Halloween 2011

For Halloween this year we were planning on going up to the mountains with some of our friends but I got sick, so here is what we did instead. On Sunday, the day before Halloween, we went to the Newson’s for a special spooky Halloween dinner. We had pumpkin fruit, bones (French fries), mummies (wrapped sausage), brussel sprouts (scary on its own), eye balls (devilled eggs), slime juice (with floating fish and bugs) and monster cupcakes. It was so much fun to have such an exciting meal!

On Halloween, while eagerly awaiting the evening fun, we went in the backyard and played in the leaves. I love playing in big piles of leaves. Ben and I decided that we definatly have the best leaves for jumping in, throwing up in the air, ect.

I am trying to make a leaf angel!

On Halloween we were both excited to have Trick-or-Treaters. Ben has always lived in a remote country community so he never experienced the art of passing out candy. Then the last couple years we have either been in NY (where passing out candy is scary), in an apartment or at the Newson’s (where, as said before no candy passing). This year we were excited for this new experience. I taught Ben how to answer the door with an enthusiastic Hello and to oooh and aww over costumes. We practiced a couple times and he thought I was crazy but he saw that craziness in action later on that night and joined in on the fun.

So we got everything ready; our huge bowl of candy, front porch light on, decorations set and we sat on the couch and watched some scary movies. Every time we heard a noise we would both turn around to see if we had anyone but…no. In total we only got 14 trick-or-treaters; 7 were teenagers and 3 were family. I thought we would have a ton but Ben figured that since we were at the edge of the neighborhood (aka there are no houses in front of us) that kids just didn’t make it that far; so alas, we did not get very many but it was still fun to get all eager and excited. I told Ben that we should have gotten better candy (aka chocolate) since we have SO much left over but I guess it is good that it doesn’t call my name.

This is our candy bowl AFTER all our trick-or-treaters!!

Hope you all had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Side Note: Yesterday when Ben got home he sadly said that all he was looking forward to for Halloween was Vampire Weekend and now that it's over (we missed it) he wants to move on. Then he brightened up and said, "So I've been listening to Christmas music all day!!"  I already took down the Halloween decor and our house is ready for Thanksgiving!!!

ANOTHER Reason Ben is the BEST!

The past two weeks I have been sick. Last Sunday I started getting a stuffy nose, cough and started loosing my voice. All week things got progressively worse and every night I had to go do training at work, so I wasn’t staying well rested. Friday, my first day off, my body decided it had had enough. I got a fever, coughed so much I threw up and felt over all achy. Friday was also the day we were supposed to go up to the mountains for our Vampire Weekend with friends but we ended up not going. I slowly started to get better and I am know feeling well but just have the lingering of the cough, stuffy nose and man voice.


I was in charge of the Vampire Weekend Halloween Party (costume party with games, food and the works) on Friday but because we weren’t going we thought we would just send up some food. Ben, determined that I would not get anywhere near the food or kitchen, took charge. We had signed up for devilled eggs and witch fingers (molded chocolate on pretzels). Ben kept running in asking me where stuff is, what to put in stuff and to taste test stuff (which was probably off because I had cough drops in my mouth all day). He was so dedicated to his projects and 6-7 hours later he finished. I laughed that it took him so long but was so grateful that he would take his whole day to help me. That night I went to the kitchen and found it had exploded. I do now know how he got stuff where he got it and how he managed to use every bowl we owned, but he did. He looked at me sheepishly and I just had to smile. Ben is adorable and I love him so much! He truly is the Best Husband!!

First Snow of the 'Snow' Season!

This year there was a forecast of the first big snow storm rolling in by Wednesday October 26. The stores were bustling with people trying to get outfitted with snow boots, gloves and jackets. People were digging up their gardens preparing for the freeze. Some people were pulling out their skis eager to head to the mountains and get the ‘powder.’ And as planned Tuesday night it started snowing. In Boulder we got about a foot but other places were recorded to have gotten about 2. It honestly was a beautiful site to see.

One of the things I like about Colorado is how beautiful the snow season is (I have to say snow season because the winter in general is not beautiful) because unlike Idaho, or any other northern states, it will snow and then the sun will come up and the sidewalks and roads will dry. Then is when the world seems like it is in perfect bliss with beautiful drifts of shining crystal white snow covering everything and with perfectly safe roads and walkways. And to add to the splendid glory it warms up a little, the sun shines and we have a beautiful winter blue sky!

Speaking of cold weather- We were trying to prepare for the weather by changing he filter on the furnace and turning on the heater. I tried the heater on Monday with no avail, it just wasn’t getting warm. Tuesday night, when it started to get cold, Ben turned on our heater and again nothing happened. He crawled under the house with our neighbor and they tried to fix the problem (so handy). After a while they called the landlord who came over, crawled under the house and tried to fix the problem. It turned out that the pilot light would not stay lit. So around 10:30 they all came out, frozen to the bones, and decided to try again Wednesday. Tuesday night we put 4 blankets on the bed and had a space heater and we were quite cozy. Wednesday morning, before nine, the landlord and his son (the handy man) were under the house again. They soon replaced some part and got the heat on- YAY. Then they came inside and finished fixing the dishwasher- Double YAY! I was so grateful for everyone’s help, especially since it was so cold.