Happy Halloween!

I love holidays! I get it from my mom. She has always made every single holiday fun at our house :) I guess it rubbed off on me. Jaren and I threw a Halloween party. Here are some pictures :)

Spooky treats :)

Football player and Ref

"Flo" from Progressive and a traditional German

A "Freudian slip", Bosie State Fan, and little cow

Wrestlers

BLAST FROM THE PAST!!! I love dressing up :)

Halloween 2009

Halloween 2010

Dance Party!

Okay, don't ask why I am posting these videos. They are quite embarrassing, but pretty funny :) Last night we hung out with our best friends Hans and Stephanie. They have been our best friends for 2 years! They live in Pocatello now, but we switch off driving to each other's apartments. We have so much fun with them! This is such a fun time of life for Jaren and I and so it is neat to have such good friends to share it with.

Last night we had a dance party. Don't watch if you don't want too haha. PARTY!!!!!

Daddy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD!! 46 years old! I love my dad. He is my hero. He is truly the most humble and controlled person I know. He is a family man. I can tell that he loves my mom. She is his queen. His children are his world. I saw this quote a while ago,

“Dad,

a son’s first hero

a daughter’s first love”

LOVE YOU DAD!

Shooting clay pigeons around Christmas 2007
This picture of my dad makes me smile :) Jolly man :)

23 years old

As I have mentioned before in my "Blessing of Life" post, I am a very sentimental person. I love life and I get sentimental about past stages I have gone through. I look back on special times and smile. Because of this trait, my birthdays have always been a very sentimental time for me. My birthday was yesterday and I am now 23 years old. I can hardly believe it. As I laid in bed the night before my birthday, I thought back to the past year of my life. A lot as happened. I have grown. I hope that I am a better person than I was on my 22nd birthday. I want to always be progressing.

My birthday was really fun! I am so grateful for my husband, family, and friends who made my day special. In the morning, Jaren made me a yummy birthday breakfast and then took me to the temple to do a session. In the afternoon, my mom sent me on a scavenger hunt throughout Rexburg to find my gift. The clues sent us everywhere from my first semester apartment at Birch Plaza to Chesbros Music Store. It was so much fun! My little brother and sister came along for the ride and were there to help us when we had trouble finding the greatly hidden clues. That night, my hubby took me to dinner and then watched a chick flick with me. Jaren watching a chick flick would equal a miracle :) He actually really enjoyed it!

I am so grateful for my life. Life is not perfect but it is beautiful. I only get one chance to live, I want to milk it for all it's worth ;)

My birthday present from Jaren
I have hardly stopped playing since I got it!

Birthday dinner

Driving around on the scavenger hunt

Special Weekend

Can I just say that I LOVE conference weekend?! It always seems like it's a holiday weekend. My family has always made it a really fun weekend. We do something fun for every session. For one session we have a breakfast, for another we do foot-rubs, for another we have a "conference party" (similar to a super-bowl party). And then, when the boys are at the priesthood session, the girls do facials and eye-brow waxing. When the boys get home, we have ice-cream sundaes and hear about what was taught at that session. We also try to go to condos or hotels over conference weekend sometimes. All of these things are quite silly compared to the real importance of conference, but it does make it really fun!

I love the feeling that comes into our home, when God's leaders are speaking to us. I know that we can get answers to any question that we have if we listen to conference with an open heart and mind. I have experienced this firsthand. Jaren and I have a particular question in mind as we listen to conference this weekend. I know we will get an answer. We always do.

The gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true.  I love it. God's prophet and apostles are speaking to us this weekend. How amazing! I hope I don't take that granted.

We had my family over to our apartment this morning for the conference breakfast
Picture of Mom and Zachy with the food :)

Dad and Adeline watching conference this morning

Busy Busy Life

Life is busy again. I love to be busy. Sometimes the line is crossed, where I have bitten off more than I can chew, but most of the time I feel good about all I have going on. School is going well for both Jaren and I. I also got a job a few weeks ago which is a blessing. I'll be a PSR worker for an agency called South Fork Services. I worked with my two bosses when I worked at the BYUI Student Honor Office and I love them! Work is going to fill up my schedule even more, but I'll learn a lot. Jaren's semester is a crazy one as well. He can easily do up to 80 hours a week of school (between classes and homework). We try to do something as a couple each day. The quality time I spend with Jaren keeps me going :)

Homemade chips and salsa + Monopoly Deal = Date night!

Homework party :)

It is also these really busy times of life when it is easy to put the most important things aside. Like really digging into the scriptures or serving those in need. I need to constantly check myself. Am I closer to my Savior today than I was a month ago? I need to remember what is more important than my homework. More important than my work schedule. More important than everything. My Savior.

   

DATE IDEA #1

Jaren and I love to go on fun yet cheap dates together. We have thought of and done some fun ones throughout our marriage! We always have an excuse to do something fun. So today, when we were thinking of something fun to do to celebrate school starting (ironic celebration), I decided that I wanted to start putting fun and cheap date ideas on my blog. I will include date ideas that Jaren and I think of ourselves, along with date ideas that we have heard of through other people or through other websites.

I'm really excited to start these "date idea" posts! You can always find a reason or excuse to do something fun with your honey :) Hopefully these posts will give some ideas that others can enjoy! Feel free to comment if you have any fun date ideas to add!

For my first "date idea" post, I am including a few ideas that we have done in the past... Let's start this out with a bang!!

Make homemade pizzas together then watch a movie

If it's raining outside, grab your honey and dance in the rain :)

Sparkling cider by candlelight is always romantic :)

When the weather is nice, go to a nearby lake and build a sandcastle

Volunteer together! It not only builds your relationship but it also serves those in need.

Pack a picnic and go to the park (don't forget to bring a Frisbee or football to throw around!)

This is an idea I got from another website. Surprise your honey with a movie night!
Rent their favorite movie from Redbox or Netflix (so cheap!) and then make a movie ticket to give to them.

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Add some treats and popcorn to the movie basket that you surprise your honey with.