Important Dates:

October 15th   Grandma's Birthday

October 31st   Daylight Savings Time ENDS!!! (oh, and it's Halloween, too)

--Mr. Kitty

Lobster Woes

By Rebecca Willardson

It's huge.  It's the biggest store I've been to probably in my entire life.  It's the new Wal-mart Super center.  I brought my brother with me to browse the great deals on junk we don't really need.  Somehow we found our way to the seafood center.  It brought back memories of my childhood shopping with my parents.  Ryan and I would stare at the lobsters and BEG our parents to buy us one.  We wanted a pet.  We had no clue that these lobsters were for eating purposes.  Some 12 years later I found myself sad standing in front of these poor little creatures as I read the sign "we'll steam 'em for you."  Trying to forget about my childish lobster fascination, I moved on to the next foods...donuts!  After staring down the fattening pastries, I looked back to find my brother, hopelessly sympathizing with the lobsters.  With his fingers to the glass and a frown on his face he took out his camera phone and snapped a picture.  Write him if you want to see it.  Yes, we really are that pathetic.

Boys and Cupcakes: A Bad Combination

By Rachel

I had the opportunity to go to a Halloween party held by a guy in my Stake. Now I had only heard about how cool this annual party was, so to actually get an invite was amazing.

So its 6:30 Friday night on the 29^th of October. And where am I? On Travis’ doorstep choking on the smoke from that smoke machine. Okay, so that’s exaggerating it a bit, but still. I think I am the first here. Kind of scary because I don’t know any of the people who have already arrived. Then Sarah and Megan show up. Thank goodness. I’m reminded why I don’t socialize much. Why is that? Oh, it’s because I am ill qualified to recommend myself to strangers...It means I’m shy. Anyway, so not long after that Krista shows up, much to my relief, followed by a few other s I know. Then the party starts. We watch a bit of the Nightmare Before Christmas. I still wonder why Zero’s nose glows…Then the games start. I’m not really one for games that make me think too hard. But if I have to keep rhythm at the same time! As my luck would have it I am one of the last people still standing in that game. Then we play chubby bunnies or something. Only we have to try and fit as many cupcakes in our mouths as possible. I successfully get one cupcake in my mouth. Then I look at Travis and I feel nauseous. 12 cupcakes! It is .

We play a few more games (murder in the dark…I died) and then my parents come to pick me up. All in all, the party has been quite interesting. One might even go so far as to say "fun". Excluding the cupcakes of course.

Family Update

By Ruth

October. Grandma Willardson's birthday was the 15th--and she's now 82 years young! Ruth still takes her for her weekly hair appointment and now the two of them go out on the town afterwards to do Grandma's shopping and whatever else Grandma wants to do. Grandma does get tired so they don't stay out tooo long, but the two of them enjoy their time together...Now, about the controversial holiday of the month: For a few years I listened to friends who said that Halloween was just Satanism. Then we decided we wanted to have fun like when WE were children and just forget all that! So we had an annual Halloween Party. But due to unforseen circumstances beyond our immediate control, the annual Halloween Party has been cancelled until further notice. Besides, Halloween fell on Sunday and we don't "trick-or-treat" on Sundays. So we watched not-too-scarey movies on Saturday night and ate our candy. Oh, bother!

Individual News

Rachel went to a Halloween party as a cat.  Other than that, she claims to have had an uneventful month.

Once again, Rebecca has done nothing but school.  If all our lives could be as exciting as hers!