perfect

Tonight was a perfect fall night. It started out with a dinner of chili and cornbread. Followed by FHE. Our activity was visiting the pumpkin patch (only 1 block from our house). It was the first time I had ever been to a pumpkin patch (that i can remember).

Searching for the perfect pumpkin...

Dan's criteria: the biggest one he could find.

My criteria: perfectly round and not too heavy.

Found it!

Ta da!

We had a fabulous time!

We then came home and enjoyed some delicious pumpkin bars/cake, which i found here on Food Network. Super easy and good! They were the perfect ending to a fall evening.

october

i feel like i have not blogged in a long time! i blame work. whenever i get home i just want to sleep :). however... it's fall, my favorite time of year, which means i must blog about it! one of my favorite fall traditions is visiting gardner village! if you have never been, you definitely should go this month. the village is full of fun little shops and during the month of october it is the best! last weekend we went with some of Dan's family. we had a fabulous time!

here we are with one of the many witches found at gardner village

ethan & tiana by the sweet shoppe. their adorable baby was sleeping the whole time.

we also went with dan's mom and his brother and his brother's wife and their 3 kids. unfortunately i didn't get pictures of them. after wards we went to one of my favorite stores, ikea! we only planned on buying one or two things, but of course walked away with a cart full.

other than that we are both just working. i am looking forward to the fun fall things we have planned for our kindergarten including visiting the pumpkin patch and having a halloween parade.

oh and did i mention it's my birthday month??? that's right, i don't just celebrate one day, i celebrate the whole month! i even started the month off right by getting a free birthday meal at archibalds, the restaurant at gardner village. i have about 10 other free birthday meals piling up in my email. i plan on using as many of the coupons as possible. :)

Shoes

Today I wore shoes that look like this...


I got many compliments on them! Of course, all of the compliments came from 5 year olds :). I had two different girls in my class tell me they liked my shoes. Then a boy told my I had "cute shoes." And my favorite compliment of the day from a boy... "Mrs. Deceuster, those diamonds are beautiful!" hahahaha.... so glad the kindergartners approve of my fashion!

Party!

A few weeks ago we got together w/ some of my best high school friends and had a party! None of them had ever been to our house, so we thought we'd invite them all over. It was so much fun! Most of them live up in Davis County (or Logan), but they love me so they all still made the drive :). Dan likes when they come over too b/c we are all married/seriously dating someone, so the guys can be friends too. It's fabulous! I always love seeing these girls b/c they are the type of friends that even if you haven't seen each other for months, it feels like no time has passed.

Here's a few pics from the occasion...

First off, Matt, Mallory, Miquette and Jon all enjoying the snuggie (which my father in law got for me)! Who doesn't love the snuggie?

Danny, Amanda, Marissa & Joe. Let me explain... Danny & Marissa are married. Amanda & Joe are dating. This pic may be awkward, but I like it! haha.

And the hosts!

We ate, played games, watched youtube videos (not my idea) and laughed til we cried (ok mostly Amanda & me). So much fun!

p.s... i would also like to mention that i really like my new blog background! :) i love fall and anything fall-ish.

Look...

I made jam!

A few weeks ago my mom taught me how to can (i love having her home!). It was so much fun. Together we canned apricot jam. It turned out awesome. I really wanted to can more jam on my own, but I got a little nervous. It is quite the process! So instead I made freezer jam, which is MUCH easier! I made raspberry b/c it is my favorite :). I can't wait to try it!