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.

Halloween 2009

Halloween was a blast this year!

For work, it was my bosses idea, Rachael, to all dress up at the Three's Company cast. Which all worked out perfectly!! I was Mrs. Roper. The costumes worked out perfectly and we all looked FABULOUS!! It was so much fun! Our group won 50 bucks, and we also got a trophy. It was a fun time!

For Halloween day, I dressed in my witches costume again. Trevor went as a Ghostbuster. He made his own proton pack and everything - it looked AMAZING!!!! (We aren't into doing the "couples" kind of costumes as much.) We had a trunk or treat at our ward house (that we helped out with in the planning cause we are on the Activities Committee I might add) which was a HUGE success!! We had sooo many kids and people there, it was awesome! We actually ran out of candy. We did Hot Dogs, Hot Chocolate and Apple Juice, and just had a blast!





My sister, Brother-in-law and little nieces and nephews came up for the fun as well. After the trunk or treat, we took a few minutes and stopped by our friends Cammie and Ed's place for some dinner, and then went over to my sisters place, picked up the older girls and their friends, and went up to the Bountiful Temple to go Trick or Treating. We had SUCH A GOOD TIME!!!!! Those girls were so much dang fun!!!

Sigh.... Oh Sigh ... now that Halloween is over we don't start thinking about it again until January. Then, we begin the planning for our next Halloween adventure!