Happy Halloween- a week late...

So, we had a great Halloween. I have to admit, Halloween kinda kicks my butt. I start out loving it and thinking it's a fun, spooky holiday, but by about Wednesday this year, I was feeling the stress of costumes, parties, too much candy, and was just ready for all the fun to be done.

We recycled Brynn and Lizzie's costumes this year, so that was great. We had a cute ladybug

and a fabulous Rapunzel, who kept dragging her long long hair on the ground.

Noelle tried to think of the prettiest costume that's appropriate for a 8 year old (princesses are for babies), and Little Red Riding Hood made the cut, mostly because she could carry a basket to collect all her candy.

And Marissa was a nerd, which came all too natural for her. A cute nerd, though.

Kirk had to dress up for work, it had to do with some fund raiser for United Way, so he thought and thought of costumes, but didn't come up with anything until Thursday night. So, I was up late sewing and putting together this Lt. Dangle costume. (I know Mom is sighing and rolling her eyes right now. Sorry, Mom.)

Then bright and early Saturday morning, we took off to Las Vegas to go to the wedding of Kirk's cousin, Brittini.

It was such a fun party, with most of Kirk's cousins coming to the event from all over. Brittini has been living in Nashville, working on her Country Music career, where she recently released her debut album and music video. She is so talented and it was fun to hear her sing at the wedding, she is also so super genuine and nice, my girls were instantly in love with her.

Brittini and her new husband, Carlos, with Kirk's brothers, Ty and Kam and his wife, Rhiannan.

The girls took turns carting around whoever's bouquet they could find.

They also danced and danced, shaking their booties all night.

While in Vegas, we had to stop at a Philipino restaurant, since there's a 'good' one there, according to Kirk. Their Lumpia is almost as good as Kirk remembers it being. I tell him that the reason all the food tasted so good to him while he was on his mission was because he was basically starving, so anything that wasn't pig intestines or dog meat tasted good.


One more exciting event at the Nielson house...

Liz lost her first tooth!! She pulled it out at school, and managed to get it home in a plastic baggie, but promptly lost it at the park right after school. She wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy, and was happy that the Tooth Fairy still delivered. Thank you Mrs. Tooth Fairy where ever you may be.