Sister comes to visit me in Reno!

This weekend my sister flew into Reno with her little one, Devon, and we had a GREAT time! She was here from Thursday afternoon to Sunday morning. We managed to shop for probably 90% of the time she was here, but does that really surprise anyone?!

We shopped at outlets, managed to make appointments at MAC to get our makeup done (thanks Duke for keeping the baby while we did that!), shopped for shoes, made a trip back to the outlets to purchase a few things we couldn't stand to leave behind :) and even managed to get our wedding rings cleaned... AND, got them rhodium plated for FREE (usually a $40.00 charge per ring)! It was a great shopping trip, a great visit and I sure wish we lived closer so we could be together more often! I miss Timmie already!

We didn't get many pictures, but here's a couple of us after we got our makeup done... that was a fantastic weekend!

Per request, the Halloween costumes :)

We didn't have a costume Halloween party on Friday night, but since Duke worked a swing shift (from Noon to 11:00pm), I decided to dress up and go to the trunk or treat at church. But, at our Halloween party, I found out that Rachel's husband would also be working, so we dressed up and went together. We carved pumpkins before and then had dinner afterwards. Thanks, Rachel for the good time!

I know, my costume isn't as original as Rachel's, but, a witch will have to do this year!

How about them lashes?

And, our pumpkins

Happy Halloween!

Duke and I invited a few people over for some Halloween treats and games! We played "Pirate Dice" and ate these treats!

Chocolate covered strawberries!

Tombstones (Chocolate covered rice krispie treats!)

Ahhh, someone's hand is in the vegetable dip :)

Bug Juice!

I Love Halloween!

Who looks cute modeling shoes? A tribute to Ellinor

When we had family in town, we made a trip to Lake Tahoe and I had the pleasure of riding in the car next to my niece, Ell. On the way there, I showed Ell that my phone could take pictures, so she started posing for me, with her shoes, not on her feet, but by her head... BUT, could anyone look as cute as she does modeling shoes? :) She is adorable :)

And, last but not least, proof that I was there too :)

Fun times with Rebers, grown men on Wheelies

The Rebers received a Halloween package from us, this is the result :)

Scary vampire teeth!

When we were at the Rebers in July Brad showed Duke how to play on Wheelies... apparently there is an art to it!

Here's Duke giving it a try:

This is a small clip of Brad - and Harley didn't like it very much (the barking!)

We miss you Rebers!

I have a Dilemma

My dilemma is not a VERY serious one, but it is still a dilemma. I love Halloween. I love the Candy, I love the decorations, I love the costumes, I love the parties, I love the trick-or-treating, I just love it! My dilemma is, I have the urge to dress up for halloween, watch trick-or-treaters, and have a halloween party, yet we don't know many people yet here in Reno, and it is causing a problem! I guess it would help if we were in town a little more often so we could meet people.... hmph..... I guess I have a lot of work to do so I can meet people before the end of the month so I can host a party! I told Duke about my dilemma and he said I should just find a party to go to. I think he said that because he knows if we host a party, I would find him a costume too :)

Dilemma, dilemma, dilemma.... Anyone want to come to my Halloween party :)

San Francisco trip

Duke and I made it to San Francisco last weekend. We made it to a Giants game, and I only got one picture, apparently - maybe Lindsey can send me some of her pics?!

This is a picture of Duke with Ed and Lindsey's cute little girl, Sarah - She really likes Duke!

Me in front of the stadium:

However, on the way to the Giants game, we were able to stop by this ever so yummy Cactus Taqueria... here is Duke enjoying the yumminess of the food:

Oh, I can't wait to dig in, do you have to take a picture?!

I'm pretty sure all of the running I did that week was to work off what we would eat at this place, but it sure was good!

Here's me and Lindsey:

I really miss living close to Lindsey, however, 4 hours is much closer than Denver :)

Duke ended up being on the computer a lot of the weekend for work, but on our way home we drove through San Francisco so I could stop by the GHIRADELLI square!

Proof that Duke was there too:

Oh, and it was definitely worth it :) If you know me well enough, you know my love for Chocolate, I was in heaven! I think I even made it into the store Twice so I could get another free sample :) (and thank goodness the sample wasn't mint chocolate!) We found it a need to have one of these:

Well, at least I found it a need! Waffle cone, dipped in Ghiradelli chocolate, caramel and chocolate fudge in the bottom, bananas, ice cream, whipped cream and cherries and nuts! I think I need to go back for another one very soon! yummmmy

We didn't have much time to stop and enjoy the sunset and golden gate bridge, will have to save that for another trip, but this picture didn't turn out too bad, especially since it was from the car!

This picture is funny - it's from the car, through the bars on the bridge, but you can still see Alcatraz Island from it!

It was nice to get away for the weekend... and thanks to Chris and Jodie and family for the nights stay and great play that we got to see! We brought the girls some Halloween goodies... here is their frightful picture :)

Me being crafty

This is the finished project that Sue and Roger helped me with:

I also made this cute turkey - the feathers and head poke into a pumpkin and they make a turkey, too cute, huh? :)

I'm usually not too crafty of a person, but these didn't turn out too bad!

Hot Air Balloons and Golfing

Reno hosts a hot air balloon festival every year so we made it to the "big event". So, I read on the website that the "can't miss" event would start at 5:45a.m. YES, I said AM... where the balloons would lift off and 100 of them would be in the sky. SO, Duke and I rolled out of bed to not miss this big event and this is what we saw at 6:15am:

They only had 4 balloons lift off at 6:15am... had we known it would have only been 4 balloons, and had we known, they would only light up the balloons a total of 3 times, we would have stayed in bed and waited until 8:00a.m. when we saw this:

It was fun to see all the balloons, there were supposed to be 100 balloons, but we only counted like 75... at least we can say we did it and we don't have to do it again :)

After the hot air balloons, we decided to go to Lake Tahoe. The weather ended up being windy and a little rainy, unexpected as I was hoping to soak in some rays! So, you'll have to ignore my non "made-up" self in these pictures, but we had a great time playing on the beach at Tahoe and the weather cleared up enough for us to golf afterwards!

And, the finally for the day was a sunset over Tahoe... it was a great day!