Murder Mystery Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN


So, as an Open House for our completed home remodel (pictures coming in next edition)....we decided to put on a Murder Mystery Dinner Party, also to kick off Halloween. It was so much fun. Enjoy the slideshow!

And for a little more fun, here are the characters and more pics in color. I love the 'roaring twenties' and so any opportunity I get to dress up and pretend, especially in that era...you betcha, I'm there.

Many thanks to our guests and all their awesome participation....looking forward to next year.

And just because I had so much fun with learning how to do 1920's makeup (thank you 'youtube'), I had to show an upclose of my makeup. Could be better, but I had fun. I don't seem to look very happy in any of the pictures....I was in character.

Halloween Early and Haunted Mansions!

So our ward Halloween party was friday night and since I have other plans for costume for a dinner party I am planning, I threw this together for the party. My sister-in-law and her family are in our new ward, so we went as witches together. It was really fun....the best part, dressing up.

Kya even got into dressing up....I LOVE IT! She was really having a blast putting on her costume. I have made reference to "FANCY NANCY" in previous posts...aka Kya's birthday gifts...but for those of you who need a little reminder, Fancy Nancy is a series of little girl books that we love to read

Here is one of the books. Well, Kya is Fancy Nancy this year for Halloween. It was fun to put this costume together, even Kya's hair played the part. Daddy didn't dress up because he got home from being out of town all week just minutes before we had to go to the party.

Our sexy witch legs. I have never been a witch before, for Halloween at least...hee hee hee...it was really fun.

Showing off her cute little panta-loons.

Lovin' it.

Then Saturday night my mom, Alicia and I went to Albion to the Haunted Mansions. It used to be the Albion Normal Teaching College and is now an abandoned campus. It has been abandoned for about 30 years or so and recently someone just bought the place and decided to put on a Haunted Mansions tour before renovation. I am totally jealous, because I saw the campus about 10 years ago and wanted to buy it and turn it into a resort, getaway....someone beat me to it. But it was totally cool and we had a great time. We were laughing most of the time, but scared just a few other times. BOO!

Miracles Do Happen

I just wanted to post this little clip from the CBS Early Show that aired this morning. This couple is my cousin and his wife...dear friends of ours. It was really fun to watch them on national tv and to have been able to share in their story. More famous cousins...too cool.

Check it out HERE.

Angie, you did a great job and you look gorgeous. Love you guys!

FHE....Halloween style!

I love Fall, and Halloween and everything that goes with it. So, I was not about to let a home remodel, or a business, or my photography get in the way of having some serious fun. I was on cloud 9 and Kya was in 7th Heaven. I am so glad she is into this.
We went to the Pumpkin Patch....went for a train ride....

...smiled pretty for the camera....

...got lost in the maze, she looks a little perplexed....

...smiled for the camera again....

...picked out the perfect pumpkins...

...smiled again for the camera, only this time with my sis and her chillins'...

...dressed up like a scarecrow....

....and then ended our FHE activity with some good ol' pumpkin carvin'. I LOVE IT!

Those silly boys didn't want to make silly faces with us...party poopers!

Check out my AWESOME socks, for the season.

And our works of art...well, mine is a true work of art...Carl didn't finish his...LOVE you tons, party pooper!

Hunter's Widow

What do you do when you are a Hunter's Widow?

Don't get me wrong, I love that Carl has a hobby and that he is passionate about something...but we miss him. Tis the season to hunt and Carl has been away from us for...today is five days. He is coming home today, yeah!

So, to answer the question, what do you do....well hang out with other Hunter's Widows, watch chic flicks and hang out with your girls. Friday night my friend H and I decided to get together, talk about "girl stuff" and watch a super chic flick that we would never be able to watch with our hubbies. Too much fun! Put a movie on for the kids and stay out late, it was a great night.

Then saturday Kya and I got all dirty at the house painting....more painting. I love to paint, but I do feel like it is a never ending project. Just a couple weeks away from "move in" day and then....pictures. Wahoo!

Isn't she a doll. She had a blast getting her hands all dirty in the paint...I love it!

Almost Four Weeks

No, the title of this post is not saying that in a month something will happen, it is saying that in four months we will become Four Weeks...yup were having a baby. We had a very exciting weekend. Baby #2's birthparents came to visit us, from Denver, Colorado. We found out a couple months ago that we have been chosen to be parents, again! We finally got to meet our birthparents. We had a great weekend with them, and even found out the gender.....

Here we are...the very happy family, excited for our new addition.

T and J (our birthparents) brought us a little gift from the ultrasound on October 1st, a picture, an outfit, cute little shoes and birpclothes...telling us we are having a....

BOY!

Kya showing you her little baby brother...that she has named Chester.

Kissing baby brother

She is 21 weeks, everyone is healthy and our due date is February 4th, 2009.

With this post I would like to announce my new blog "Option of Adoption". Please visit and share. If you have experienced adoption, I would love to post your stories. Email me your story at kankanweeks@yahoo.com.

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