November News

Well, November came and went. Like really fast! It was a really good month, though. Not a whole lot of excitement, but there was some.

They weather was nice a beautifully  fall. It was never super cold, and very rarely snowed. 

For whatever reason, I crave chips and salsa pretty much day after day. I even sent out an email to my coworkers asking anyone that would listen if they would go get me some. I even offered a $1 tip! Luckily I have awesome coworkers, and Donna was so willing to get me some. Don't worry, I shared. But not until after I had my share. 

It did snow a little, and it is always so pretty when it does. It was never super cold, but surprisingly this snowfall lasted a little longer than it normally does.

 Greg said something that only he thought was funny. Luckily I caught him laughing at himself on camera!

On the 19th, Kandyce was in town, so she brought Liam and Myka over to visit. It's always fun having them come over. They are getting so big. Liam is the cutest, and Myka is a sassy little child.

They had fun playing on my exercise bike, and torturing each other.

And Miss Myka loved the princess coloring book I gave her. I love having them stop by.

Right after they left, my father-in-law came down so we could drive to Salt Lake to look at a car. We have kind of been looking for the past 6 months or so, but decided we needed to get one before winter. The place we were going had one car that we were looking at, and then that same day they added another. The one we originally went down for had some hail damage, which was fine, but it was also being "held" for someone else. The second car that we looked at was beautiful, and even though it was a little more expensive, we decided to go for it.

Talk about a huge step for us! It was hard handing over the money, but luckily we were able to pay cash for it, (which we have been saving forEVER for!)

Waiting at the dealership to purchase it.

 Ahhh.....so hard to let go of that cash!

 But it is pretty, and fancy, and definitely an upgrade from our 2003 Chevy Malibu. Sharknado is a 2015 Chevy Malibu, and we love him.(Greg mostly!)

Pretty sure he loves it more than he loves me! :) We may have drove it around just to drive it. We are cool like that, but we're grateful for it, and feel good about this purchase.

The Summer That Was

I still can't believe it's already October. I feel, again, like this year has just flown by, and especially summer! Like really, where did it go? Here are a few more randoms from the end of our summer.

Greg sometimes goes out to eat while he's at work, and then he'll come home and rave about how amazing these different places are. Luckily, he's willing to take me to those place to try them also. This time we went to Mundos, which is right on campuss across from the football stadium.

 Super yummy Mexican food. The burritos are huge and quite delicious.

 Our park decided to put in speed bumps....again....right in front of my house. Awesome.

 Just a lovely night in Cache Valley.

 How we spend our weekends. We are quite the party animals!

 National Bacon Day

 Our absolute LAST TRIP to Hastings...Did I mention it's closing? If I haven't, it is, and Greg is super bummed about it.

After many,  many, months of our toilet being dumb, we FINALLY replaced the big ball floater thingy. Can I just say that it was MY genius that got it fixed? Greg just did the work!

 And just a cute little Greg sleeping in what has to be the most comfortable position.

Here we are at Hastings for the LAST TIME (again!).

We started Fringe on Netflix, only to find that it was leaving Netflix. We have really enjoyed the show (despite the crazy dreams I've been having since watching it), so we went to Hastings to see if they had the seasons. We were able to get all the seasons for about $50. Win, win!

That's about how we've been spending the end of our summer. Watching Fringe, which is actually pretty good. It's been a nice time-waster for sure.

Again, it's crazy that summer is over, and we are almost in the middle of October. I definitely need to do better at this blogging thing, so our timelines don't get messed up. (Oh Fringe...the things you've done to me! William Bell, Timelines, Other Universes...)

Hipster, Anniversary, New Hair, Ice Cream

One of my favorite things about the co-workers I have had over the last few years, is they still want to get together every now and then for dinner. Those of us still working at the credit union met up with Kim and Cole on night at a newer restaurant in Logan called Even Stevens. Food was interesting, but I rather enjoyed my sandwich. Company was excellent. I love those  people that I have worked with, and I miss the ones that have left lots. It's good to see them every now and then. It's just too mad Caleb isn't closer to join us on occasion.

I actually convinced Greg to go with me. He loves hanging out with people.

I totally felt hipster after eating here.Not that I really know whawt hipster means...I guess I could google it.

"Hipsters are people who enjoy clothing, music, food and activities considered outside of the social mainstream."

There ya go. Totes Hipster!

May 27th was our 11th anniversary. Seems like forever, but has also flown by. I couldn't imagine life without him. It'd be totally boring...or more adventurous...probably a combination of the two. Needless to say, I still love him lots.

"Don't 'fudge' it up"

Our anniversary falls on Memorial weekend most of the time, so I took the next Tuesday off as well just to spend some time with Greg. I still don't think it's fair that he gets summers off, and I get to work. Oh well. Such is life. Maybe someday!

Anyway, we went to "Allegiant". Good movie, but I was disappointed to learn that there is a part 2! Ugh, for reals! Well, I think there is a part 2. There better be because it did not cover all that was in the book.

The NBA Finals were on, so Greg had to make sure the Warriors were going to pull ahead to move on to the Championship.

Greg working on the swamp cooler. Ugh, I swear this place causes more issues than what it's worth! JK, I am grateful for a great place to live that only costs us $280/month (which I still feel is way too much), but at least we can sell it if we ever decide to leave this place.

Grateful that he is willing to help the Relief Society clean the church. Take pressure off of me, as I have a harder time doing stuff like this. He's the greatest.

One Tuesday we had a chiropractor and massage therapist come to the CU where we all got free massages. Holy moly it was amazing. I need one of those at least once a day!

I am obsessed with getting my hair done. Granted, it helps that I love my hairstylist. We always have such a fun time together. We went a little more burgundy w/ some teal underneath. (Teal for Scleroderma awareness) We also cute it a little shorter. It's been fantastic. I love it!

The final results....

My sister and her family are here from Texas, so they came to Logan one day where we went out to eat during my lunch break. Here I am with McKenzie and my favorite niece Lilli.

Back in March, my good friend Melanie moved out to Providence. Not only was she a great friend, but she was also my Relief Society Activity Board Chairperson. She was AMAZING. I never questioned if things would get done, and she always went above and beyond. She basically did the activities by herself, as I was very little help. Now, of course I miss her more as a friend right around the corner, but I also miss her help with the activities.

We only do them every 3 months, but in the last 3 months she has not been replaced. I had a very great debate as to whether I should host an activity in June or not. I decided to go with it, and kept it very simple with an Ice Cream Social.

Greg was a huge help, and did quite a bit for me. (Also, can we talk about Hobby Lobby? I honestly think I could live there. Not even kidding! Made me want to plan parties all the time!)

After getting supplies we stopped by the carwarsh. One of our favorite things to do together...mostly because he likes to spray me.

So we have become obsessed with Red Button Ice Cream. Instead of just doing vanilla with lots of toppings, we went with a variety of flavors. 9 to be exact. They included, Key Lime Pie, Cotton Candy, Huckleberry Pie, Raspberry Lemonade, Raspberry Cheesecake, Vanilla, Animal Cookies, Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake, and Peach.

I won't get into how there were complaints that I didn't have "their favorite kind." Honestly, I love my calling, but people are just never happy. Frustrates the heck out of me. Also, we only had 15 people show. So, was it a waste of time? I don't know. It kind of felt like it.

Maybe I'll just forego our next meeting. See how many complaints we can get. But it was fun to spend time in the kitchen with Greg anyway, sampling all the flavors. He's the coolest.