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!!