Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Everyone! We had a wonderful Halloween at grandma and grandpa's house. Wayne also had a great time. I love him so much, he is a just like a little kid. He makes every holiday such a good one. Shea sure does love him! Grandma Zollinger and Aunt Brooke were able to go with us. Shea definetly wasn't affraid of anything. She asked a couple people for more candy, and when they would let her pick her own she would grap two handfulls. After just one house Shea was satisfied! And after 10 houses she was tired. We knew it was time to go home when she just laid down in the grass and wouldn't get up. Luckly we were just across the street from my parents house. Well, I hope everyone had a great Halloween.

Goodbye Summer

Well, now that summer has come and gone. I wanted to share all the fun things we did! We were able to go camping a couple of times, so that Wayne could be a kid again! FYI: Shea loves the outdoors. The other day Wayne took her in the mountains to cut fire wood for the winter. She had a BLAST. They were up there from 9am to about 5pm, and she didn't through a fit once. I couldn't believe it!

We went to Yellowstone Bear World and were able to see some bears. Even though they weren't in the wild, it still counts. Besides, a guy was mald by a bear 6 miles from where I work. I am totally fine with the domesticated ones! Ha Ha.

No matter what we did, the most important thing is that we had FUN!

Spider Cupcakes

Makes 24 cupcakes

1 bag SNICKERS or MILKY WAY,

unwrapped and chopped

1 bag M&M's and M&M's Peanut Butter

1 18 oz box devil's food cake mix

1 16 oz container dark chocolate frosting

1 10.5 oz can chocolate sprinkles

24 large marshmellows

48 red licorice laces

2 12 cup regular-size cupcake pans

24 paper cupcake liners

Resealable plastic bag

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line the cupcake pans with the paper cupcake liners.

2. Prepare the cake mix according to the package instructions.

3. Fold the chopped SNICKERS or MILKY WAY into the batter before filling the cupcake liners.

4. Bake for 18 to 21 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in centers is clean when removed.

Remove from oven and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

5. Place 2 tablespoons of the chocolate frosting in a redealable plastic bag and snip off a small

corner of the bag. Set aside.

6. Spread the cupcake tops with the remaining frosting. Then cover the tops with the chocolate

sprinkles.

7. Cut the marshmellows in half crosswise. Using the reserved frosting, attach two marshmellow pieces to each cupcake as eyes. Dot the center of each marshmellow piece with frosting, and attach M&M's. Then attach M&M's Peanut Butter for the mouths.

8. Cut each licorice lace into four equal pieces. Using a toothpick, press four holes into two sides of each cupcake. Insert a licorice piece into each hole for spiders' legs, eight pieces per cupcake.

I saw this in a magazine, and tried it. Believe me! IF I can do it, then anyone can. I suggest using MILKY WAY instead of SNICKERS. The peanuts from the SNICKERS taste funny. Well, that is what I thought. Wayne and my co-workers all said they like it. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

A Vacation At Last

We just got back from a long over due vacation. We went to Northern California to visit Wayne's family. We spent most of our time in Fort Bragg, which is on the coast. It was so beautiful and relaxing (for me anyway)! I will say one thing. The road to the coast is a very windy one. My little Shea couldn't handle it. She threw up all over Cyndi's van. We quickly turned off at to the first place we came to. Unfortunately it was a Gypsy campground, and was very uncomfortable. We cleaned up Shea and the van and drove off as fast as we could. But that's a whole other story. HA HA!

Wayne and I absolutely love the Redwoods. So his family was kind enough to take another route home through the REDWOODS. It was awesome! The trip went by very quickly. But Shea was ready to get home. By the time we got off the airplane in Salt Lake City. Wayne had a bloody cheek and I had a bloody nose. And we didn't give them to each other, if you know what I mean!