"I always feel like somebody's watching me..."

"This is Halloween..." "I put a spell on you..." "Because this is thriller, thriller night..."

 Halloween song lyrics are stuck in my head!!! But I Love Halloween! So I do not care! Just so you know.. Halloween is my favorite holiday! I guess that is kind of weird... because most people's favorite holiday is like Thanksgiving, or Christmas... But I think it is my favorite holiday because as a kid, it reminded me I only had TWO more days until my birthday! It also sort of marks the start of all the other holidays to come. (: & I love the "Holiday season" because that means... BAKING! I love baking. & I'm excited because this year I have my own place (With my Hubby) & I can make whatever I want! No one can tell me what to do! ;)

So all day today I have been listening to Halloween party station on Pandora!

You should listen to it! You will really get into the Halloween spirit ;) (If there even is one?)

So as everyone knows (Well... people who I am close to) I love Socks! I have a great collection of Halloween socks... See?

On Friday October 26, 2012 our ward had a Halloween party, & we dressed up as Danny & Sandy from Grease:

(I am so glad I don't really have blonde hair... I look weird!!)

Dee & I also carved a pumpkin (:

Starting last Friday night through tonight, Dee and I watched Halloween movies!

Friday the 26th:

(Beetle Juice)

Saturday the 27th:

(Casper)

Sunday the 28th:

(The Haunted Mansion)

 Monday the 29th:

(Practical Magic)

Wednesday 31st:

(Hocus Pocus & Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride)

Today I made: 

Caramel Popcorn & Pumpkin Bars!

So I'm all about doing & starting traditions! I cannot help but want my future children to have a good childhood. & I think that having Traditions is part of having a good childhood (I mean we did not have that many traditions... but the few we had I can look back & say I'm glad we always did that) Kids like Routine.. Plus if you have Traditions you and your children can look forward to that tradition all year around.. the point of this is: I want to have traditions for Halloween. Like watching Halloween movies... Carving pumpkins together... Making caramel popcorn... Decorating Halloween sugar cookies.. & dressing up. I told Dee that once we are older & have a house... I want us to have an Annual Halloween party! Wouldn't that be fun? (: & since we aren't going to move ALL the time like I did as a kid.. we can do that (: Anyway here is a picture of the caramel popcorn:

It is sooo Yummy (:

I didn't get a picture of the pumpkin Bars ):

That is all for now!

Have a Happy Halloween! (:

Happy Anniversary?

ST. GEORGE: 

I love you. 

Well, yesterday marked one year since I moved to St. George! I'm so so so glad I moved to St. George. It's one of those decisions where you look back & think.. "What if I had not made that decision..." If I had not decided to move to St. George.. well I do not think I would be married to my amazing Husband right now. I wouldn't be working at the place I work at now (& honestly I love love love working there) I would not have started College... I would be working 14 hour days still... I would not have gotten to see my beautiful Niece grow through out the months. I wouldn't be as close to my sister. I wouldn't get to see my grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins as much... I wouldn't have gotten to spend 7 months with my Uncle Corey, Aunt Susan, Alex, Lindsey, or Spencer. & it truly makes me so sad to even THINK if I had not made the decision to move here. I am so thankful for all of the things that are listed. There is no doubt that moving to St. George was the best decision I ever made. Good things came from it. & I am truly blessed! (I know, there I go again saying how blessed I am... But I really truly am! & I cannot just ignore that I am!)

Fist of all... before moving here I was a little nervous. I didn't want to move to St. George. I had a job. I had some family close to me.. I had friends.. & honestly I didn't want to move somewhere, where I wasn't sure I would even find a job. I was lacking faith. But days went by and I had this strong feeling that I needed to move away from California. I wasn't happy. & I felt as if I needed something... new! Instead of the same routine every day. I kept pushing that feeling away though, because like I said, I did not want to move to St. George. But every day it kept eating at me. So my mom told me to make a pros and cons list. So I did. I realized I could have a  lot of opportunities somewhere else. But still.. I was lacking faith. "What if I don't find a job" "what if I don't find a place to live" and so on. I was scared. But still I had the thought that I needed to move. So finally I opened the scriptures to 1 Nephi 17 (In the Book of Mormon)  (Follow along here ----------> http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/17?lang=eng ) Basically it talks about how Nephi's family leaves everything behind to go out into the wilderness. The lord told them, that he would provide means, strengthen, & nourish them if they keep the commandments and go and do what the lord commands.

After reading that I realized they had it a lot worse than I did. They left EVERYTHING behind. & all I had to do was leave my home town.. and my job behind. & they had SO much faith. I realized that the right decision would be to move, and if I moved the lord would provide means, strengthen me, and I would be okay. So I moved. & everything fell right into place. I asked my Aunt and Uncle if I could live with them... & soon after moving here I got hired at 2 places. (I had not even lived here a month yet) & I was set up on a date with my future husband two months after I moved here. I know I made the right decision!

I also know that living with my Uncle Corey, Aunt Susan, Alex, Lindsey, and Spencer was a blessing. They mean so much to me, and I am so glad I had that opportunity to live with them. Not only because of them being so welcoming and letting me intrude on their family time... but because I got to know them even more and gain a really good relationship with all of them. I consider them my second family. I consider Alex, Lindsey, and Spencer my brothers and sister. It's hard to express how thankful I am for them, and explain how much I love them... because I cannot even begin to say the right words. No word can even begin to explain! So I guess I will just say (& hope that they will understand how I truly feel).. Thank you for everything you guys have done for me. Thank you for always being there for me! I Am truly greatful!

Also I am so thankful that I get to live closer to my older sister Megan & my brother-in-law Justin & my niece Harper. (:

Here are some pictures from the last year:

Last Halloween                                                   Last Thanksgiving

Still Last Thanksgiving (:

 Last December(:

Last Christmas Eve/ Christmas day(:

My cute niece (:

 I visited my mom in January.

Lindsey and I (: We went on a lot of adventures..

 Dee and I started dating in December (:

Well that's all the pictures for now. haha
My Aunt & Uncle & Cousins moved after Dee and I got married. At first it didn't seem real.. It felt like they would be back any day. But then Reality sunk in and I realized a lot has changed. (Not that it is bad change) & I would be lying if I said it has been easy not having them here.. because it hasn't been easy. I miss all of them so much. & I'm having trouble accepting that that part of my life is over now. I wish time could have moved a tiny bit slower so I could have lived in that moment longer. But this is life.. & time is not on our side. ha It moves so fast. You either live in that moment or you look back & wish you had. I'm working on not saying "I wish it was this time already" or "I wish I was older" because before I know it... those things will happen. I'm not saying I'm perfect at that yet.. but I am trying to live in the moment (:

 

   

Home Sweet Home.

Home Sweet Home.

Like I said in the last post, we went to California for my brother Steffan's Baptism, and to Disneyland for my Grandparent's 50th Anniversary. While I love Disneyland, it is definitely good to be home finally. It was really fun just relaxing from the everyday routine and not stressing about everyday chores, school, school work, and work. It was also fun just spending time with my family! I love my family so much! I don't know where I would be without ANY of them. I'm not just talking about my immediate family, I also mean my extended family as well (So my aunts, Uncles, etc.) but especially my brothers and sisters(Including my "Long lost siblings" ;) you know who you are)! They are the best siblings anyone could ask for. We always have a good time & we are always there for one another. I am truly blessed.. I know I say that a lot. But I am. & I don't want to be selfish by not expressing how thankful I am & not expressing that I know I am blessed. I am also a lucky woman, because I have been so deeply blessed to be married to Dee. He is my best friend & everyday I can't help but love him more and more!! He makes me a better person & I just know I have been blessed. & I am so thankful!

Okay.. enough about going on & on about how blessed and thankful I am. ha. On the way to California Dee and I stopped in Reno so we could see the Reno Temple! We saw a lot of pretty Sights on the way to the Sacramento area! (:

The Highway we were on was called "The Extraterrestrial Highway... I don't know about you, but it made me think of the song: ET by Katy Perry. haha.

There was some random lake.. that was completely deserted.. haha it was kind of funny.

I love Taking pictures of everything!!

The Reno temple!

 Well the Baptism was really good. I had to speak (Because Steffan asked me to.. I was sooo Nervous. I don't like getting up in front of a lot of people & talking! It is kind of scary.. Just saying.) Anyway here is a picture of Steffan (Also Trace my cousin was baptized on the same day):

 

Look how cute they are!

So we spent time in the Sacramento area for a couple days (Friday afternoon-Sunday morning) and we just spent time together as a family!

Kayleeh loves to pose.. haha

Steffan being silly.... haha & Megan, Myself, and Miss Harper.

We went and saw Rissa... and Myself and Miss Harper(:

  They are silly!! haha (: (Steffan, Malachi, & Maddisen)

On Saturday after the Baptism, we had a chance to go see the Sacramento Temple (one of my favorites, Because in 2006, when I was a freshman in High school, I had the opportunity to be in the temple Production while the temple was being built. We got to Plant trees, and do a lot of helping out. We got to go through the temple before it was dedicated, and we got to put bootys on everyone that went through the temple one day!)

Here are some pictures:

 While we were at there we ran into my friend Jamey's Mom it was really nice seeing her.

I am so glad we had the chance to go(: I am so happy!

Sunday morning around 8am Dee and I left to San Francisco to Visit one of my best friends (Amanda) from Middle school/ High school. I am so glad we got to see her!

I love San Francisco!
We also took the opportunity to go and see the Oakland Temple! It is so beautiful:

 Finally after what seemed the longest drive ever.. We made it to the place we were staying. We didn't go to Disneyland until Monday though.

Disneyland: Monday October 15, 2012

(Not the best picture because not everyone is looking at the camera... but it was the first picture of the day)

The family... Minus Riss ):

The husband and I (:

On Splash mountain! & some of us in Tarzan's Tree House.

Happy 50th Anniversary to my amazing Grandparents! 

To end the night we went to California Pizza Kitchen with my Dad, Diana, Megan, Justin, Kayleeh, & Caydince. & We got a Pumpkin Cheese cake to goooo:

California Adventure: Tuesday October 16, 2012

Waiting to talk with Crush! (From Finding Nemo!)

Dee is going to be a good Daddy ((((: haha

We got to learn how to draw Oswald the Rabbit (Disney's original character before Mickey Mouse.)
I didn't take that many pictures that day... haha
We went to the New Port Beach temple after California Adventure that day... but we didn't get a good picture, because it was night ):

This was the only picture that looked good... but you still cannot see the whole temple. ): Oh well.

Well that is the close of our Vacation. We left the next morning at 5am (California is a hour earlier than we are so it was really 6am Utah time). We were so tired. We left that early because I had class at 2pm ... which sucked. But in the end... it is nice to finally be home (Besides school.. work.. and Homework.)