Pumpkin Carving Part-ay!

Well, originally I think this blog was supposed to mainly Matt's. Mostly because he's better at words than I, but he's been so busy and I have not, well, you get it.

(AND... I know I promised pics of the Wonderful Disney World, but we have two memory cards of pics & movies so I'll need more time to sort through.)

About two weeks ago Matt and I decided (well, I decided to include Matt) that we would carve jack-o-lanterns for Halloween. For those of you who don't know, since Matt and I have been married we've been living in an apartment which does not allow for the proper displaying of Jack-O-Lanterns. So, this is a positive to living with Matt's parents (which reminds me that I also need to post pics of our house- it's really coming along). ANYWAY... so Saturday night we went to WalMart and got enough pumpkins for all of us (Matt's parents and siblings included) to each carve a pumpkin.

I know I keep getting side tracked, and that this part is irrelevant, but I'm so proud that I had to post it. Matt and I have recently been called to teach Sunday School for the 16-17 year olds in our ward. So to appeal to them, and utilizing my talents, I made an edible plan of salvation. Teenagers like food. And yes, the sprinkles on the 3rd one represents spirit paradise (so hope ya love sprinkles).

Okay, now that we've got that out of the way.... (yeah, they were delicious) onto our pumpkin carving FHE. Now, for those of you who have ever met, read about, or heard about Matt, you may know that he likes tools. a lot. Also, he doesn't get to use tools on a regular basis or really at all, so he takes advantage of EVERY opportunity he gets.

Now this next one is a photo of me trying to take my top off. Heh, that's right. And I have been deemed (sp?) the master pumpkin carver. I also have to note, that in the ABOVE picture Matt is about to try carve the lid of his pumpkin off with that nifty tool.... I did mine faster manually.

Now this next part is my favorite. Apparently it's everyone else's least favorite.

It's weird, I know.

There's just something about the feeling of the pumpkin goo and seeds between my fingers that I like. So Matt was oh so generous enough to use this as an opportunity to get me to de-seed-ify his pumpkin.

Also, I feel it necessary to give kudos to Mary for emptying her pumpkin, especially since Sean told her that she had to because it was part of the pumpkin carving experience. He then proceeded to ask me to empty out his goop. It's okay Sean, I'll forgive you.

Now this is Matt trying again to make his power tools work better than my talent. He's carving a ghost, I'm making a cute face!

Needless to say, his carving tool was WAY messier than mine!

The follow picture should require parental approval (if I could figure out how to block it from kiddos I would). This is Sean's. I am showing you a picture in the light because you can't see the knife in the dark.

Now you haven't seen any pics of Mary's yet. Her's was the most complicated. It's super cool, and probably least expected from Mary. But with her big brother's help (the only time it was beneficial to use power tools), she was able to display a scary pumpkin.

(Left to Right: Matt-Mary-Sean-Linds)

Well that's my first blog with pictures. It wasn't as difficult as I had anticipated, but it is very late, so I must retire to bed. Well, Happy Halloween, and to all a good night. ... wait a minute... i mixed those up. ... TRICK OR TREAT!

see? cute face, right?

The Real World

Well as much as I'd LOVE to continue living in a wonderful Fantasy Land, it's time to get on with life. Our "honeymoon" was so much fun!! I'd never been to Disneyworld, and if you haven't, I highly recommend it. Although.... it is a work out. We did a lot of really neat things, but towards the end (besides the fact that I got sick) I was ready to be home.

We took a lot of pics and video, but Matt's the expert at all of that, so we'll have to wait for him to load all of them up.

Also, Matt's great! I know I say that like every time, but he really is. He put up with a lot from me this week, including but not limited to me getting whatever it is that I wanted. And also, on the way home we spent well over an hour at baggage claim hoping to go home soon, but some how Matt's luggage didn't come in until 5pm. He's a trooper. I, on the other hand, would've been freaking out.

Anyway, as for the real world, they've done SO much to our house that I hardly recognized it. It looks like it might be big enough, at least for a while. lol. They've got the solar board decking on the roof and the insulation on the exterior walls. It's starting to resemble a liveable space. We've got some pics of that as well.

Oh! and more importantly, Matt's brother, Sean, got his mission call. *Drum rolls, please* Elder Sean Cobb was called to serve in the Idaho-Boise Mission. (yes, just like the movie, Singles Ward).

I think that's about all that needs catching up on, I should probably start to work today and get back in the groove. Have a Happy Day!

Vacation Mode

G'Mornin' all! Can I just tell you HOW ready I am for our vacay? This morning I'm working in the drive thru (I work at a bank) waiting for my part-time teller to arrive and it's SO slow. I'm left to blog surfing and thinking about going to DisneyWorld. My weekend's pretty busy already, tonight I'm helping Mary get ready for her Super Sweet 16 party, and then at some point I need to do laundry, clean our room and pack everything. And by everything I mean for both Matt and me. Matt's gotta work tonight and tomorrow, which leaves me alone for packing. I'm okay with it. In fact, it's almost better like this, now he's not in my way. Also, as a good wife, I can ensure that he has everything he needs (y'know, guys forget little things that are still very important, i.e. toothbrush, deodorant... stuff like that).

However, I'm going to miss my Millie Bear dearly! A few weeks ago we took her to the vet with a suspiscion of a bladder infection or a urinary tract infection. Turns out she did have a UTI, so they put her on antibiotics and finished the extensive urinalysis. Well we heard back from them a couple of days ago and she happens to have an extremely resistant string of bacteria. I'm glad we had the urinalysis done so that she can be properly medicated and properly heal, I just feel so bad for her. Being sick is no es bueno, and being sick without your mommy is even more no es bueno.

But I am going to try to not worry about her, and I'm sure I'll be fine next week without her, I'm going to DISNEY WORLD.

As for the rest of our lives, Matt is working his butt off saving some moola for our trip/house. He's having a better time now that he's finally got his bike out of the shop (which, by the way, is SUPER FUN). He'll also be testing in a couple of weeks to advance belts in Tae Kwon Do. I'm very proud of him!

Also, for those of you who don't know (or haven't seen our facebooks) they poured the foundation for our home! The house looks itty bitty, but it'll be all ours (or at least after 30 years). And we got a phone call from the builder with more information as well. They'll start framing it like this weekend. So most likely, by the time we come back we'll have a frame on our home. That's also exciting. Oh, and the estimated date is January 7. This works out well. I REALLY didn't want to move in right before Christmas and not be able to get in spirit by decorating. This way we'll have time to have shindigs at our house next holiday season.

Well I should really get back to work. I just wanted to give y'all an update on our lives. Matt's been so busy lately, I don't think he's even had a chance to think about blogging. Thanks for reading!