You know it! Halloween pics!

It took me awhile to get these all uploaded. First we went up to the mountains a week before Halloween. I have a few witches, a lion and a pirate! Oh wait, Keilani was a devil angel! SCARY!

So, here you go!

Who's that tiger, picking up a pumpkin?


Why, it's Zane! ROARRRRRR!


And what do pirates say?


ARRGGGHHHH! Yeah, my boys are made of many words!


Then there's the Sparkle Witch!


She's gonna take a ride!


Natasha's not just a vampire!


She's a "Renaissance vampire, which translates into, "I HAVE to have THIS costume from Partyland!"


Then there's my Devil Angel!


The name is quite appropriate for this moody 12 year old girl!


I'm not done yet, we still haven't hit Halloween yet! So, my sister and her kids came up to our neighbhorhood, the kids had fun trick or treating while the moms made a deluxe dinner of macaroni and cheese with Polish sausage! I had some nice hot apple cider going too, but I'm the only one that liked it!



Zane decided to come back early. I think he had more fun passing out the Halloween candy than out in the rain trying to get some!


Then, the day before Grandma and Grandpa came with these huge pumpkins for us to carve. It pays to wait, they were only $1 each, what a deal!



And last but not least, my favorite Halloween decorations in my house!

Day 2: No Cable-Not so Good!

Today I was just feeling lonely, and I wondered why...Was I just not getting out enough? See, Ken takes my car 12 hours a day, so I have no transportation. It didn't take until this evening when I turned the tv on to see what was on, that what I missed were the shows I liked to watch. During the day when I needed a break, I used to just click on the TV and watch a show off my DVR. That was my connection to the world around me. Now that's gone. I'll need to build new connections.

I also didn't realize that channels 2,4, and 5 don't come in very well with our bunny ears on the tv. Now I remember why we got cable in the first place. We couldn't stand the static on the tv. Ok, I will survive this. My husband better take me out on dates more often now! It's not a good thing when I'm looking forward to him being gone on his trip next week, because then I'll have a car.

He called today and asked me what was happening? I said, "Nothing" He said, "Then what's wrong? I said, "That's exactly what's wrong, Nothing's happening!" Well it's time for me to step out of my box and make something happen. Just what exactly.. that is the question?

Goodbye cable, Goodbye DVR!

Today the Applegates said goodbye to cable!

I'm not going to miss the cable really, but I sure will miss the DVR! I thought it would be hard to have to watch tv according to what's actually on at the moment, but actually, I am finding that the shows aren't as tempting to watch without that handy dandy DVR remote to skip through the commercials, and the recording capability that allows you to watch tv WHENEVER you want. I'm not even tempted to turn the tv on tonight to watch House. And Dancing with the Stars doesn't have the same appeal if I can't fast forward through the 50 minutes of talking and replays they do all night.

What I'll miss:

1. House Hunters International and Myles of Style
2. Thomas the Train for the boys
3. Skipping through commercials
4. Being able to record a show and watch it later
5. Cable edited Rated R movies (I never would have watched The Patriot, The Last Samurai, etc. if I didn't have that edited option)

What I won't miss:

1. Spending money on cable
2. Disney Channel
3. Feeling like I "have" to get caught up on the shows in my DVR, just so I can erase them.
4. Ken watching CSI shows.
5. The noise in the house.

Hey, maybe I'll have more time to blog, or to read, or to keep up with the household chores, maybe I will bake more, cook more, and just maybe we'll have the spirit more in our house with the added peace and quiet. Maybe we'll play more games as a family, go out more as a family, instead of using the tv for entertainment. And hey, I can always watch or record my favorite shows like Survivor anyways. It will be a pain, but we'll survive, life could be worse!

Crazy 8's tag

The Applegates!

Because I'm procrastinating cleaning my room (yes, even adults do that too, lol!) I'll play this little tag game Christi did! Then I'll go clean!!!

Crazy 8s

8 Favorite TV Shows:

1. Survivor
2. Lost
3. Heroes
4. Amazing Race
5. House Hunters International
6. So you Think you can Dance
7. American Idol
8. Medium

8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. Nicolitalia's Pizzeria in Provo
2. Cafe Rio
3. Asian Buffet in American Fork (or at least their walnut shrimp and fried donuts)
4. Red Robin
5. Any Thai Restaurant
6. Smokehouse BBQ (at least their BBQ sauce)
7. Tucano's
8. Fast food junk that's not good for you!

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:

1. Slept in
2. Leftovers for lunch
3. Watched Dancing with the Stars on my DVR
4. Didn't do very much cleaning, therefore today has been ALL about cleaning!
5. Kids went to school, boys stayed home.
6. Worked from 3-8 with no break.
7. Technical difficulties while working
8. As a result, Ken brought home pizza for dinner

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:

1. Book club group tomorrow, it's at my house this time!
2. Ken's work in the health industry to pick up next month
3. Kalels bday next month
4. Tasha's bday and Christmas in December
5. Thanksgiving with my sister Anita in town
6. Vivian's baptism the day after Halloween
7. Having the energy to read a book at night without falling asleep after a few pages
8. The day I decide to go to the gym and actually keep going

8 Things I Love About Fall:

1. Crunchy leaves
2. Red leaves
3. Halloween
4. Apples
5. Pumpkins
6. Back to School
7. Memories
8. Crisp air and sunshine together

8 Things on my Wishlist:

1. New couches
2. Passports
3. For Santa to get a Nintendo Wii for the kids
4. A maid (hey, you said it was a wish, didn't say it had to happen)
5. Ken to find the perfect job
6. To go to NYC with Ken
7. To go on a cruise
8. Money to travel around the world

8 People I Tag:

Nancy, Marie my SIL, Kara, Melissa, Keera, Shyla, Jessica, Adhis, HA!

Whew, that was harder to do than I thought it would be, I even had to take a break and go clean!

Our week in Connecticut....

The boys and I just spent a week in Connecticut visiting my brother and his family. I'm so glad I went, I needed the break! The area is so beautiful it was hard to come back to Utah. There were trees EVERYWHERE! And squirrels too! They lived about 5 minutes to the beach and every day we either went to the beach or to the park. I also did a lot of reading. That's my kind of vacation!

First, the airplane ride. The trip on the way was a lot easier than the return. Although, on the return we had those EVEN MORE LEG ROOM SEATS, and that made it alot easier not having to worry about the boys bumping the people in front of them!



Then, here's some of my favorite beach pics!








And my mom came up with this idea, love the pics!