thanksgiving weekend

i know you wanted to stare at paul's mustache blog post forever, but here's some pictures of thanksgiving weekend in albuquerque with paul's sister, kenna, and her family.

getting ready to dig in. it was so good!

our gracious hosts: gabe, kenna and maddie (plus baby brother on the way).

pretty princess penny in her pearls, waiting for the turkey to be done.

gramma debbie with maddie and penny. (this is the best picture we could get of those two...)

it was so nice to have a break from the routine and relax for a few days. we ate good food, hung out with family, and saw harry potter (which i LOVED). pretty nice.

just to prove he could.

(the answer to "so WHY did paul grow a creepy mustache??")

(yes, i know what you're thinking. the beauty of this warhol-esque montage is too much to handle.)

it gets better, friends. these two chuckleheads decided to DYE THEIR MUSTACHES to make them darker and "more awesome."

they have a special bromance.

just kidding, you're VERY masculine.

(don't worry, it's gone now...and so is paul's happiness.)

yo gabba live!

it was so much fun! penny was in a happy trance the whole time. she couldn't take her eyes off the stage and was smiling like a fool. the show was great, they did all the best songs (i loved the people dressed up as food sliding down a plastic slide into brobee's "tummy").

we met our friend ruth there and she was so nice and gave us after party passes, and we got to take the picture above with all the characters! penny could not stop whipping her head around to stare at all of them, we almost couldn't get a picture of her looking at the camera. she even gave muno a high five when he put his hand up, it was so cute. thanks ruth!

it was definitely a good show. penny loved it. click here to get tickets!

the ol' two-six

we had a fun little party on saturday. we went laser tagging with our friends nate and claire while paul's parents watched penny and norah. i hadn't been laser tagging since high school, it was so fun! i'm pretty sure we were the oldest "kids" there...those 12-year olds were quick!

then we had some ice cream cake and paul got me these shoes that i've been wanting for a while. and he made me lunch AND dinner on sunday, my actual birthday. pretty nice. yay for 26!

toga baby!

(little cheeseball)

it took me forever to figure out what to make for penny's costume. first, she was gonna be a strawberry (too expensive for how i wanted to do it), then she was gonna be a superhero (too time consuming to make all the accessories), and so the day before halloween i threw this little number together and i actually really love it.

it was so easy since i already had like 80% of her costume: the shoulder broach is a vintage piece i got at a thrift store forever ago (isn't the cameo perfect??), the gold ribbon, leaves and gold glitter paint were in my craft supplies, and the gold sandels were from last summer. i did have to buy some white fabric and gold rope but since that was only $3 total, i think we'll be okay.

we went trick or treating with penny's cousin, max, and penny loved it. she was super shy about saying "trick or treat!" but definitely not shy about grabbing a fistful of candy out of the bowl. since it was raining we only made it to like 5 houses. that's fine by me, but we'll try to do better next year. hope you all had a fun halloween!

jellabee giveaway!

hey folks!

just wanted to make you all aware that i'm doing a little giveaway on my other blog for a $15 certificate to my jellabee shop because...i reached 1,000 sales on etsy. gah! so exciting!

i don't know if you've noticed...i don't have two etsy shops anymore. i combined them into one shop just to make everything easier.

anyways, go here to enter the giveaway. just leave a comment sometime before thursday november 4th at midnight. i would love to send some free stuff to a friend!

zion's park

this weekend we went with paul's parents to their condo in st. george. nate and claire and norah came, too and it was so fun! we got to visit zion's national park, i love that place. it's always so gorgeous no matter what time of year, but fall is my favorite time to go. here's some pics of a little hike we went on in the park.

penny was very happy once we set her up in her fancy carrier.

a pretty waterfall...i love the red rock throughout the park.

little girl getting kinda tired on the way back down.

it really was so beautiful in the park. it was a bit drizzly so the air smelled all clean and fresh, that's my favorite kind of weather. i was surprised at how much greenery there was for how late it is in october.

it was claire's birthday on saturday so debbie and glade watched the babies while us four went and saw thriller, a utah-based show of halloween dance numbers. it was at this really cool outdoor amphitheatre called tuacahn so we bundled up and brought some blankets and i really liked the show. the dancers were so talented! hooray for a fun weekend.