October Visiting Teaching

Back Home...Finally

There's so much to catch up on!  First of all, we got a call conference weekend to help out a family member whose original babysitter ended up not being able to watch the kids.  So we headed down to Sandy for a week to help out.  Then we came home for a day and a half so I could do laundry and I hitched a ride to Arizona with my aunt and uncle while Phil went hunting.

Arizona

The drive was long {as always} but it was very eventful!  I was the booger magnet {enough said about that}!  I downloaded a few books on tape and slept a lot.  We made a really cool scenic stop just outside of Page where I got a picture of their family.

The first thing I did when I got there was meet up with my friends Sarah and Molly {and her new son Bo}.  We didn't do Scrapfest this year, so going out to dinner had to count {we missed Beth - who moved to UT and Tina - who was camping with her family}.  We ate at yummy Macayos and had a blast talking!

Then Friday night was my grandparents traditional Halloween party!  I didn't get very many pictures, but I love the one of my nephew Jaron in his Halloween costume and the one of us changing him on the floor.  We had Neds Krazy Sub and made Haunted Halloween Houses!

I got to go to lunch with my aunts and girl cousins at Gecko Grill and I spent more than 8 hours at glorious Scrapbooks Etc!  We had a blast Saturday night playing slaughter ball, eating pizza, and having rootbeer floats.  David's homecoming was amazing and his talk truly made you feel the Spirit.  By the end of the meeting when we were singing Well Done the tears were flowing!  We stayed for all the blocks and I was thrilled to go to Relief Society with family and sit by my long time influential friend Amy {Hurst} Stewart!  We ended the whirlwind weekend with a yummy traditional Sunday dinner and games til the wee hours!

Hunting

Although my amazing hubby didn't get a "Bambi" hunting, he did catch some yummy fish which he grilled up for us last night when he got home.  We had yummy butternut squash, salad, veggie rice, and of course the trout!  He did good!

I Can't Wait!

The countdown has begun! I am officially stoked {thanks Amy}!

27 Years Young!

First of all, thank you for all the well wishes and phone calls.  Yesterday was my 27th birthday!  I despise birthdays because as many times as you tell yourself they are just another day, deep down we hope that it's special.  In the end my birthday turned out great!  

I woke up to these beautiful flowers and a card from my sweet hubby!

I was alone pretty much all day.  My husband didn't get home from work until 9:00, but I didn't get to see him until 10:00!  It was so sad.  But he made up for it by having a super fun surprise!  So my first instructions were to change into jammies!  Then we drove up the canyon {which even though it was so late and dark, you could still see all the pretty colors of fall by head lights}.  We arrived at our destination which was a little camp spot where he immediately started a warm fire.  We ate by fire light our yummy Cafe Rio salads {with spoons because he forgot to grab utensils}!

Then he busted out the sparkling berry cider to do a toast in my honor!

Then for my birthday dessert we had smores!  I loved it!  

He even got cinnamon graham crackers!

Then we looked at the stars and talked until 1:00 am!  

The evening was creative and thoughtful and I am so grateful for my amazing hubby!