Halloween and things

So our halloween was a little lame this year.  I wanted us to do something, but John has been super busy with work and he is not much of a planner so we didn't get anything together in time.  We had heard Salem is really cool for Halloween, but by the time we figured out what we wanted to do, everything was sold out that we wanted to see.

I did dress up on Friday for work though because we dressed the babies up and took them to story time at the library and I went as a cat.  We did still go to Salem, but we ended up just going to dinner and driving around, people watching while we were stuck in traffic.  We are hoping to make it back up there to see some of the cool witch houses and museums and things and next year we will be able to plan ahead a little more and hopefully get to dress up and be a part of the festivities.

Little A & H-cute, huh? :-)

Unfortunately, not much is new in our lives.  I am getting new contacts, which means I have to wear my glasses for a few days to let me eyes rest and go back to their natural shape so I can get fitted for my new lenses.  It hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be-but I haven't worn glasses out and about all day since 1995 so this is pretty big for me.

Also, we are going to be in Utah Dec. 4-7 for those that want to see us.  We are spreading ourselves pretty thin, but we are hoping to see as many people as we can during our jam packed weekend.  We are even planning a Monday afternoon/evening visit to Idaho to see my grandparents.  My grandma just had a second surgery today, and I hear it went well, but it will depend on how she is feeling over the next couple of weeks.  I guess I never really blogged about this, but we had a scare with my grandma at the end of Sept. when she went in for her first back surgery.  I think I still can't write about it, but she is okay now and my Aunt Brooke has moved in and is there to help grandma and grandpa, which I know the rest our our family is very grateful for.  I do know is I am not ready to say good-bye to the only grandma I have every known and I'm grateful for every day she is still here with us, I just wish I was closer so I could visit her more.

I'm getting excited for the upcoming holidays-even though we will be away from family, it is still my favorite time of the year.  I bought egg nog today, which seems like a good kick-off for the holidays to me.  There area  lot of tree farms around here so we are planning to cut down our own tree this year, which should be a lot of fun.