Costumes

Well, I know that October is not until next week, but I got a coupon in the mail. Party City had $5 off a costume under $25. We usually get our costumes at Target, but they were $30 this year. I thought that was a bit pricey. I was able to save $15 on Payton's costume by getting it at Party City rather then Target. Madi's, unfortunately, was still bought at Target because Party City did not carry Princess Leia.
Madi as Princess Leia. Notice she is holding her hip where the gun is suppose to sit.
Payton is a beautiful Princess Aurora.

Gymnastics

Madison has been in a gymnastics, Kindergym, class for 18 months now. It is a small class at the local rec center. She loves it. Last week Payton was able to join Madison's class.
Here is Madison on the uneven bars!

Here is Payton on the bridge. Sorry about the angle. Madison can now walk on the beam without any help. I am so proud of Madison and Payton!

Thank You Anna!

Aunt Anna is coming for a week to help us. Friday, late afternoon, Greg got a call from his commander (Sargent, who knows, someone military) that he needed to report Monday at 8 AM. He has to be in a training at Nellis Air force base from 8-3 Monday-Friday. Greg watches the girls everyday since I work days. Luckily I have an awesome, very helpful family. Anna agreed to fly down and stay with the girls during the day all week. We decided to bake Anna some yummy sugar cookies for her willingness to come.
Payton choose the color orange, so she got to put icing on the pumpkins!
Red sprinkles! Can you tell I have lots of Christmas sprinkles:)
Madi's favorite color is purple, so she put icing on the cats and bats!
Notice the icing on her upper lip, she couldn't stop licking the knife. (Beware Anna of the purple cookies) Of course that is the best part of baking, licking the beater, spoon, etc.
Thank you Anna for coming to help us!

Halloween

Fall begins this Tuesday. I cannot wait! The weather is cooling, the air just seems to change. I put out my Halloween decorations today. I figured that it is time since Halloween is less then 6 weeks away.
I bought this wreath at Goodwill and added these wooden shapes. I love Halloween (have I already said that)!
I got a wild idea to paint the mats in the frame. I know you cannot tell, but I painted a spider on a web. I need to practice my drawing techniques, but I still thought I would share. This picture frame will soon hold a picture of the girls in their Halloween costumes.
I have had this pumpkin for years. I love it! I could be mistaken, but I believe that Emily made it and then gave it to me. She took a Relief Society homemaking lesson from my very crafty mother-in-law. Happy Fall to all!!

Our Ward Party

The ward had a party today. I, of course, had open house. It was a bummer that open house had to be on a Friday. But, Greg was able to bring the girls because a wonderful friend watched the girls during the day so Greg could sleep. The party started at 6:00. I showed up at about 7:30. It was fun and there was lots of food!

Payton loved the Strawberry Shortcake bounce house

Hi dad!

Girls just want to have fun!

Madi loved the Spiderman bounce house!

The girls rode the train over and over and over...

At the end of the night Payton tried climbing in the strawberry shortcake bounce house and they unplugged it, luckily someone got her out before it collapsed. She cried and cried. She was asking where the train was and said she wanted everyone to come back and she wanted the bounce houses to go back up. It was sad. Of course I had been at school from 8-7:15, so I was ready for the ward party to be over and I wanted to go home so I could get off my feet.

Families are Forever

This is the Powell Family and spouses.
Mom and Dad Powell

My older brother Jason, wife Ashley and daughter Emma
My Family

Younger brother Bobby and wife Abbie

Emily and husband Scott

Anna and husband Sterling

Sarah

James

William

I've been tagged

I look at my friend, Tara's blog everyday. Yesterday I realized that I had been tagged on her blog. So here it goes.

The place I want to visit most:

I know that I am an adult, but I love Disneyland. My favorite holiday is Halloween. I love the fall season and all that it involves. I just found out last week that Disneyland has a special Halloween season. I begged Greg to go. This year won't work, but hopefully we will be there next year.

My Kitchen Sink:
Not too bad, is it? I like a clean sink. Plus, yesterday we were out late so we stopped by Burger King on the way home, so there are no dirty dishes.

My refrigerator:

I love my refrigerator. I love the freezer on the bottom. In my old apartment I hated my freezer. I was always dropping things on the floor. I never dropped things on the girl's heads or my feet, but there were some pretty close calls. The fridge is very spacious.

The main bathroom:
The main bathroom is down stairs and is used and abused by the girls. It also needs to be remodeled. It has no color. One day I will paint it.

My Favorite Room in the house:

I can't decide between the girl's room and the kitchen. I love to cook. I don't always feel up to cooking, but I love to when I have the energy. I also love to bake sweets. But, the girl's room is the one we have spent the most time on in our new house. We painted the walls, bought a rug, and paintings. The furniture even matches.

My closet:
My closet takes up one whole wall in our bedroom. The closet is behind three big mirrored doors. I opened one of them for you.

My Kids:
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. My girls love to eat toast with cinnamon, it's a new favorite in our house.

Self Portrait:
Wow, I look tired. To bad today is only Thursday. One more work day to go.

My Favorite Shoes:
I love to watch What not to Wear on TLC. They are always talking about how pointy shoes elongate the legs. I decided to try it out. I bought these red shoes and they are actually comfortable. Plus, every girl needs red shoes.

My laundry Room:
My washer and dryer are outside in the garage. It is very hard to do laundry because I have to move the cars to do the laundry. I can't even just grab one thing out of the dryer without opening the garage door and moving the Pilot.

There you have it. I tag Anna and anyone else who has time to do this. Happy hunting!