I had a great Halloween. I woke up early that morning to drive to Hammond to play the piano at the memorial service for a dear lady from my church in Hammond, Mary Nelson. She was also a pianist, a very good one, and was always so supportive of my musical endeavors and always told me she loved to hear me play. While I was sad to hear of her passing, it makes me happy to think of her being with her husband again.
After the service, I went to my brother, Ben's, house and hung out with his family all day. He spent most of the day working while my SIL and I went shopping with the girls and prepared for the Halloween party we attended that night. We all went to a friend's house, along with my parents, that night for their annual party, which always starts with a hay ride around their rural neighborhood to go trick-or-treating with the kids--then we go back to the house and eat lots of yummy food and just hang out the rest of the night. Jared worked all day (he actually left the house before I did) so he didn't attend the party with me. I missed having him there but it was really fun. Here are some pics from the night:
{Ben and his beautiful family--Ben was Jack, Becky was an LSU Tiger, Brenna was the cutest monkey (who slept through the first little bit of the hayride)}:
{Brenna the monkey while trick-or-treating}:
{Belle hamming it up for the camera}:
{Brenna enjoying some of her loot}:
It was a really fun night and the weather was amazingly perfect all day and night. It was the first Saturday that I didn't watch football most of the day but it was worth it to spend the day and night with my nieces. LSU skunked Tulane 42-0. Geaux Tigers!!! We are still #9 and are 7-1. And last night, the Saints won yet again and are still undefeated. Who dat?!!! :)
Not too much going on this week outside of normal obligations. I'm going with the youth to the temple tomorrow night, which is always special, after which we are going out to eat. I'm not gonna get to watch the BIG game this weekend (LSU vs. Bama) because I will be co-hostessing a wedding shower for a friend from Hammond. I'm really good friends with her mom and adore her whole family--actually, her brother's house is where the Halloween party was. I had a part in getting the couple together--the guy is from my current ward. While I am going to sorely miss being able to watch the game with family and friends, I am happy to be there to celebrate the up-coming marriage of two people that I think are great. I'll just have my brothers text me with updates of the game throughout the shower! :) I REALLY hope the Tigers can play their best and pull out the win against the #3 team!
GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!
