Trick-or-Treat!

For Halloween weekend, Matt and I went up to Richmond to spend some time with Matt's family at Randy and Jenny's house! On Friday night, the girls all went to see "This Is It," the new Michael Jackson movie while the boys watched the Jazz game at home! We all were having a tough time controlling ourselves to keep from singing out loud in the theater! It was way fun! On Saturday we woke up and had pumpkin waffles and carved pumpkins! Carving pumpkins with the Fischer family is a big deal, and I wanted to do something easy, but NO, Matt finds the coolest Utah State pattern and I have to do it of course! We had a blast. Jenny carved Michael Jackson, Matt did Tiger Woods, Lance carved Jesus, Kendra did Tinker Bell, and Randy did a guy hanging from a tree, and Matt carved Scooby Doo and a pirate skull for Brad in the biggest pumpkin ever! In the afternoon, Kendra and I went shooting with the boys. It was my first time shooting a shotgun and my shoulder is still sore! It was really fun and I actually hit one of the clay pigeons! That night, Matt and I stayed home and handed out candy and everyone else (8 adults) took Brad and Claire trick-or-treating! We had such a fun weekend and it was so sad to have to come home on Sunday! We love spending time with our family and wish that we could do it more often!



Kendra and I being hard-core






Matt and I with cuties Brad and Claire


Matt had to carve two patterns for Brad on this giant pumpkin, so he had to carve one for himself! Tiger Woods (I think it looks like he has a mustache!)


My champion Utah State pumpkin! It was definitely appreciated in Cache Valley, one guy took a picture of it with his phone and set it as his background


Lance carved Jesus on his pumpkin

Thriller!

On Wednesday last week, I went with Myrna, Kamie and her mom, Jenny and her mom, aunt, and sister, and Kari to see Thriller at Kingsbury Hall! I always go every year with my dad for my birthday, and he and I went the week before, so I got to see it twice! It was amazing both times! One of my friends from high school dances for Odyssey and was in the performance and I was so happy I got to talk to her after the show on Wednesday! This is definitely one of my favorite birthday and Halloween traditions!

Melissa and I after the performance


Myrna, Kamie, Karen and I after the show (Jenny and her fam left before we could get a picture with everyone!)


My birthday was on Thursday and it was a pretty normal day at school, but after school Matt took me to dinner (at Olive Garden of course) and then we went out to my mom's house for cheesecake and family time! It was such a fun birthday!

This is what Matt got me for my birthday! These pictures are the samples from the store, so they aren't the same as mine (since I painted mine a little bit different) and I haven't finished my Christmas letters yet!

Deer Hunting

Last weekend I skipped out on all my other family members and went with Matt and the Fischers to Strawberry for some deer hunting. The boys actually did go hunting (once) and Matt took me up the mountain on the 4-wheeler and showed me how he hunts (it wasn't Edward but... haha just kidding)! Again, no one shot anything, but we had a fun time sitting around the fire, watching football while sitting around the fire, playing games, and relaxing! Tim and Kamie let us stay in their new trailer, and it was so fun! Thanks you guys! Lance and Kendra came up with Diet and Myrna and it was so great! While October is a lonely month for the women, I can see why the boys like it so much!

Matt and I in our sweet orange outfits


It was cold! I wore Matt's coveralls one night to stay warm!


Matt's mustache... I do NOT approve, however, I seem to have no choice!

It Shall Come To Pass...

Thankfully, this week was the END of some things we were ready to finish! Now I know we usually celebrate the beginning of things, and are sad when they end, but this was different. Matt has had the flu for a week, and is still recovering, but was finally able to go back to work! That is the first thing we are grateful to have done (not to mention our gratitude that I did not get the flu even though we still slept in our bed together). Secondly, my first grade experience is over! The kids all gave me hugs yesterday and it was sweet, but inside I was thinking "YES!!!" I couldn't have asked for a better learning experience, and my cooperating teacher ended up giving me good grades, so I will be able to get a job after all. My supervisor is the best! I love her. Definitely got the best deal when we got put together!

Now even though I still haven't gotten my name changed on really anything, and our apartment is always messy, and there is always about ten million things to do, I am definitely one of the happiest people you are going to meet! (It helps having the happiest husband, his good vibes rub off)

Conference Weekend

This weekend has been such a blur! What ever happened to life slowing down on the weekends so you can actually enjoy it? Well, Matt left me for "the hunt" on Friday and I went off to babysit the twins while their daddy ran the St. George marathon. I attempted to watch conference, but the twins weren't having any of that, so we gave up and ran errands on Saturday and went out to visit my mom on Sunday. It was so different to have just the twins, rather than all five kids, and I must say it was pretty nice. After bedtime every night, I settled in for a couple hours of Thank-You-note-writing. Thankfully, I finished those this weekend (except for a few, I ran out of cards- I bought 100 cards.... So many great people)! Matt helped with about four of them last week and that was it for his help. That is one thing I am very grateful to be finished with.



One other thing I am grateful to be nearly finished with is my student teaching block in second grade! Now, it has been a very good learning experience for me, although I am BURNED OUT and come home stressed out just about every single day. Poor Matt has dealt with my mood swings for too long! SEVEN MORE DAYS OF SECOND GRADE!!!!! Then I get a few days off (well to work on my portfolio) and then I start fifth grade on October 19. I cannot wait!!!!

Spooky Corn Mazes

On Friday night, Matt and I went on a triple date to a corn maze out in West Jordan with my mom and Jeff, and Alex and Jason. Good times! We had a bbq at our house first, I made some good better-than-you-know-what cake, and we stuffed ourselves until it was dark enough to go. When we got to the corn maze, there was a bunch of ambulances and fire engines on the road and we were all wondering what happened, and of course, my mom said, "They're here for the corn maze!" Pretty much rolled over in my own grave at that one. We went through the "scary" corn maze first and had a fun time laughing when everyone got scared. I learned something new about my husband... he is a WIMP! Pretty sure he was jumping at everything and he was holding on to me! I was a little disappointed, I have been to better scary corn mazes. Then we went through the normal corn maze and were still trying to scare each other and about half way through, we were all done! So we took the passage to the exit and headed home. It was such a fun night!



Alex and Jason giving the scary guy some lovin'


Matt trying to blend in with the corn...


Matt of course had to jump in front of the camera to be in the picture! Can you say five years old?


Let's be honest, how many of these pictures do I have?


Yay for Halloween and October! My favorite holiday and my favorite month!

Car and Tooth Trouble

Yesterday on my way home from student teaching, my car died on the freeway! Luckily I was able to get to the side of the road before getting smashed by a semi and called the experts, Tim, Matt and Diet, to come save me! We towed the car off the road and bought the parts to fix it but before we could fix the car we had to go... bugle some elk? Yeah it's true, the boys (and Ron) took me with them for their hunting preparation. It was definitely a new experience for me. Mostly I just sat in the truck, but it was still fun to see the guys get all excited for hunting season to start. Matt had to take pictures of the moose (plural is it moose? or moosen? haha):

We got back to the car and changed the fuel filter, and it still wasn't fixed! We had to call a tow, thank you AAA, and go home empty handed. Now today, we found out the fuel pump needs to be replaced and the part won't come in until Monday so that sucks big time!
Also, this week Matt has been complaining about his jaw hurting. At first he said I punched him in the middle of the night, but after a few days we figured it was something else. He went to the dentist today and needs two root canals! We don't have dental insurance so we will have to figure out another solution, this might possibly be pulling the two teeth, or pulling just one tooth for now and waiting on the second.
I guess the phrase, "When it rains, it pours" could apply here. :)