Pumpkin Party

On Saturday night we had our good friends Kailey and Derek over to carve some pumpkins and play games. It was super fun to get together with them and have a good time. As I was thinking what I could make for a yummy treat, chocolate dipped strawberries came to mind. This may be embarrassing, but I have never made them before. They turned out so yummy!! I swear I ate half of them. Seriously. Anyway, the pumpkin carving went well. Check out Brodie's pumpkin...he never actually carved it. He used a little shaver and shaved everything off. One side of the pumpkin is a skateboard as the eyes, ramps for ears, and a triple jump for the mouth. Ha ha, he is cute. The other side of his pumpkin is a face. Anyway, Tis the season of Halloween!!

Um...

I love him. A lot.

More Projects

I've done a few more projects that I think turned out pretty cute... I decided that I didn't have any Fall/Thanksgiving decorations so I decided to make some pumpkins! SUPER EASY. (and cheap) Just paint, sand, roll up some paper, glue it on with a glue stick and tie some raffia around... wa-lah! Pumpkins :)

The next project I did because I felt like I needed to spice up our living room just a little bit. I went to the fabric store and picked out some fabric that I thought went really well with my colors in the living room. Then (with a little bit of my mom's help) I sewed some pillows. The bird I just free handed out of some felt that was laying around, then stitched around it, sewed some legs and used a button for the eye. On the second pillow I just bought a large brown flower and sewed it right on. This again, was pretty easy, and affordable! I love new, fun projects!

Conference Weekend

Wasn't General Conference so great?! I really, really love conference weekend. It was fun to spend time with the Mr. (especially now that homework consumes his life) and get a much needed spiritual boost. I have to say that I think one of my favorite talks was President Dieter F. Uchtdorfs. Amazing.

Friday night Brod took me on a date. We went out to eat, shopped around a little bit, then rented a movie and ate popcorn. It was fun just to talk and laugh with him. Oh how I wish homework would give me back my husband for more then a night. But...don't get me wrong, I am SO thankful that he is going to school.

Then on Saturday night while Brodie went to the priesthood session, I hung out with all the girls; My Mom, Sister, Grandma Simmons, Aunts and cousins. We waited in line at Rodworks for 50% off one item...we found our items in 10 minutes and waited in line for 50. We thought it was a good warm up for Black Friday. We then went to Quilted Bear and finished off at Red Mango.

Then on Sunday morning I got up and made Monkey Bread. My Mom has made this for us ever since I can remember; I have to carry out the tradition. I was so excited to make it - I took the rolls out the night before, went shopping for everything I would need to make a YUMMY breakfast...and I feel like it didn't turn out how it should have. Brodie said it was good - but I think my Mom's is better. Good think I have time to practice :)

After conference we took a drive up the canyon to see the BEAUTIFUL leaves changing. What a site! We absolutely loved it. I wont lie - I was in denial that summer was over...I just kept hoping it was going to get warm again. But, after seeing the beauty of the canyon, I have accepted that fall is here and I'm lovin' it!

Craft Night

Me and a couple girls from work decided to have a craft night! It was super fun to just be with the girls - tell first kiss stories, eat cookies, and laugh. Thanks girls for a fun night!

Projects

Since Brodie has started school again, I have found myself having some extra time on my hands. I have decided that I need to start doing projects so I don't bother the Mr. while he is trying to do his homework. So, last week I came up with this gem. I found an old wood pile with 2x4's that weren't being used. I picked the pieces that I really liked and am saving the rest for future projects. I sanded, painted, glued and used my wonderful cricut to cut out the vinyl letters. Ta-Dah! A lovely Halloween sign. It's still not totally done - but close enough :)

Beautiful