PUMPKINS!!!

Pumpkin carving time!!!!

We decided it was time to carve pumpkins, being a week away from Halloween. After carefully choosing pumpkins a week ago from a pumpkin patch, we brought them home and waited until the weekend to carve. I decided on a stencil design from a book, while Mike decided on a home made design.

Mike dancing along with the Beetlejuice movie!

Mike and I no longer dancing once he saw me with the camera.

My finished product!

Mike's pumpkin!

Up close and personal!

We had a ton of fun watching Beetlejuice and carving pumpkins making it truely Fall!

Happy Halloween!

Iowa

So, at the beginning of the month, Mike and I went to Iowa for his Grandma's 80th surprise birthday party. It was soo exciting and Malinda (his grandma) was soo surprised she couldn't keep herself still. After she had seen everyone in the party there was a slide show with people telling stories about her, and then food and presents proceeded. The party was a huge hit and tons of fun. Here's some pics from it:

Malinda (in the middle) with 5 of 7 of her children

(Luanne, Jane, Malinda, Gail, Barry, Denny)

Malinda and Grandkids
(Halle, Mike, Luke, Sara, Troy)


Mike and his parents (Phil and Gail)

The quilt they are all standing in front of was made with squares from all the family. Each square has pictures or images or something that reminded the person of Malinda. There are also Malinda's favorite quotes, wedding pictures, birthdays of her kids and grandkids. It's a gorgeous quilt. Also, each person wrote a note going along with the square and a book was made with a picture of the square and the note along with it. It was such a great gift and everyone was amazed.

Mike and I outside the church.

The location of the party and Malinda's church.

Mike in front of the Iowa sites (a.k.a. cornfields)!!!!

Overall, the trip was great! We just wished it could have been longer! And it was also really nice to meet most of Mike's extended family.

Created Blog!!!

HEY! So, we've decided to start a blog. This is our last year of school, and we will most likely be moving out of Tucson. Because of this we have decided to start the blog to keep in contact and let others be updated. Also, this is our first blog, so please be patient. :)