Halloween is here

Halloween is one of my favorite non-holiday holidays! I just love that it comes at the end of fall, half way in between my birthday and Thanksgiving. I love that the leaves have changed color, the morning's are crisp and everyone just seems happier. Maybe it's because they get to dress up and be someone else for the day or maybe it's the sugar overload, but people just seem happier. I love to see the kids dress up and so excitedly ring my door bell hoping for some yummy candy to fill their pumpkin buckets. I know that people today are trying to push for handing out toys instead of candy because it's healthier. But i'm sorry, it's one day out of the year, the candy won't hurt the kids beyond giving them a sugar rush and their parents/teachers headaches. Also, Halloween is the only designated night of the year that I will force myself to watch a scary movie...otherwise, it won't happen!

On another note, Evan and I went over the Jones' to carve our pumpkins! Evan carved a wine and cheese board onto his, I made your typical jack-o-lantern and Kip and Kristen carved the 007 James Bond logo on theirs in anticipation of the new movie coming out in 2 weeks. It was fun, we drank lemon drops, carved pumpkins, played Tiger Woods gold 09 and made pumpkin seeds. Tonight will most likely be more of the same, except adding passing out candy. I wish I was young enough to still go trick or treating!

Pictures from our pumpkin outing last week:

The last time Evan and I dressed up for Halloween. We had just started hanging out as friends! He's the one dressed in camo...
I was the opposite...a princess. Sam was a pregnant farmer...now she's a real mom 3 years later!
All of us in front of the kind of lame corn maze.

Baby, bikes and friends

Last weekend, Evan and I made the trip down to Davis with his parents Gabe and Dianne, to cheer them on in their 100 mile bike ride and to see friends and family! We spent one night with my parents and the other with our good friends Ben and Katie. We finally met our good friends' new daughter Siena and had an amazing time just catching up with great friends. Pictures speak louder than words, so....


All of us at Lamppost Pizza!

I'm holding baby Siena!

All of our friends at the UCD football game. We won by a ton!!
Pushup contest insued because of how much of a blowout the game was.
The four of us at the bike race finish line.
The weary, happy travelers

Evan holding Siena at the Sorbello house.

Tired

I think I'm tired now! I spent all night doing homework for school, which didn't even include the lesson plans I need to work on for teaching! I'm so tired that I can't even download my fun photos from our amazing weekend in California visiting our friends and upload them to a post....maybe tomorrow.

Goin' to Cali!

As much as I love the Fall weather here and the excitement (and workload) of student teaching, I am so looking forward to our exciting (but short) trip to California this weekend! We are getting up in the wee hours to drive down, but the 7 hour drive will be so worth it to see friends, family and meet the long awaited Siena! I can't wait. However, I am not looking forward to the drive back home on Sunday, because I have another long week of tons of homework, work and cold weather...but for now I am tired and happy to be back in Cali tomorrow, if only for 48 hours :)

SNOW?!?!

As hard as it is to believe, it did in fact SNOW in Bend last night. A year ago when we moved here, it snowed for the first time in mid-October, and was the beginning of the worst winter in two decades...of course. So, I hope that this even earlier snow season, doesn't forecast the worst winter ever!!! I am so not ready for uggs, sweaters and wool coats...almost, but not quite! Although, on this VERY cold, gray and gloomy friday afternoon, sweats, hot chocolate and a chick flick does sound quite nice :)

Babies!

No, don't worry, I'm not writing about us having them :) I am however writing about how it seems Evan and I have officially past the "all of our friends are getting married" phase, for the most part, and have now rapidly entered the "all of our friends are having babies" phase! It truly is amazing. Our good college friends the Sorbello's just welcomed their first baby girl into the world. Our friends Ken and Tamara are due any day for #4, our friends the Christenson's are welcoming their first baby girl Joelle, into the world this afternoon. The list truly could go on longer, but I'll stop there. It's just so funny to me how life passes so quickly. I am so thankful to have friends entering this stage of life so I can hold their babies, without having our own :) Maybe in 5 years or so...Anyways, I am thankful that I can at least be a part of all of my friends new, growing families and I am thankful to have such great friends that I can share this time of life with.