Dance night!

Ash is such a cutie, She went to the dance with one of her buddies. Her boyfriend's parents won't let him take the same girl twice in a row. She didn't mind too much. One of Ash's good friends took him so they could all go together and still have a great time.


I told them to make a goofy face. They weren't too creative. Ash got a little more silly when she got some red lipstick on. All the girls that came over looked great. There was six couples so a total of twelve. Since it was girls choice I offered to make dinner. I told them they just had to pay for the meat. They all wanted to save a bit of money so they quickly agreed. One of the girls even had a friend that would do some great pictures so they wouldn't have to spend too much on them at the dance. This was such a great way to go.
They took a bunch of pics together and some with just couples. I can't wait to see all the fun pictures she took. Ash is between her date and her boyfriend. You can click on the pics to see them bigger with more detail.


I wanted the table to look beautiful, they seemed to love the cranberries in the sprite. I hope they enjoyed this as much as a fancy restaurant.









For starters, a spinach, romaine salad with cranberries, almonds and a raspberry vinaigrette dressing.The main course was oven roasted beef tenderloin finished on the grill with shallot burgundy sauce. On the side bow tie pasta with spinach ravioli with pesto sauce and steamed broccoli (obviously).

Dessert was Oreo, chocolate, strawberry parfait with a tuxedo strawberry on top.

I would totally do this again. I had a great time and I think the kids really liked the food. I can't wait to hear how many dances her date let her dance with her boyfriend. ;)

Ok, here is what's been going on for the last two weeks.

Ash got her wisdom teeth out.

She did great, she was out of it for a bit but then was fine later on that day. She didn't even bruise or swell up.

Halloween was fun, not quite as eventful as usual. I ordered a Sleeping Beauty costume to go with Scott's Buzz lightYear but it didn't fit right. Apparently it is made for girls without boobs of any kind. I ended up wearing all black and a witches hat. Sierra was happy I was also a witch. Ash didn't even dress up at all. She didn't like the Gogo girl costume she picked out.


Jackson only wore his costume for the picture, and Noelle had to have a costume of a real person for school. Her teacher had them do a report on a real person and make a poster of them. That was the only way they could dress up at school. She really wanted to be someone scary. Oh well. I guess he meant well but what a way to take the fun out of Halloween.

Sierra is the most adorable little witch ever. She had the most fun. It started to rain while we were trick or treating and she started to get cold. I kept asking her if she wanted to go home and she would say "no, almost done." So cute. I guess Halloween really is for the littlest ones.


The next day the fab Hubby took me to Mama Mia in Vegas. We both loved the movie and thought the theater production would be awesome. We were wrong. It was mediocre and now I know why they are closing. We still had a great time just being together.

Now I'm getting ready for Ash to go to the Ball on Saturday. I ended up offering to make dinner for her and all her friends. I just told them they had to pay for the groceries and I would make it wonderful. We found the perfect dress, it was 50% off. Woo hoo!


That's about it. Oh I did rear ended on Saturday. It's just a little dent, it shouldn't be too much to fix. They may not even want to go through their insurance. I felt bad for the girl. She is 19 and she cried like she had killed someone. Poor girl. Scott is coming home from St. George in a bit so I better get going on the house. I love to have it all sparkly and de-cluttered when he walks in. Off to work!

Disneyland in October! The weather was beautiful, the decorations were spectacular. The crowds...well it was UEA weekend. So we pretty much shared the park with all of Utah.

Sierra loved seeing her favorite characters. She ran up and hugged each one and had the biggest grin on her face. She wasn't scared of any of them.
We love the churros in Disneyland, they are the best. We have a hard time walking by one of these carts without getting one.
Sierra had so much fun posing for the camera.

She had the best time, even now she reminds me daily that she loves Disneyland.On the last day Scott got the cinnamon roll he had been craving the entire trip.

And I got my giant smoked turkey leg. I promise it's to die for.Haunted Mansion was the most popular ride since they only decorate it like this for Halloween to Christmas.


Sierra getting us all to do mad and sad faces. We would take her picture then she would say "okay, now a sad face."

This is the crowd in front of the Mansion. It was packed!
This is the side of the Mansion, all the people behind Scott and the kids were IN LINE. I have Never seen the line go out of the gates before. We were right by the entrance to the train. I tell you it was crazy. We got some fast pass tickets so we didn't have to wait.
Sierra was so excited to see Mickey, then she got all shy and hid in my hair. She gave him the biggest hug ever though.
This moment made the whole crowd behind us say "awwwww."


Time for a little rest and more posing from Sierra.



Some of the characters were in costumes.