CHOO CHOO!!

Stephen and I had found this train ride when we were coming home from Mcall one time and decided we were going to do it in October. We figured there would be lots of kids so we also decided to bring one! Hazels birthday was that weekend so Pam and Richard were down in Provo celebrating and so were Annie and Stephen and their kids so we decided to bring Tiffany's wonderful children. Apparently Cameron and Kendall had a Halloween party at the primary teachers house so that left Jaxon to come play on the train with us! We were so excited to play mom and dad for the day. He looks like a natural doesn't he? :) ...

Jax and I have a special bond. When mommy wasn't around I was happy to be the next best thing:)


We were taking pictures and a lady offered to take one for us. Aw Happy Family. Jax munchin on his pretzels. Oh ya...we were prepared with snacks and transformer! The train and beautiful scenery kept his attention at max ten minutes. He was really good though.

We finally reached our destination. The train took us up past banks to this adorable pumpkin patch and we got to pick a pumpkin. Jax fit right in with Stephen and I...he loved having his picture taken! Love this one! He was so funny he thought the pumpkins were in a maze so he was trying to weave his way in and out of the pumpkins. I had to video it:)
The Final product. We picked the most misshapen pumpkin we could find. As long as there was no green Jaxon was happy. He was more interested with the pumpkins as a maze. We like it. Its got personality:) Oh and we moved to inside the train car because it started raining on the way back. Good timing!

We had so much fun with monster Jax. Thanks Tiffany and Justin for entrusting your precious baby in our care. We love watching our nieces and nephews, it pushes back the day we have our own children! Parenting im sure is rewarding. But exhausting!

Larger than Life...

I am so happy for my sister. When I was in high school I modeled wedding and prom dresses for a company called Margenes Bridal. I grew pretty close with the wonderful girls who worked there. Jaylee, the owner, has given me a beautiful opportunity. When she saw my amazing Bridal pictures taken by Mallory Hurst Photography she asked me to send my favorites to Margenes Head quarters, that they were looking for pictures to use for advertising. So i did and amazingly enough...they picked one. One of my sisters pictures of me. This picture is going to be used on a billboard for Margenes bridal. Its official. I'm going to be Larger than Life. Thank you Mallory for all your hard work in making me and my Margenes dress so beautiful.

Roctoberfest 2009

October is our very favorite time of year. We LOVE Halloween, especially all the festivities that go with it! This year to start off the Halloween spirit we were able to go to a haunted forest with my side of the family when we were all in Utah for cousin harmonies wedding. It was a total blast! I wish we would have snapped some pictures. Way better than anything they could manage up here in Boise. The next phase would be to carve pumpkins of course! We tried several times to go pumpkin shopping together but it just wasn't working. Finally, last Saturday I took matters into my own hands and went to wally world and picked out what I thought were excellent pumpkins. When we pulled them in the house to carve them I realized I got the worst pumpkins possible. Mine had a spot on the bottom where it was bruised or just plain rotting which after cleaning out the inside turned into a big fat hole in the bottom which we referred to as its "butt hole" Mature I know. Stephens was dropped or something (possibly by me) and has a crack in the bottom. But we made them work and I put Stephen in charge of buying pumpkins next year! Here is Stephen workin away at his kitty....

Yes we made the executive decision to cheat this year. We got a cute little carving kit with sweet little ideas inside. We slapped those stickers on and went to town! Stephen gave me the more complex one because apparently 'I'm more artistic and could handle it' Haha I Love my husband. Here I am with my ghost...

The beautiful finished product. Here you have Felix the Cat in Moonlight (quite the name) Then there is Gwendolyn the Ghost. It was a very successful family home evening!

FLASH BACK...........

This was last years pumpkin carving event! Come to think of it, I got the pumpkins last year also! oh yeah its totally Stephens turn. I'm not sure where my pumpkin is but this is Stephens cute lil freehand guy. We had such a great night and when I showed my mom the pictures she was mad that he was wearing a shirt that says "divers do it deeper." :) This was also before she had even met him...they left the night of our first date (the 3rd) for Hawaii for 3 weeks!

Its really fun to remember last October. The 3rd was our first date AND first kiss:) We went to the Haunted World and i kept my hand in his back pocket and we progressed to holding hands by the end of the maze. It was cute. I had a crush on him for 9 months...you know since the day we met...so it was a long time coming. I finally gave up on it over the summer and it worked! We fell in love at the Reflections of Christ fireside at the end of September, actually after it on the 3 floor of the parking garage when he walked me to my car. Who knew we would be married the following September. Fall reminds me of falling in love with Stephen. That may have something to do with why its my favorite time of year:) Happy Haunting everyone! Hope to see you at our Halloween Party!!

Joining the club

I cant believe we're bloggers! I've had several requests so I decided to take the plunge. If I can handle being married I would certainly hope I could handle a blog. We're happy to share our journey. Marriage has been a lot of learning so far. We loved setting up the stage which is our home. It has, however, been half-hearted because our house is for sale and hopefully will be selling soon so we don't want to do too much with it. It was interesting because I've never lived away from my parents house so I thought it would be a hard adjustment but I was itchin to move in with Stephen! He is so easy to live with; so wonderful and helpful and loving. We have no fights to speak of but it was a rough time for him when a girl moved in and started messing with his bachelor pad! He's a trooper. Cooking is an increasing endeavour. So far I only have one failed attempt in making rice; of which I blame Stephen for distracting me causing one cup of water too many! Our favorite wedding gift toy is well our robot vacuume but next to that is our bread maker! We've made four loaves already. Delicious. I have many favorite parts to being married but one that is high up on the list would definitely be cooking and eating dinner together. We wont talk about number one;) Stephen and I are so deeply in love. It grows stronger and deeper with every day that passes. Just when we get comfortable it sneaks up and takes my breath away and I am overwhelmed again. He is everything that i hope for and more. I hope every person in the world will be able to feel this way someday.