We LOVE visitors!!

. . . . . especially when they are as great as Mom & Dad Nielson!

They made the long 11 hour trip to Lovelock last Thursday and spent the whole weekend with us.

GOSH, it was so good to have them here!

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On Saturday while my dad and Bryce went Chukar hunting my mom and I went on our semi-annual shopping trip in Reno!! It's usually a two or three day event but we managed to get nearly all of it done in one day. And YES.....we did stop to eat.....twice.;)

Once the shopping is done our favorite thing to do is come home & set-up all of our purchases on the bed and look at everything we got.:)

What can I say......we love to shop!!

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It was so good to spend some time with my parents! Watching movies, eating out, eating in, shopping, hunting, laughing & playing Mexican train. . . . . . it was a great weekend!

Thanks MOM & DAD for coming to see us! We love you!

Happy Halloween!

So Halloween has come and gone and again I'm late posting pictures.

Oh well huh....better late than never.:)
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This year the Young Women decided to organize and put together the ward Halloween party which means the Young Women's presidency were thrown into it as well and that includes me. Bryce and I aren't huge on dressing up for Halloween but I told Bryce that we HAD to this year because it would be fun!!! Right??

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Introducing. . . . Ellie Mae & her husband the "Gamer".

Bryce wasn't too fond of the costume I dreamed up but he made the best of it.:)

Actually, he ROCKED IT!:)

There were some great costumes and all in all it was a fun night. A lot of work though!
Here are some of the cute costumes we saw that night:

Some of my young women- The blind ref., Sleeping beauty & the CSI agent.

Alice in Wonderland & the Cheshire cat. So cute!

Arrrgggghhh! Pirates!

Cutest little Lady Bug!

Zombie.....I think.:)

And this is the cutest Circus family EVER! Love it!

So Happy Halloween y'all!!!

Love, Ellie Mae

Fall is Delicious :)

What is it about fall that makes me want to bake?

Fall simply reminds me of delicious foods like pumpkin spice bread, Halloween cookies, homemade soups, apple cider.........the list goes on and on.

This is also the time of year that I cuss the size of my counter space in my small apartment kitchen!!! Ahhhhh!!

I decided to make sugar cookies for a potluck we had at work last week. They turned out yuuuuuuummmy! I got lots of compliments on them, which made me feel better about spending 5 hours of my time baking, frosting, and decorating them.:)

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So here's to fall, delicious food and gaining 5 lbs. of winter insulation around the mid-section.:)

Cute New Stuff!!

Scentsy introduced a new catalog last month just in time for the holidays and let me tell you..........they have some SUPER cute new stuff, not to mention lots of delicious Fall/Winter scents! Some of the new warmers include: Mid-size warmers (for those smaller spaces), Design It Yourself warmers and LOTS of cute new plug-in warmers!

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Check out October's warmer of month- Plymouth!

SO CUTE!!

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For you college sports fans they've created this new line of warmers! Makes for a fun gift too!
And. . . . . (drum roll please). . . . .


The 2009 Holiday Collection!!

Plug-ins & Full-size warmers!! These will be available November 1st!

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For a better look at these NEW warmers and all the NEW stuff in the Fall/Winter catalog go to my NEW revamped website: www.scentsy.com/bshields.

Happy Scentsy Shopping!!:)

Could it be??

Call it whatever you want you want- Flu, Swine flu, H1N1, all I know is that I'm sick and I don't have time for it! I had to call in sick for work tonight, the dishes are piling up, as is the laundry, and it takes all I have just to get off this couch!

Those of you that get sick and have kiddos to take care of.....I don't know how you do it!

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I just have to share this picture with all of you. . . . .

And NO it's not a picture of me.

We have this picture up at the nurses station at work. The caption under it reads "If you look anything like this. . . . . you might have the swine flu.":)
It's so ugly but sooooo funny.:)
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Well, my head & neck now hurt from holding them up to write this post so that's all for now. I hope I get better real soon!