UtAh, FaMilY, FuN, and ShoPPinG of CouRse....:)

Well my Trip to Utah was a fun one..but would have been more fun with the DH...but we take seperate vacations..as we just don't trust anyone watching the babys while we are away...and he has seen his family in the last 2 years...so it was my turn...and it had been 4 years since I had seen mine...this is my MIL's best friend Gloria and me wearing some goofy looking teeth..aren't we the pretty ones...lol...does make us look related though don't you think....

I got to see my nieces and nephews and by have they changed..Scottie is ten and comes under my chin now...he was 5 when I last saw him...Ryan the little toe head is going on 5 in november and he was just about 11 months the last time I saw him..Chelsea next to him is 12 and in the 7th grade..she was 8 the last time I saw her and last but certainly not least Makayla she is 9 and was just 5 when I saw her...and is she ever boy crazy...a girl after my own heart...lol...the cousins always have so much fun seeing each other and me being the great Aunt that I am bought them a gingerbread haunted house for them to build and then devour...and they did just that..

here they are still pretty clean..but hamming it up for the camera...

heres myself and my mommy who is going to be 81 this november and my baby sister...she has the 2 boys...Makayla took our photo..she did a pretty good job..as you can tell she was making us say some pretty silly stuff to get us to smile..I look the most like my mom...just wish I was as thin as her....:)

and here she is with her black lipstick frosting....she is my big brother to a T...

Heres Chelsea...the serious one...she is such a cutie...love her big eyes..

Here's Scottie with his candy corn teeth...little goofball..he is such a smart kid and a great artist...

Here is Ryan trying his hand at the black lipstick frosting...he didn't do too bad....and the mess stayed to a minimum.....

On Monday my good friend Jill that I have known since 7th grade took me and her daughter and grandson shopping..and did we shop....at least I did....we hit some pretty wonderful stores..some pricey and all we did was window shop..but we did find our groove...this is at the quilt shop in Gardner Village..it has a bunch of little shops and below you will see how they decorate for halloween...This past friday the 24th and 25th they have "Witches nite out" where you don on witches hats and go shopping..I missed it by 2 days...will plan for next year though...I have only been here once and that was 4 years ago...so it didn't hold the same spark as before...but I did have fun taking photos of all the decor and I did get a few items...Here is a quilt that one of the employees made..I just fell in love with the colors...

here is a cute embroidered pillow that was also done by an employee...I did buy some wonderful fabric...halloween and christmas...photos to follow...Here is the fun and whimsical eye candy..enjoy...

Her skirt lifts up and down and has a cat chasing a huge rat..

here is my girlfriends grandson saying hello to a which...

making a special brew..the brew was neon green and it was really flowing...

a trio of witches on a merry g0-round...

this witch missed her mark...

this witch is teaching the ghosts how to sing...

another trio playing baseball..

Witches coming in for a landing...enlarge to see the airlines they were flying...:)

Here is the huge package I mailed to myself after shopping, gifts given to me etc...I mailed this on tuesday afternoon and got it on thursday..the day after I got back...Now that is quick and speedy service...:)

here are some gifts that were given to me...that candle smells yummy..can't wait to use it...

above is all the stuff I purchased at 2 stores...I am so going back there next year..they had some great sales and I couldn't pass them up...I got my best friend Kimmy one of those signs that you see a duplicate of...

more shopping...these were things I packed in my suitcase...along with some upholstery fabric that I got for free..I must have gotten 10 yards of some really great fabric and I stuffed it in my suitcase as well..hit the weight limit for the luggage on the nose...50 pounds...saved me some shipping too..Photos below are of it all put out and decorated....I just love decorating..I tried to get a few more "fall" items...versus just halloween...don't have enough of the fall stuff...so yesterday I spent the day rearranging...

that resin witch is just too cool..in her hands she holds a cute little pumpkin with a kitten in it...

more stuff added to the porch...

Well I just got another package in the mail today from a friend Janae that I met on her blog..she agreed to do a swap with me as I fell in love with her stuff....so will be doing some more rearranging..but that is OKAY with me...I am sending her Santa off to her the 1st of November....will post the swap tomorrow...

It was good to see my family and reconnect...and to see my friend Jill as well and see her daughter that I have not seen in 20 years...but I will tell you there is no place like home...it felt so good to be back that I felt like a guest in my own home..felt weird being back...I think this cold really threw me for a loop...went to the doctors yesterday and she was treating me with bronchitis..don't know if I have it..but I was wheezing, and coughing...do feel much better now...but am taking it easy for a few days and just chillin with my hubby and our kittys..and catching up on all the shows I recorded on my DVR....hope your saturday is going well..it was a beautiful day and I acutally got the kids out today for a bit to run around...take care...I have missed you all...:)