Happy Halloween!!!

Today was a very busy day. It started out with Porter and I going over to Kailie's school and helping her with her class Halloween party. That finished at 10:30 and then we were back home to get the annual Chili and Scones ready for our Halloween dinner. At 1:30 I took the kids over to Nikki's works so she could show them off in their costumes and then back to the house to finish getting everything ready for
our dinner. The kids started coming over around 5:00 and all if them showed up for dinner. It was a fun night but a very busy day... Well tell next year....Happy Halloween!

Our annual carving pumpkins

This year we all carved pumpkins on our Sunday dinner with the family. We had yummy chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes for dinner and then gathered around the table to carve our creations. It's always fun to see what everyone will carve...Of course I'm just the photographer and everyone else get's to carve....It was a great night and we get to do spend time together again tomorrow night for our annual Chili dinnner and Halloween.....What a great fall tradition...

Ottercreek

We finally made it back to Mike and Marsha's cabin this year. on October 21st. Everytime I go though it just makes me want to have a cabin for our family even more....There's is so nice and it is so fun to take our four wheelers and ride around the scenice mountains. We had perfect weather and lot's of fun spending time with Mike and Marsha. We had great food and played cards and just did a lot of relaxing...Thanks again Marsha and Mike for another fun weekend at your cabin..

Bucket List

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Bucket List Contest Entry

This is my entry in the Just Ask Bucket List Getaway Giveaway. Just Ask offers a breast and ovarian cancer screening and is encouraging people to share 15 things that I want to enjoy in my lifetime as a reminder to be aware of my health. Want to enter? Head over to TodaysMama.com to get the details.

 

 

1. I would love to be bale to take my entire family on a cruise or a special vacation where I pay for everything so that everyone is able to go and spend some quality family time.

 

2. Be brave enough to get my eyes fixed so I can get rid of these contacts.

 

3. Be debt free.

 

4. I gave always wanted to travel to Italy and see their beautiful country..

 

5. Would also like to go to Norway. This is where my grandfather grew up and would love to see if

I have any remaning relatives still there.

 

6.  Retire at a early and to be able to do so.

 

7. Go to the temple more often so that it is so scarey each time I go.

 

8. Learn to be a better cook.

 

9.  See my husband make Bat. Cheif.

 

10. Finally build our cabin and enjoy time their with my family

 

11. Learn how to dance, my favorite show is dancing with the stars .

 

12. Lose 20 pounds and then keep it off.

 

13. Take all my married kids and their spouses to Hawaii for a week.

 

14. Live long enough to see all my kids have kids..

 

15. Go another cruise with our dear friends back to the Caribean Islands.

 

These are a few of the things I would like to do before I die....They are not in any particular order just things I thought would be fun to do before I die....

 

Paulsen Family Reunion 2011

This year Nikki and her cousins that are around her age decided to put together a Paulsen Family Reunion. They spent alot of time preparing and did such a great job organizing the whole thing. Mike provided all the food from Greg's fund raising purchase from Bryce's fund raiser earlier in the year. Almost everyone was there and it was so much fun visiting with them all. Paul even flew down to St. George and drove his parents back up for the occasion . Here's hoping we can do it again soon.