Weekend of Visitors

We had a busy weekend filled with visitors. Sam and I both knew Celeste at BYU-Idaho. I worked with Celeste at Jacob Lake Inn and Celeste and Sam had a math class together. Recently, I ran into Celeste on Facebook and found out she lives not too far from us with her husband, Jason and their two kids, Kaylee (5) and Caleb (7 months). They had plans to come to our town for the day and it was fun having them come visit us for a bit. Brian and Kaylee got along really well. They played outside and watched the movie, "Bolt" with Tyler. We can't wait for their next visit.

Aunt Amy arrived early that afternoon. After lunch, Amy and I wandered around some nice stores on Main Street. I made Zuppa Toscana Soup for the first time and it turned out good. After dinner, we threw on our winter coats and went to our town's annual Pumpkin Walk. Each scene that is set up is filled with painted pumpkins. This year's theme was commercials.

Mario Brothers, L'eggo my Eggo, McDonald's, Where the Wild Things Are, Star Wars

Michael Jackson, Keebler Factory, Geico (with the Caveman), Fruit of the Loom

Green Giant's crops

Look at those corn kernels made out of pumpkins. Brian loved the cartoon head cut outs.

Doesn't Sam make a handsome Harry Potter? Tyler snuggled with Aunt Amy for a bit before heading off for bed. We watched "Confessions of a Shopaholic." It was a cute movie.Grandma Hallstrom is in our Stake. She saved us some cushioned seats in the chapel for Stake Conference. The broadcast was very good and I left feeling uplifted. We all came back to my place for lunch. We had soup, a pumpkin roll, and ice cream (an early 30th birthday celebration for Amy). Grandma, Amy, and I went to the river walk to walk around. The leaves were so pretty that day. It was fun for just the girls to hang out.