Halloween & Thanksgiving!

John and I have always wanted to dress up as Lucy and Schroeder for Halloween, 

so we decided to make it a reality this year!

I found this totally awesome dress at DI and fell in love with the 80's vibe it had going on.  However, as beautiful as the masterpiece was, I knew adjustment needed to be made in order for it to 

look more like Lucy's.  

As for "Schroeder's" outfit, John found his shirt on-line and we found black shorts at the mall.  The most difficult item to find was definitely his socks.  We couldn't find good purple ones that matched his shirt, so we settled for a pair at Target.  I was able to borrow my niece's soccer socks, they worked out even better than I imagined!!  

 I'm still sad we didn't get a picture by a Grand Piano  :(  We were in a hurry on Halloween night, but luckily since we own most of the items we can fulfill that dream one day, haha.  I also should have had John take a picture of the back of my out fit.  The dress has an awesome bow secured with velcro, and my hair was pinned up with a matching ribbon :)  It was definitely a Halloween to be remembered.

We hosted Thanksgiving at my Parent's House this year!  It was pretty easy because all of the siblings just brought something to share and it turned out delicious.  

Luckily I didn't have to make the turkey,  my older sister came over early to work on that :)  

John and I made the Mashed Potatoes and a pie!

It was also my future brother-in-law's Birthday on Thanksgiving, so that's why there are random streamers in the background.  It was fun getting to know him and sharing the day with these two!  

They kicked my trash at Scrabble and Yahtzee. I better come up with a new game to play with them. 

Took this pic near the end of the meal.  Most of the Nieces and Nephews were outside playing so we sat around chatting and postponing clean-up ;) 

It wouldn't be a DuPaix Thanksgiving without celery and fake cheese!!

My brother Johnny LOVES eggnog!!  Last year on Christmas eve we did a taste test of various brands and flavors, so we decided to do it again this year!!  I think the Winder Dairy was one of my fav's  :)  

  We are getting ready for a busy Christmas season with Caroling Choir along with our normal jobs.  I didn't want to decorate the house a ton because we are so busy, but knew I had to at least put up a tree.  This one's my parent's tree. maybe next year John and I will finally buy one for us :)  

Last but not least I thought it would be fun to share that my Brother Danny just accepted the Head Football Coach position at West Jordan High School!  John and I were even more excited than some of my other siblings because that's where John went to school :)  We are excited to go to next years games and hope he can help turn the program around and get some wins for the Jaguars!   We're all rooting for him and his family!

6 Month Catch Up!

Obviously it's been a while, so here is a quick recap of the last 6 months!

March: We went to the Midnight showing of Hunger games.  I hadn't read the books when we watched the movie, but had heard the gist from my sisters.  Naturally, as soon as I watched it I wanted to read the books as fast as possible.

April:  John and My Birthday month!  For my birthday we went to Cafe Rio with my parents and with his sisters help, John made me Lemon Bars!  John gave me all of the Harry Potter Movies on Blue-Ray, the first Hunger Games book, and a new i-pod charger.  What a stud.

For John's Birthday I made him "the best cake ever."  I also gave him his favorite cookies, Leatherby's carmel, an iPod car radio converter, and a new tie.  For his dinner we went to Wingers with his cousin Vanessa (whose birthday is right between ours) and watched That Thing You Do.

In April we also went to a cabin with the Southwick's and celebrated Easter.  I'll be honest, I spent a lot of time reading the Hunger Games and John spent a lot of time playing pool.

May:  John and I went on a 7 day cruise to Mexico!!  We stopped in Cabo and Puerto Vallarta and had so much fun just relaxing.  Our favorite parts were probably the dinners, zip-lining, and the fact that half the boat was from Utah. We even saw one of John's old roommates D-Hawk (and we realized that he was on his Honeymoon at the time... awkward, haha)  The cruise left from Long Beach, CA so we were ok driving rather than flying.  We also spent some time in Riverside visiting John's Mission and also couldn't resist a day at Disney Land!

Tips for the next cruise include bring a watch and an extra pair of contacts.  We were so sad to come back to real life after our vacation was over, but were so ready to plan the next one!

June:  So at the end of May my parents left for their mission to the Philippines!!  They will be gone for 18 months and John and I have the blessing of taking care of their house while they're away!  June was when we really moved and settled into our place for the next little while.  There's really not much to say about it now that I'm typing it... but hey it was a big change for us!  Here are some of the family pictures we took before they left!

July:  We had a couple other family get togethers during this month.  First we went to Lagoon with the Southwick's.  John and I love lagoon and we had a blast!  Next we spent a couple night's in Park City with the DuPaix's.  We swam, went on the Alpine Slide, and played a lot of games! This is were John and I learned our new favorite game "Game in a Bowl."  It's basically catch phrase and gestures rolled into one.  It was fun spending lot of time with most of the family!  For Pioneer day we went Camping with John's Dad's side of the family.  It was fun getting to know John's cousins a little better.  Here are some pictures of the camping festivities.

Of course it's not camping without the Ping-Pong Table ;)

Pioneer Games

At the end of July, John's best friend Jeff got married in Texas.  He flew out with another friend and I stayed home and worked :(  He was supposed to take pictures since I wasn't there... but that didn't happen.  So instead here are some quotes from the mouth of John to sum up the trip:

• Car Rental Salesmen Talk for hours just to try and sell you stuff.
• Everything in Texas is actually too small
• "Texas is the Worst"
• You get what you pay for in a cheap Hotel
• There are more Sex shops than Restaurants

August:  Finally right?  Well for most of the Summer John has been working up at This Is The Place helping out mostly with the youth groups, treks, and baby animals.  However, he finally got a new CNA job through IHC at the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray!  He's working in the Cardiovascular Unit and has only been there about a week.  A lot of things still make him nervous, so when he becomes more comfortable and isn't "the new guy" I think he'll like it better.  Of course that's just how new jobs are.  At my job I just became a level 5 which means I'm a "Certified Teller."  Watch out world, here I come!  I'm still liking what I do and love the people I work with :)  Other than that, life is good and I really am going to try and keep up on my blog because as you can tell, this catching up thing ridiculous.  Happy Summer Everyone!!