Halloween Party

So we sure did miss everyone who couldn't come to the Halloween party last week! It isn't the same without you! I am working on updating the slide show. . .I can't remember how I did it in the first place! I have to keep up with this! So Teresa did an awesome scavenger hunt, where all the clues were riddles. The kids had fun figuring out the clues and finding the next one. Danalin did a scary story where everyone helped with sound effects (photo with the little signs). My favorite was the forest sounds where everyone picked the name of a vegetable to say softly at the same time. It sure did make for a scary tale! (carrot). Adrianne made an awesome figure out the gruesome body part game where she made the kids stick their hands in a box and guess that the "heart" was a peeled tomato, "eyeballs" were green olives, etc. Some of the kids were cheating by smelling their hands after each one, but it made for some great photos! We also had ghost bowling, and a relay race where they had to dress like a scarecrow, balance an eyeball on a spoon, get wrapped like a mummy and do a "spider" crab walk. We also had some awesome food, super scary! We missed you all and hope you will post your own Halloween pictures on our blog! Send them to me and I will add them to our slide show too! Kristin

Happy Halloween!

On Saturday, we had a fun Halloween party! We had games, food and lots of fun! We were sad not everyone could attend, maybe next year!

Some fancy dancing!!

We thought this was one of the cutest pictures (Hayden says cheesy) from your selection!

Way to go!

A Yummy Meal???

Dad and I had a very special experience on Saturday. We had a beautiful day here in Hungary and we decided to go on an hour long boatride with the Gudgell's, the other couple that is here in Hungary. We went on the boatride and it was amazing. The day was perfect and we got off the boat in plenty of time to get back to the Church for a baptism at 6:00. I had not made my treat yet so I needed a little time.
We were all starving and so we passed up MacDonalds in favor of a "nicer" place to eat. We ate at a very nice restaurant and my cold soup was peach and it was delicious. When we were ordering we couldn't see much we wanted to order and then we saw "fish chips". Of course, being from America we were thinking "fish and chips" and I even asked the waiter if it was little pieces of fish and he said, "yes". Well, the attached picture gives you a view of what we got. A plate full of little minnows, fried up with their eyeballs still there. It was sickening. Neither Sister Gudgell or myself could eat a thing. The lettuce underneath was even lousy. They had put sour lemon pieces everywhere and doused the lettuce in juice. What a disaster meal. Hope you enjoy fish and chips from the Daley Freeze and we are stuck with this. It is evidently a very special dish here in Hungary.
Then it took so long for all of this that we didn't get home until 5:10 and I had to hurry and make some cookies for the baptism. We made the baptism on time but it was a small miracle.
The baptism was the best way to end the day. And a happy way too!!
Love,
Mom

New Job. . .

Hello family,

For those of you who don't know, I have a new calling. I am the nursery leader! I may be a fool, but I am really excited about it. Apparently we have 24 kids in our nursery, I know this won't seem like many to Kruger's and Burton's, but we are looking to split into 2 groups. I think any calling where you get a treat and a nap is cool by me! :)


I am getting excited to figure out more about our trip to Hungary. I am hoping that you who have been will give us lots of pointers so that we can have the best time ever. I am thinking that maybe Lou and Mike especially will have to stay at the apartment our parents found us and walk to mom and dad's every morning before we go so they will be a little worn out and won't kill me. I have been trying to walk further and further every day so that hopefully I won't be the kill joy. I am going to start bugging people about plans so that I can get even more excited every day!


Tell me who has what plans for Thanksgiving? I am kind of assuming I will stay close by, as I am going away for other holidays. . .but I might could be persuaded to venture out. Let me know!



I don't remember if I told anyone that I got a promotion at work. I am now the Assistant Program Manager, which took over a year to get approved, but yeah for me! It means I do exactly the same job, for just slightly more money. Guess it is good for the resume!


Love you all and hope you blog soon.
Kristin