Halloween

So if any of you know the Wirths at all, the month of October is usually Halloween day all month long. This month we were able to decorate (a little bit due to busy schedules), visit the Haunted Village, attend Rogers Memorial version of “Clue”, make Halloween treats and dress up for work as well as for Halloween itself..... whew!

For work, a group of us got together and decided to dress up as the cast of Gilligan's Island. I had the fortunate role of Lovey Howell. We had a good time and of course we won the best group prize. Splitting 50 bucks up between 7 people, totally worth it!! It was a TON of fun and we all had a good time!



For Halloween day, Trevor and I were in charge of our Wards Trunk-or-Treat again this year. It would have been a FABULOUS time had the weather cooperated and enabled us to keep the event outside, but alas, Mother Nature decided to put her anger costume on and hand out torrential rain out for candy instead. Which of course, forced us to frantically gather it all up and run inside the church to continue the party. Luckily, the evening turned out to be a good time and I think everyone else had a good time as well.

Trevor won the vote of BEST COSTUME (congratulations my dear) dressed as Beetleguise and I wore my glamorous witches costume that my dear mother made for me last year. (Having lost 30 pounds since last year, it nearly drowned me, but I don’t care I LOVE that costume!!!)





All in all, it was a good Halloween. As fun as it is and as excited as we are to have it come and do the things that we love to do, we’re generally just as glad to see it come to an end to ring in the next fun holiday!! BRING ON THE TURKEY!!!!

Da' Birthday Girls

Because my first 20 years of adulthood was soooo wonderful, I figured I'd continue the good luck by ringing in my next 20 years the same way. So, I grabbed the girls I spent my 20th bithday with and had another weekend blowout! The peerfect middle meeting place for all the girls was Logan, UT in good ol' Cache Valley.

Play-by-play, this is how the weekend went down ~ ho-down, that is..

Friday afternoon/ evening: We carpooled (thank you so much Cammie!!) to Logan, checked into our hotel. We were all in pretty silly moods and, of course, so, I had my girlfriends give me a ride on the luggage cart down the hall... waving like a queen, with a tiara on of course.....It was good times!

We decided to try a cafe called "The Blue Bird." Pretty good food, and way good service!! Our waitress was fantabulous! After dinner, we went back to the hotel and talked and laughed 'till 3:30am (Well, most of us did anyway...)



Saturday: We got up around 9:30ish and attended the hotel's free breakfast. Not that great, but it was food, and I was hungry, so I ate it.



After breakfast, we were all too tired to really worry about going out or putting ourselves together to go anywhere (helloooo 40!), so we put on our swimsuits and headed for the indoor pool.... Where we swam for nearly the entire day. IT WAS SO RELAXING!!!! There wasn't anyone in the pool the entire time except us! Couldn't have asked for anything better! We swam, we talked, we giggled, we dried off, then we swam some more, giggled some more, and just had a GREAT time!! Around 3:00, we headed upstairs to change and get ready for our Saturday night "Shin-Dig."



Now to set this up for you so you can possibly understand and get a full vision of how this event went down, I have to give you a quick run down of all of us. Myself, I'm from Idaho. Cammie, she's from Idaho too. Glenna, from Idaho.... Becky, yup - Idaho, and Byee, Utah originally. And last but not least, we have Vickie. Vickie is a true blue, through and through New Yorker!! She migrated over to Utah about 5 or 6 years ago to be amongst all of us. She has the accent, the lingo, and the eastern attitude to boot. So, placing this fabulous person in the middle of a western, ho-down, knee slappin', hootin' hollerin' good time event was... well... amusing.... to us at least. Not so much on Vickie's part.

Now, to be perfectly honest, the evening started out to a bit questionable as to whether or not we all were going to have a good time. The meal - didn't dig it, the atmosphere was great, but we still felt a little uneasy about the western ho-down kind of setting. THAT IS UNTIL.... We laughed and poked fun at us, them, it until the mood was lightened, by that time the show began. By that time, the laughing had a life of it's own, so we knew we were in trouble. To keep things mildly mature (mildly) we placed the code word "Shin-Dig" to call out when we we were at the point of not being able to handle it anymore and needed to get out.

But then..... dat ta ta da da dahhhh.... "Singin'Jenny" saved the night!!!

Singing Jenny was AMAZING!!! She was so hysterical, so hilarious and so funny, we thought we were going to die due to laughter. She was the lady villain in the show. Between her facial expressions and her mannerisms, she literally stole the show!!! And made the whole night a laugh fest for all.

Soooo, needless to say, we HAD to get our picture taken with her so we could have proof that our night wasn't a complete bust! And Vickie - she had a good time too.....Thank goodness!!!

After the show we went and got some ice cream to... you know.... feed the fire of hyperness, and then we headed back to the hotel for yet another evening/morning of all night talking, giggling, laughing and getting busted by hotel management fun. It was a BLAST!!! Just like it was when I turned 20 - hanging with the girls and getting into trouble.

I couldn't have asked for a better weekend.!

Sunday: We packed it up and headed home. Sad face :(... but.. we needed the sleep (hellooo... 40 again!)

So, here's to my 5-buddies!! Thank you girls for being my long-loved-friends, for helping me bring in the 40s with a bang and for getting me into trouble! It was the best birthday weekend getaway retreat EVER!! I love you all!!

You Say It's My Birthday!

For the past three months, I've obviously known that my 40th Birthday was rapidly approaching.

40 years of living the dream right??

I started to reflect back on my life of what I have done, places I've been and then started thinking about the things I should be doing and should have done by now, and I realized that life gets away from you before you can stop it. But that's just it!!



YOU CAN'T STOP IT!!!

No matter how much you don't think about it or try to not make it happen, it does just that - IT HAPPENS. So, I decided to not let it get to me by just embracing the situation and roll with the punches. I live my life to the best possible way I know how. I do the best I can in making the right decision, and my decision on turning 40 was to loooooooove it, accept it and tell as many people as I know that it's coming and to help me celebrate it.

YEAH BABY!

On the morning of my birthday, I walked into my office, and my cubicle was completely decked out with streamers, decorations, lights and confetti. It was fabulous!! Several people told me that they didn't believe I was 40 that they thought I was lying. (I wish) How cute is that!!?? But I had friends take me to lunch and my husband took me to dinner, and it turned into a fun, fabulous and very positive day! It was GREAT!



So, here is to the people in my life that made my day the best it could have been. I am very greatful to all of you for your love, your friendship, and for all the birthday wishes out there. THANK YOU!!

So far, 40 ROCKS!!!

A Fourth For The Blogs

The fourth of July weekend this year was definately one for the Blog!

The weekend started off with your typical BBQs, fireworks and family get together. However, on Monday the 5th, my family hosted an Ol' Backyard Neighborhood Reunion.

The Bybees and the Jacobias(Blackfoot, ID neighbors) were all there to help celebrate this fun event, in which one of those family members, from both those families, were two of my best friends growing up. Jamie (now Jamie Bowers) and Kim (now Kim Heward) were two of the three (Candis was unable to attend due to the face that she just had a baby 5 days prior) friends I grew up playing barbies with, had sleep overs with, and had my first business with ~ lemonade stands with and basically rattled the neighborhood with.



It's been over 20-years since we'd all been together, and I have to say, nothing has changed. We are all the same!! Well, maybe a little taller, wider and definitely wiser!

It was such a pleasure to sit down, laugh and talk about the old times. It brought back so many memories and good times.

Made we wanna be a kid again --- almost.

Our parents were also a hoot to watch. To sit and look at them as they probably looked at us those twenty years ago, made me realize just how quickly time flies and how quickly life can slip away from you. 20-years is a long time to let go by without seeing the people who had such an influence in your life..... So, with that said, I want to dedicate this blog entry to all the people I grew up with. Thank you to you wonderful neighbors for your influence, your advise, and most of all your love! I know that I would not be the person I am today without the guidance and love from you! Thank you!

And, God Bless America!!

Family Tree

There a few moments in life when you know exactly who you are and where you belong. This past weekend was one of those moments for me.

The Jackson reunion is one of the most wonderful events for Trevor and I. Aside from the games, food and, fun, there is love... .. love... .. love. This year, Trevor and I decided to capitalize on that love with desert.

Wanting to do something special this year for the reunion, Trevor and I thought, "What says family better than a family tree"? Immediately the wheels began turning. With Trevor's creativity and my baking genius, we came up with an eatable token to the Jackson family.



With a little pipping and paint, Trevor constructed the tree. Then, with cake, frosting and 400 leaf cut pieces of fondunt, I constructed the rest.

Each family member had leaf, and each family had a cake. As we constructed our Jackson tribute, members of our Jackson clan began to gather. Before we knew it, there were tears and smiles. Our hearts lept out of our chest. The spirit of our family, past and present, stood before us and.. .. my cup runith over.

This small tribute of cake and creativity became more than a delightful treat, it became apart of our remembrance - past - present - future.