Finally, some fun and excitement!

The Empey family has had a very fun and exciting weekend. This is a big change for us because most of our weekends are dull and just mostly chill!

It all started on Friday - Brooklynn and Tyler have been sharing a room since we moved here. At the time with only 3 bedrooms it gave Steve a room for his office/guest room. Then of course Josh came along Steve was kicked out and the crib went back up. Now that Josh is old enough we decided for a number of reasons it was time for a switch!

1. Ty and Brooks are constantly fighting about who made what mess. Cleaning up is a nightmare.

2. Tyler is getting big enough and old enough that he needs his own space and privacy.

3. Brooklynn really wants her very own 'Princess' room.

4. I was really truely running out of storage space for Toys etc and Josh's room has a bigger closet. Especially now that all the baby gear is in the garage.

So, I got up on Friday and starting moving everything. All the baby stuff went out to the garage. All Brooklynn's toys into Joshua's room/closet. All the bedding off the queen bed, then the old bedding back on the queen (It is purple and most girly). I took down Brooklynn's twin to take out to the shed until Josh needs it. Stacked both twin mattresses on Ty's bed. Moved everyone's clothes, moved the crib and hung most of the pictures etc. It took most of the day with all of the cleaning and washing I did along the way. The results are below! Brooklynn's room needs some decor, any suggestions would be most appreicated.

Friday night we had the Ward Halloween Party. It was a fun time. I didn't take any pictures, but I did make some White Bean Chili that won 2nd place in the Chili Cook off! I even got a prize. Major prize, major prize I won I won I won! It is now my one and only Halloween decoration.

Saturday morning was the best, but I will give you all a little background first. When we moved into our house there was a hot tub here. So, Steve got it all cleaned out and running. I am not a big fan of hot tubs, I think I got in it twice, maybe! I didn't really care that it was here, that is until the wood started to fall off the sides. The outside of it literally started falling apart, even after Dad Empey helped us do some repairs. A few people told us it just needed a little paint, but it was beyond any help a little paint could give it. While the inside worked - the outside was just plain trashy looking. So, after a few fruitless try's on Steve's part to get someone to take it away, he found someone! Yeah for Steve - I love you honey you are the best! This guy was so nice and because Steve is so fantastic the guy agreed to do it for free! I don't know how he does it, but he can really sweet talk people into stuff. I was most excited! Steve recruited a few friends to come and help (Thank you Jared, Jeremy and Nate). They took down part of the side fence, pulled up one of the plants, the guy came and unhooked the thing, they all loaded it onto a dolly, onto a trailer and it is gone! Of course I took pictures, even though I was being taunted and teased by a few people who's wives also have blogs (I won't mention any names). It is so nice and now everytime I look in the backyard I don't cringe. The wonderful Hot Tub guy told us that when we do go to sell, whenever that is, it will be a much better selling point to have a nice area that is prewired for a hot tub than an old nasty hot tub already in place! I cannot tell you all how happy I am about this.

Last night we were invited to a Halloween party at the Salway's! Thanks Mike and Emily. The only thing was I could not for the life of me find a babysitter. I went and Steve stayed home. There were some great costumes! I didn't get pictures of everyone though! I went as a Homecoming Queen! The only thing that would have made it better would have been to be a knocked up Homecoming Queen. We played a great game that at the next family gathering I think we should do. We split into teams and each team had an hour to make movie of whatever theme they wanted - it was hilarious.

Talli and Jeremy

Enjoy the pictures, there will be plenty more to come! Halloween is on Wednesday and then Tyler and I are off to Denver! Yippy I can hardly wait to see my sister's and my cutie nieces and nephews and all you other beautiful people I will get to see!