HALLOWEEN 2018

We were all SO SO SO excited to be in our new house just before Halloween! We had a neighborhood trick or treat party the day before Halloween. Our subdivision is really just one U shaped road, so the kids went around the U to each house meeting everyone, drinking hot chocolate and trick or treating. The neighbors across the street had a stereo blasting and neon lights flashing. The kids stayed out an extra hour dancing in the street ... and it was COLD!!! haha. AND raining on and off! Lol. On Halloween we went to the ward Trunk or Treat and then met Tyler and Maddie at Pizza Hut to keep tradition. Grandma and Papa couldn't be there but they had Godfather's (better tradition) in their hotel room in Salt Lake. haha.

CRAZY HAIR DAY

 Jay had crazy hair day at school. He was nervous about going to school like that. He was worried he would be the only one! 

TABLE AND CHAIRS

Ty picked up our new table and chairs (and new couches) right before Lily's party! So we spent the evening putting them together. The table went up in 5 minutes... the chairs on the other hand...they were a nightmare. Haha. We each worked on one and got everything but the tops on before realizing they were both put together wrong and basically had to take them completely apart again (twice before we were done ...oy). I don't know if manufacturer's just think we can't read anymore or what but instructions with JUST pictures (lacking detail no less) is not an effective way to put furniture together. Ugh. 
After screwing in the bolts all night, my fingers and hands were so sore! But we managed to get them put together!

LILY'S BIRTHDAY

Lily turned 8 years old! She is still my little Punky Brewster and I love her for it! She has her own style and is comfortable with it. She can be so sweet and is always the first to compliment strangers on even the littlest of things. She LOVES make up. She puts on her play makeup to go to school if I don't catch her first. I'm going to be in trouble in a couple of years. She's going to be putting on makeup in the bathroom at school so I don't know about it! Haha. 

We were supposed to close on our house on her birthday this year so we didn't plan a birthday party until the next week which really just means she got to celebrate for a week. Haha. She wanted to get her ears pierced for her birthday, so after work we met Dad at a tattoo parlor to get them pierced. It was a bit of an uncomfortable environment but the guy was super friendly and she felt at ease with him. He took his time and even measured to make sure the piercings were exactly the same in each ear. Lily didn't even flinch when he pierced them. It seemed less traumatic than Claire's and his instructions were literally the opposite of what Claire's instructions are. Haha. After that, we met Grandma and Grandpa Cook at PPC for birthday dinner! 

A week later we took her and a couple of her friends to see a movie she'd been begging to see 6 months before it came out "The House With A Clock on It's Wall." It had a couple of scary parts but the kids all loved it! 

I can't believe this little girl is 8!!! Time is going too fast! 

THE NEW HOUSE

We closed on our new house on October 24th!!! We owe a huge THANK YOU to my parents for letting us invade their house for 3 months, and Ty's parents for letting us crash with them for a couple of weeks as we waited for last minute things on the house before we could finally close.

And another huge THANK YOU to all the wonderful family and friends who took time out of their Friday and Saturday to come to help us load and unload the Uhaul. I can't even express how much we genuinely appreciate all the help we had through this entire process! We are so happy to be home again!!!!!