I need new jeans. I love to wear jeans, I think they can be comfortable and I don't feel dressed if I hang out in sweats or pajama pants for the day. Since I stay home, I don't get into nicer slacks and whatever. Anyway, I HATE shopping for jeans. I don't think there is much that is worse for your sense of self than this. There are so many
stinkin cuts and styles, ever brand sizes different. How to know which cut looks best on you, which size. Then who wants to spend $100 on a pair of pants. I don't. I just want to feel like I look cute. And how many real people look like this???
Seriously. Mike's been laughing at me because I've spent so much time trying on dumb jeans and bringing them home and taking them back. I'm sick of buying them, then a day later they stretch out to much, shrink to much in the wash, gap in the back, or slide under my belly when I sit down.
AHHHH.
This fall we've had a few projects we've been working on. Mike took some days off and we got quite a bit done. We generally have a lot of neighborhood kids here (my neighbor says we are the kool-aid house) and one thing I hate is when 15 dirty kids come in the house for a drink. Since we needed to replace the hose bib in our garden anyway, my sweet husband also spent a day putting in this drinking fountain. 
I still need to paint it, but I hope it will be great. We also had this shed built and spent a day painting it, plus building some shelves and transferring a lot of stuff from the garage to the shed. I think we'll love this. 
Last week our ward had their annual Halloween carnival. Connor and the deacons were in charge of the spook alley. He was so excited. He got to be a mummy in a coffin that sat up to scare people. The kids all dressed up that night, but Chase is the only one I got a picture of. I'll get the rest on Halloween. I don't think Chase will wear this whole get-up again on Halloween, because it was hard for him to walk.
It' s supposed to be Frank carrying the mad scientist. The girls had crazy hair day at school last Friday. This is what they chose. 
We also went on our annual trip to the Pumpkin Walk. It's always entertaining. The theme this year was something about commercials from the past. Here's each of the kids with one of their favorites. Chase liked this Band-aid one because of the bare bum. 
Katie liked the California raisins.
This is Kenna with part of Where the Wild Things Are. 
Connor with the Fruit-of the Loom guys. Not really his favorite, but I needed a picture of him and we thought this was funny. 
This garden one was my favorite, because it was so creative.
We went with our neighbors, the 
The highlight for the boys was seeing the mama elephant go to the bathroom. Honestly, who knew how much water could leave an elephant? 
