Happy Family Halloween Party!!

Every year my Grandma Baker has a Family Halloween Party! The Monday before Halloween she invites all her family to dress up in costumes and come over to her house for pizza. We always have such a good time getting together as family and seeing all the creative ideas for costumes. I don't think anybody has ever been the same thing twice and this has been a family tradition for as long as I can remember. So you can imagine the creativity that must go on to have a new costume every year. Sadly, this year is the first time I will miss the annual Family Halloween Party! So I decided to post a few pictures of past parties and hopefully my Mom will send me some from tonight's party.
Happy Halloween!!!! Click on the photos to see the close details.
(Republican and Democrat Mascots)

(Pirates) and (Pink Panther & Inspector Clouseau)

(Peter Pan Clan) and (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

(Pilgrims & a Turkey) and (Hair Dressers)

(Wizard & Beautiful Witches)

(Zombies)

(Gilligan's Island Cast)

(David in the Lion's Den)

(Double Batman, little baby bat, Encarnacion, & Nacho Libre)

Genesis 3:16

For the past couple of weeks I have been focusing my scripture study on motherhood and fatherhood. Since Andy and I are going to be parents soon I thought this was a good topic to study and learn more about. One day as I was going through the Topical Guide I came across this scripture that I found to be quite amusing...

Genesis 3:16 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
After I read this scripture I was wondering why would our sorrows be greatly multiplied by having children so I looked in the footnotes hoping for some more insight as to what this scripture was really trying to say and this is what I found...
increase thy discomfort and thy size (i.e. in the condition and process of pregnancy).
I just started laughing because I felt like this scripture was talking specifically to me. Lately I have truly been discovering all about the increase in discomfort and size with being pregnant.

I can no longer wear my wedding ring because my fingers are too swollen.

(This is as far as it will go)

Most of my shoes won't fit anymore because again my feet are too swollen.

(Notice my toes barely poking out of the last strap)

My hair is falling out at a rapid pace; it's a good thing I have a lot to spare. My back hurts just from doing simple house chores. And last my belly is growing and making small tasks like bending down to get something out of the cupboard a lot harder.

(Me and my belly)

So the moral of the story is that you can really find answers to anything in the scriptures even if you don't know you are looking for them!!

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

So the weather here in Tennessee has NOT been cooling off enough for my liking. The other day Andy and I were commenting on how strange it was that the leaves on the trees were changing color but it was still like 80 degrees outside. Is this Fall? I think not. Then later Andy gets a call from his Mom announcing that it is snowing in Idaho. My heart broke as I looked out the window and did not see snow but rather hot humid weather. And all this reminded me of a dream I had when we very first moved here, hence, the title of the post.
I dreamt that it snowed. There were layers and layers of white fluffly snow on the ground. I was so excited I ran outside and layed in the snow for hours. When I woke up and realized that my dream was not true I started to cry. Andy, very puzzled, asked me what was wrong. I laughed through my tears and told him about my dream and how I longed for it to be true.
So all those who are enjoying the cool weather and snow do not take advantage because I am dreaming and wishing for days like this...