Halloween Waffle Party

This weekend we had fun dressing up for various Halloween parties, one being our own waffle/costume party! Friday we dressed up as luchadores with spandex, masks and all. We didn't take any pictures that night but we have quite a few from last night!

Here are some of our guests and their costumes.

Grant wanted to be a scary clown so I did a little make-up job on him

Then he turned scary on me!

Basically, we're pretty excited about Halloween in general-- but I guess that's pretty obvious. Though, I'm not sure Grant is too happy about continuing my long-time tradition of watching Willy Wonka on Halloween... I'll have to keep working on that one!

Hoodies, J-Dawgs, Zombies and more!

We've been up to lots of fun activities lately! We didn't buy all-sport passes this year so we don't go to the football games. We also don't have a television, so we don't watch the games either... But we did go to the tailgate party last week. This is mainly because of cheap and free food :)

The Carl's Jr. star was about 4 feet tall and it was highly entertaining for Grant. But seriously, there was a little kid in there! Note: We got free food from Carl's Jr.

We also got J-Dawgs for a dollar PLUS they were blue!

It was cold so we bundled up well!

Then, this weekend we went to Odyssey Dance Company's show Thriller in Salt Lake! I was way excited because I was in the show last year so I got to see some of my old friends and a great show!

Bayli wasn't in the show either this year, but got jealous so decided to be a zombie anyway :) What a great flashback to...

Last year! I think Grant was glad I didn't dress up for the show again this year, but it was fun to show him what I used to do!

Grant really liked the show too! We officially feel really "halloweeny" and have started a list of all the scary movies we have to watch now!

True BLUE through and through!!

Kels and I got really BLUE.

A Fun Filled Weekend

We got lucky enough to have tickets to two conference sessions last weekend! Grant's dad got us tickets for Saturday afternoon and my sister Lindsay had tickets for Sunday afternoon. I had never been to an actual conference session so it was really great to go. We forgot about 17 things :) on our first trip up to Salt Lake Saturday morning, so Grant graciously drove back home again while I was at dance rehearsal. Then we headed up to the conference center and enjoyed the rain, the protesters, and of course the conference talks! After that we picked up John Morrison and headed up to Snowbird. We stayed the night there with Linds and some of her friends at our grandparents timeshare. By Sunday morning the clouds had cleared, it was snowing and the mountains were beautiful! We made waffles and crepes and then headed off to conference once again! What a wonderful weekend with friends and family!!

Home Improvement

We've been busy busy lately with school starting back up and all. Grant is also working and job searching so when he's extra busy I have been working on my domestic skills, (yes family, even my cooking skills!) We have also been working on decorating our apartment which looked like this when we moved in...The day we got our key and started moving stuff in

Our empty little kitchen

The front door and wall

The other wall of the living room

Since then we've been working on home improvements. Garage sale-ing, spray paint, masking tape, and lots of 3M sticky things on the walls led to our little apartment looking a bit more like a home:

Our TV-less TV stand
Our masking tape tree decor-- We also fixed up that lamp that used to be gold and kinda nasty. Note, the pictures are still the ones that come with the frames... Also, that mirror on the right is one we bought at a yard sale for $3 and spray painted black!
We set up "track lighting" with sticky lights and pointed them towards our trendy wall.

Our kitchen-- still little, but not empty!
This is another lamp we painted. It looks really cool we just have to find the right shade for it.

We're really excited about our new little home and how it's coming together! Luckily we're finally getting some of our own income with Grant's Ebusiness job and High School Musical so hopefully a TV and a little table will be our next new additions!

We're still here!!

Although our blog does not show it, we, the Tanners are still alive and kickin it! We actually have quite a few exciting things to blog about! However with recent computer issues... (unfortunately self-inflicted) and our busy transition back to school and work we just haven't gotten around to it yet. But in case you've missed our faces, here's a little somethin somethin :)

Apparently the entertainment bug has caught on because...

Grant decided to jump on the bandwagon... Here's American Fever-- 10 million albums sold and tours in China, Japan and Lithuania!! Wahoo! Go Grantie!!

Okay... we'll come up with real news next time....

Honeymoon in San Diego

Grant and I just got back from a long trip! First we went to Denver for our open house at the Tanner's home. It was really nice with lots of yummy food that we actually got to eat this time! My family came out for the occasion so we had fun both the Petersons and the Tanners once more before we headed off to San Diego.

Once we got there it was go, go go! We hit the San Diego Zoo, the Wild Animal Park, SeaWorld, Jetskiing at Mission Bay, lots of boogie boarding at different beaches, shopping, and even a trip to the San Diego Temple! It was a perfect end to the summer and start to our family! Here are a few highlights of the trip:
I developed a strange tongue habit in picture taking... luckily it subsided by the end of the trip...

Hiking at Torrey Pines
This looks like Pirates of the Carribean-- sweetLa Jolla Cove-- the water was coming to get me
All soaked after a ride at SeaWorldOur last day at the beach

What a fun time we had! Of course it is good to be home as we attempt to get settled in to our new place. If now we could only get rid of our killer colds!