Halloween and A Birthday Celebration

So mark my words...I'm going to be a better blogger. Really I am. I know you don't believe it, but I'm determined this time. ANyway, there is WAY TOO much to catch up on (hence why I just keep neglecting blogging...it just seems too hard to catch up all the time!) so I'm going to spare you a marathon post, and just post the most recent events...so we'll start with Halloween...we got all dressed up (me as Rapunzel, David as my prince, Maia as a witch and Elsie as her black cat) and went to our ward Halloween Party. There was lots of good soups and salads there and plenty of games and treats and we were worn out by the time it was done!
We were all getting a little disheveled by this point, but this is the only family shot we got, so it'll have to do...
We came home and put the kids to bed, had a sitter come over, then David and I headed out for the Evan's annual Halloween party, which is always a fabulous time. Her are the Host's....the tooth fairy, the little boy who lost his tooth, and the tooth himself:)
It is so fun to see the creative things people come up with for their costumes! I won't post all the couples pictures just to save myself some time (seeing how I stole all the pictures from Steph anyway, you can go to her blog to see all the pictures:) The highlight of the night was an awesome performance by Doug and Rachel...our Spartan cheerleaders. They had the cheers down perfectly, and the personality to go with it. Thanks for making the night guys!

David attempting to climb up my hair...this wig was heavy! I had a headache by the end of the night...seriously how did Rapunzel do it?This costume was so creative. Seriously how do people think of these things? Natalie was the sheep, and her husband was Ammon (carrying around the sack of arms he cut off to save the flocks). I think they won most creative for that one!
And a couple more pictures...Creed and Tiffany...loving Creed's old man "pooch"
And Peter and Wendy...Tinkerbell was asleep:)

Then on Monday I celebrated my 28th birthday, along with my little birthday partner, Rachel. It's so fun sharing a birthday with her because we can just both be giddy and excited instead of feeling uncomfortable that the spotlight is only on you. Anyway, we started the day off with a fancy brunch at Megan's house, then got together later and finished the night with a movie and finally dessert at Steph's house. What a fun day it was! Thanks friends for once again making me feel loved and special!
Here is the elegant brunch table. Anything put together by Megan is going to be perfect and beautiful! And the food was amazing! Thanks to everyone who helped out with it!
The birthday girls...
And our delicious cake...this cake was to die for!! Cheesecake, and chocolate cake, and frosting, and I don't know what else, but it was soooo good and I ate too much! I guess I'm on track for another 5lb weight gain at my next OB appt...oh well, some things are just worth it:)
And then the night ended for good when I got home and David had my birthday present all laid out for me...he had really convinced me that he hadn't really done much for my birthday...he kept saying he was just keeping it really simple, etc. At first I didn't believe him, but when he hadn't even shown signs of giving me a present when I left for the movie, I was really thinking that he DID just keep it simple and I wasn't going to get much. Which is totally fine, but I at least require a HEARTFELT card! Anyway, I came home from my girls night and found this beautiful set of China dishes all laid out for me! YAAAAY!! It was one that I had really wanted when we went to this estate sale together back in September. It was kind of expensive and we decided we shouldn't spend the money on it, but then David was able to get a hold of the lady a while ago to see if she still had it and he bought it for me! Thanks love, I love it! So a perfect end to a perfect day:)