Football Season!

I can't believe it is already fall and that football season has started! I know it seems crazy, but I actually do like watching college football with Matt on the weekend. But even better than watching them on TV is going to the games! We got our season tickets again and are always trying to convince people to come to games with us. I finally convinced my mom and Jeff to come up for a game and to stay the night at the house. It was really fun! The Aggies didn't play very well, but they did end up winning the game! Right before the game, I called my mom to see if she wanted me to buy them new game day shirts, and she asked if she was supposed to wear her Aggie shirt... haha! Of course you wear your Aggie shirt to an Aggie game! Matt was in Salt Lake helping replace his mom and dad's roof and barely made it on time to the game. He didn't have time to change his clothes before the game so excuse his green shirt.

Life in the New House

Everyone always asks us how we are liking living in the new house. It is definitely amazing! There are a few things however that we didn't expect:

• We put out our garbage can every week and the recycling bin every other week. At first, both cans were always overflowing with moving garbage, however now that we are settled, I feel a little crazy taking my garbage can to the curb with it's two little bags of garbage inside. I almost feel like I'm wasting the garbage man's time by making him stop to pick up such a measly load.
• We still have about a million things to do! I thought we were done! Little things like putting the toilet paper rods in the bathroom (yes, the toilet paper roll just sits on the counter), organizing all the crap in the garage, touching up paint, even putting away some boxes! I wrote a list for Matt to work on while I was at work and he has done like two things on my two page list. I guess being homeowners means that we always have something to do at home!
• We are still getting used to being in a real neighborhood, especially knowing that we aren't going to be moving anytime soon! We got to participate in a ward activity that was really fun. One Friday everyone showed up at a farmer's field to harvest an acre of corn that he had planted for the ward. We walked through the field picking corn, and then went back to the common area for dinner and a corn boil! They sent us home with a giant bag of corn (over three dozen ears). Most people freeze the corn, but I just gave most of it away. It was the best corn I've ever had!
• I absolutely love having people over. I almost don't ever want to go to other people's houses because I'd rather invite everyone over. I always make my bed before people come over because I have to give everyone a tour of the house! And last week we got a mattress for the bed in our spare room and I am so happy that I can invite people over to stay for the night!
• After a couple weeks in the house, we started seeing ants crawling around. I didn't think it was a problem until Matt left a box with a doughnut out on the side table overnight. When we woke up the next morning, they were everywhere! It was disgusting. The carpet looked like it was moving because there were so many ants crawling around. That's when we got serious about getting rid of them! Why a brand new house was being overrun with ants is still a mystery to me. We tried some Pinterest  remedies at first, and then bought a small spray, which graduated to some small traps, then finally a giant bottle of house spray. Luckily we haven't had any problems since, but I was furious!

Visiting

About a week ago, Matt and I went down to Layton on a Sunday to visit Lance and Kendra, but really we went down to visit Kailee and Clayton! We had a barbeque and we played with Kailee and Rudy! I can't believe how big Kailee is getting! It is fun to see her start talking and playing with us! I wish we could see them more often. Matt and I keep trying to get them to move up to Cache valley... too bad they bought a house only a couple months ago.

Of course, Matt likes playing with the dog almost as much as he likes playing with the kids!

Isn't she so freaking cute!?