Huge Disappointment!!

I am SO bummed (to put it nicely) that Obama won! After all the horrible things that have surfaced about him and he still became our president???!!! I am ashamed of the uninformed, ignorant population. If you voted for Obama, I don't even want to hear about it! But if you did, I hope that you know that you voted for someone who is going to destroy the family unit, destroy freedom of speech, destroy the rights of an unborn child, and someone who is going to push legislation that will open the door for more Virginia Tech style tragedies. Just to name a few. So, yes I am bitter! I can't wait for 2012!!!

Halloween

I have to start with, we got gas on Saturday for $1.87!! How awesome is that?!! Elise is so cute. She sits at the door and peeks out this window waiting for someone to rescue her from the insanity.. Just kidding, she usually is looking to see if my dad is coming to visit.
Elise was the cutest ballerina ever!! She actually didn't mind the tutu at all.

I know that this isn't exactly a flattering picture of her, but you can see her first tooth. She just got in last Monday.
Elise only lasted for about 10 minutes of trick or treating and then she was ready for bed.

Dallin was the most handsome SuperWhy! Jon's mom did an amazing job, as always, on his costume. (See below for actual SuperWhy) He actually refused to put the costume on until Halloween night, but once it went on we couldn't get it off him. He wore it to bed and then wore the shirt the next day. I refused to let him wear it to church, so we had to convince him to wash it. And only one little girl knew who he was. It was kind of sad that more people in my neighborhood don't take advantage of FREE TV- gosh, it's on PBS!!

He even wore his mask all night. He had SO much fun. I don't know if I have ever seen him have that much fun before. He was so polite and sweet. Every house he went to he would say, "Trick or Treat, I'm SuperWhy." I think he got used to telling everyone. He didn't want to stop, but his cousins needed to go so we went home. It was such a great night!

Here are all the kids: Indiana Jones (Owen), Harry Potter (Cole), Elise, and SuperWhy (Dallin)
The Family

Our neighborhood was so fun of kids. It was so crazy all the kids that came here from other areas. Jon says, "They were busing kids in here like Democrats on election day." So, so true!

Political Funnies

I don't really like to talk politics much, but this should sum it all up:
YES we are voting for McCAIN.

Inquiring Minds What to Know

I have had a couple of people interested in the tutus, so here is how it is done:

I used between 4-6 yards of tulle (depending on the age of the child and how full you want the tutu), elastic, and ribbon. I used 2 or 3 colors but that is personal preference and I tied 4 of the same color before switching. After I rolled the tulle up, measured it out and cut it into 3 inch segments I unrolled it and cut it in half for the younger girls. For Elise's tutu I cut it a second time. This video is pretty much how I did it except I chose to tie my tulle onto elastic instead of ribbon so it can grow with the child. If you use elastic, you will want to tie each end onto chair legs or something similar to make it tons easier tying the tulle on. Also after I finished tying all the tulle onto the elastic, I sewed the ends together and tied a ribbon over it. There are countless ideas for these and they are super easy to do. It is about a 30 minute project and costs less than $8(tulle is $0.97 a yard at Walmart.) I hope this give everyone some great Christmas ideas!!!

I am SO Excited!!

Okay, I know this is so dumb, but I am SO excited that gas prices are under $2, $1.99 to be exact! Can you believe it! I had to stop and fill up just because it was so exciting even though we really didn't need gas. Now I am even more excited to see if it keeps dropping and how low will it go????

A visit, her royal cuteness, and tutus!

On Tuesday I picked up my cousin Jennifer and her daughter Ali at the airport and brought them back to our house until Rosanne got home from school. Dallin had such a blast with Ali. It was like he had a buddy again. He really misses Ava, so he took to Ali as if she was his "surrogate Ava". It was so cute.

They were getting so restless and since it was so cold outside I decided to make cookies with the kids. They loved it and we all loved the cookies!

I love that I can get Elise's hair up in a bow. It is so darn cute!

Elise loved to play peek a boo in the curtains. She gets so giggly whenever I go over and play with her.

And lastly, I have been making tutus for all the nieces birthdays lately. So far I have only made 4 but they have turned out so cute. I made this one for Anna's birthday and while I was doing it I thought I would make Elise one for Halloween. I can't wait to see he as a little ballerina!