Happy Halloween!!

Well another Halloween has come and gone and this year there was NO SNOW!!!

AMAZING.

To start Halloween off right, we decorated. Natalie, my sister in law came over and we hung spider web after spider web. Which kind of shocked Deiter because i absolutely HATE spiders... well I guess its not so much a hate, but an "irrational" fear that they are out to get me. We got pretty creative and actually made a spider web from streamers on my ceiling. I felt so good about the decorations... I almost wanted to pin them on pinterest. But alas I have not.

With all the decorations, it was only right to throw a party. We had a few friends over, ate some food and played some more or less halloween themed "Minute to Win-it" Games. Absolutely hilarious! I won't post any pictures of other people to protect their privacy... but here is a couple of Deiter.






Overall the party turned out great! We went to bed late and slept in... Just how a party should end!


Trick or Treating!

Leto was old enough to take trick or treating this year and so we took him to a couple of houses, cause really that boy doesn't need sugar. He has enough energy as it is.

As a family we adopted the Toy Story characters. Deiter was Woody.


I was Jessie.



And Leto was the Pizza Planet Alien that saves ALL the toys in Toy Story 3... quite the unrecognized hero in my opinion.


As a Family of Cow-people... and aliens... we pretty much rocked.



Leto was unsure of his first trick or treat encounter. He was a little hesitant at first as a lady, whom he knows very well tried to convince him to take some of their candy. She put some in the bag, and then told him to take some. He took one, and she said take some more. When he realized he could help him self, that is indeed what he did. He started piling in the candy! filled his bag 1/3 of the way full in 1 house! How awesome.

The next stop was his Jami's (Deiter's mom). He went right up to her bowl and picked a bag of candy, not just one. I think he is getting the essence of Halloweening.

We had one more stop to make and by this time his (18 month old outfit) was starting to come undone. Instead of helping himself he let them do the work and we opened his bag as more piled in. Needless to say he has enough candy to last us all a very long time.

And now, after his sugar rush has ended he has crashed hopefully for the night.

The Molcaks wish you all a great and safe Halloween night!

Un-creative craftiness

These past few months have been the most crafty of months for me. I have done maybe 6 or 7 projects without any need for creativity! My secret is PINTEREST! and I LOVE IT.

So I have started finding hobbies, as I am a stay-at-home mom and I thought maybe I would take up baking at first... but lets face it. I eat what I make, and well that just doesn't go well with the scale. So then I stopped baking and was again in need of a hobby. I thought maybe learning to play the piano. i started taking lessons, but wow did i find it hard to find the time to practce! (just as I did when i was younger..) So piano was out. Then I thought well maybe I will take up working out... need i say more... exercise out. So one day after a Young Woman's activity my friend mentioned Pinterest. And lets just say I have FOUND MY HOBBY!

CRAFTING!. I have a really small home right now and limited wall space, but I have found things to do to help make my home feel more like a home.






The awesome thing about my newfound hobby, is that I can go to the website, pick something I want to do (usually with stuff already found around the house). Sit down after the dishes are done (and sometimes before) and when the kids are in bed and create something from nothing.

I know that for me creating has always served as a great self-esteem and mood booster. As does cleaning... ironically enough. And so these past few months as I have been creating new things I have had a greater sense of purpose and "love" for myself. Everything in my life has gone better. I am more apt to reading my scriptures, fulfilling my callings and taking care of my husband and son. I am not afraid to volunteer to do projects, because of this new found confidence. I know i can do them!

So basically this has been my past couple of months, and as Halloween and Christmas are quickly approaching, the crafting will probably kick into high gear!

Next undertaking: SEWING! Woohooooo .... We will start with stockings and go from there.