the annual Norman family BARN PARTY!

Last night we went to the Norman family Halloween party in the old white barn out in Corrine. This is one of my very most favorite parties that the Norman family has each year. The old barn is the perfect scary setting for Halloween. We always dress up, eat sloppy joes, play missionary tag, and dance. It is so much fun! This is actually the first year that Justin and I dressed up. Justin is an Amish farmer and I am Snow White! I absolutely love this costume. Justin's mom found it for me at their house in with all their costumes from years past and even though at first I really didn't want to dress up, once I put this dress on I fell in love with it! This picture doesn't show it very well, but the dress looks exactly like Snow White's, red cape in the back and everything. I'm going to have to ask Shauna if I can borrow it to wear on Halloween for the Craythorne family party. I'm pretty sure that Ady is going to love it! (Oh, and in case you didn't notice- compare my hair in this picture to the picture in the post below. I cut off 9 inches of hair yesterday!!! And although it is weird to have such short hair- this is the shortest I've ever cut my hair in my life! - I really love it!)

Okay, so I was horrible at taking lots of pictures last night of everyone in their costumes. Everyone in the family had such amazing costumes on! But I did get a picture of Nathan and Mindy, and I think if there were to have been a vote for best costumes I for sure would have voted for them!

catching up on October...CONFERENCE WEEKEND

On Friday October 2nd Justin and I went to the BYU vs. Utah State football game with Curtis and his date, Kristen. It was such a super fun double date! We went to dinner at Chili's before the game and once we got to the game we had lots of fun watching BYU beat Utah State!

I barely understand any of what is going on during the games, but this game Justin took some time to explain some of the rules of football to me and amazingly the game was a lot more enjoyable once I kinda figured out what was going on. (I still had to ask Justin lots of questions but he was very patient in answering them for me!)

Hanging out with Curtis and Kristen was a blast! Justin and I really loved doubling with Curtis. I love hanging out with Curtis and Kristen is a real cute girl.

Oh, and I almost forgot- our fifth wheel- Ryan Dahlquist! Ha ha. Ryan and Justin served in the mission together. He didn't have anyone to sit with at the game so he came and sat with us. What a crazy kid! He always is so good at making the mood light and I'm always laughing and smiliing when Ryan's around!

On Friday night, after the game, we headed home to West Point so that bright and early Saturday morning Justin and I could go to Hunter's very last football game for the season. Isn't my little brother such a stud! And he is a killer football player! He plays both offense and defense and it was so fun to watch him and his team play. I can't believe how much he has grown these last few years! He is taller than me now and he is such a slim and good-looking guy! Of course he couldn't smile for this picture. It's important to look tough and mean as a football player. :)

After watching the Saturday afternoon session of conference (Justin and I missed the morning session cause of Hunter's game. Sad.) I got in the car and headed out to Tremonton to hang out with BreAnne while Justin went with all the guys to Priesthood session. BreAnne and I had a major craft to work on and we were both so excited! Plus, I was also excited to see Maccoy!!! So this (above picture) is the project that we worked on. We made bigger versions of this witch. We made one for each of us and one for our mom. Adam helped BreAnne create the bigger pattern and then we spent about 4 hours painting and putting them together!

The final product. I think they turned out great! I love Halloween!

"Your life is an occasion, rise to it."

This movie is amazing.