Gettin' our Halloween On.

We decided on a whim that we would go to our Ward Halloween party that was held last night and it turned out to be so much fun. We all get together and have soup and then the kids go around trick or treating to certain doors. Paul and I took a door and we had a lot of fun seeing all the different costumes that came around and the kids were just stinkin' adorable.

Since it was Tuesday night that we decided to do this I didn't feel like going out and buying anything special to decorate our door with so I just took the same concept I have in my kitchen window and added some spiders and gauzy material.

Paul was so intent on being a clown so we headed out to Spirit Tuesday night and assembled his clown costume. He's makes a pretty adorable clown, no? The little little kids (those who have yet to find out about It or any other evil clown) just loved him and they would say "Hi Mr. Clown!" So freaking cute.

He was so bummed because we walked around trying to find some other ideas just in case and he said "Nothing is ever going to be better than the skeleton." He loved the make-up job and the whole costume - that would be thanks to yours truly - but I think that the clown was good, too.

And here's me being my 'Angel with Attitude'.

Not too bad but I, like Paul, am a fan of the previous years costume:

And that's all folks.

This What Happens When...

...your husband gets mouthy. Take notes ladies.

I can't even remember what he was doing to egg me on, but I was sitting on the bathroom counter getting ready for something and he had me so frustrated that I just whipped my arm around and slapped him. As you can see I have a deadly aim. We both laughed when we saw my hand mark but I didn't feel bad. It was pay back for the time he slammed my head into the bathroom mirror (he's not abusive or anything, just an accident that was so funny it had us both rolling on the floor. Are we weird? Tell me the truth!).

Warning: Viewing the Following Pictures May Cause You to Involuntarily Combust Into Flames From the Extreme Hotness That is My Sister.

If there are any guys reading this, please please please refrain from the crap that I know is going through your heads just because you have a Y Chromosome. Thank you.

Amber has been in training for her Figure competition since March and HOLY MOTHER OF GLUTES she is HOT!! She has spent countless hours in the gym and has had to dedicate a lot of time and money to working out and dieting to achieve this. We were all so proud to be there cheering her on - it was so much fun and she looked amazing...as demonstrated below. It's impossible not to be jealous, so don't even try. I'm her sister and I'm still crazy jealous!!

This is the two-piece round. They come out one at a time on this round and give several poses at three different marks. You really need to click on the pictures to be able to truly appreciate all those glooooorious muscles:

This is the one-piece round. They come out a little faster this time as you can see in the video below.

There were twelve women in her class and, unfortunately, she didn't place. Two judges placed her in First, two more judges placed her in Second, the rest placed her at Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. It's because of the blasted judge that placed her Sixth that she didn't place in the top five - which are the only ones that get trophies. We really thought that she was in the top three because in the actual judging that takes place earlier that day, they moved her in a group of women who all happened to be in the top five, so apparently that was really promising because judges do that so they can look at the top five all together. Amber had talked to a judge afterward and found out that there were several judges who, after seeing her in the evening show, wished they would have placed her higher and said it was 'due to the lighting.' Well that's horsepoo because it's not her fault the lighting sucked in the morning. Stupid judges. A pox on all your houses!!! (except those who placed her first)

Trying my best to be unbaised...I really thought she was in the top three of the best looking figures. Some were short and their muscles made them look squatty and others muscles were so big they should have been in BodyBuilding, but she was long and lean and perfect compared to some that placed in the top five. But in anycase, we were all so proud of her! Especially her husband :-)

Her cheering squads:

We all look albino compared to her required tan. She's our own little aborigine!!

For any of you women whose self-esteem just took a nose dive - a little eye candy for you. I've got ya covered. Ladies.

Get the Party Started!

So after Amber's competition, I had to head straight to a Halloween party with my Bunco friends. They played Bunco while I was gone, which i was really bummed to miss, and then the party was afterwards. I stopped by my house to change real fast and fix my make-up (i had to go to the competition with my faux-hawk and silver eyes already done...i got a lot of looks). I don't have any pictures of myself with this party, but these are my friends' awesome costumes:

Keith was Lieutenant Dangel from Reno 911! That's a real officers uniform and the uniform store altered it for him! Hilarious!

Randy is the Fortune-Teller - she even had a crystal ball and tarrot cards. She is here with her girlfriend Laura, who is a Dominatrix and that's why.....

...this picture is so awesome!!


I didn't get pictures with my good friends Rachelle and Monica cuz i'm retarded but they were also equally as hot. And there you go.

i got home around 2 in the morning, showered and i was out by 3. I was so bloody tired from a week of late nights and I was so looking forward to sleeping in Sunday. My plans were kinda of ruined when two hours later, Paul calls me.

"Hey whatcha doin'?"

"Um prolly sleepin', babe. I mean it's only...hey, what time is it anyway?"

"Five."

"What the hell? What's wrong? What are you doing?"

"Oh I'm walking up the driveway."

"Uhhhh, what? You're home?"

"Yeah I'm putting the key in the door as we speak."

I stumble out of bed feeling like i may as well have been anyone of my friends that had been drinking that night and met my husband at the door. He had come home early to surprise me. I guess its a good thing he didn't just let himself in and crawl into bed. I prolly woulda freaked a wee bit. Or a lot.

So that wonderful sleep i was looking forward to disappeared. We...snuggled...for awhile and then i couldn't sleep for the life of me. Five hours later i had to drag my ars outta bed and go tend some kiddies while they practised for the Primary Program...something that's not too fun to do when you running on three-ish hours of sleep.

The Big 3-0!

Amber's birthday is actually October 3rd. However, since she wouldn't have been able to eat anything fun and interesting for her birthday party we postponed it to Sunday the 12th, the day after her competition. See her enjoying a big old plate of homemade Cafe Rio style salad?? She hasn't eaten anything that big in six months!!

She requested ice cream cake made with Dreyer's Butterfinger LOADED Ice Cream. Holy hell that is my favorite ice cream in the world - and since I made the cake I snuck a lot of it during the process. Here she is with her two boys:

And one more with her husband in the mix:

Morgan and his girlfriend, Sam (yes, he is meaning to look like a retard):

Amanda, Bronsynn and Kenney:

It was fun times all around. For anyone who doesn't know - one sibling is missing because he is on a mission in Seattle, Washington. It feels weird without him. I can't wait till he comes back!

More Twilight News that I Can't Believe I am Writing About.

I think the new trailer for Twilight SUCKS! Aaarggh. I thought it looked a whole lot less likely to bomb with the first trailer when they showed you less acting and more action. With this new trailer you see more acting and well...they look like a bunch of retards that just landed their first acting gig. It's not so much Robert Pattinson as it is Kristen Stewart and the cheesefactory lines she's given and doesn't pull off. And I don't so much like the directing. If you want to watch said trailer here you go. So my low expectations have been lowered even more therefore I have no expectations of this movie. But I am still gonna go see it so, Lou - we still have a date!! (and anyone else is invited as well). Oh and they have a new poster out - which is also not preferred compared to the first.

New One:

Old and Better One:

I still love the way he looks in this picture. I can't help but swoon!!

My Manly Men

Paul and I bought Iron Man this past weekend and watched it before he left. Bacardi is a huge snuggler - when you lie down, he will lie down right next to you if not on top of you. So it was just so cute when he stretched out on Paul and I couldn't help but grab my camera and snap away at these two. I wuv them!!

This is Bacardi sleeping on his own:

He is such a dork.

Bum-Cracks.

I stopped by my sister's house yesterday after work for a few things and I just love being able to play with these two little dudes. They are so much fun. Aiden doesn't like to have his picture taken anymore so I thought it would be funny to catch him off his guard....which is this picture. He wasn't too happy with me.
So then he ducks behind the couch and hides so I take a picture anyway and I started teasing him that I have a picture of his bumcrack. So both of the boys go "i wanna see. i wanna see." They just thought it was the funniest thing and laughed and laughed and then suddenly Aiden wasn't so camera shy...as long as i was taking pictures of his bum!! He's is such a cute kid...for reallsies.
This little guy, however, loves to have his picture taken. You just tell him to say "Cheese" and he'll take his binkie out and start "Cheese-ing" away. So cute. He has stiches on his forehead because he fell at his other grandma's last weekend. He would be a perfect Frankenstein for halloween this year!

Fun Family Functions

Sunday after the first session of G.C., Paul and I went over to Amanda's new pad and hung out there with some of the fam. We had a grand ol' time listening to music, cooking up some Greek salad, playing on laptops and doing hair.

Now, my mom and Bronsynn did most of the cooking and I did most of the surfing. And Amanda of course was the one doing the hair. Kenney and Paul watched some sports and Kenney played some fantasy football and Amber had her extensions done for her upcoming show this Saturday.
This is my wasted attempt to get a nice photo of my mom and sisters. My mom has a problem with ALWAYS blinking in the photograph!! See below:
So theeeeeeen, we try it again. I count slowly to three and have my mom blink numerous times so that she may keep her friggin' eyes open during the bloody picture!!!!!
And then Amanda blinks.

I give up.

Once Upon a Time...

Awwwww!! Isn't he just the cutest?? (Answer: yes.) My hubby has left me alone for the week to travel down south for a little bit of golf and a lot of work. So he goes out Monday night and buys me roses....so thoughtful. It was supposed to go like this: Maghann wakes up Tuesday morning all alone and gets ready for work. Maghann goes out to her car to leave and is surprised by the beautiful and simple roses that wonderful and thoughtful Paul left for her. It actually went like this: Paul and Maghann are in the garage lifting Monday night and after that Paul decides to change the wiper blades that were just purchased for Maghann's car. So Maghann helps since she was already outside when he started. And Paul gets done and Maghann wants to test them out to make sure one doesn't go flying off :-) and Paul puts up a small protest. Maghann thinks 'oh I don't need to test them'...and then she does anyway. Maghann opens up the car door and sees them and immediately feels like a douchebag but also loves Paul so much for thinking of her. The End.

Confession #2: I FREAKING LOVE HALLOWEEN

So...I LOVE Halloween. LOVE IT!! I love decorating for it and dressing up and going to parties where everything is decorated and people are dressed up!! I can't wait to add even more awesomely 'scary' decorations to my collection, this year. I am aiming for a full on graveyard complete with fog and detached bodies {enter evil laugh here}. And speaking of decorations...here are a few I've made. They aren't scary but more cutesy which I do allow in minimal amounts.

This is my pumpkin - no carving needed. I like it a lot and it was the easiest thing ever.

And these are my little pumpkin spiders. They were kind of fun to make. They get the honor of being by my new skeletons. The skeletons are so farkin' cute because they are doing the "Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Speak No Eveil" thing. They make me smile.

I plan on posting more about my Halloween decorations because, as stated, it's my favorite time of year. So check back - DO IT OR DIE!!

This is What Happens When...

...you get a call at work from your mother and she is in the parking lot of Wal-Mart with your niece and they are locked out of her truck. I go to the house and get her spare key, drive to Wal-mart and pull up to find this:

They were just chillin' in the bed of her truck and laughing at something so hard and the whole scene had me laughing. I grabbed my camera and turned it on so that when I came around the corner I could just snap away. They saw me camera ready and started laughing even harder.

It was really comical actually. Apparently my mother is really funny. She and Bronsynn would go out and do stuff quite often during the summer and this is pretty much what you would find at any given time...just the truck thing was a one time occurence.