We are family

Happy Friday! Before we jump start this weekend..I still need to catch up on the last! We had a lot going on. Tyler had been to drill the first weekend of october, so when this last weekend came rolling by I was stoked to be able to spend some time with him. That's one thing I hate most about Tyler going to drill. Its hard enough to have him wake up, go to work, come home eat then go to bed during the week..but it really sucks when he's away Saturday and Sunday and then is back full force on Monday. That means I have to go two whole weeks of just seeing him for a couple hours each day..and if you know me..I need my Tyler time. So I was glad we got him to ourselves for two whole days last weekend.
Friday we wrapped up house sitting at my moms out in queen creek. We all went to dinner at olive garden for my brothers 17th(wow) birthday. Then the boys went to my dads and Tyler and I hung out at my moms for a little then headed home for the first time in a week. The next day we had planned to just clean the house all day long. But we woke up Saturday morning to SUCH a beautiful day..that we knew we didn't want to waste it inside. So we stopped and grabbed Sonic and headed to Tyler's brother's football game. He scored 3 touchdowns! The best part of the game was Hallie was soo good! She looked so cute (duh) in her little pea coat and just sat with Tylers mom watching the world around her. It was nice to spend a morning outside with nice weather and a happy baby. Next we took Hallie to Costco for her first time. Now that were on formula..we figured it'd be best to buy bulk..so we scored some good deals. Plus who can beat boxes of 216 diapers?! Love me some Costco! We also got Hallie a halloween costume that she looks oh so cute in. Stay tuned for the 13 days of HALLIEween to see what it is. And of course we got some lunch with the Picos along with the rest of the world at Costco. Hallie fell asleep for most of the shopping trip, so we decided to push it and do our WIC shopping trip at Walmart. Gotta love free food! Hallie slept through that too. Yay! We got home and started cleaning..and then soon got distracted with projects. Tyler decided he wanted to paint the backdoor brown (it looks awesome) and I decided I wanted to make some Halloween decorations. Before we knew it the clock said it was 9 pm and the house was still a mess. We popped our olive garden leftovers in the microwave, sat down and watched some CSI while we gulped down our dinner, and then dove into cleaning. Luckily I've been getting better at balancing Hallie and housework through the week, so it didn't take us that long. After we were done all 3 of us snuggled into bed and dozed off.
Sunday morning we had the support of LOTS (my husbands mexican remember?) Of family and friends who came to our early sacrament meeting where Tyler gave Hallie a beautiful blessing. I'll post more on that later when I get pictures up. It turned out to be a great day
Monday Tyler went back to work after a wonderful weekend and Hallie and I had a lazy day. For family home evening we had braided spaghetti bread (thanks pinterest!) And then went over to the temple to walk around. I found out Tyler hadn't been inside the visitor's center since he was like 5!?! So we walked around, got to look at the beautiful art display (if you get a chance to go...GO! There are some peices that will blow your mind) and we listened to the family presentation. And of course Hallie cried through most of it (sorry people). But we love the temple and we can't wait to seal ourselves as a forever family.
I love spending time together as a family. I think that's one of mine and Tyler's biggest similarities is we love our families and hope to have our kids grow up as family oriented as we are. There is nothing better. Especially during this time of year!
Funny story: Earlier this week when I had made braided spaghetti bread for dinner, I had made the french bread homemade during the day. It made a big loaf, so I split it in half and froze some. Yesterday I pulled out the frozen half to thaw to make dinner. Hallie and I met Tyler at his work with intentions to work out (she was too pissed off..we couldn't get anything done) so we came home to a ripped up Ziplock bag on the floor. I knew it was the bread dough. And knowing that I had left it on the oven towards the back led me to knowing Chloe was the one to get it down. Now my sweet Chloe dog is almost perfect (not kidding) but she sure has a knack for getting things off the countertops. Lacey hasn't learned this habit thank goodness. I did what I normally do when the girls have eaten some unknown substance..googled it. Turns out bread dough is toxic to dogs. Yayyy. They said either the dough will get warm and rise and suffocate them..or while the yeast ferments the dog can get alcohol poisoning. As we were researching we noticed Chloe was getting more and more swollen every minute. Her cheeks were even huge. We gave her lots of pepto and kept our eye on her. Oh..and by the way..did you know if you call the Animal Poison Control Center they want $65 to give you their advice?! Which is probably just saying go to a vet! Absolutely ridiculous! We hung up so fast! So I started looking up what would happen if the bread had already had time to rise before being frozen and was eaten while it was thawing. After pages and pages of google..our nerves were somewhat settled by hearing that most often the chemicals in yeast are deactivated while they are cold and not as potent. We may just have a drunk swollen dog. Well Chloe sure did swell, and smell like a drunk..but we didn't have her running into walls or anything like that. Darn. But we'll just add that to the list of things Chloe has eaten and survived.
Sorry this is so long..I guess this is what I get for having backlogged all of our happenings. Tyler's grandparents are watching Hallie tonight so we can go on a date. Ooh-la-la. Aka..the dollar theater whoo! Remember..the 13 days of Hallieween are starting next week! I'll write a blog in the next few days explaining what it is and why you'll want to check back! Have a Happy weekend everyone!