Penelope Ivette Maloney

My gorgeous daughter :

November 2010

So this month has been quite an odd one. I have been unorganized in my priorities and trying to keep up with the day to day stuff has been quite challenging. We had court earlier this month, and the hearing was postponed until Dec. 1 (pretrial) and Dec. 15 for trial. Unfortunately, I have had to make some decisions that I had wanted to avoid, but all in all, it's been a good thing to weigh the options. Mike has had the kids every weekend this month; and I have had a lot of transcription work to do, but I still can't seem to catch up on the weekends! But I am certainly grateful that I do have work at all, especially from home! I am registered for school - 15 credits next semester. But it's Bachelors coursework finally, so I think I will enjoy it a lot more. I am working on a variety of businesses, as always. I will post about those a little later.

We had a cute little surprise party for my momma last night and she was really shocked! It was hard keeping it a secret because she is so hard-headed. My dad went out of his comfort zone to take her to Macy's to shop while all the guests arrived, even though she was restless to come home. I'm sure she thought it was odd that my dad wanted to shop? She also tried to convince him to take her to Cafe Rio that night...and he got in trouble because he said no. Geez...Mom...will you just let us surprise you?? :) Well, happy 49, Mom! You certainly don't look or act your age! Pictures below:

OCTOBER 2010

Pretty much...I really suck at blogging! I actually forgot I had a blog for like two months almost until yesterday. This weeks is my commitment renewal week...I've been a huge slacker for the past two weeks, but not because I'm lazy...just really busy!

So what has happened since late September? Well, October was a great month! We spent all month having fun watching scary movies, picking our costumes, going to Halloween parties and the zoo, and then finally trick or treating on Halloween night! I've included some pictures below:

Took some pictures of Brackyn before snow hit! I'm wishing it was still this beautiful outside!

My best babies! They were so proud of their costumes this year! But, please remind me, pink next year for Penny. It took awhile to convince her that princesses could wear black too :).

Made some caramel apples with the fam one nice October evening at home. Enhanced this one for Vaness.

I also took pictures at The Shilo Inn here in Idaho Falls. Business wasn't amazing, but it was fun nonetheless!! Some of them were a little on the scandalous side, so I didn't include those here. ;)