All of our teams won their games this weekend...it was great! What made it even better was being in Utah and getting to go to Skyline's game instead of just hearing about it. We get to go to another one on Friday. Go Skyline!
Saturday was our ward trunk-or-treat Halloween activity. We took Cheesy Potato Soup to share...yum! After dinner there were games and crafts for the kids, a costume parade, and then we all went outside for trunk-or-treating. Our friends were out of town so we got to take their kids with us. It was a blast playing mom and dad for the night!
I came home from work to find my beautiful husband waiting for me with flowers and dinner - "just because". 
We love conference weekend and this one was even better because we had family in town! We had the best weekend together...Our football teams won, we shopped like crazy, we ate lots of yummy food, and we even got some exercise walking up and down the stairs with Preslee every chance she got! But best of all we enjoyed being together! Thanks for coming Todd, Tam, and Preslee!
In August our baby nephew Cooper was born so I went out to Maryland this week to help Monica and spend time with the kids. Things are pretty busy when you've got 6 kids - especially with a newborn - and I was more than happy to step in as the designated baby holder for the week. Baby Cooper is such a little angel, and everyone else is so cute and growing up so fast! We had a great time playing games (Sorry and Marbles), going miniature golfing and just being together. Navy invited the football coaches wives to go to the game with them in North Carolina and I was able to watch the kids for a couple of days so that Monica could go with Joe. I just love these kids so much and had so much fun being with them! And to top off the weekend Navy beat Wake Forest (who were ranked 16) - it was an awesome game!
I just had to take this picture of our nephew TJ who fell asleep with his Cub Scout neckerchief tied around his head. Priceless!
This weekend all three of our football teams won. YEAH!!! We watched the games while enjoying one of our favorite "special occasion" snacks - Garrett's Chicago Mix popcorn. It's a combination of cheese and caramel popcorn - I know it sounds strange but it is so good. We usually reserve this treat for special occasions like company coming to visit, but Shane was in South Carolina for a few days and picked some up at the airport on Saturday when he got off the plane. What a great snack!
We love football season and have 3 teams that we follow faithfully: Skyline High School (my dad's the coach), Navy (my brother's a coach), and BYU (doesn't every mormon household support BYU?) This year we're pretty excited because we're able to watch our 2 favorite college teams courtesy of the direct TV sports pack (most games, anyway). Saturday was an especially rainy day - the perfect excuse for cozying up in front of the TV to watch a little football and nosh on some chips with a little 7 layer dip. Skyline and Navy didn't fare so well, but BYU, as Shane put it,"gave UCLA a good shlackin'!" Is that even a word?
