Holiday Expo

Today I decided I want to go to this...

Because it looks fun.  And if it has to do with the holidays, then I definitely know I'll like it!  It kind of sounds like festival of trees only closer to our house :) and it's in a couple of weeks!  Plus... admission is normally $5; however, if you bring a can of food to donate then you get in free!  Sounds great to me!  Anyone else interested?

p.s... if you click on the picture it'll take you to the website for more info :)

Halloween Week

I guess it is time for me to blog about Halloween.  We had quite the Halloween week last week... well mostly me, but Dan was there for some of the festivities.

It started with carving pumpkins on Tuesday night.  

Dan's pumpkin

I cheated

Me carving

Then on Wednesday, I went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch with the kindergarten.  We went to Rowley Farm in Santaquin and it had a cute red barn full of fun things for sale!  The donuts were super good.  I need to take Dan there some time.

With the other kindergarten aid

Friday was the Halloween party & parade at my school.

I was a pumpkin!  The kids really loved it.  Dan insisted on spraying my hair orange :)

That afternoon I went to a 2nd Halloween parade at my nephew's school.  Luckily it is just down the street from my work.

With cute Ryan, the skeleton

Mom was there too

And JanaRae with Andrew

Scary teeth!

Ethan came first dressed as a ninja

Then Jake the vampire,  normally his hair is red!

That night we went to our ward trunk or treat.

We decorated our car.  Most people didn't.  I thought you were supposed to!

And here's the crazy doctor!

That's all the pictures I took, but Saturday night we went to a Halloween Hunt.  We went to different businesses in the area and got clues by text message on our phone.  It was sponsored by my brother-in-laws company and they had a good turnout.  We got lots of great coupons and lots of candy!  The candy was my favorite part.  We also left a bowl out for trick or treaters.  We came home and it was mostly gone!  I'm thinking we had few kids who took lots, not lots of kids who took few.

Sunday I made a yummy Halloween dinner of soup in pumpkin shaped bread bowls, orange jello, carrots & olives, and pumpkin cake.  I love pumpkin cake!  I also love Halloween and this time of year.  It's so fun having Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all in a row!  We've got lots to look forward to!

24th Birthday

I can't believe I haven't blogged about my birthday yet! Especially since it was one of the best birthdays ever :). I had family, friends and of course, Dan make it a very special day. Actually, Dan knows how much I love my birthday so he made sure to spoil me the whole month! It started with getting many free birthday meals at multiple restaurants in the area (I signed up for all the emails on their websites). A few of the restaurants include... Tucanos, Archibalds @ Gardner Village, Carrabbas, and Red Robin. Dan also made sure to spoil me lots during our trip to St. George, which was the weekend before my birthday. Then a couple of days before my birthday Dan took me laptop shopping and let me pick out whatever I wanted. I have been wanting a laptop for a while, so it was definitely a great present!

On my actual birthday, Dan was going to get up early and make me breakfast, but I get up at 6:30 for work and I can never eat much that early in the morning. So I took a rain check on the breakfast and he made it for me the following weekend instead :). I then went to work and of course took birthday treats for the kindergartners. They sang to me and were so excited it was my birthday! They really wanted me to wear the special birthday crown. At lunch Dan surprised me at work by bringing me my favorite chocolate cake from Magleby's. We shared the delicious cake and then it was back to work.

After work I had such a great birthday!  The rest can be told in pictures...

While I was at work my sister in law, JanaRae, and my nephews decorated my door.  It was a great surprise!  In fact, it's still on my door!

Then I came inside and found Dan!

He let me open more presents :).

We then went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.  Mark & JanaRae came.

Noelle and Jared came.

Dan and me at dinner.

My parents also came!  Which was very fun because they have not been here my last 3 birthdays.

They even made me ride the saddle.  It was only slightly embarrassing.

After dinner we went back to my parents house and my mom had made me cheesecake.  Yummy!

I hope my wish comes true :)

Baby Andrew even decided to make an appearance at the after party.

Then my parents gave me more presents!  Yay, I love presents!

 After we left my parents house we went over to my friend Melissa's house where a few of my friends were there to give me balloons, candy and cake.  I then went home exhausted and happy after such a wonderful day!

I also had so many people call, text and facebook me to wish me a happy birthday.  I also got other presents, cards and even dinner from various family members.  I felt very loved!  Thanks to everyone who made my birthday month such a fabulous one! 

condo for rent

So... remember how we're moving? Well, that means we need to find someone to rent our condo. We looked into selling it, but now is a bad time to sell, so we've decided to rent it out. If you know anyone looking for a great place to live in Utah County, please pass on our info. I'd prefer to rent to someone we know or a friend of a friend, rather than a complete stranger.

I made a blog with info and pictures (I'll be posting more pics, as soon as I clean my kitchen...). Please feel free to let anyone know about it :). Thanks!

Condo Blog

St. George

This past weekend we took a little trip to St. George. Luckily I had a few days off from school for fall break (one of the reasons why I like working in a school... random breaks!) We had a lot of fun! The weather was amazing and we played all weekend.

We swam, shopped (which i loved, dan spoiled me cuz it's birthday month!), ate, slept, went to the movies... twice, visited the temple (just the visitors center), went to tuacahn and enjoyed being together. Here are a few photos...

I love this temple. It is really unique and beautiful. I had no idea some of the temples don't have Moroni's on the top... St. George is one of them.

pretty temple!

At Tuacahn we saw the show Crazy for You. I really wanted to see Tarzan, but it was sold out. This show turned out to be good though and the amphitheater is really awesome!

Tuacahn.

So... we did go to St. George for a nice weekend getaway, but we also went for another reason... we are moving there! Dan was offered a great job there and has decided to take the position. We went down to check out the area and to find a place to live. Luckily we found a really nice apartment close to everything (it also had everything on my wish list, which was... a pool and an exercise room). At first I really did not even want think about leaving our family, friends, and home here, but... after visiting the area it has really helped me feel much better about our decision. I am excited/nervous for this new adventure in our lives. I have lived most of my life in Northern Utah and I know St. George is not all that far, but I am excited to see how Southern Utah treats us. I look forward to great weather, new scenery and seeing more shows at Tuacahn :). I also hope many friends and family will come visit us! You know you are always welcome. Any time you need a break from the snow, give us a call! But you don't have to say goodbye quite yet, we are planning on moving the beginning of December (just when it starts to get cold here).