October 2009 In a NUTSHELL!!!!!!!

Will, Ollie, n Vaughn gettin ready to hunt!

Will's 1st Whitetail deer!

The fish...he cauht one on a pole and one with his hands

Me n will at the Lake Orion v. Adams Football Game. Our ward had a tailgate party before the game because some of the kids in our ward go to Lake Orion High and Some go to Rochester Adams, so when they play each other its a huge rivalry. We had great food and an awesome time with all our friends. We sure do love our ward. And LO won the football game....Go Dragons!!

LO Football Field....their marching band was awesome!!

Me n Ash n Brandt at the University of Michigan(notice all the blue and yellow) v. Delaware State Game at the Big House in Ann Arbor.....AWESOME!!!! That was the biggest, cleanest and had the best food ever!!!!!!!!!!I can't wait to go see another game.

Ashley and Brandt Malone(That's right!!)

U of M Football Field

Me N Willy...GO WOLVERINES!!!!

I ran in a relay marathon with some of our really good friends. I was the fourth leg of the relay and only had to do a couple miles. I got to run around Belle Isle which was sooo pretty and I had a blast. The relay started in downtown Detroit and went around the City and ended back in the Downtown Area. There were thousands and thousands of people. It was sooo crazy but I am so glad I did it. Will was able to go to the checkpoint with me and we hung out for a couple hours waiting for the other runners to tag me so I could run. When we finished running they gave out goodie bags full of healthy treats and had a party. Normally I am a chicken and get super scared being in Downtown Detroit but not that day...I felt soooo safe and everyone had sooo much fun. Thanks to Ollie and Julia for gettin me involved!!

Me runnin at the starting line...P.S. it was only 29 degrees!!!!!

Me, Julia, n Ollie after my run.

Me n Willy(my best supporter)!!!!

Me n Paws(Detroit Tigers Mascot)

The Crew!!!

The Crew standing in front of the map of the whole route.

So we made it a point to get some good ol' Sagebrush Cafe food one day for FHE. So this is officially the biggest burrito and taco salad we've ever eaten and they are Delicious!!!! YUMMY!! Anyone who comes and visits us....u will get some yummy Mexican food.

And of course...I had to make sugar cookies for Halloween. I made about 5 batches of cookies...I was icing cookies for hours and hours and hours but it was worth it. I also found a new icing recipe that uses whipping cream and its super yummy!

More icing

Will's Tall Boy(Monster Energy Drink) Pumpkin

Our Pumpkins....The "S" pumpkin is for Flat Stanley(he is a friend of Nixan's that she sent to us to stay with us for a couple weeks so we thought we had better include him in the pumpkin carving!!)



October is such an awesome month. We both love the leaves changing colors and the weather cooling off a bit. I also love love love Halloween. This month seemed to fly by but we sure did make lots of fun memories and had so much fun w/ great friends.