miss ellie

Last week I went to BYU for recruiting (love my job!) just in time for my niece's birthday party. I had to put up some pics of the kids (sorry for the blurry ones), they are just too cute. I did fail to get pictures of all 9 adults and 5 kids doing the hokey pokey, playing pin the tail on the donkey, and competing in the limbo. Next time :)

ellie

blakey

katey

our halloween

Our halloween was pretty low key this year. On Saturday we made tons of cornbread and helped decorate the "spook alley" for the ward party. Peter & Wendy made an appearance at the party, and the little primary kids loved it. Monday night was spent eating TJ's pumpkin bread (delish) and watching Casper & Hocus Pocus on television (ABC family knows how to celebrate!). It turned out to be a fantastic holiday; now I just need to make a trip to Target to buy some discount halloween candy...

Peter & Wendy

off the grid

Last weekend we went to 'off the grid' with some of our friends. It's basically a food truck extravaganza. It was awesome. We had yummy fish tacos, garlic noodles, creme brûlée, pork sandwiches, and cupcakes of course. This may become a new friday night ritual.

pumpkin spice, salted caramel, red velvet

off the grid crowd

garlic noodles

fish taco

sam, reagan, katie, jon, mike

pumpkin patch

Fall is my favorite time of year - changing leaves, perfect weather, football games, and of course halloween. We discovered a cute pumpkin patch in the city near golden gate park. Last Saturday we spent the day picking out a pumpkin, and hanging out at the beach. It was a perfect day.

blue angels

The blue angels come to San Francisco for Fleet Week each year, and put on an awesome air show over the bay. It was a gorgeous day, so we rode our bikes down to the wharf to watch the show. It's so much fun watching them fly over the golden gate bridge, and weave through the sailboats. I'm definitely my father's daughter when it comes to my love for the blue angels.

Beautiful day on the wharf

Blue angels!

Me & my man