His face on a billboard...

I'm sure this has been one of Dustin's life long dreams...to see his face on a billboard:

This sign is up on the highway just south of Rexburg, and I love it! We pass it everytime we go to Idaho Falls, and the kids see it and yell, "there's Daddy!" On our way to dance last week I had to stop and get a picture. He is on the very back row, 5th guy from the right. You can't really tell, but he's the best looking guy on there, for sure...

Kennedy's school pictures

Kennedy just got home from school, and she brought her pictures! I think they turned out so cute, I had to hurry and post one...

I just wish they'd take them before recess...her hair looked better first thing that morning, I'm sure! Overall, I'm pretty happy with them. I can't believe she is old enough to have school pictures!

Girls weekend

I had such a fun weekend! On Thursday night I headed up to Island Park with a group of friends from my ward for a girls retreat. We stayed in my friend Tammie's amazing cabin, and it was so great to have some girl time. We scrapbooked, gabbed, ate, and just generally relaxed and had an awesome time. Thanks for inviting me along, girls!

Dustin took the kids to see Madagascar 2 while I was gone, plus he went to Pizza Hut and McDonalds with them. I don't think they missed me at all, they were partying! He doesn't document their every move with the camera, like I do, so I don't have any pics of their weekend, but I'm sure they were looking a little scraggily, anyway, so probably not a bad thing....

The kids are so loving McDonalds right now, and, even though the food makes me cringe (they do have a decent chicken salad now, though, so it's not so hard on me), we have been indulging them a bit lately. It's been pretty cold lately, and they love to play on the playplace so much! It's nice to take them somewhere that they can work off a little of that energy! We took them there last Saturday for breakfast before errands and they were in heaven...

Anyway, I got home Saturday evening and man, was I happy to see my family! I was so happy that Dustin took over happily so I could go, but I sure missed them! Hudson is quite the Daddy's boy, so he was fine without me, which is good, but made me a little sad...Kennedy left me the sweetest voice-mails while I was gone, which made me a little homesick, but I got a lot done! 25 pages! woo-hoo!

Dustin took me to the new James Bond movie that night, and we loved it! He is such an awesome hubby and daddy, we are so lucky!

Chambers Home Show...

A couple of weeks ago, our house was on a home show. The local cheerleaders put it on every fall for a fundraiser, and we were flattered when they asked to show our home. We've been to it a couple times, and you really never know what you are going to see. Usually, there are a couple of Good Ones, and the rest are normal, but still fun to see. We were pretty sure that our house would definitely be one of the Good Ones. We got free tickets and had to be out of the house, so we checked out the other homes on the show. Unfortunately, this year, every other house was Awesome, Beautiful, Huge and Brand-new (where is all this money from? in Rexburg???)
Even though this house is pretty much our dream house, and we have felt so spoiled living here, we came home feeling sorry for ourselves, and wanting new furniture, TV's and appliances...Pretty pathetic what those dang home shows can do to you...However, I've since had many compliments, so I don't think we were completely shamed...
Anyway, I took pictures, because A)this is as clean as it could possibly get 2)what if we ever sell this place? pictures ready... and D)it's just what I do. I've since had much pressure to post the pics -you know who you are- so there you have it. Enjoy a walk through our clean house below.

PS - its better in person, so come on up!!!

Home Show Pics - I've been pressured...

Funny Hudson, sweet Dustin

Hudson is talking so much these days, I just had to get a quick video of him this morning, it was so funny...

Also, I just have to tell you what an awesome husband I have (sorry Andrew...)

First, he is taking vacation next Friday so I can go on another scrapbooking getaway...yay! I am a little nervous, he is going to have to get Kennedy ready for school on Friday morning. Hmmm. One bad hair day in a term never hurt anyone...I'll be sure to have him take a picture...

Last night he got me Twilight tickets! We are going to the 12:10 AM showing on the 21st...Our 9 year anniversary is on the 20th, I told him that was all I wanted. Should be a nice way to celebrate. Edward is SO romantic...whoops, I mean Dustin is! ;)

Sorry to make you all so jealous of me...have a great weekend!

Tricks, Treats, etc.

We really had a great day yesterday. I was really wanting some company, some family, ANYBODY to come and spend the fun day with us -Jeff and Jill, having you here last year ruined me, now I want visitors every holiday!- but we ended up having a great time here.

We had "magic" orange milk at lunch (a sneaky drop of food coloring in the cup before you pour + the kids say "Happy Halloween!" at the right moment = MAGIC!), pumpkin casserole for dinner, and tons of fun trick-or-treating.

Kennedy LOVES it when I dress up, so I did the easy thing again, I was a "Salem Witch." Dustin didn't dress up, but made sure to tell all of his buddies he hoped to be doing his "best broom impersonation later...." (if you are reading this, sorry Grandma, aunt Jill, anybody from my ward...) We hit the trunk-or-treat at our church, and then headed over to our old neighborhood to let the kids go door to door with their friends. I really loved taking them both this year.

It didn't take Hudson long to understand that "trick-or-treat" in his sweet little voice earned him a piece of candy, and he needed no prompting to say thank you. He was so grateful and happy, I'm sure he thought it was the best day of his life. He absolutely loved wearing his costume, and loved hauling his little pumpkin full of candy. I had to sneakily empty it a little a couple of times because he was struggling under its weight. It was pretty cute to watch him wobble up the steps and knock on the door. He is good buddies with little Braden Pocock, and they were an adorable pair, laughing and running together.

Kennedy and her "BFF" (she really says that...OH-KAY) Brittany Pocock had such a blast trick-or-treating together. They thought they were so big because we'd let them get a few houses ahead of us (the boys were pretty slow!). I'm so glad they had friends to go with, they loved it. And oh, boy, the candy. After we cleaned up and got Hudson to bed, we let Kennedy have the pleasure of staying up late to watch "The Addams Family" and sort and count her candy. I am "managing" Hudson's loot for him, so we did a little trading. She is very assertive (and watchful!)when it comes to candy, but still a sweetie and very willing to share.

Hope your Halloween was as fun as ours!