Apple Hill Excursion!!

So Mindy and Jason go to Apple Hill every year and this year Cat, Shaun and I went with them (since none of us have ever been). Apple Hill is a about 3o apple farms up in Placerville that open their farms to the public to view and shop (they have a whole bunch of sweet homemade wares there) and of course, buy apple stuff!! I had the most delicious apple pie, apple cider (hot course and rich and creamy) and cheesecake carmaled apple!! There were tons of opportunities to take pictures and I missed the best one!! There was a guy that worked at one of the fudge shops that could have been Brendon's friend!! Literally!! He even was wearing a shirt that looks just like Brendon has. His facial expressions even matched Brendon's. The only big difference was the nose!! I so wish I had gotten a picture!! After a day of walking around and having fun, we went to Hard Rock Cafe and made a night of it!! It was blast!!

My Halloween!!

This year I got to give out candy at my own house for the first time ever!!! It was fun although I only had about 15 people come!! Then it was off to a dance party at a friends house with my ward!! Or so I thought!! It ended up that there were TONS of people and half of them were from different wards!! She only had a pretty small living room so we were all jammed in there trying to dance, which meant very little space, lots of sweat, and a not soo good smell!! They did have a costume contest and the David Petersen and Curtis won as characters from Toy Story!! The whole family made their costumes!! It was adorable!! Because I had really short hair this year, I opted to be Annie (which is one of the few red headed TV or movie characters I haven't been yet. That and The Little Mermaid)!! I thought I looked cute although lots of people could not figure out who I was!! BOO!! Literally!!

Hutchings Hairy Halloween!!

So pretty much my family can't do anything normal, including the Halloween Holiday!! Mindy and Jason invited all the Sacramento family overthe Sunday before to carve pumpkins, make traditional ghosts for the window and find costumes!! As you will see in the pictures that follow, this is what you get when you leave us to do it on our own!! Hehehe!! Happy Halloween!!

(My Sunday Halloween clothes)
(Schmee the bee or Me the bee?)(UMMM...._

(As Brendon would say: MATRIX!!)
(Brendon would be such a pretty girl!!)
(Boys will be boys!! Or girls?!)
(Carving Pumpkins)(Hey Amberlyn! Look up would ya?!)

Gotta Love Family!!

If anyone knows anyone in my family you know that whenever we get together good times pursue (and crazy ones at that too)!! I am lucky enough to live close to my parents and little brother and sister, one sister and her husband, and another brother and his girlfriend. My littlest sister is a cheerleader at Elk Grove High School so we usually get together to go to her games and watch them. And of course we take fun pictures!! Then we try to have as much fun as possible afterwards!! Just take a look and see.!!

LIFE (or something like that)!!

The regional YSA group here decided to have an activity where we got to play a real life version of the board game LIFE!! I have to admit that it was a blast!! You started off at the MTC where you wrote a letter to a soldier in Iraq. Then you had to answer questions to see how much in debt you'd be for going to college. You went to college (mad libs) and then graduated and got a job (roll of the dice. I was an accountant. Go figure). Then you went to a bachelor or bachelorette party (where you made your bridal veil or tie and the girls got a ring pop ring). Then you got married. You didn't know before who were going to end up with, you just walked out a door and there he was. I luckily go paired with one of the goofiest guys in my ward named Gordo!! We had a blast!! We got married in Australia. Then we went to have kids. We rolled 6. Then flipped a coin to get 4 boys and 2 girls. We got to decorate paper cups and name them. All our kids had names of tv stars (shaun, sam, i can't remember the other two boys, ugly betty and veronica mars). Then you went and built a house. Then you got a calling. Then off to Lehi's dream, work out room (where you took your kids for a stroll), five year anniversary room, date room, and family home evening room (we played a version of jenga where you had to ask a certain question i you pulled a certain block). Then to the end. All the while you are making stops and getting paid and also receiving blessings. It was soo much fun!! Definite fun date idea of activity!! Ask me if you want more details!!

When the family gets together!!

RENO 911!!

So my sister Mindy and I decided to go to Reno for a one night stay!! Okay. So my sister Mindy got a free one night stay in Reno and her husband couldn't go with her, so she invited me!! Whoopee!! We stayed at the El Dorado in a really nice room. We had fun eating at the buffet, taking pictures, watching movies, swimming, winning $85 in the penny slot machine (okay. So only I won $85. Mindy didn't win anything), and just relaxing!! It was fun to get away with my sister and just have some time off from life and the madness of it all for awhile. It was also good to have time off before I started my full time job as a personal aid for an autistic boy in 4th grade and then an part time job as an afternoon director at a montessori school. You can see that life has greatly increased in hecticness!! But its better to be busy than bored I always say!! Hehehe!

Who needs sleep?

Or money for that matter!! Can I just say that this week has been one of ups and downs. Since seminary started I've gotten very little sleep. But Tuesday night topped it all off!! I decided to help out my ward (for various reasons) and go to the cannery here to help can tomatoes. Too bad the shift began at 9:30 pm and didn't get over until 1:30 pm!! I was soo tired when I got home, but it was still kind of fun!! We got to seperate tomatoes into good peeled ones and bad peeled ones. A friend of mine and I even got into a tomatoe war throwing tomatoes at each other (don't worry, it was only a few)!! I didn't finally get to sleep that night until 2 am and had to wake up at 5 am. Talk about the living dead. That's what I felt like all day. Hopefully I can make up for it it this week sometime!! Then on top of that bills are starting to be due and I have to worry about how I am going to pay for them. It has been stressful and not fun to deal with, but its helping me to become the adult that I should. I did get to go to the temple yesterday although the speaker broke and we had to sit for 20 minutes while they tried to fix it. They finally just read the script. It was quite an experience. The crazy things that happen in my week!!

Like Father, Like Daughter!

So, since both my dad and I have hard a time getting full time steady jobs, we end up doing a lot of job hunting and applying for jobs together. We both needed some immediate cash and mom found a job on craig's list for the California State Fair. We both applied to work in concessions at the fair and got the job. We both got the job and worked for about 15 days as cashiers and pouring beer (the lovely benefits of working for the fair)!! It was fun and we had fun traveling to and from work together and sharing news of the crazy people we worked with!! It has definitely helped to build a closer relationship between us!! And we got into the fair free whenever we wanted. How bad can that be?!