Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!! In celebration of this "sweet" holiday (pun intended), we have posted a few pictures of our adorable little girl. Please enjoy this montage of pictures to see what we did for Halloween.

This is her costume (thank you Grandma Cluff!). She's a butterfly-fairy princess. Notice the pretty glitter on her cheeks (thank you Mommy!). She loved being able to play with Mommy's make up without going into time-out.

Here's Genna counting up her loot. It's her first time trick-or-treating!

Here she is after enjoying a few too many pieces of chocolate. Notice her halo headband and wings are now off, she's exited the princess persona...

Oh how she loves her pumpkin....

Sorry, Genna, Daddy gutted your pumpkin. But at least it still looks awesome. He sure is a good "carver".

Genna loved my (Reid's ) carving so much she decided to imitate it using her famous "freeze frame" face.

Finally, she decided to take a nice picture next to her new found friend. Does this picture look familiar...I'm calling it "Halloween Gothic".

Happy Halloween Everyone! Until next year.....

Winter is Here!

Winter has arrived with our first ice storm. The storm was on the weekend and I (Reid) had to work the CC Hockey games. On Saturday night, which was the heart of the storm, it took me ten minutes to chip the ice off of my car so that I could drive it. I thought to myself "should I just go home, which is right over the hill, or should I use this awesome 2 for 1 Josh & John's coupon and drive downtown?" Well as you may know, the only time before this that I've posted anything on this blog it was about how much I love J & J's ice cream.

So, needless to say, I decided to take my life into my hands and take advantage of this awesome coupon and drive 10 mph downtown from the World Arena. All the while I was driving, I was just thinking what would happen if I got in an accident all because I wanted to eat a delicious treat? Well, 30 minutes later, I arrived to find that I was their very last customer of the night (although I was surprised to find that I was not the only customer of the night, there wasn't even that much parking to be found downtown let alone the 20+ people who were in Josh and John's eating ice cream) because they were closing early. 30 minutes after that, Rebecca and I were safely eating this delicious ice cream on our couch. What a way to celebrate the arrival of Winter: Hockey, Ice Storms, and Ice Cream!

Last Summer Post

Colorado Springs has a great park here called America the Beautiful Park, which has an amazing water feature. Every Wednesday during the summer, they have a farmer's market and free outdoor concert, so Reid and I decided to check it out. The concert was not impressive, but Genna loved splashing in the water!

Remembering Summer...

This summer, Genna discovered that she loves water! We went to this splashground for a play group, and had a lot of fun...eventually. Our ward pool party had been just a week before, and Genna really enjoyed splashing in the water, so I expected her to love this. However, she sat on my lap or tried to run out of the park for almost an hour! Just when I was about to give up and go home, she suddenly decided that it looked like fun.

Self Portrait by Genna

Breakfast in the Summer

The other morning, we gave Genna some milk and a leftover pancake for breakfast. She decided to take her breakfast outside.

Yum.

Nothing is better than FREE!

Reid and I scored such a deal tonight, it was unbelievable! We recently received a few coupons for free fries and drink with the purchase of McDonald's new Angus Burger, so we thought we'd give it a try, even though we weren't sure how much the burgers cost. Our total was $8.57 or something, which I guess is not that bad for a meal for two. We pulled up to the first window and Reid handed the guy our coupons and then tried to hand him our debit card. He was taking another order at first, so Reid just kept holding out his card. Finally, the guy said that it was going to take too long or something weird, and handed Reid a receipt. What?! We looked at it, and it said, "Employee Discount" for the amount that we were supposed to pay, with an end total of $0. Reid and I just looked at each other and started laughing - did that just happen?

In addition to that, we had a few coupons for a free Jr. Frosty from Wendy's (thanks Gretchen!). I kind of felt bad handing them my coupons and not buying anything...but not that bad!

While I'm talking about restaurants, I may as well share another recent find. My favorite money-saving website, Springs Bargains, recently posted a whole lot of places that will offer you something free for your birthday. Many of them also give you something free just for signing up for the email list. I have a separate email account for things like that, so I don't get "special offers" mixed in with personal email. Here is a link to the birthday deals, many of which are for chain restaurants, so even if you don't live here, check it out!

P.S. The link on McDonald's Angus Burger at the top will take you to a site where you can print out your own coupon, if you didn't get one in your Sunday paper. But I can't guarantee that your cashier will be too busy to charge you for it!