Crap shoots, diamonds, and cake.

Today is the 1st day of November, and it couldn't have come soon enough! For my family, October has been a

CRAP SHOOT.




Oh yes. You heard me right. The beginning of the month started with the loss of the littlest Dupass



and ended with the death of my 11 1/2 year old Boxer Annie.




That sucks.


Knowing that Annie is buried next to Titan makes me feel a little bit better though.



I have been taking a sort of sabbatical from most things besides Hyrum and work. Both have been extremely great healers.

* Hyrum is wonderful. He has always been wonderful. But this last month when I needed him the most, he has been everything I needed him to be. When he heard about Annie on Saturday night, he brought me home some flowers.

And they are lovely.





Anyway lets move on to what we have been up to lately.

Yesterday was Halloween. Which means lots of candy (and of course glow bracelets)




and even better... goodies (just a snippet of all the things we did at work!)







and I got to wear my Halloween T-shirt.





We got a few pumpkins, which in the next few days will turn into an endless supply of baked goods.




Speaking of pumpkin related baked goods,this is a cheesecake I did the other day. Its a pumpkin New Yorker. Drool.





Here are a few cakes I have done over the last little while...











And a fun package cake I did,





Here is a not so great picture of the 2 of us...





And finally... on October 13th, we celebrated getting engaged 4 years ago. And on the 14th we celebrated being married for 3.5 years. Hy spoiled me rotten with a new wedding ring set. It is so beautiful and I am very thankful for this guy.





Here is hoping that November isn't nearly as much of a crap shoot as October was.