Trick-or-Treat

where there is no imagination there is no horror.
-sir arthur conan doyle

i have to start by saying that ryan loves halloween! i mean it's his favorite holiday! over christmas people!! i, on the other hand, like halloween, but it's more of like eh...for me. haha, but ryan is such an awesome hubby and so this year i thought i would give him a good halloween, we went to haunted houses this year, and i even dressed up with him. which to be honest, kind of made me like halloween a bit more.
elizabeth picked up on halloween early, she loves candy, so there is no reason not to love halloween. this year i thought for sure that she would want to be a princess, ariel to be exact, since she is obsessed with the little mermaid at the moment. i was excited to persuade her to be snow white, but out of nowhere she informs us that she would like to be a scary pirate. i tried to ride it out, and get her to change her mind. nope, it didn't work, her mind was set. we even ended up getting sugar a costume.
we had a really good night, we went out to the turners a little earlier and enjoyed carving pumpkins with them.
then we ate some delicious soup to warm us up before we headed out into the cold to trick or treat. the kids had such a good time. we even finished the late night with a scary movie.

Our Pride & Joy

we are a little late on getting these taken, but it's better late then never! here is our pride and joy's 2 year pictures. thanks to my cousin jon!

Tough Young Women

when your younger sisters tell you not to come to their volleyball game cause you embarrass them when you cheer for them, you know what you do?...you go to their volleyball game and cheer for them :)
yeah, they still love me, and it was so fun watching them play and goof off with their friends.

The Clevery Triplets

i was so excited to make a visit to our dear friends the cleverly's. recently they just brought their triplets home! yeah, you heard me, triplets, and they are just adorable! evan, mason and madison, they arrived about eight weeks early but as far as i know are doing wonderful.
i was able to hold madison, and she is just a little princess. elizabeth looked a little confused when she saw all the babies, but was quickly distracted by brighton's toys. they played downstairs together while rachael, mary and i caught up and oooed & awwed over the babies. it was so good to see our good friends and can't wait for our next visit.

Castle of Chaos

i have to say that i truly hate haunted houses...i have never been one to find excitement or entertainment in being scared to death by creepily dressed strangers. lol, ryan on the other hand gets giddy just thinking about the thrill of a haunted house.
i haven't ever agreed to go with ryan, and so he has been without that halloween thrill...ryan does so much for me and i love him so much, so i thought 'what is one night?'. i agreed to go get the crap scared out of me...not without some added defenders! it wasn't hard to get my cousin jon and my good friend katherine to come along. we also got my best friend rachael and her hubby bryce, who are always up for s good time.
we all thought we'd make it a night worth wild, so we got a vip pass for two haunted houses. we went to the castle of chaos, which i'm serious when i say i had tears of fear streaming down my face!! some creepy guy forced me into a coffin by myself which led to a chainsaw in my face!! during it all i had to keep reminding myself of how much i love ryan :)
after we barely escaped with our lives, we went to a 3D nightmare mansion haunted house,which was actually really fun. we ended a good night laughing and eating yummy scone cutter.

Fall Fun

it was such a nice fall afternoon that elizabeth and i decided to eat lunch outside with papa at his house. elizabeth loves playing outside, so with it getting colder, we take every chance we get to play outside.
she had tons of fun riding the scooter with mystery, running around with her friend michael and the dogs, to even helping papa smash the leaves down in the trash can. we ended a beautiful afternoon with blowing bubbles, which is her favorite. she thinks it's so funny because sugar races her to the bubbles.

Good Friends

michael and kaylee are two of elizabeth's favorite friends, she just adores them.

Great Grandma Taintor

my dad and mom took elizabeth for a fun visit to see elizabeth's great grandma taintor while i was working.
it's taken a while, but elizabeth has sure warmed up to her great grandma. elizabeth was lucky and got to play with some of grandma's special dolls. grandma taintor was even brave enough to let elizabeth attempt to put lip gloss onto grandma's lips.

un lugar para mí en tu corazón

Pude hablar con mi primo de Costa Rica esta noche.
Yo le dije a mi mamá mira en mi blog, ya que he actualizado.Pensé que iba a hacer un post especial para mi madre biológica.No, no perder la fe en mí. He tenido un montón de luchas differnt este último año que han puesto a nuestro sueño de traer aquí en espera.
Desde que era un niño pequeño, que siempre ha estado en mis pensamientos todos los días.
Elizabeth digo todo el tiempo sobre lo mucho que todo el amor a ella. Ella todavía duerme con el oso de peluche que me diste.
Te quiero!
Voy a llamar pronto.
Silvia, no se olvidan. Hay un lugar muy especial en mi corazón para ti. Sólo gana cuando pienso en ti hermana.
Te quiero muchísimo a todos!

I'm Soooo Tired....

elizabeth has not been sleeping very well the last few days. i have never been able to let her cry herself to sleep. sunday night i only got 2 hours of sleep because I was up with her. then monday came around and i thought for sure she would sleep like a baby. i was very wrong. she is a little spit fire, and excuse my language, but stubborn as hell...like her mommy. i was up trying to put her to sleep, with only having about 3 hours of sleep at that point. around 4am, ryan talked me into letting her cry herself to sleep. i was actually going to go back in her room, but i fell asleep and didn't wake up till 5:30am. ryan went to go check on her, and came and got me. we couldn't find her anywhere. her room however was very messy. it was like she had a blast playing with all her toys after i left her. then we found her! she was sleeping like a princess...in her dresser.

There's Always Space For More

sunday usually always consists of going to my parents for dinner, but ryan thought it would be nice if we had the turners over to our house. we never have actually had them over, cause our place is so much smaller. we thought, lets go for it, and we actually had plenty of space, and a lot of fun! the kids played with our bird blondie, we broke out the mouse trap board game, and even let the two trouble makers escape to the play ground for a bit.

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

i love birthdays! always have! this year however, i felt a little down. i read from a journal from when i was about 18, and it was full of dreams and goals that i was determined to have. although being married to a wonderful man, and having a beautiful and full spirited daughter hadn't been on that list...it is now my greatest dream that i hold in my heart. i guess this year, i felt like i would have accomplished more at this age, then i realized that i can change that, and all the sudden those dreams that i wanted so desperately came back to life :)
like i said, i love birthdays, actually i love having any reason to have a party to get together with my family and close friends. holly offered to have it out at her home, and i took her up on the offer! i was bummed to hear that most of my friends didn't really want to make the trek out to west jordan, but i was still excited to be with my family. to my surprise, some of my closest cousins and one of my very best friends jackie came to celebrate with us! i have to say i have the best family and they continue to spoil me with their love!! thank you all so much, i had a wonderful birthday!!