Painting Pumpkins

Last night I had some left over pumpkins from the Halloween party. I thought it would be fun for Austin & I to paint them, and hopefully redeem myself from the work party. It was actually fun painting pumpkins! I like it a lot better than carving them.

Austin working on his frankenstein pumpkin! 

Taking a break to watch the football game.. 

 Much better the second time around! 

 The finished product! So cute :D 

It was a fun little date night together. Happy Halloween!

DownEast Halloween Party

On Saturday night I threw a little halloween party for the girls at work. I had them work towards a goal and once they achieved it, then we would have a halloween party! I made some cake balls, a little smores kit and we all got to paint a pumpkin. Except for me having the worst pumpkin there, I'd say it was a successful night!

 haha oh Brooke

 My pumpkin did not go as planned.. hahah I guess it turned into a clown

 The finished products!

Arizonian

Noun

1.

Arizonian - a native or resident of Arizona

I guess I am now a true Arizonian. On Thursday, I had to go get Arizona license plates for my car. I was hoping that while Austin is still in school I could keep my Texas plates, but unfortunately I had to cave in. My baby bug has been a Texas bug for so long! I am not gonna lie it kind of broke my heart having to change out my plates. I don't feel like a Texan anymore! Luckily my amazing husband has promised me that we will one day move back to Texas, and I will get those lovely license plates again, so I am keeping him to that promise!! He didn't know what he was getting into when he married me haha

Me on the day I got my baby bug! Look at how happy I was! haha 

What I've turned baby bug into... an Arizonian haha 

Candygram

Every week a few of us wives like to get together for a girls group, mainly to help keep us all sane haha Well this week my friend Kali thought it would be nice to make a candygram for our hardworking husbands. I think Austin was pleasantly surprised when I came home with the poster. The boys like to make fun of girls group but this time it was all about them!


I wanted to post this picture because it shows Austin's true colors when I pull out the camera haha This was after my camera wasn't working so he was about to walk away when the camera snapped a picture. Priceless.. lol

 And here is the cute one!

Keep up the good work! Thanksgiving break is almost here!! 

Pictures from a Date Night

I finally took some pictures to blog with! We really have become so boring.... work, school, work, school, eat, sleep... you get the idea. The thought of having a date night was the only thing getting me through work Saturday. I now understand why everyone tells you when you get married that it's important to have a date night once a week because while I do technically see Austin every day, sometimes I lay down to go to sleep at night and think, "wow I really miss my husband... we didn't get to hang out much today".

We started our date night with a little 2 for $20 action at Chili's. 

 Man I love my husband... even if he is a chunker ;D haha 

After dinner it was a night on the snuggle pad (that's what we call our $150 memory foam mattress topper that no longer gets used because someone likes a firm bed... :) watching Sherlock Holmes.

I also made some Halloween cupcakes for our little primary kids! I was so excited that I finally had a tip kit to use for the frosting. Although, I accidentally bought red food gel instead of red food coloring so the frosting didn't turn out as orange as I had hoped.... still delicious! 

 I'd say it was a successful date night! 

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Since I started working full time I just haven't been in the mood to cook dinner at night. When I would sit home all day, I looked forward to cooking dinner because it gave me something to do. Now when I work all day the last thing I want to do is stand in a hot kitchen. No wonder American is fat... parents don't want to cook so we end up eating Little Caesars pizza or frozen dinners (at least that has been the case around here haha). On Thursday I finally had a day off so I decided to try out a new recipe from Pinterest (the greatest  website ever!!) I think Austin was pleasantly surprised because as soon as I set down the plate he made me take a picture haha

And would you look at the green on that plate! Thanks to my friend Brooke for telling us about how good Trader Joe's green beans are, we have been eating lots more veggies.

one hundred.

Yes this is my 100th post and to make it even better fall is in the air! Halloween decorations, general conference and carmel stuffed apple cider cookies.... I'd say it's been a good day :)