Happy Almost Halloween!!!

What did we do this past weekend?!?! Friday, for Troy's birthday, I got us tickets to the symphony to listen to Beethoven's 5th Symphony. I even got all gussied up and wore a lot more make up than I ever would. I even did my hair. I picked Troy up from work and we had dinner downtown at a place call The Palamino. It was delicious. We even got to see some downtown action right outside our window. We saw a cop on a motorbike totally take down a guy on a bicycle. After dinner, we headed to Boettcher Hall (I think that's what it's called). Luckily it wasn't too chilly so the walk wasn't bad. The symphony was great and we had awesome seats. Unfortunately, when we wanted to take a picture I found out that the batteries were dead. So no pics from that night until we got home. Saturday we ran a few errands and started our Christmas shopping. Can you believe it?! I can happily say that we have all the nieces and nephews done except for the twins but we'll get there. And I have to say that they're pretty awesome presents. We also bought a cupcake carrier. It's pretty cool. I'm making cupcakes for Troy to take to work but we didn't know how to transport them but they have one at Crate & Barrell and it carries 2 dozen so it all worked out. Sunday, we had some friends over for dinner and we made sugar cookies for dessert. They were yummy. Then Monday night, we carved our pumpkins. Our neighbors graciously invited us over for Troy's b-day then afterwards we came back here to carve. I think mine is the coolest. It's the goblin. The stencil said that it was a 2 pumpkin out of 4 on difficulty but I would definitely bump it up to 3. It took me FOREVER to finish it and the pumpkin wasn't even for me but for the little girl. Her mom said that she would appreciate 10 years down the road when she's carving her own pumpkin. Great!

Troy carved 2 pumpkins in the time I carved one. If you can't tell the middle one says Red Sox and has devil horns and a pitchfork.

If you can't tell, Lexie's in a slight predicament. She has her head and one arm through the handle. It took her a while to get out. Silly cat.

Pumpkins, Bowling, and a little white stuff

We actually had quite a busy Saturday after just staying home Friday evening to watch Disturbia (really just a more modern version of The Burbs). We slept in a little too long and missed the Annual Pumpkin Chuckin' contest. We'll give you a full report next year, but as a teaser, the winning entry went over 500 yards (yes yards, not feet!) We did get down to the pumpkin patch at the Grange to pick up our free pumpkin.

We then went bowling for an hour. It was a lot of fun, and we bowled really well. Tracie's high was a 134 (one pin from finishing off with a turkey) and mine was a 150. We then came home to watch the BYU game. We started watching sometime in the 3rd quarter and BYU was already up big. As you may have heard, it started to snow, and then it really started to come down in the 4th quarter. I knew that cold weather was in our forecast for today, but seeing it made me scared enough to wrap our sprinkler pipes. Good thing I did.

We woke up this morning to a little snow on the ground. I took this before church just in case it melted by the time we got back. Since we go to choir practice before church, we leave at 8. So 4 hours later we get back, and look what we have!

A lot of snow! All told we got just over 6 inches down here. Denver got maybe a dusting, and it was melted by the time the Broncos kicked off at 6. I'm sure it will be all melted by tomorrow, and the roads weren't bad, but it was enough to make us bust out the Christmas music.

Lastly our neighbors Joe and Patti had a friend stand them up for a lunch date, so we were forced to join them for steaks at their house Saturday for lunch. They also had a computer monitor that they were going to give their Dad, but he did not want it. So we bought it from them. It's about time we traded in our ancient monitor for a new flat screen one. It is amazing how much more space we have on our desk now!!

Tagged

After much pressure from friends, I have decided to enlighten you guys with some known (maybe unknown) facts about moi!

So I've been tagged and am supposed to write 6 facts about myself. When I tag you, you can write 6 facts about yourself and then tag 6 others (I may be re-tagging people because a lot of us have the same friends!).

1. I LOVE FOOD!!!!! Since I can remember food has been a pretty big part of my life. I absolutely love it. Freshman year, I out-ate a pole vaulter that said he could eat more than me. On my first date with Troy, I definitely ate more than him. He ordered lasagna and I ordered the same with some chicken marsala. He struggled to finish his plate and I had no problem finishing mine. Food occupies my thought a lot of the day. When I worked at the BYU Bookstore I would just look at the cookbooks to satisfy my hunger until I could eat.

2. Along with having a love for food, I have a small obsession with cookbooks. I love looking through them even if I rarely cook the recipes that are in them. I would say that I have easily over 30 books but thank goodness by itch to buy them all the time has gone down.

3. I love playing with wrinkles in about anything especially the corners on my pillow. I like playing with them so much that I have put a hole in a couple of my pillowcases.

4. When I first got my driver's license I put myself down as being 5'5" thinking that I was still growing. I was also very proud to let everyone know that I was 5'5". My last semester at BYU I was taking a Exercise Physiology class and we had to measure our height. I am definitely 5'4 3/4". That was probably one of my saddest days. I do still say that I'm 5'5" though because if you round up that's what I am.

5. Before I got married, I used to exercise regularly. Since I've been married...well you can say that the number of times I have exercised, you can count on one hand. I will say though, I think about exercising all the time. This last year I have had some people ask me if I have lost weight so I just want to say that thinking about exercising really works!!!!! That's my secret. I think about it daily but rarely do I do anything about. It's all about mind power!

6. Lastly...when I was a baby, I never sucked my thumb...I sucked my tongue. I know it sounds weird but I think many of you already know this. I would just roll my tongue in half then suck. Well, I still do it to this day. I've tried to stop but I guess you could say it's a bad habit. I do attribute my straight teeth to it though.

Anywho, I hope all of you have enjoyed reading this. If you knew these things about me I just wanted to refresh your memory. If you didn't know well now you do! Happy Fall Day!

Oh...the weather outside is frightful

Not really but we did have a bit of a cold front this weekend. Friday I didn't have to work so I got a little stir crazy around the house. Luckily Troy, Robyn, and Aaron are all good sports so we ended up hanging out downtown. We had dinner at a place called Dixon's and then headed over to ESPN Zone to play some games. It's always good to go if you want to exercise but not really think that you're exercising. We played the basketball game (as always), raced the horses, played fooseball hockey, rode some bikes, raced some cars, boxed, and drove a semi. It was a pretty fun night. Saturday, I went out with Robyn and Aaron to take some more engagement pictures. I think I took some pretty decent pictures considering I have no experience in that area. All I have to say is there has got to be one picture that they BOTH agree on. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Saturday night, we watched the BYU game. Every year, during football season, Troy adds some extra channels so we can watch the BYU games and then when the season's over, we discontinue it. He's so funny. Sunday was our first Sunday that we did not have to teach our primary class. If all the kids showed up we would have 15 kids so they decided to call another set of teachers. I told the primary president that I didn't want to split the class because it's rare that all the kids show up let alone 10 kids so we decided to alternate teaching. I think it's a good idea. Last night, we had a wonderful dinner with pot roast, carrots, salad, mashed potatoes, and rolls. It was delicious. Afterwards, we played 2 games of Scrabble. I must admit, I'm a huge fan of the game.

Autumn, Fall, Rocktober

It's crisp!! Fall is definitely in the air. If you had October 7th in the office pool for the first day that we would make a pumpkin pie, you win!! It went well with our hearty pork stew.

We planted our tulip bulbs yesterday. It was a lot of work to dig all those holes. I hope they look good in the spring. Thanks again to Tahitian Noni (Will and Kristin) for the bulbs.

Tracie had a stampin' up party yesterday at our neighbors' house. I think she really likes making the stuff, and it is a good creative outlet for her.

We have also really been enjoying the Rockies in the playoffs. It is cool to see everyone get into baseball, especially because this time of year the Broncos tend to dominate the sports scene.

Yesterday Tracie took some engagement pictures of Aaron and Robyn. I think they turned out pretty well, we'll see if Aaron and Robyn can agree with one that they both like (they are both really HM!)

We also enjoyed General Conference this weekend. It is nice to be able to watch it at home, and we even busted out the Primary Bingo games for the afternoon session. Elder Hales really came through!!!

Greatest Game in Rockies History

Their 14th win in their last 15 games. Roughing up Peavy for 6 runs, and then winning it off Hoffman in the 13th! The game was incredible, and we couldn't tear ourselves away. A couple of co-workers went to the game, and they said that the stadium was electric, and before the game started, downtown was buzzing. I'm glad we were a part of it. Go ROCKIES!!!


Sorrry Matt.