honestly didn't even see mine until Halloween night! Thanks ladies! Of course, we were a smash hit as usual and we had tons of fun at both of the parties we went to. Dave won 2nd place in the costume contest at Tyler's party and I think he got robbed because his costume was wicked!! There were so many fantastic costumes and I'm sad I wasn't able to get pictures of all of them, but what can you do? Of course we missed Joni, as usual, but we know she was there in heart. In true Halloween tradition, we went out to eat breakfast after the parties, stayed out way too late and were exhausted the next day. I don't even think I wore makeup to work! haha! Thank heavens for having my own office at the back where I only interact with the guys I work with, and believe me, there is no impressing needed there! So anyway, my Halloween was fantastic and we already have ideas of what to be next year, so you all better be looking forward to it!

Here is the posse at Missy's house before we headed out.

Matt and I

Who ya gonna call? We look fierce.

Adam and Breanna were so freaky!

This is definitely a picture of all girls. Yeah. My friend Jessi was quite possibly the creepiest dude there!

Becky was a modern day Dorothy and we saved her from this evil ghost!

I dueled with Cho Chang from Harry Potter.

I was swept off my feet by a galant kilted fellow. I can't remember if he was Highlander or Braveheart. Either way, his costume rocked! 2nd place...boo!

I'm pretty sure Brandon has better legs than I do.

Beeltejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

This is by far the biggest Oompa Loompa I've ever met.

Easy ladies, this isn't the real Justin Bobby from the Hills. I know, I was fooled too. I have no idea who this kid is, but I was startruck when I saw him and I had to get a picture with him!

And of course, I had to protect my hot cousins!

City of Champions!

I had so much fun in Edmonton! I'm not sure why they call it the City of Champions, but I'll just go with it. So, I hung out with Lindsay and Derek and the little ones all weekend and it was a blast! Lindsay is such a good little mommy, and I don't know how she does it on such little sleep! She's a trooper...or she's crazy! She and I had a little lunch date while the kids were napping and walked around down on White Ave. There are a bunch of cool little shops down there, and one particular little Christmas one was by far my favorite; very useful little trinkets there! haha Sorry, that one was kind of an inside joke. Anyway, that was a lot of fun!

This was seriously going to be the cutest picture on Lindsay's camera and then it died right when I took it! Sadness.

James is my new little boyfriend. ;)

Alli was trying soooo hard to push this rock over...to no avail!

We went to the Muttart Conservatory thing on Saturday and I loved it! It's a group of 4 different greenhouses that have flowers and plants for different climates. We did the desert one first, since Lindsay said it's the ugliest. Thanks for that. I live in the desert!! I couldn't agree more though. One of the rooms had this horrendous chirping in it and we found a little critter that's not supposed to be there. Dun dun dun. Alli and I hunted it until it came out of the bushes. She pretended not to be scared, but she was holding on to my hand pretty tight! So cute!

The little critter is the brown blob right behind the top of the stump. Sneaky little devil!

There was one room at the Muttart that had these really cool, big, puffy flowers. I loved them! I wanted to take one home, but nay, alas, I could not. After we left the Muttart I met up with my cousin Betsy and my other friend Lindsay and we went to dinner. It was soo yummy and so much fun! I got to see some of the Edmonton sites after dinner, and then on Sunday I had to come home and it was so sad! I have to admit that I sat by some interesting people, so at least my flights were entertaining! Anyway, so I had a great time in Canada and every time I go back I realize how much I miss it. I think most of it has to do with the slightly slower pace and the tasty Canadian treats! I'm a sucker for a juicy Canadian slurpee and a chocolate bar. Mmmmm!

Mustaches!

Ok, it's official - Missy and I are retarded. We were on our way up to Utah last weekend and we stopped at the Del Taco in St. George and found the most amazing things. Fake mustaches!! Of course we pooled our money (75c each) and got a few so we could "fool our friends," as the vending machine states. I cannot even begin to describe the fantasticness that followed all weekend. We definitely got our use out of them!

It was so good to go up to Utah and get out of the city for a few days. I absolutely love going up there! It was nice and chilly, and it snowed, so I got to wear my new scarf. Yay! I went to lunch with a couple of my old roommates and my friend Carrian from college and it was a blast! I absolutely love those girls and it's so fun to get together and catch up.

Being friends with Davey Crockey - priceless

Of course, we had to play sing star with the Vegas folks...unfortunately we didn't start until like 1:00am, so I got really tired really fast. I'm becoming such an old woman. Oh, and the best part about sing star is that Joni was there! She came from DC and brought the new disks, which are amazing!!

Ok, so Joni and I sang "The Final Countdown," which, for all of you Arrested Development fans, is the theme music for Gob's "illusions." I have to admit that our perfomance was astounding. We did the Buster dance and everything. Yeah.

Megan and Joni got Tricky, Tricky, Tricky with their mad raps on the mic

Anyway, so I thought my weekend in Utah was going to be good cold prep for my trip to Edmonton this weekend, but I've been hearing that it's still warm up there. What the heck?! I want to wear sweaters!!! I don't care, I'm taking them anyway! It's almost November people - it should be sweater season! I wait all year for this and I'm not going to let a little sun stop me! Ok, I'm officially crazy. Speaking of which, I was watching the beloved Hills the other night with my usual (Christy) and a couple of other girls and they called me "quirky crazy." That's a good thing, right?! Just say yes.

This is my Canadian comrade, Dave, and we were portraying our Canadian pride with maple leaf hearts. Single tear. Too bad he's from Eastern Canada. ;)

Alright, as if this blog isn't long enough already, but I just have to update on Portland. I am so excited! I am registering next week, giving my notice at work, and moving up there in January! Yippee!! I've already had a couple of girls contact me with housing information, so cross your fingers that one of them will work out so I don't have to live in my car or a hostel!

Ok, end scene.

I'm Here, I'm Here!

In case the 21st Century was looking for me, I've finally arrived! I purchased my first big iPod last night - the 80gig. I already have the shuffle, but I've been dying to have a place to put all my music, etc. so that I don't have to lug around my 20lb cd case. Oh, thank you Les Olson Company for having a good quarter and providing us with a bonus! I'm so in love with the new pod. She can do everything! I have named her Little Lo, and I think she is my new best friend. I feel like we're going to be spending a lot of quality time together.

The Things We Do....

Yup, this is what we do when we get bored. Missy and Heather decided to "break dance" while we were hanging out at Patrick's this weekend. Very entertaining, I must say. Oh, and of course there was some sort of techtonik, interpretive dancing going on with Missy and Josh. I would expect no less from them.

So, I just have to say that my life has been rather boring lately since my friends went back to school. I realize that I can now fill my time with productive things like going to the gym, longboarding with Mitch, practicing my hobbies, reading...but instead what do I do? I watched the entire season of Heroes in one weekend, and I got Mitchel hooked too. I must say though, that I'm going up to Edmonton to visit my friend Lindsay and her kids, and also my other friend Lindsay who is going to school up there and I'm sooooooooo excited!! 9 more sleeps!

ANTM Eat Your Heart Out!

Ok, so H & M finally opened in Las Vegas...yesterday...so of course Missy and I headed down there! Mitchel came too and had a blast going on a little shopping spree. It was so fun to shop with him because he never really likes to shop. Missy met up with Mitchel and I after she got off work, and she liked the outfit I picked out so much that she decided to get one for herself. Haha! So, Josh was our photographer and we had a little photo shoot. Maybe Tyra will see these and we'll be discovered. ;)

We are friends, we are laughing.

Serious pose


Oh, tell a secret..


Hey, there's a very small pocket up here!

The "natural" shot!

Single Tear...

Ok, actually...lots of tears...

Matt, Renee, and Jonas left for Canada last weekend and it was so sad! They were supposed to leave Friday night, but weren't quite ready so they stayed the night and left really early Saturday morning. I was glad they were so unprepared because I got to take care of Jonas Friday night, and get him ready for bed. I cried when I read him his bedtime story, and I cried when I kissed him goodnight. Then the next morning I got to hold him for a while again and I cried a lot when we said family prayer and I had to say goodbye. Holy crap, I didn't realize I was going to be so sad when they all left. I'm really glad that Jonas crawled a little for me before he moved, though. Also, I knew Matt and I were close, but it never really sunk in how close we were until he decided to leave. Ok, enough because I'm starting to tear up again! I really love Matt, Renee, and Jonas and I'm already missing them a ton, but I'm excited that they're going back to school and making a better life for themselves. So....now you have to suffer through a lot of farewell pictures.

Having lunch at Atlanta Bread the day before they all left. Jonas loved the bread!

I love the look on his face in this picture. haha!

I think Grandma might miss the little guy when he's gone. :(

I love this one because they're making the same face and it wasn't even on purpose!

We didn't really let him eat the corn off the cob, it was already gone when we gave it to him, but he kept trying to blow into the cob like it was a little flute or something. So funny! Corn and bubbles everywhere!

He's going to be a natural at Guitar Hero! He loves to watch that game.