Harry Potter

I am about 9 years behind, yes it is true! I didn't start reading Harry Potter until last month. I just finished the fourth book last night and I have to say I am really enjoying the books so far! One nice thing about starting so late is that I don't have to wait for the next book to come out, all I have to do is go to my sisters house to get the next book, it is quite convenient!

Pizza Party

Nate and Missy making the pizzas

Heather was in charge of quality control
Camille and Eliza

Last week we had a really fun pizza party at our house. We made some delicious pepperoni, BBQ chicken, Thai and chicken club pizzas! It was really fun!

First Snow

I don't know how well this picture shows it, but we are getting our first snow today. I have to say that it is making me miss Utah snow storms, because they are just so beautiful and I love watching the hard snow come down and cover the ground, but it is still fun to see snow, even if it doesn't stick. In this part of Michigan, at least from what I have heard, the snow doesn't really stick, it gets slushy and they get ice storms.

The Rivalry

Yesterday Jackson got some tickets to an advance screening of Michigan vs. Ohio State the rivalry. It is a documentary on the rivalry made by HBO. So we went out to eat and then went to the Michigan theater, which is an absolutely beautiful theater it is one of the old fashioned theaters with an organ in the front and a stage that they use for plays. We got in a huge line and went in where we got a free book on Michigan's tradition. It was a really fun experience, I have to say I had no idea it was quite as intense as it is, Ohio has a song that they sing that says, "we don't give a damn about the whole state of Michigan." ( sorry for the swear word but that one is actually quite tame compared to some of the other things we heard ) We really enjoyed the movie we laughed a lot. The crowd was fun too, they booed some things ( and a lady who wore an Ohio State jersey ) they all stood up and sang the fight song, gave a standing ovation to Bo Schembechlers wife ( he was a coach here ). We also decided that we may need to get some blue jackets, we really stuck out last night in our red jackets, and not necessarily in a good way! After the movie Jackson was so pumped that he decided he wants to go to the game instead of selling our tickets!

Pretty Things

These vases are hand blown glass. I think that it would be so fun to learn how to blow glass .

I found these beautiful earrings today, and when I went to look at the seller I was pleasantly surprised to see that they are from Salt Lake City!

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!