Happy Halloween

I just have to say that Halloween always brings out the little kid in you. I guess I sometimes forget that working in a school everyday. I'm surrounded by kids all day long. I love to see how excited they get around every holiday especially around this time of year. I think I've been bringing some of that contagious excitement home. Stephen thinks I'm weird at times, but oh well. This last weekend we were able to get dressed up for our annual family Halloween party. We've done this the past few years and it's always so fun to see everyone all dressed up in their costumes. I don't think Stephen has had to dress up since he was little. He wasn't quite sure about it all. But, we had a great time eating pizza and enjoying each other's company. Here's a few pics of everyone!


Watch out...here comes princess Leah and Darth Vader!

What a cute group of kids!

I love this time of year!

I guess it's been a while since I've last written, but I'm sure I'll get better at this as I go. The past couple of weeks have been great! I love this time of year with General Conference and the all the leaves changing. I always hate to see summer go, but I love the fall.
The past few weeks, Stephen has had a "normal" 8-5 shift at work. It has been so wonderful to have him around more and to be able to see him each day! I think I've been spoiled. (Having a swing shift and only seeing each other a few hours in the night has been harder than we thought...for both of us.) Stephen has had more trainings on this temperary shift at Fidelity before taking his series 7 test on Friday. We are glad the test is now over and I'm proud to say he passed with flying colors! YEA! We found every excuse to celebrate all weekend long.
I had a short week at work this week. Our district took it's Fall Break on Thursday and Friday. It's been so wonderful to relax and not have to worry about school. I've been able to get some things done at home. A great catch up time for projects I don't usually get around to doing. But like I said before we played extra hard this weekend.
On Friday, we had tickets to a local community play of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It was so fun. They performed it in an old outdoor amphitheater made of rocks with a live headless horseman. We had a great time and it really got me into the Halloween mood. Then on Saturday, we met up with a bunch of my friends from USU and went to Frightmares at Lagoon. We had a great time catching up with everybody and riding all the amusement park rides. However, I can tell I'm not as young as I use to be. My body isn't able to handle all the spinning and twirling from the rides. But needless to say it was fun to catch up with people I haven't seen for a long time and to play all day.

Reasons to Smile!

It's pumpkin carving time!
Stephen passed his last exam for work on Friday.
As of Friday, my classroom finally has heat! Yeah, the kids and I have been wearing coats all day as of late.
We had our first snow storm of the season!
Lots of family and good friends so close around us.
Eating yummy peanut butter cup ice cream.
Watching a good dose of 24 in bed with Stephen.
No student's this Friday!!!!
Doing dishes....maybe if I smile at them, they'll clean themselves!