Happy Halloween!!!!

We had our ward trunk or treat party last  Saturday night and it was super fun!  

 Hailey was Merida from "Brave"- we sprayed her hair red!

 Tom was Clark Kent aka Superman, and I was his girlfriend, Lois Lane (I even made a reporter ID tag with my "name" and pic --but people still thought I looked like Nancy Pelosi!?!  ha ha!)

 Spencer was a BYU football player (we will get a better photo tonight!)

 After taking a shower, Hailey zonked out on my bathroom floor!!!

 Sunday night pumpkin carving!!!  ooooooh scary!!

 EEWW!!!

 These were YUMMY caramel apples!

 Silly dad!

 This morning I was making some Vampire Blood Cupcakes for Spencer's class and Hailey said, "Mom, there are some kids in my class who are vampires and they LOVE blood!  Please make some for my class too!!"  ha ha!!!

So guess who ended up making two pans of cupcakes and giving up her workout time?  Vampire MOMMY!!  (it's ok - this is where my heart is and I love it--blood and all!!  ha ha)

We BEE ready for FHE

For Family Night this week, we chose to focus on Elder Ballard's BEE talk!  

We made little marzipan bees with almond "wings" and placed them on lemon cupcakes (gluten free :)  They were SO yummy!

We invited the Lee Family next door for dinner and FHE.  They are our new neighbors and are an awesome family in our ward!

I found these honey stix at Whole Foods and passed them out to everyone as we began our lesson.  They are little straws filled with natural honey, however, each straw is a different color.  Just as the members of Christ's church are all different, we can all work hard to make our own little "honey" contribution to the building up of the Kingdom of God on the earth.  

I suspect we will start to see more "honey bee" decorations, etc. at Deseret Book as Elder Ballard's talk is published.  What a great symbolism for us as members of the church to relate to.  It is the talk my kids remember most about conference.  There is so much work to be done to put Elder Ballard's words into actions . . . so let's start BUZZING!