Halloween

So its been a really long time since I've blogged and if there's anyone who cares, I'm sorry. Its been a busy month, but I feel like my head is finally above water and I can get back into routine a little. I've intended on a few blog posts, so I'll combine all but one into this one. Complete with pictures :).

Just as an update from the last one, Matt was absolutely correct that getting in was difficult, in fact, they decided that it just wasn't for us, so we will not be going into the Marines. We're pretty sure his mom's prayers made that possible. For us, we're just waiting to see what direction that God takes us in. I'm sure it will work out.

So on to the topic at hand. I've never really liked Halloween (sorry I know lots of you love it) but this one has been a lot of fun. Our celebration began as we carved our pumpkin about a week too early, but we were both proud of it - being our first "fancy" pumpkin carving. It was a great family home evening. We also roasted the seeds - very yummy.

Next was the Masquerade. This was actually a week before Halloween, but it was my first formal dance with a date and I did actually enjoy it a ton. I'm glad I got to go with someone I really love though, not some random high school boy that wouldn't matter a year later. So all in all, not sad I never went to prom or anything, but very happy to be able to go to the masquerade. BTW, doesn't my date look attractive :).

Our ward did their Halloween party on Friday night, so we went to that after one of Matt's swim meets. It was a lot of fun. We dressed up as Smurfs, which turned out pretty well. We did a relay race at the party and I was proud of how we did. We were also pleasantly pleased that the blue Hawaiian punch mix we used for paint actually washed off pretty well.

And on Halloween itself we had a fondue party with some friends and Matt's sister. Fondue is good and we had fun with many different items and chocolate and cheese fondue. If anyone wants to do it I can recommend a menu - it was great. I forgot to take pictures during it, so here's our wonderfully cheesy (pun intended) posed one.

Afterwards Matt went and shot Nazi's with his friend (who knows?) and I went to a Halloween orchestra concert. It was a great ending to a good holiday. And we came home and cleaned-up the mess, which was actually also a lot of fun :) My husband is very helpful.

Fall already

Well, here we go back into the real world. I know most of you involved in school have been in school for a couple of weeks now, but we just started today. This is a strange fall for me. I've been done with school for two years now, but the last two I was on a mission and didn't miss too much the starting of school. This year, as I send my husband off, its a different feeling. Odd to be in a college town and not involved in college at all. Luckily, even without school there are plenty of things to remind me of fall.

1. The weather - one of those joys of Idaho. Labor Day it suddenly got really cold at night and has stayed that way. I'm reminded of fall now each morning as me and my sweetheart go running. This morning I wore a sweatshirt, gloves, and an earwarmer on our morning jog. (p.s. a plug for us, Matt has run every day since moving to Rexburg. I know impressive. I usually go with him, have just missed twice.)

2. Food - I'm not even home to enjoy most of the spoils of a very successful garden, but there is fresh local produce at the grocery store and I took a little of the homegrown with me before I left. Plus, last night we had an adventure in donut making. Husband became fry-master, while I designed, cut and frosted. We invited a couple of fun neighbors to enjoy in the spoils. Somehow donuts just seem like a fall food. These are just the leftovers.

3. Football! - I missed two seasons of my Cougars and I just have to make a mini comment - last Saturday's game was awesome! I love football, inspite of the husband's preference against it. I'm really excited to be able to watch this next one with family. GO BLUE!