I HEART Shutterfly

Can you believe it is almost time for new calendars? My sister in law has made several of these from our yearly family reunion. We love to look at all the fun pictures and think of the great memories. I love how you can put pictures of the special birthday person right on their special day!
My dad was given one of these darling photo mugs. He displays it with pride.


One of my favorite parts of Christmas is seeing all the cute Christmas cards from friends and family.
I just saw this awesome deal on my friends blog so I decided to look into it. Shutterfly has a deal where if you write about their products on your blog they will send you 50 free Christmas cards. You already know that I am all over that! Out of all the photo companies, Shutterfly is one of my favorites. I have done a couple photobooks with them that I have absolutely loved. I love that you don't have to download any software to make a book.

They often have amazing promotion codes for free or greatly reduced prices. In fact I am waiting for one of my free books in the mail as we speak!

I am also very impressed by how easy it is to create the cards, it is very user friendly. You can even have them mail them out for you! How easy is that? Easy peasy mac and cheesy!

Currently there is a 20% off deal on some of the cards, photobooks are up to 30% off, and free shipping of orders over $30

Now just image how cute these will be with your pictures!

This is Halloween....

You know you live in Utah when one day it's warm, and the next day you are sledding!

Did you ever wonder why they put straps on highchairs?
Does this answer your question?
Ruby and I have done a bunch of fun sewing projects together. Cooper decided that he wanted to do a project with me. I asked him to draw what he wanted to make.
This is what we came up with. He was so dang proud of his creation.
The Riches love to party!

Confession: I LOVE gutting a pumpkin! There is something therapeutic about slime oozing through my fingers!


Trick or Treating was a wee bit soggy, it was POURING rain when we started, by the end of the night it was perfect.

Rocktober

I am so thankful I can't eat in my sleep, I would weigh 800 lbs!
Mmmm...pasketti!
Someone LOVES to unroll the TP. We have a huge mountain on top of the toilet that I refuse to throw away.
I was wondering why it got so quiet, someone hit, or should I say, dumped the jackpot.

Apache field trip

We are loving the fact that we are surrounded by our amazing families! We went on a field trip to see the Apache helicopters that my BIL flies. Holy smokes they sure have a lot of buttons. It was fascinating learning all about them. Thanks Toosh and Eric!!!!

Other news...
I just got called to be the 2nd counselor in the Young Womens group for my church. I told Coop and he said, "you are NOT young!" I am so excited to work with these darling girls and the amazing leaders.

We got dental insurance from Matt's job on October 1. Luckily I haven't had any dental problems for the past few years because we didn't have dental insurance. October 8, I had a raging tooth ache. I just knew it would go away, but it didn't. It got worse! When the dentist checked things out he said my gums have receded so badly that there was an 8mm space where all my bone and nerves are completely exposed. Ouchie wa wa!!! There is nothing like tooth pain! I am so thankful for Advil! Lets hope this heals up or I am going to be hanging with the dentist a lot more than I planned.

Hogle Zoo

Witchy Town @ Gardiner Village

Dear Rocky

Dear Rocky,
You changed my life a year ago as you entered our family. From the beginning you have brought peace. There is something absolutely magical about you. I love your chunky monkey thighs and cheeks. I love your giant sparkly blue eyes. I love your 3 little jack o lantern teeth (they are pretty dang sharp by the way). I love how you have a hollow leg, you could eat ALL day (you get that from your momma). I love how you growl like a little Wild Thing. I love how you crawl with an attitude. I love your little neck curls. I love the way you squeal with delight. I love to watch the how you brighten any room. I love that I can make you happy and protect you. I love that you need me and I need you.

I don't love that you are growing up right before my very eyes. I want to freeze you in time and keep today forever. Pretty soon you will start telling me no, telling me dinner is yucky, and that you would rather go play with someone else.

Thank you for everything you have done for me. This has been a crazy year, but in the midst of all the craziness, you have brought peace. I pray that I can be the mom that you need me to be. I love you Rockstar!

Happy Birthday!

Love,
Mom