December Update!

Its been a fun past little while, so I figure its time for my monthly (ish) updates on what we've been up to!  Obviously, since I posted a couple of things this last month, you know some of what we have been up to.  But here is the list of things we've been doing for about the last month or so.

-Dressed up as Doctor Who and River Song for Halloween!
-Celebrated my birthday with my parents and on our own!
-Celebrated our first anniversary!
-Celebrated our first Thanksgiving with my family!
-I went Black Friday shopping with the girls! (And had a fabulous time!)
-We got callings in church!  (Ward organist and chorister)
-Found out that many of my friends are pregnant and most know the sex!  So far there is 1 boy and 1 girl, and we'll know at least two more in the next few weeks!
-Finished up the semester!  (Well, not quite yet, but give us about a week and we'll be done!  Yay!  You have no idea how happy that makes me!)
-Decorated the house for Christmas!   The tree looks fantastic, but it can't be plugged in because there are no outlets near it, so its not lit but it looks great!

We are very excited for this Christmas and to get to spend it with Dan's family!  We have most of our Christmas shopping done already, which is very surprising cause usually it's last minute on some people.

We hope you have a fantastic December!!!

Happy (late) Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!!!

I may be a day late and a dollar short but hey at least now I have the pictures. Halloween this year was a lot of fun. My friends Mandy, her husband Matt, Brian, and I hosted a Halloween party! It was fun and we played games until it was no longer Halloween. We even had a random Luigi come into their house and say "awkward." This was because Matt was Mario, and Brian was Luigi. It was really creepy and funny at the same time.




Also, some of our friends were dressed as the Twilight cast. There was Jacob, with the cutoff jeans and no shoes! Edward, that actually sparkled. And Bella, who was beautiful as always!


The night before, Brian and I carved some pumpkins. I carved an H1N1 puking pumpkin, a pumpkin pi, and a ghost that says "BOO!" Brian carved a fishbowl that had Nemo's dad Marlin Dory.


I also made part of my costume, the daisies, and part of Brian's costume, the hat and some buttons for the suspenders.


A week ago, I carved a spider into a baby pumpkin and the next day I carved a web for the spider! They turned out awesome! I had such a good Halloween. I hope this next week goes as well!


Oh, and in case you didn't know, my (ack) 23 birthday is on Friday!

I love...

HALLOWEEN!!!

So, I was looking online for some cute ideas for carving a pumpkin when I ran across this awesome idea from Martha Stewart... and I LOVE IT!!!!



Seriously? How cute is that!?!?! I want to go and make one sometime soon. I need to find the right pumpkin though. Here is the link to the instructions though!

If you run across any sweet halloween ideas, let me know! I'm super excited to hear about them!

Halloween!

So I've decided what I am going to be for Halloween. Well, actually I decided this a while ago but its getting better! I am going to be Super Princess Daisy! And to make it even better, I think I convinced some of my friends to go as the rest of the gang. And we are going to have a HALLOWEEN PARTY!!! I'm so excited! I hope we look as cool as these people!


So if you have any great ideas for like food or spookiness let me know!

10 things that make me Terribly Happy!

I'm borrowing this from a blog I read.

10 Things that make ME terribly happy!!!
1. Getting postcards in the mail from my friends/family
2. Seeing bridges and their unique designs
3. Watching someone I love with children
4. Hot Hot showers
5. Cuddling until you fall asleep
6. Listening to music in the car while holding hands
7. Holiday decorations, especially 4th of July and Halloween
8. Crisp Spring/Fall air
9. Leetle and Mini things
10. Walking around the Logan Temple

Pumpkin Carvin!

So, as you can see... I carved a baby pumpkin! It was so much fun to do too! I was really bored last night because I was tired of studying and everyone was gone already. So I decided I wanted to carve a pumpkin. Well, I have a big pumpkin, but I didn't want to carve it and have it rot before Halloween came, and I also wanted to carve it with Brian. So, instead I decided to carve my baby pumpkin. It was fun. I used a 1/2 teaspoon to get all the guts out. Then I found the smallest metal spoon we had to smooth the insides. I also had bought a pumpkin carving kit with all the nice little knifes and saws in it, so I used them to cut my design! I love his cute crooked smile! He's so cute and as soon as I go to the store and buy some mini glow sticks, he is going to be lit up at night! I'll get a picture of him lit up too!

Avoiding homework...

I can tell when I've been sitting at work too long.. its when I start to avoid doing my homework anymore. It has been kind of nice so far this week. This weekend I went home and spent time with my parents and studied for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE). And we also bought some pumpkins and squash! I also found out on Friday that I get to go to IACURH! Its another housing conference the week after my birthday! And its in Boulder, Colorado! I'm way excited! I also found out that I got a 93% on my fluids test! And an 86% on my mechanics test! Woohoo! Now, if only I can pass my economics test and my next fluids test, and the FE! Its going to be a long month! Well, at least there's HALLOWEEN!!!!