Halloween 2013

This year was no different than years past, we gathered at the Heil's for a WONDERFUL party, the kids carved pumpkins, we dined on delicous soup and of course consumed far too many of Breeze's sugar cookies.  YUMMMM
The costumes were top notch and the Heil girls looked totally "dead".  I cannot believe how fast our family is growing up.  The little kids are the big kids and the babies are the little kids and well us adults just keep getting younger and more fun to be around.

No Heil party is complete without the fire ~ it is so relaxing to sit around the fire and listen to the chatter of the kids.

Thank you Dad and Jo from the bottom of my heart for keeping the tradition alive and well.  There is something about a family who works hard to keep traditions going year after year.  The love that is felt at the family gathering is beyond words and I am blessed to be surrounded by so many loving people who without a doubt are the BEST!

We also celebrated Halloween at the annual Trunk or Treak held down at the church.  Our ward family gathered for a Soup-er great night.  I took down my chili and not to brag but it went rather quickly.  :)  Garett and his bestest bud Landen Winterbottom decided to dress as their super heroes, Elder Wes and Elder Josh….

This gesture made Debbie and I a bit teary eyed and super proud of our boys!  

The boys also posed with the true "elders" serving in our area ~

And last but not least Halloween at Bank of Utah.  To keep with tradition our department got together to come up with a theme; the theme chosen was Duck Dynasty.  This was a hugely popular theme everywhere this Halloween.  It was a day filled with duck calls, ducks and of course ladies missing teeth.  And I as Ms Kay served up some mighty fine squirrel stew….(just kidding)

That wraps up Halloween 2013 for the Leatherow household.  I would consider this year a success.  Now looking forward to THANKSGIVING!

A Leatherow First …..

A friend of ours, Jeff Speckman, is the coach a local hockey team and as a fund raiser they were selling tickets to the Salt Lake Grizzlies.  We thought the price was right for a family night of fun.  Colton had bought a ticket to take a date so we cleared it with him first ~ after all we would be tagging along on his date.   :)  We went to Chick-Fil-A in Riverdale for a quick bite to eat and then headed to West Valley City.  The traffic was horrible due to an accident but we finally made it to the Maverick Center.  The game was LOUD and so confusing but we had a great time.  Thank you Jeff for the tickets and thank you to the Winterbottoms for joining us.

It was fun to see Colton and his friends ~ Hi Colton Bug :0)
Garett of course mentioned he didn't see any cheerleaders ~ to at half time some skaters of the female gender took the ice.

This was a great night and I truly enjoyed getting out with my boys and some great friends.

You make we want to roll my windows down and …Cruise

Tom and I were suppose to spend the day (Oct 12) with our pals, Ali and Brian gathering firewood up at Brian's property but we had a few days of rain and snow and we were worried about getting the trailer stuck in the mud so we decided to cancel the trip.  Since we had already cleared our schedules Tom suggested we take a drive.  I was so thrilled it.  It has been quite sometime since Tom and I had some alone time to chat about everything and anything.  We stopped at the gas station filled the car and of course grabbed some goodies and away we went.  We went up Ogden Canyon, over Trapper's Loop, towards Heber and finally arrived at the Alpine Loop.  We have never done this before and we had seen some amazing photos so we wanted to see for ourselves.  We found Sundance ~ yep lived here my whole life and didn't know where that was.  The loop is narrow, lots of switchbacks and this particular Saturday it was BUSY!  Enjoy some photos of our day date!

 Due to the government shut down the restrooms were closed.  

This is what we think of the government shut down

I love this man more than I can put into words.  He is my soul mate, my best friend, my mischievous companion and my HUSBAND.  I thank my lucky stars every day that he chose me.  Thanks for the perfect date Tom.  I love you to the moon and back and then some!