HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Happy Halloween!

=]

It does not seem like it at all, I am WAY too excited for Thanks giving and Christmas.

48 days till California!!! =] (christmas)

And Iowa for Thanksgiving- traveling, and good stuff all in between.

So ya, I am excited. =]

We carved pumpkins about a week ago with some friends and watched Young Frankenstein.

Today Joe left for California. =[

I am so jealous.

He gets to be 3 hours from home.

But, I am SURE he will bring me back something. =]

He is good like that. =]

So last night was spent basically getting him ready, then we watched Ikibod and Charlie Browns Haloween movie.

=] It was wonderful.

Plus, it was GREAT to see people trick or treating in neighborhoods everywhere, and even busniesses doing all their trick or treating yesterday.

The end.

=]

6 MONTHS!!!

So, this last weekend, Oct. 16th to be exact...

Marked 6 MONTHS for Joe and I! =]

Yes, time does fly. =]

We celebrated in the best way possible.

A visit to the Temple.

Then dinner with my other BF, as it was her Birthday

(Happy be-lated birthday Camille!!!)

Wonderful. =]

Also, I have whopping cough.

=[

Not joy.

Also, I have 68 books to read this semester...

Just books.

Not textbooks.

Not short stories.

Just books you would normally think to find in a library.

Yeah.

=]

Best day ever. =]
My Best friend.

Here is my (other) best friend Camille. I used to get her in trouble, and I would get away free. That is how it should be. =]

Just around the river bend

We went canoeing this last weekend.

Oh so much fun!

Cold, but not once we got started.

Joe and I had some trouble.

We weren't "n-sync" that much. Kept going in circles.

By the time we got anywhere, I was tired.

But we did get going finally. =]

It was fun. =]

Victor and my best friend Camille, from our home in Santa Maria came with us.

Sure, the sky never got sunny until we got BACK to Rexburg...

But it was way fun. =]

Also...the donut shop in Rexburg, puts WAY too much frosting on their donuts. =[ Yes, the sweet tooth is saying the donuts are TOO sweet. Sad day, but they will do! =]

Post-trip. We got a little wet, and were now cold.

Also, we are moving! To Rexburg. Multiple reasons.

-save time

-more sleep

-convenient

-dogs

-student ward

-More motivation to work out and things like that. =]

We are sort sad, we will miss our 3 bedrooms, nice apartment with a fire place. But, it is for the best!

=]

Proud

I got to say, I am SO proud of these things.

Among many other things.

I just want to say it out loud. (online)

My wonderful bouquet at my wedding.

So pretty.

So simple.

So perfect.

I must say, In my opinion, I have not met anything that can match it.

I am grateful for my wonderful Mother picking out something so wonderful! =]

And... the LA temple. I got to admit, growing up I thought nothing special of the LA temple. When Joe and I got engaged, we talked about it. We realistically could have gone to about ANY temple in California, taking all about the same time. But, we decided that this was OUR temple, the one we have always been assigned too, the one that we have always gone to. If it was not already special to us, we decided to MAKE IT special to us.

And it is. It so very much is.

I love this picture. More than any other picture of us. It is the perfect one. The perfect moment. I remember that just moments before this, Joe and I were standing inside the BEAUTIFUL place together, not caring about anything else in the world. We were holding each other, looking at each other, so full of love and happiness. We didn't want to leave, we were so happy where we were. But, out we went to start out lives. And that is EXACTLY what this picture captures.

Love. Joy. Happiness. Adventure.

I must say, I have never seen one quite like it.

This is why I LOVE the LA temple. I wish all temples had an exit like this for the bride and groom. I wish that they all could capture this moment.

But alas, I will be proud to be one of the few. =]

What we have been up to...

So life here in Rigby is going pretty swell.

Did I tell you the population is 3,007?

And there are 3 stakes?

Ya.

School is going well.

Managing apartments is going well.

We are a full house now- the last two tenants moved into their apartments this last weekend.

It is a busy weekend.

Napoleon is being difficult, finding every hole possible to escape from in the fence in our backyard.

Frustrating.

Luckily, the people in this neighborhood are super nice and the kids always put him back.

Plus, he is always SUPER tired when he does get out- making him nicer for us.

I made homemade pizza last week. And oreoes.

Not very happy about the oreos- Joe loves them, but ehh...I will stick to my starlight sugar crisp cookies instead. =] Oh so much better! (And no sugar in the dough may I add. =] )

But the Pizza was amazing!

Yes, I am very proud of it.

=]

I do rock I believe.

Also, writing papers sometimes is sort of really lame....