Book Review- Dracula My Love

Dracula, my Love by Syrie James was a really good read.  It put a new twist on how you look at Dracula.  Its about a girl named Mina who  goes on a holiday with her best friend. She meets this mysterious good looking man who she falls in love with but cant pursue because she is engaged.  The story goes on and she gets married and than he reappears  in her life and she falls for him again and then the affair begins!  While this is going on her husband is hunting Dracula for some  mysterious killings that have happened.  I don't want to say more because I don't want to give it away.  This is an awesome, clean read.  The end will really make you question some events!! Loved it!!

My Family

My family hasn't had our pictures taken for about 3 1/2 years.  We decided to have them done and the one day that we pick the weather was horrible.  We pushed threw any ways!  Thanks to Alison and Morgan Dudley who always do such a wonderful job.  My mom wanted these pictures to have meaning.  What I mean by that is my Grandma Horrocks isn't doing so well and had to move in with my parents.  So I came up with the idea to take pictures down at my grandmas in my grandpas old corrals.  Now every time we look at these we can remember all the good times we had at grandmas playing back in the rocks and exploring all the pens.  So here is a few pictures of my wonderful family down on my grandmas farm.

Hancock Family

My parents

My parents and my sister Jerika and brother Jordan

L to R- Me, Jordan, Jared, Jeremy, Jerika and then my parents in front

I have to laugh at this picture.  Do you know how hard it is to get 4 little boys to sit still!! Scary!!

The Girls

The Boys

This is what is left of the swing that my
 Grandpa Horrocks built for me and Jeremy

Halloween

Every year I look forward to Halloween.  First of all it starts off all the wonderful holidays that we all love.  Second I get to spend time with all of my family!!  We are a crazy bunch, but we love each other tons. Aimee took the reins this year with our annual Hancock Halloween Party Extravaganza!! She did a really good job!!  On Friday I still didn't have costumes for me and Curtis.  So Aimee and I went to Old Hags and Bags.  I found the coolest clothes for my old lady costume.  By the way that store is totally awesome.  I will so be going back again.  Then we hit the DI and got Curtis costume.  Aimee totally scored at the DI.  She got a pre lite Christmas tree that looked brand new for $5.  She was so excited!!  Then we hit Wal Mart and got the food.  This took 5 hours.  By the time we were done it was to late to get started baking.  That night we went to the Corn Maze in Bluebell, Ut.  Me and Curtis, Aimee and Jared, Jordan and Joey and Debra Slaugh and there kids went.  It was so stinking cold!!! If we go again I'm so wearing more layers.  We had a really good time.  I love to hang out with  my family.  So on Sat. the baking began.  I went over to Aimees and we got started.  I made pretzels dipped in Carmel and chocolate, sucker oreos dipped in white chocolate and Twinkies mummies and they were dipped in choc and then drizzled in white choc.  The food was so yummy!! We also had 4 different soups to eat in cute pumpkin bread bowls.  I would like to thank everyone who brought stuff!! You are awesome!!  I looked at the clock and it was 3 10 and we had to be at Debras neighborhood at 3 50!!!   We got dressed in record time.  Jace was Darth Vador and Cade was Donald Duck.  I am suppose to be an Yeta from The Nanny but I couldn't find grey hair paint so I'm not sure what I look like!!  Curtis was my little old husband.  We totally rocked our outfits!!!  After we went and did all of our trick or treating which consisted of Debras neighborhood trunk or treat, Sis Valoras house and Jareds neighborhood we headed to back to Jared and Aimees for the party!!  Our family is getting so big.  Next year we are going to have to rent somewhere.  We had a ton of people in there apartment.  It was a blast though.

My nephew Easton getting ready to go trick or treating



Jace and Cade getting ready to hit the neighborhood



Trick or Treating at Grandpa Spaffords house.
L to R- Jace, Easton, Jerika and Cade

At our Halloween party we ate and played games and enjoyed each others company.  We played pictonary.  Then we had to take a bit of these apples that were hanging from string.  It was really hard.  Jordan won that game.  Then the kids had to do the same thing with donuts.  It was so cute to watch them!!

Everyone costumes was great.  This is going to take a bit but here is the run down.  Mom was a bag lady, Dad was a hunter is his gilly suit, Jared and Aimee were pirates, Jordan was a hippie, Jerika was a fairy princess, Me and Curt were a retirement couple, Jace was Darth Vador, Cade was Donald Duck, Debra and Joey were Nerds, Konner was a penguin, Wayne was a cowboy, Debbie was and angel, Jerfrilyn was a witch, Robert was a scary skeleton guy??, grandma and grandpa were an nursery rhyme characters.


Me and Curtis

My bag lady mom and my brother Jordan and my nephew Easton

Jace

My BFF Debra Slaugh

Grandma Cunningham and my Dad

Me with my nephew Konner

Cade with his Uncle Jeremy

Grandma and Grandpa Hancock with their grandson Konner

My 2 studly brothers Jordan and Jeremy

My sister in law Dianne and cute little Konner

My mother and father in law Wayne and Debbie Spafford

Curtis and Dad

Grandma and Grandpa Cunningham

My sister in law Aimee and Easton

Grandpa Horrocks with the Spaffords

We also have another traditon goes along with the party.  Its a costume contest.  Who ever wins gets bragging rights and the trophy to display at there house for the year.  Curtis won last year so he had to pass along the trophy to the new winners.  We also added two new categories- Funniest and Scariest.  So drum roll please............ and the winners are............. Funniest costume went to ...... Jordan and his hippie costume
Scariest costume went to........... my mom Becky the bag lady!!!!!  and this years BEST costume winner is............................. Grandpa and Grandma Cunningham!!!!!  Enjoy your trophies and I'm going to win next year!!hahahahaha So you better watch out!!!

Halloween Program

Jace's preschool put on a Halloween program for the Beehive home here in Vernal.  Of course it was on a Thur. so Aimee had to shuffle him around.  Thanks a bunch for all you do.  Curtis and I took our lunch and went and watched him.  It was really cute.  He has been singing all these cute Halloween songs for about a month so it was cute to finally hear the complete version.  Jace isn't a shy person but when he got up there he froze.  Towards the end he loosened up a bit and started to sing.  I was so proud of him.  He is growing up to fast.  He got to wear his spider man costume because I wouldn't let him wear his real costume.  I knew being at preschool for 3 hours would totally ruin it!!!  He loves to dress up.  So any costume suits him just fine.  Escpecially if its any superhero!

Sundays

Today was our wards Primary program.  Jace has had his part memorized for about 2 weeks now.  Id quiz him threw out the day.  I think he would get annoyed with me because he would say "mom I already now my part!"  Grandma Debbie came to church with us today to watch Jace. She is one proud Grandma. I ask her if she was out for hire because Cade was so good today.  He just sat there the whole time with his grandma.  It was really nice.  So the program started and Jace's class was the second class to go up.  He went up to the mike and told his teacher he didn't need help and then said his part.  "Jesus Christ loves me too."  I was so proud of him.  Then we start watching him and he was being horrible up on the stand.  I was so embarrassed!  He and his friend Jacob were dancing and hitting each other and goofing around!! Finally I had to go up there and sit with him.  Even then he still wouldn't behave.  Man 4 year old are alot of work.  Especially my Jace. I love him so much though. I was so proud of him today.  Tonight my brother Jared came over with his wife and son.  We had a golf tournament.  Man I got my butt kicked!!! I mean bad!! Jared and Curtis are really good!! My score was like +25!! Man i need to practice more!! We have so much fun when we get together.  I don't know what I would do without them. 

The Glue that Holds us Together

My father in law Wayne turned 58 on Oct. 14!! Happy Birthday Dad!!  We love you.  I might be bias but I have to say that I have the best father in law in the world.  He is always there for us and he always has the answers to everything.  He is a very wise man.  This year for his present we were trying to think of something that he would love to have.  Debbie suggested we get him some large print scriptures.  So I called all the siblings and they said lets do it!!  Wayne was so surprised when he opened them up.  He has wanted some for forever.  It made us feel really good because we new he really, really loved his gift.  For his birthday dinner he wanted KFC.  So we went over for dinner and cake and ice cream.  All Cade wanted was the cake.  Both of my boys are such candyholics!!! Its kind of scary!!LOL  Debbie got Wayne the cutest card I have ever seen.  It was two little kids holding hands walking with there backs to you and you open it and it said "I will never let go, Never."  Wayne and Debbie are such a great example to me.  The are just darling.  Our card said something about the dad being the glue that holds the family together.  I think that is so true.  Wayne is the glue to are family.  All of his boys are so close to him.  We really are such a close family.  Glue is so important and Wayne is that glue.  I'm so thankful to have been blessed with such wonderful in laws!

Grandpa Wayne

Grandma Debbie and her little Cade Man!!

Chowing down on Chicken and Rootbeer! YUM

Curtis and Jace relaxing waiting for cake

Every birthday Jace and Cade has to help blow out the candles. So of course Grandpa was
going to let them help.  They got the job done between the two of them.

Fall

My favorite time of the year is fall.  I love everything about it.  The colors, smells, leaves, pumpkins, the cool crisp breeze.  My boys love to rake up the leaves and then jump in them.  They can do that over and over again.  Then they started hiding there toys in the leaves and was trying to find them.  The small things in life are the things that bring me the most joy!

Jace

Cade

Jace was throwing the leaves and Cade was trying to rake them up!!

My two boys!! I love them so much!!

10-10-10

Curtis 28th Birthday party!!!  Here is his cake that my sweet little Cade had to sample before the party!!  Curtis had a wonderful birthday. On Saturday he went golfing with his Dad. Curtis hasn't golfed in years so I'm glade he is getting back into it.  On Sunday we had the family come over for cake and ice cream.  Its always so much fun when we get together!!  I love all of my family so much.  Curtis got his truck windows tinted and then the boys got him Iron Man 2 and a new tie.  My parents got him a new Wii game, Jared and Aimee got him some Wii chargers for the remotes, Jeremy and Aimee got him a gift card from Game Stop, his parents got him new speakers for his truck, Kamiah and Tony got him a new white shirt for church, Marc and Britni got him a blanket.  He made out pretty good!!hahaha  For all of our birthdays we always look forward to the call!!  Curtis older brother Tony's family always calls and sings happy birthday!! We always enjoy it so much.  Jared also called and left a very seductive happy birthday song on Curtis phone!! We were laughing so hard while we were listening to it!! Love ya Jared you keep life interesting!!! 

THE CAKE!!!



  My brother Jeremy holding Cade

The Birthday Boy!!! Turning 28!!

Me and Curtis!

My brother Jordan and Easton

My sister in law Dianne and Jeremy

 My Mom, Easton, Dad, Jeremy, Dianne

My friend Debra Slaugh and her cute daughter Madilyn
my sister in law Aimee and my nephew Easton

Curtis parents Wayne and Debbie