Zion's Canyon and More

I got my Taste of Home magazine for October and it had the CUTEST Halloween cupcakes.  I had to try making them.  So I got the stuff and called my friend Kelsey to come over and help.  It took 2 days to get them all done, but we had so much fun!  We took them to a couple different families in our ward, one that just welcomed a new baby and another that we both have babysat for in the past.

These are called Green Eyed Monster.  They have a marshmallow stuck on top, then green frosting put in spikes all around and a Junior Mint for the eyeball.

Kelsey is the cutest, modeling her favorite of the 4 designs (we never did make my favorite, we ran out of time and didn't get around to making the purple frosting. It's called the Purple People Eater.)

Believe it or not, these have chow mein noodles stuck in, then were dipped in melted orange frosting.  Two wheat sticks have mini marshmallows on top with brown M&Ms for eyeballs and chocolate for the lashes.

You can get this recipe free online here.

Jim had to go back to Kemmerer, WY on the 16th, so I headed to St. George alone with the girls.  We had this trip planned for a while, we wanted to go to Zion's Canyon and do some hiking, but Jim was supposed to come with us :(  Still, it was a lot of fun.  Michelle is talking more and more and loved the time with Grandpa and Grandma Moore, Aunt Madison and Uncle Travis (Thanks Travy Bear for substituting for Jim and carrying Michelle on the hikes!).  Lena just LOVED Grandpa.  Any time he spoke he had her undivided attention. We all enjoyed hiking and Micki kept us entertained, as usual.

Resting at a visitor's center after our first hike.

Just one of the beautiful views at Zion's.

Michelle tried mimicking everyone . . . here Grandma is walking backward with the video camera so Michelle decides to try it too!

Lena LOVED playing with Grandpa! (Michelle was creating mud).

Tuesday everyone was at school except my Dad, so we got to spend some quality time with him.  We went to an awesome park where Michelle was boss and Grandpa mostly did as told!

Lena had fun at the park too!

Michelle REALLY wanted to go down the BIG slide, but Grandpa was pretty nervous with her up so high.  I think they both felt better when they came back down the stairs a bit.

I love this picture, I just wish I could figure out how to zoom the camera on my phone!

We left St. George and stopped in Riverside/Tremonton to visit Grandpa and Grandma Thompson. We have to thank Grandpa for some of the BEST homemade salsa any of us ever tasted!  We were going to go on the pumpkin walk in Logan with Grandma's school class on Friday morning, but the girls (and me) slept until 9:30!  We missed the walk, but my mom reported it was AWESOME if any of you are near Logan you should check it out.  We headed home Friday afternoon and Jim came back home too! When we came home there were packages waiting in the mail from Grandma Jackson--and Halloween Cards too!  Thanks Grandma for keeping the holidays fun! (And keeping our girls well dressed!)

Michelle just woke up from a nap, and you can tell as she tries to understand what I am telling her to do.

Saturday we got to take the girls out to the pumpkin patch.  It was cold, but we had fun anyway.

Michelle tried to pick up her pumpkin of choice.

Since she couldn't lift it, she tried just pointing to the one she wanted.

When neither of those got the desired results, she staked her claim.

Lena just enjoyed the stroller ride.

Lena is 6 months old!