Our Pumpkin!

Goblin Grotto!

The City of San Bruno hosts a (Goblin Grotto) every year for little kids. It's so cute! Little cardboard houses where the kids can Trick Or Treat and play some games for candy. Businesses in the area sponser the houses. We went last night and had a great time!
Carter and his friends Sean and Brooke before the event began (Carter says "Peace Out" LOL)Getting candy! Playing games!

Go fish for candy!

Tomorrow night (Halloween) we're going to his friend Joey's house to Trick Or Treat, and have some pizza for dinner. Should be fun :)

Happy Halloween!!

Aren't these cute??! I whipped these little owls up with my Cricut and filled them with little (non candy) goodies for Carter to give to a few of his friends. I think they turned out super cute!

I can't take credit for the idea though. When I was back in Calgary earlier this month, I visitied one of my favorite scrapbook stores - Scrapbookers Bliss! If you live in or close to Calgary, or ever travel there you MUST check them out. The sweetest store, the nicest staff, and the coolest ideas! I fell in love with their in-store sample and asked to take a pic. Rose, one of the owners, handed the sample to me and told me I could take it with me! How cool is that??! I changed mine up slightly to make it a bit easier to make.

I see on their blog that they're doing these as Make and Takes on Halloween - so if you're in the area stop by and make your own! :)

What a DAY!!!

What a day indeed!

Steve, who has been in Houston this week for a conference, was due back home tonight. A storm in Denver caused him to reroute his flight though, and he got back at 9am. Good for us, but no sleep for him...

Carter hardly slept last night. He was vomiting, and just not feeling well. Therefore, I hardly slept too. Then today, he spiked a super high fever. When I talked to the doctor, they told me his symptoms were making them flag him for H1N1. Grrrrreaaat. Lucky when I talked to his personal doctor they assured us that's not the case - not even the flu. Just a really bad cold. Poor guy though.

Steve and I are now coming down with the cold.

There's been some other drama in my world today, but I'm putting that aside and focusing on the good stuff. 'nuf said!

So, yeah...today was sooooo crappy. The worst day in a looooong time.

BUT THEN....

I logged onto www.wescrap.com super unexpectedly and just checking things out. Over the weekend I did tons of scrapping for their online crop (see some samples below). They had some cool prizes to give away...and you're always hopeful for a prize...even a little one. In the long run though, the real prize is getting inspired and getting stuff done.

NAH! The REAL prize is........

I WON A PINK SLICE!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, all the bad from the day just fell away when I found out I won! I am sooo excited!! In fact, when I responded to the post that I won I was so excited that I couldn't even spell! LOL. It took me almost two minutes to just write "thank you!"

I cannot wait to get it! :)

That being said...Starting in November I am DEFINITELY going to pay it forward with some fun giveaways. I've been lucky this month. So be sure to check back. Some will be scrappy ones, and some for those readers who don't scrap too! (and by the way - for all you non scrappers, a Slice is an electronic scrapbook tool that cuts shapes and letters - waaay cool)

Online Crop!

Mark your calendars and don't miss out! I'm on the DT for this site, and I know how much FUN it's going to be...some great challenges, and prizes!

...and another one!

Carter riding the gondola up Sulfur Mountain last year. He wasn't too sure to begin with, but he thought it was pretty cool after a moment or so. A great view of the mountains around us!

I did this one for the WeScrap Gives Back Challenge. For everyone who completes this LO, WeScrap will give $1 to cancer research. What a great cause!

You can also complete it, and go in for a drawing for a Binderie Punch over at Tara's blog!

Check out the official WeScrap challenge here!

Nice Ride!

Another Layout I did for the online crop at WeScrap! Carter had been asking for a "Big Boy" Bike, so we got him one for his birthday. Here he is with Steve on the inaqural ride (at the Exelixis parking lot - nice and flat). He did pretty well. Has to watch that steering though!