Happy Halloween!!!

I cannot believe that it is actually Halloween already...this year seems to be flying by so fast. I have today off and I'm so glad I do because we have a lot of running around to do to see all our nieces and nephews. I'll post pictures later on for sure of all the kids in their cute costumes! We are also heading over to The Bing's for dinner and I'm super excited for that...it's always a great dinner when Laureen makes it!! I also want to see all her Halloween decor...my mother-in-law decorates better then Martha Stewart...so I'm excited!!! Brandon unfortunately has to go to work later on tonight...he forgot he'd switched days with a guy at work who has a child...so it kinda stinks but what can ya do!!

Here is a little recap of what's been going on...

Last Monday I got home from a long day at work and was hoping dinner would be on the table...it wasn't but my sweet husband decided he would take me out for dinner. I was pretty tired, but hey when your husband offers to take you out on a date, there is no turning it down. So we just walked to the Lone Star down the street from our apartment. We had a nice time hanging out together but I should have listened to Julia's blog when she said that she didn't love Lone Star...because I wasn't overly impressed with my meal at all...Brandon liked his though which was good. I filled up on their yummy Taco chips and had cheesecake for dessert, so that saved my meal. It was really nice just to be able to walk to somewhere close by...we came home and just relaxed and watched Dancing With The Stars...I Love Love Love that show...Brandon is not a big fan at all...but he suffers through it for me!! I have to mention I'm SUPER upset about Dancing with the Stars last night...I was watching it and fell asleep mid-way...I woke up at 12:30am and was super bummed that I didn't know who got the boot...I was already worried about it because Jane Seymour was safe before I fell asleep, and I totally thought she'd go...so this morning I get up and turn on the TV only to find out that Sabrina from the Cheetah Girls was kicked off can I just say my Jaw Dropped...she definitely should have stayed...she was one of the BEST out there. Anyway back to the original topic of the paragraph...Brandon and I had a great date and I super appreciated it..and of course I brought my camera and took pictures. I always feel like I should have my camera with me to capture family memories like this one!! Hahha Good Times on Monday's!!

Thursday night was GREAT...we had survivor night at my place which was a first. Kerry, Natalie and Laura came over and was had a great night watching our shows, eating food and chatting. It was great to have Laura back. She recently moved back home from living out west and we are glad she did because it wasn't the same without her...now we just need to convince nicole to come back!! The food we had that night was cut of fruit with this yummy dip and then nacho's and salsa...it was delicious...I'm always going to try to have yummy treats here when the girls come over! Fun times at Survivor night...Melissa I'm super excited to hear that you are watching Survivor...my guy is James the Gravedigger...I'm totally rooting for him, and he needs it right now since they made him switch tribes...although the merge is coming soon so hopefully he'll make it a bit further!!!

Last Friday was my day off for the week, which I was super excited about because I had a lot planned to do. I can't wait to have a day off where I can jut relax the whole day but right now I need to take advantage of my time off to accomplish things. So I walked and did the grocery shopping and then mom picked me up and we headed over to Dartmouth to see mikes soccer team play. I love going to see soccer games and I hadn't been to one since I stopped playing myself. So Laura and I laid on the blanket and watched and made comments. Dad ended up being the linesman for the game, but don't worry everyone he doesn't show favorites EVER...if anything he's harder on the team that we would play on. Mike's team won 6-0...woohoo go team!!! They played the next day and also won, so they are onto provincials...it was really cool to see my big brother coach...for YEARS I would go and watch him play so it was cool to see him on the other side of things, and doing such a great job. The players and the parents love their Mr.O...the man in yellow in the picture!!! Of course Laura and I were our cool selves and took pictures, this was the best on out of the three. Also during half time I was bored so I was taking random pictures and I did one of the grass which I think turned out really pretty with the sun shining through it. When you think of beautiful things in nature Grass isn't always on the top of the list...but it is really beautiful when it's bright green...and some people love the smell of cut grass...so there is lot to love about it...random rant on the love of grass is over now...hahaha!!! Mom and I ducked out before the game was over because she had to drive me over to the temple for 5:30. Brandon and I had not been back since we were married back in August so when we both had Friday off we figured we better take advantage of it and I'm so glad we did. It's so relaxing and peaceful in there a great escape from the world. Davis and Kristine were also there, it was great to sit with them and see friends. We are going to try to get there more regularly because we do know how very important it is! The day didn't end there, after the temple we headed over to hangout with the Nelsons and the Maxwells. It was a great night and I needed it...the guys had a guys night in one room and we had a girls night in the other. We basically hung out and chatted the entire time, looked at scrapbooks and played with cutie pie Ethan. The boys ordered pizza which was delicious...we headed home around 12:30 am. I think we could have hung out even longer, but unfortunately we had to work the next day! We are going to try to make nights like this more regular too!! Thanks Phil and Sonja for having us over for a great night!! Oh and I have to mention that Ethan is walking like a pro now, this was the first time we have hung out with Ethan walking and it was so crazy to see him walking around...soon enough he'll be talking, this little boy is growing up too quick!!! He is such a total cutie!! So I've never added a video to a post but I thought everyone needed to check out the little man walking...he is such a little ham for the camera it's awesome. This is also posted on facebook but hey watch it twice because it is just that cute!!!!

Okay so one more thing to post about. Lately I've been feeling kinda blue...I don't know exactly why, I've just been kinda lonely. I have a great family, and a few really close friends that I hangout with occasionally and a great husband, but none of them really live close by except for Brandon and I cannot drive my car yet since it's a standard. So during the week and on the weekends when Brandon is at work I'm all alone. Some days I love it because I'm able to get a lot done around the apartment, but the rest of the time I'm alone and lonely. This past weekend it really hit hard and I was feeling pretty bummed but that all changed yesterday after reading this book. I bought this book Christmas Jars when the church bookstore was in town. The back of the book sounded interesting and it was a great price so I figured why not. I also wanted to find a book to have around each Christmas that had a good message to it and I was hoping this would be the one and everyone it is!!! It's only a short book but the message that it carries amazing...I hope you can all check it out and feel the warmth of the story that I did last night as I finished it...I hope that Brandon and I can one day start this tradition in our home! This book just cheered me up and made me feel so Thankful for all that I have and I just couldn't feel blue anymore. Check it out, I LOVED it!!!!!