October- get here already!

Only 2 more days until my favorite month! Not only is Halloween in October, but so is my birthday. It has always been my favorite. I love that there is so much to do during the month of October as well. We are already planning on going to Gardner Village this weekend- if you've never been, you should go. I hear it is so much fun during Halloween!

I just put up my Halloween decorations tonight (Dan told me to wait til October, but I just couldn't!) and it got me all excited! Then as I was looking through some pictures I found these:

This is ME! I have no idea how old i am... maybe 4?

And this is Dan! He's so cute! As far as I know, we were not at the same pumpkin patch :)

Anyway, I just HAD to put up these photos to help celebrate the coming of October!!!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

My friend made these last week and they were sooo good! I asked her how to make them and have been craving them ever since, so I tried it out today. I think it's the easiest recipe ever and very fitting for the season, so I figured I'd share :)


All you need is...
1 spice cake mix
A can of pumpkin... Either a 16 oz. can or you can use half of one of the big 30 oz. cans
1 bag of semi sweet chocolate chips

That's it!

Just mix the 3 ingredients together, put the mixture into a muffin tin that is either greased or use liners and you're all set to bake it. If you look on the back of the cake box, it'll tell you how long to cook a muffin tin for. For example, I used Duncan Hines and it said bake for 18-21 min. on 350. So you'll just have to read the back of your box.

If you're wondering... my recipe made 18 muffins.

They are amazingly simple and so yummy! Enjoy!!!

Also... if you want to know another secret, you can also use this recipe to make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Instead of putting them in a muffin tin, just put them on a baking sheet. I believe you bake them at 350 but for less time. I think around 12 min... but you may have to keep an eye on them to make sure.

preschool

So it's my 3rd week in the preschool and so far i'm liking it. Sometimes the kids drive me crazy and sometimes they can be really cute. Just wanted to share an experience this week where one of the kids was cute...

On Wednesday Mr. Brad (the head teacher) shared a story about smiling. He then talked about things that make him smile. After that he showed lots of pictures of people smiling and had the children discuss why they thought the people were smiling. For example, he had pictures of people eating, swimming, with family, etc... all reasons to smile. He then showed a picture of a bride and groom on their wedding day and asked "why do you think these people are smiling?" Instantly a little boy yelled out "because they're going to the temple!"- haha adorable :)

We Closed!!!!

On our condo!!! Hooray! It's ours! Now I can start decorating :)

And I love it... pics soon... i promise...

One other thing- we have an extra washer and dryer we will be selling... anyone need one, or know of someone that needs one? If not, we'll post it on craig's list.

Also, we went to Carabbas last night for dinner (italian place in Orem) and it was soooo good! If you've never been, you should go. Delicious!

We also went to Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband last night- they are so fun to watch! Plus we went with our awesome friends- Laura & Brandon, and our awesome family- Ethan & Tiana. It was at the Scera in Orem. It was so fun to sit outside & watch the show. I decided next summer I want to attend more events there.

What a great weekend! And Stake Conference tomorrow, gotta love that!

And plans for next weekend? Utah State Fair, of course!

The end.

lovin life!

I just realized today is September 1st... that means I can start pulling out my fall decorations! hooray! I love fall! It is my favorite!

I just started school yesterday. I am student teaching in the BYU preschool for the first block. The kids don't start coming until next week, so we have just been prepping. The unit I will be teaching them is about trees (I didn't choose the topic). I've already got a lot of ideas of things we can do. Tomorrow I get to meet the kids during a little open house we have for them. I'm excited! I'm sure it is going to be an eventful semester.

Dan and I just finished moving to Springville this weekend. We have been here 3 days and I already love it! I LOVE our condo (pics soon!), I love the location, I love the short commute to BYU, and I love how cute downtown Springville is. We have already met a few neighbors and everyone has been friendly. I also found out that my advisor in the preschool is also in our new ward! Looks like i'll be seeing her basically every day for the next 7 weeks. Dan also saw an old friend of his last night at Wal-mart and he and his wife are in our ward too! As of now, we are very happy here! And did i mention we have a jetted tub? Yep, i pretty much wanna use it every night! Ok that's all. We love it :)