Halloween Part 1

I know it isn't quite Halloween yet, but I had a little down time and thought I should do a quick post about our first Halloween party of the year.

The night before the party, we were trying to come up with costume ideas. As we wandered aimlessly around WalMart, we passed by the boys section and saw these SpongeBob pajamas. These would be perfect!

Spencer is wearing boys size large, and mine are boys small. We went as twins who grew up overnight.

If we had known Sarah Palin was going to be there, maybe we would have dressed up a little more!


The big event at this party was the band performance. That's right, Spencer is in a rock band! His mom would be so proud that he is putting his cello skills to work. He actually plays the bass guitar in the band, which I guess is similar to the cello. He is very musical anyway, and could probably play any instrument given a little practice. He also sings a couple of songs.

Here's a shot of Spencer on the bass.

Here's the band performing. It was hard to get a good shot, because if I used the flash, you couldn't see the dim lights and disco ball, etc. If I didn't use the flash, everything was too dark. I don't remember what setting this was. The light was good, but it wouldn't focus very well.

His other band buddies are Greg (lead singer), Rick (guitar), Steve (guitar), and Ron (drums).

The Band

Most of what the band plays is 80's rock, since that is their generation of music. But they also have some more recent songs. The crowd favorite is always "Pop Goes My Heart" from the movie Music and Lyrics. Here's a link to the youtube video from the movie. click here

Spencer and Greg singing "Pop Goes My Heart"

Spencer sang "Guardian Angel" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. I think it's the perfect song for him because it shows off how melodic his voice is.

So cute!

I love Halloween!

New Office

Well, it's official! Spencer is now working in Utah County. He has been planning to move his chiropractic office to a new location when his lease ended in November, and he found a great space in Pleasant Grove. He has had several allergy patients commuting up to Salt Lake from Utah County because there are no practitioners in that area who do allergy elimination technique. We hope that the move down there will bring in even more patients without competing with other doctors.

Spencer is dividing his time between the Cottonwood Heights and Pleasant Grove offices for the month of October, and will be exclusively in PG starting November. We spent the day Saturday in his new office getting things ready.


The children's waiting room has a big whiteboard on the wall that we moved down to the baseboards and framed in so kids can draw pictures. Here's a picture of the whiteboard, with me hanging up a child coat rack.


We did some painting, hung shelves, cleaned a little, and built a little shelf on the receptionist window for patients to use when they sign in.

It was fun to spend the day together and have a sense of accomplishment for all the work we did! Even Jack got to come and hang out with us.

Once the office is all put together in November, I'll post some more pics of it.

Here's a link to Spencer's business website: Total Care Wellness Center.

Yummy New Tradition

Spencer and I have been married for over 4 years now, and we are slowly developing our own family traditions. One tradition that we have just started is a trip to Iceberg Drive Inn to split a burger, onion rings, and a shake.

The first time we did this, we ordered a burger, fries, onion rings, and 2 shakes. Even though we can both eat a lot (especially Spencer) we couldn't finish it all! So we learned our lesson and ordered a little less the next time we went.

The onion rings at Iceberg are DELICIOUS!! I am not a fan of onions, but these are so big and so good, it's like eating candy!


This is a family tradition that I hope continues for a long time to come!

Side note: Next time, I need to do any food posts on NON-Fast Sundays! Looking at these pictures again is making me drool!