Happy Halloween!

Our Halloween decorations!

Baby Bennett
Our only trick or treaters
Being black and orange Halloween is naturally the kitties favorite holiday

Carving pumpkins with Virginia, Amber and James
the pumpkins


All our pumpkins



Our really tall pumpkin
getting the design ready
cleaning it out...
Voila! Go Utes!

We have had fun getting ready for Halloween this month, we were a little sad not to get any unsolicited trick or treaters, but the ones we did get were way cute as you can tell!

Ultimate Frisbee Tourny

About a week ago Jackson played in an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament with a bunch of Dental school classmates. These are picture from the first game, which they won. The other team was really intense, they kept stopping to explain rules, there were a lot more than any of us had ever heard of! During half time they lined up and practiced their plays. It was really entertaining to watch!

Random findings

Since I do not have my computer and thus can not update you with pictures, I will just blog all about the fun things I have found searching on the internet!

I found these earrings this morning and I love them! I think they are so darling.
I think this ring is so beautiful, it reminds me of Jane Austen times
I thought this would make a cute baby shower gift

Texas

I am in Texas for the week, I came here with a lot of expectations, mostly about cowboys, cattle and pastures. When I landed I had a feeling that all the images in my head of Texas were about to be ruined, sure enough they were. So if you ever thought Texas looks like this (at least Houston) you were wrong...

It looks a lot more like this!

Outer Banks Part 2

More pictures from our trip to the Outer Banks

A replica of the plane the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk
Behind Jackson are stone markers that mark how far each of the Wright Brothers flights went on Dec. 17, 1903
Eliza learning how to fly a kite
Me and Chelsea
Katherine and Savannah
Trevor surfing

Outer Banks part 1

This weekend we went with all of my family to North Carolinas outer banks, it was so beautiful and we had so much fun! I am going to have to put up pictures in segments though, between my little sister and I, we took over 400 pictures, so there will be a segment or two of the best pictures! Enjoy!

Poppie and his princesses
Jackson boogie boarding
Jackson loves the beach

Poppie and Eliza flying
Derek going out to surf
Poppie and Savy

this is where we stayed, it was awesome!
the sand dunes reminded me of the opening scene of Anne of Avonlea
Trevor and Savannah getting ready for the beach
Grandma and Eliza making a sand castle

White Coat Ceremony

Today was Jackson's white coat ceremony. They let the students out early to spend time with their families, Jackson and I met at lunch time and we went to a really fun Irish pub for lunch, then we went to the ceremony, which was certainly interesting, one of the speakers told the group that they could decide if they were going to be hairdresser dentists or doctor dentists the difference is that the doctor dentist puts the white coat on his soul not just his shoulders. We laughed afterwards. After the ceremony they took a large class picture and then Jackson gave me a personalized tour of the dental school! It was a fun day!

This is Jackson's desk in the lab
Jackson with his head dummy
You just pull the head out of the desk.
Jackson and I outside of the dental school
Jackson before he recieves the white coat
Jackson recieves the white coat, they made them stick their arms out behind them and they were not allowed to help put it on, it made them look a little silly.
Jackson after the white coat, doesn't he look like a new man?
Jackson and I after the white coat ceremony
Jackson and Ki Wan, the Utes!

My new favorite toys

This is my new favorite toy, you can't see it very well but it is a stamp block, you can rearrange the letters to stamp differnt things....
like this! I had to ship some jewelry yesterday so my sister helped me package them! Our next stamp project will be her baby announcements!
A necklace I finished last night!
another recently finished necklace