Happy Halloween!!!

I'm a little worn out today. Last week was a big week. It was so big I had to shelve my "BIG" project that I teased you about in the last post. I was going strong on it, full steam ahead when ---well, life happened.

Why does that always seem to happen? Hopefully I'll complete it this week.

Some of the things that went on last week:

~Curtis broke his pinky finger (actually he broke it at the end of the previous week).

~I helped my girl's throw a Before-Dance Party at our house. We had pizza and snacks, games and 17 teenagers that Saturday night. Then a few other parents helped us drive them all to the dance. Talk about crazy-fast talking, loud laughter and hormone over-load!

~I had to cancel several days of piano lessons to drive Grace to the school's football games where she was cheerleading. She was so cute. And she has the perfect voice for cheerleading. That girl can rattle windows with her vocal chords.

~I was (a little bit) in charge of a Tri-Ward Youth Halloween Party/Dance. That took alot of planning and calling to various people in other wards. Every ward had assignments and things they were in charge of--I just had to make sure all those assignments were ready to happen. Consequently- amid all the phone calls I had to make, my phone's battery wouldn't hold a charge for more than, like, 27 seconds, so as soon as I heard the phone start it's tell-tale "I am dying, get to other phone" beeps, I would race up the stairs before it had a chance to die completely, which meant that I, being in the exemplary physical shape that I am, was huffing and heaving and gasping on the telephone. Sorry if you were on the receiving end of one of those conversations!

~I was (a little bit) in charge of our Ward's Trunk-or-Treat on Saturday. Again, every auxilliary had assignments--I just had to make sure it all kept going. We had a carnival, chili cook-off and the Young Men did a Haunted House. It was fun. Exhausting, but fun!

Come to think of it--I don't know how I ended up in charge. I might, just might, have taken charge at the relief of others. I need to keep my mouth shut next time there is a planning meeting for some function or other.

I probably won't be able to, though. I can't help it.

Anyways, back to my crazy week.

~I threw a family dinner/birthday party for my mom here yesterday after church. It was fun and I was thankful that my family all made the looooooong drive to our house.

Today I'm pooped. I need to go to the store and get more candy for tonight.

Ugh. I just want to curl up on the couch for the whole day and watch hgtv. Maybe I can do that most of the day. Actually, Curtis can stop at the store on his way home from work and pick up the candy.

That's what I'm gonna do! Yay Me!


Consequently, I did end up decorating for the Halloween. Just not ALL of our decorations made it up. And I added a few new ones. I actually took pictures for a "how-to post" for 2 different Halloween kid's crafts. They just didn't seem to make it up on the old blog. Hmmmm....I wonder why?

However--since I posted last year's pictures this year, I can post this year's pictures next year!!!

My kids should look pretty much the same, right?

Happy Halloween!!!