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).

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!