~Last month was filled with celebrations. First of which was the baptism of my brother-in-law Scott on the 22nd. It was awesome! I couldn't be more proud of him and happy for both Molly and Scott. Andy's sisters, Molly and Amanda gave beautiful talks and Anna sang beautifully. After which we all headed out to the Kern River where Scott was baptized by my father-in-law. I had never been to a baptism outside of a baptismal font before so it was a seriously neat experience and you could definitely feel the spirit. One thing I'll never forget about that day is the conversation Andy and I had in the car on the way to the church. I asked him if he knew where it was taking place and he very smartly answered, "at the stake center of course. Where else would they do it, in the river?" Yeah, how surprised was I when we got there and I was handed a map to the baptism place AT THE RIVER. I don' really know why it surprised me because if you've ever met Scott it's exactly the kind of thing he would do. Scott is the sweetest most nicest person you'll ever meet and I am so proud of his decision to be baptized.
~That same day was Andy's Grandma Bailey's 80th birthday. Tons of family came from all over to celebrate her and the amazing person that she is. There was a surprise birthday party like nothing I had ever seen held in her honor. Various people gave tributes and musical performances and Andy prepared a really neat documentary.
~The very next day, November 23rd we got to celebrate the arrival of my new little cousin, Sarah Jean Bunting. She's my cousin's first baby so we're super excited for them. I had the privilege of holding baby Sarah for a few minutes and she is the sweetest most perfect little baby. Congratulations Lindsey and David!
~With November also came me favorite season; Autumn. It's by far the prettiest time of year. The trees all turn the most beautiful colors and fall to the ground and the weather is absolutely perfect. One day I took the kids outside and made the biggest leaf pile of all time. The kids had a ton of fun playing in the pile and throwing the leaves around. I even decided to make an art project out of it and we glued the pretty red, orange, and yellow fall leaves to paper to make a fall collage.
~Lastly we celebrated Thanksgiving here at Andy's parents home. The food was great and it was nice getting to visit with the family.
December has been going great so far. I can't wait until Christmas this year. I'll try and update every now and again.
Halloween this year was, in a word... survivable! Let's just say I was a bit of an overachiever that day but all in all we did good. I learned a few 
I heard about it last year but wasn't able to go for whatever reason so this year I totally jumped at the chance to take the kids. Andy was totally sweet and stopped by the theater early to get us tickets. I got the kids all ready and in their costumes and we headed out. Little did I know that in fact it wasn't the Pooh movie but instead it was "
Yeah... let's just say I learned my lesson. We didn't even get a chance to sit down before the movie got scary. I had the kids sit down anyway... dumb. And I kept my eye on Evelyn to see how she would take it. Minutes later that well known scary music rings up and I put my arm around her to make sure she's alright and she's shaking, not kidding. Then on the screen out creeps this scary hand shadow and grabs the kid and Evelyn jumped so bad. I looked down at her and she looked like she was almost in tears. I asked her if she wanted to stay and watch or go home and she very quietly told me "I wanna go home". It was so sad. She totally gets it from me. I hate scary movies! 
Every once in a blue moon (usually Halloween) Andy can talk me into watching one but I almost always regret it for weeks after. Poor Evelyn, she wouldn't sleep in her bed that night, probably afraid some giant hand would reach up and grab her, and it took several nights and some serious talking to convince her there were no monsters. Anyway, luckily we were sitting in the far back, close to the door, so 10 minutes into the movie we snuck out and went shopping for Halloween bargains. Which brings me to my next lesson learned; 
Yeah, so after spending hours and dragging the kids into 6 different store I didn't find anything. Most of the stores didn't have anything and what few did have stuff it was stuff that was still on the shelf for a reason AND usually it was only like 30% off. RIP OFF! So anyway, no luck. 
let's just say procrastination got the best of us. Andy got off work later than expected and we planned to meet up at the Banducci Farms Pumpkin Patch and that's when I learned lesson #3; 
