Our Fun Filled Weekend!

Starting...Wednesday night!

Our neighbors Jared and Whitney invited us to go to the Haunted Mill but we weren't filling very up to it (plus, it's getting colder at night) so instead, Wednesday evening, we went to watch Hotel Transylvania! And it was actually really cute!! Lydia actually giggled at it a few times, mostly when the girl or dad turned into a "bird" aka bat. It was pretty cute.

Thursday morning, we woke up to snow! Woohoo! It snowed long enough that it actually stayed. Good thing we got Lydia some snow gear. We dressed her all up and went to go play in "no." She was a little unsure what to think of it at the time.. but she loved seeing me hop up and down all around in the snow in my brown winter boots. And she was fussy when we took her in, so I'm assuming she liked it!

Lil pink marshmallow!

What is this stuff, momma?

I think Jonathan forgot to tell Lydia "cheese"

After that we hopped in the car and went to the DI and walmart to get some stuff for our zombie costumes then we went home, had dinner and Jonathan left for work and it was just up to me and Lydia to entertain ourselves! Well Lydia fell asleep fast and I ended up working on a drawing of Lydia. I gotta fix things here and there but overall I'm pretty pleased.

Tried hard to get a pic of it without a terrible glare..hence the funky angle.

 Took me all night and luckily, even when she was awake from her nap, I was still able to draw because she has a pretty good imagination and was playing with her toys. I love watching her play.

I turn around and found her in her carseat with her baby singing. Got in there all by herself lol

She was playing with her horse the other night going "eeeee!! eeeeeeee!!!" And kissing it. lol Love her imagination.

Friday we got up late, Jonathan went to work and I ended up cleaning out our kitchen. It needed it really bad. I organized all the papers, bills, etc, and threw a lot of junk away. I ended up finding a coupon for $5 off an oil change AND when me and Tiki went to check the mail, my Alaskausa debit card came in the mail, so we can go get an oil change now. We definitely need it. See? Cleaning has its benefits.
Then we picked up Jonathan, got subway, went to the store to get Texas Chili ingredients, rushed home, got Lydia in her Tinker Bell costume, while Jonathan started to zombify himself and make the chili, then got myself in my costume. We rode with Jared and Whitney who came dressed as cute colonial people.

My friend Hayley and her husband who were zombie prom king and queen

Whitney and Jared

us.. haha.. Jonathan showing off his throat slice..

Hahaha don't laugh. Okay you can. Jonathan the mexican hillbilly Chef and random cross eyed zombie girl!

cuties haha Whitney and Jared

Oh c'mon Jared, act like you like it!! haha

technically with my bullet wound, I shouldn't even be "alive!" I rolled my eyes back.

And then taught Jonathan how to! haha

Heheh hotties!!

We saw a lot of fun costumes at the party. Unfortunately I suck at taking sneaky pictures of people. But there was Captain Hook, a mermaid, Tinker Bell, and Peter Pan. There was a mexican looking for work, and his (white) wife who was border control (haha). There was also a few people dressed like crayons, pirates, Robin Hood, Black Widow and Hawkeye and lots others. It was a good turnout. There was also zombie prom king and queen! So weren't the only zombies. It was a fun night. But we all ended up crashing really early. Lydia slept 12 hours!!! Love her!

Basically, the only cute pictures I could take of her because she hates when I take pictures lol.. always moves around.

beautiful girl :)

Today I got up at 8 with Lydia, she helped me make Norwegian pancakes while listening to Christmas music, and we all had breakfast together. Then my brother in law and his friend came over at 1230 and made themselves a late breakfast. At 3 I went with my partner to do our visiting teaching. I love doing that. I swear, my face always hurts after we get done because we laugh so darn much! Best two hours of my life sometimes!!

As of right now we just got back from our friend's son's early birthday/halloween/going away party because they are moving to Reno next week. It was good to see them one (or one of) the last times before they go. Their son was so cute as well. Dressed as a little Dracula. Lydia must've liked him because she kept giving him kisses on the head! And we got a cute video of it right before he crashed. Too funny. Fun night!

Hahaha looks so great! shmooshed faces but she's kissing him here haha

She decided to go "ni-ni" on a balloon

And then it slipped out from underneath her haha

 

A big kiss before Henry crashes to the floor. Oops! True love hurts sometimes, pal!! ;)

  Well, I hope your weekend was as fun as ours and that this hopefully caught you up on our lives!

Miss Me Yet?

What's wrong with me? I haven't posted anything in almost 2 weeks! That's pretty unusual. I know I'm not a very consistent blogger, but I at least usually try to get a post or two out every week or so. I'm not sure why I haven't been lately. I guess it's because I feel like there isn't very important things going on lately. We've just been breezing through Fall. The other part is that..while I actually do write posts, I just don't want to publish them yet until the time is right. So that's why it probably looks like I haven't written in a long time. Sometimes I want to write what other people would enjoy reading, as well as what goes on in our lives and lately..no topics have recently come to mind. ....There, done with excuses..... for now ;)

WELL we're gonna change things! I'm gonna actually post something for people to read today. Here are some positive things that have happened lately.

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* Lydia has successfully drunk(?) 2 whole gallons of cow's milk and is currently on her 3rd. Hooray! She loves the stuff. I'm glad. I actually went a whole day without nursing on Sunday.. and kinda missed it. Weird, huh? (However, she's still not weaned haha)

*Jonathan started donating plasma again. And they upped the reward money by 5 bucks. That's a nice little perk for getting poked.

*I've been trying to decide how I can earn some money around here. Obviously I'd like something where I can stay at home with Lydia.. so Babysitting is welcomed (spread the word Rexburgers! lol).. also, I can't wait for my yarn from Alaska to get mailed down here (ahem, Mari!) 'cause I was thinking about making scarves/hats/baby boots/ whatever to sell, especially since it's getting colder. And possibly in the future becoming a Scentsy consultant.. but it all just kinda depends on how busy I am with school and everything. I just need to help a little with the income.

*Lydia got to see snow (not for the first time, but the first time understanding what it is), got new snow gear, and a halloween costume all in one day.

*Jonathan got paid today. Always a bonus to our day.

*I managed to clean...my side of the bedroom today haha. I was going to say our room, but that would be lying..

*Lydia's favorite words of late are: tank-you, ooh-key, cook-keyy, and hiii-yaaaa! (haha) Plus she goes around the house saying, "la la LA la la LA la la LA" with her dollies and it just makes me smile.

*Jonathan gave a really good family home evening lesson yesterday, complete with visual.

*I spotted the first snow of the season out our window..proceeded to turn on Christmas music, and danced with Lydia as we all sang along. I've been waiting so long for snow!!

What are the positive things going on in your life??

Pumpkin Carving!

So Tuesday night we had a great time carving our pumpkin. Jonathan had never done this before, so it was new to him. I think he enjoyed it though.. as long as I had pumpkin-gutting duty haha. We did Jack the Pumpkin King from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I had never carved a pumpkin like that before (I usually stick to the easy patterns - triangle eyes, nose, and a mouth.) But this was fun! And Lydia happens to love it.

Here are TONS of pictures! 

Well, we started out with a little power saw thing for carving..but it was taking too long..

So I told him to upgrade to one of these babies!

My turrrn...

the guttsss

Oh, hi cat.

This is after I picked her up, moved and placed her down for a better background haha.. she didn't like that.

she rolled the pump away, and I rolled it back to her and the stem hit her in the mouth..oops..

yeessss, pet the kitty

EWWW... nice Lydia.. :-X  bleh.. we deff washed our hands after this...

She loves this cat though. She always cries when I bring her in..

See ya mom..

ohhhh.. a tail...tempting..

*giggling*

made this one extra big, so you could see her smile :)

Cat likes Jack the Pumpkin King as well.. 

 

 

 I happen to LOVE fall here! Every time we drive around I just admire the yellow, orange, and green trees..and the fact that the leaves are still there! Living in Alaska you don't really have a fall. It's summer.. then the trees go from green to naked within a week, then it's cold and snows. But I have to say, I'm kinda jealous of Alaskans and their snow right now.. Each morning I wake up and peek out the window to see if we even have frost on the ground.. 

so that I CAN WHIP OUT THAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!!!... sigh.. :) One thing at a time I guess!

Summer Days...Drifted Away..

Well, now that it is officially fall.. I have to say we had a pretty packed summer! I remember always thinking in Alaska during high school how boring summer was because I never had anything planned. I always longed for school just so I could be doing something. This summer we had so much to do, it was (almost) overwhelming..but fun..haha.. So, here is what happened our summer!!


May: My first legit Mother's Day. 
Many trips to the park.
My friend Chelsea had her baby!

June: Father's Day..week. 
Jonathan's Star Wars Birthday Party.
My dad's birthday.
Jonathan's sister gave birth to her little girl, Samantha :)

July: Lydia's First Birthday.
 Fun 4th of July with neighbors!
 In-laws came to Rexburg/we partied! 
Got to attend Patriots and Pioneers concert with Alex Boye.
Our 2nd year Anniversary! (plus family pictures!) 
Stake Summer party. 
Got to see midnight showing of the Dark Knight Rises.

August: Went to a drive in movie! 
Chelsea and Bryan came to visit us from California.
My other friend Jesa got married (we couldn't attend, but the pics are beautiful!)
Went camping with Jared and Whitney in Colorado.

September (okay half of it was still warm, so I consider part of September summer ;) )
Went back to Colorado to visit the in-laws and Grandma.
My other sister-in-law gave birth to their first baby, a boy, named Kaden!
Lydia got to attend her first birthday party for a friend (I have pics, just no post)
Got to watch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform (and cross that off my bucket list!)
Got to watch the Relief Society General Conference, which was awesome.

Unfortunately I don't have blog posts of the last 4 (I should though!)...goes to show how busy we've been!  

Hope you've had just as good a summer as we did!!