Ward Halloween Party

 Tonight was our ward Halloween party, and being sort of (?) in charge of it, I really helped out. I signed up to bring a cornbread and a dessert, and of course, Adam and I had great costumes. I know what you're thinking, are we going to see the costumes ? And the answer is no, I kept meaning to take a picture, but I sure didn't ever get one lol. We were Galinda and Fiyero from Wicked, but alas, no pics. That's fine, nobody is crying. 

But I made my cornbread in the morning and then went to run some errands. I returned to find out 

That Betty had sure gotten up onto the table and ate a good chunk of the bread. Gosh dang it this hacking dog. So of course, had to quickly make a new one. 

The other thing I signed up for was a dessert, and I had chosen Black Velvet cupcakes. They were beautiful. 

Look at these! I bought a special cocoa to make them black and not a dark brown and they were so good! I loved them so much. 

The party was fun, Husband and I were in charge of beer pong (but not beer) for kids, and we had a good dinner of the chili cookout and then did a trunk or treat. These parties are always a fun time. 

School Pics 2025

 Finally, we got the school pics of the year today and of course they're as amazing as we had hoped. 

Hecking cuties! 

Ice Cream Flight

 Tonight I went over to Disney with a friend, and one of our reasons for going was to go to Black Tap and try their Ice Cream Flight. They had a strawberry shake, a vanilla, and a peanut butter. 

This was beyond delicious. They were small in size, so I didn't even feel like we had eaten too much either, it was a comfortable thing to share. And so so good. 

Cats Head Biscuits

 For no reason today, as I was working out, I wanted a big ole country biscuit. I did some searching, and found a recipe on TikTok that I thought looked good enough. So I enlisted PJ to help (as she's staying at my house this weekend) and we got some into the cast iron pan. 

I got them into the oven and baked them and 

These were insanely delicious. Like, I need to make these all the time delicious. The problem is, I can't list a recipe here because I found it on a video, so I just kept having to pause the video and rewind to get ingredients and instructions haha. Maybe someday I can write down the ingredients so I don't have to go back to the video but until then ... just enjoy this pic. 

Post-Oogie

 Now that the fun of yesterday is over, let's recap. 

The shoes that I picked were AWFUL and had rubbed off my skin within like, 3 minutes. I had to stop and buy flip flops (which were also incredibly uncomfortable) but the damage was done on my poor feet. 

Here's a pic of the candy we got. And by we, I mean me and Husband, Epifanio and my sister got their own in this same amount lol we have so much candy right now. I did the usual counting of everything and: 

285 pieces, which is a little less than last year. 

Broken down, we've got:

Goldfish grahams 9 

Goldfish crackers 19 

Fig bars 2

Craisins 8 

Rice Krispies 12

Plain M&M’s 19 

Peanut M&M’s 13 

Peanut butter M&M’s 15 

Red skittles 7

Red skittle gummies 4 

Green skittles 5

Purple skittles 15 

Purple skittle gummies 5 

Snickers pb 2 

Snickers butterscotch 3

Snickers almond 4 

Snickers 4 

Snickers mini 8 

3 musketeers mini 22

3 musketeers 6 

Milky Way 7 

Milky Way mini 12 

Twix 14 

Twix mini 14

Life savers gummies 15 

Red starburst 18 

Pink starburst 23

Pretty dang good.

Oogie Boogie 2026

 Finally, the Oogie Boogie Bash has come around again. We had a big ole group costume in mind this year, because Epifanio was going to be joining us. We chose:

Beauty and the Beast! Specifically Epifanio is Gaston, Husband is LeFou, and then we are the Bimbettes, and I love this costume! 

We had so much fun! We did the classic trick or treating, we ate some food and treats, and just walked a million miles. Epifanio was definitely tired by the end of the night

But we still had a great time! 

Wall-E Lego

 Another small set to fill my heart with joy haha. I realize (peek behind the curtain here, I'm writing these waaaaay in the future as I just get lazy) that most of the pics I take are of my Lego sets and not really anything else so it really looks like I don't do anything else but we know the isn't all I'm doing).

But this is fun, I love this set. 

Steamboat Lego

 There might not be much going on in real life, but Lego never quits. This one took a bit of time, it was just a lot of small sets. I think I might put some minifigures that are Disney characters on here to make it a Fantasmic boat, I'm still thinking about that. But here it is, in all its glory. 

GameBoy Lego

Glad to get these small Lego sets, and then they don't take 100 years to complete. This one was so cute, I finished it so quickly. 

And look how dang cute. 

Halloween Wreath

 Something that I appreciate about Lego is that they're getting into the wreath game. Would I ever put these on my door? Absolutely not, but I always can find a place in the house for some holiday decor. 

Adorable.

VIEVE!

 I came home from my run this morning and saw a box on the doorstep. I wasn't expecting anything to be delivered today, what a treat! I went to open the box and ...

A late birthday gift, there's apparently a makeup company over in England named Vieve! How exciting for me! 

Dining with Friends

 Tonight we went over to Disneyland and had dinner at Storyteller's Cafe. This was my first time eating here, and it wasn't too bad, food-wise. Just a big ole buffet with regular buffet food. We did get some pics with some characters, and that was fun. I really wanted a pic with Clarabelle Cow but really I have too many nerves and can never ask when I want one haha. 

I love these pics so much! We had a great time. 

Star Wars Lego

 All right, last small set, took me a day or so. 

The perfect addition to the Star Wars shelf! 

Arcade Lego

 Ugh, look how dang cute this one is. (yes I know I could have put these all into one post, I don't care)

The inside being a tiny TV and a game system? Come on so cute! 

Wednesday Lego

 When I'm done with a big ole set that takes a bit, I like to just blitz through a bunch of small sets, to catch up a little. 

Ugh, so cute, so easy.

Neuschwanstein Castle Lego

 I've been working on this set for a few weeks now, and finally done! The castle that is the basis for Sleeping Beauty's castle, I've done it. 

This set wasn't nearly as big as I was expecting, based on box size and price, but I still really like it. 

Betty Photos Drop

 Might as well drop a bunch of Betty stuff!

Halloween Spooks

 I got a photo from my sister today, telling me she was decorating for Halloween. 

This has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Lego Night

 I had a Lego night with my friend tonight, and I finished my whole set in one night, I love the littler sets for that very reason. 

Its so cute! It took me SO LONG to find this, I'm glad I finally did.

And Back Home

 I headed home today, and as I went upstairs to wake the fellas to say goodbye, these jokers had all fallen asleep in one bed haha. 

So hecking cute, I wish we still lived so close. 

Changing of Seasons

Today we'd set aside time to go visit mama's grave and put up decor for Fall, since that's right around the corner. 

We put together a Fall bouquet and you can't see it in the angle I did here, but there's a tiny gnome (her fav) and a little pumpkin. She loved the holidays and we want to make sure she can still celebrate. 

Pics from the Trip

 This has been such a busy weekend! I've actually had to work from here for most of it, so that's unfortunate, but we're still having a fun time.