Voting

We did it! Ash and I both voted for the first time in a Presidential election! We're so thankful for a democratic government that gives us the privilege to vote for those we think will be the best leaders. We hope and pray that the people of our country will vote out of their hearts and what is best for our nation as a whole, and not out of their pocketbooks.

FHE Scavenger Hunt

For FHE tonight we had a little scavenger hunt. We had to choose items that represented ourselves, our spouse, our future together, our best marriage quality, our home, dating experiences, our engagement, our wedding, honeymoon, and married life. I have the sweetest wife ever!! She picked some very thoughtful items. We had fun talking about our past and the future!

Happy Halloween!

We went to our ward "Trunk or Treat" party on Wednesday and took our 3 neighbor kids with us! I went around with the kids while Curt handed out candy. School has taken over our lives, so when it came time to find a costume, (about 15 minutes before we had to leave), my scrubs were the only option available! Curt wore my awesome BYU Nursing scrubs (Not good for my self-esteem that they fit him, nevertheless he looked hot!), and I wore my cute ones that I never get to wear (hopefully I can when I get a real job!) It was funny taking the kids around..I had to remind them EVERY time to say thank you..and one couple in our ward handed out some peanut butter candy and our little neighbor boy said, "I don't want that." (Nudge, nudge, It's actually, "No thank you,")..ya oh well! I'm thinking parenting will give us endless opportunities for embarrassment!, and plenty of laughs! (No we are not having a baby soon..in case you were starting to get curious!) Halloween is much more fun with the energy of kids and we loved spending the evening with them!

Speaking of kids and halloween, my nephew is adorable!! I love when my sister sends me pics of Cooper!...He's the cutest pumpkin I've ever seen!

Fun Fall Festivities

Fall has been busy with school, but we have still found some time to have fun and keep up a family tradition. Our Fall General Conference tradition is to go up Provo Canyon somewhere and look at all the gorgeous colors! This year we went for a little walk on the path near Bridal Veil Falls

We also had a little different camping excursion during the past few weeks. We made a blanket fort in the living room and watched Night at The Museum. It was a lot of fun to remind ourselves that we need to have fun and remember that we can act young while we are young rather than always acting like old people :)

The Friday night before the Homecoming parade we helped the School of Nursing build their float. It was cold, but a lot of fun. Ash was going to be on the float, but they had extra people show up soTrent had ACL surgery the week of homecoming, so we went to the Parade & Pancake breakfast with him. It was a lot of fun at the parade and we had fun hanging out with Trent.

Not Ready For Winter

Ok, so I absolutely loathe winter! I can't stand being cold and ever since returning from my mission in Texas it seems like even 40 degrees is too cold. I'll readily admit I'm a wimp in the cold! So when I woke up Saturday to a little snow falling and freezing my butt of I was pretty upset. I like mild winters where shorts and t-shirts are everywhere. Ashley loves the cold because it signifies the coming of Christmas, but I think that a calendar does a great job signifying the coming of the celebration of the Savior's birth. I have spent three cold days contemplating PT school in Arizona, Vegas, or maybe even Texas. Unfortunately I don't think I could succeed in moving my family even further from future grandparents (No hint implied!!). Oh well, I guess I will suck it up and wear a coat. I just wish that the cold wouldn't come so quickly. I swear global warming can't be happening because the cold seems to come earlier and earlier each year.

We Thank Thee Oh God For A Prophet

General Conference is always such a spiritually uplifting 2 days! We're so excited to hear what our leaders have to say to us. Hopefully, we will come away from this weekend with a new determination to be a little better and try a little harder. Happy General Conference Weekend!

One Spectacular Return To Blogging!!!!!

Since Ashley works in the computer labs all the time I have been giving her the blogging responsibility (really she just does it without me even knowing, hence the Christmas countdown in SEPTEMBER!! :) Anyways, here's some of the latest in our lives. We finally bought our tent, and put it up in our living room, only to find a hole in the roof mesh, so we took it back and got another one. It was a great two days of "camping" in the living room. After our campout we went up to Bountiful to see my dad and grandpa. It was a fun trip up and let me say that Ash and I know how to Barbeque! Ash has been feeding me well and as a result I have gained about 10 pounds since we've been married. Most people say I needed to gain at least that much, but I'm not so sure it's a healthy time frame for weight gain! Oh well, I love the food!! We made strawberry jam this weekend after a killer deal at Ream's. It reminded me of making jam 5 years ago at the Murphey's and thinking my arm would fall off. At least Ash let me rest my arm once in a while :) Of course any project we undertake has to get messy and so I had to splash the red goodness onto my white Texas shorts...ugh! Not wanting to get any more of my own clothes dirty and in an effort to make Ashley laugh I squeezed into a pair of her scrubs! While definitely not my fit I got her to laugh and that's what I wanted! We ended the night having some delicious strawberry smoothies!! What a great month September has been. We have been very blessed and I am so grateful to have such an incredible wife! Ashley is the life of our home and always brings life to the party!! Enjoy the pictures from September!

Time to Move on...

As hard as I tried to convince myself that summer would never end, here I am at the end of the first week of school, and thankfully, I can say I survived!..One week down, only 13 or so left of the semester. Maybe I shouldn't begin the end of semester countdown for a while...Curt is taking some tough classes (chemistry and anatomy), and supposedly this is the hardest semester of the nursing program (ICU), so needless to say we should both stay busy! Tyler went into the MTC on Wednesday...not my most favorite experience to say the least, but we're proud of him and know that he will be a great missionary! We live less than a 2 minute walk to the MTC..a bit too close for comfort! But I'll behave and do the good ol' letter writing, package sending stuff. It's nice to be in Provo so we can send packages to him often because they are cheap to send. It was fun to have my family here for a few days. With a 1 Bedroom apartment and 8 people in it, there is never a dull moment! But we wouldn’t have it any other way! We went out to eat at Zupas (delicious!), Olive Garden, and Jason’s Deli, a few of Tyler’s many last requests. With the family gone and school started and Tyler on his mission, I am trying to come to terms with the fact that homework, tests, and stress will now be a part of life everyday...but only for 8 more months!! Let the graduation countdown begin. There is finally an end in sight (at least for me...just don’t ask Curt about when he graduates J)!

Our exciting lives...

We celebrated our 1 month anniversary on August 19th by eating our wedding cake top! We heard from a bunch of people that it's nasty and gross at a year, and we were craving the cake (since we didn't even eat any on our wedding day, so we ate it! Curt wanted Funfetti for the top layer, and it was way good! Yum yum!

Curt had never hiked the "Y" so we decided it was time. It was my 3rd time hiking it, but for some reason, it was harder than I remembered..(must have eaten too much of that cake!) We forgot our flashlight, so we came down in the dark (there wasn't even a moon!). It was a great FHE activity, and decided it's time to start exercising a little more than once a month :)

My best friend, Lisa, got married on August 22nd in the Manti Temple. Curt and I were able to go to the sealing and it was beautiful! The reception was also very nice. Curt may have been a BIT bored while I was standing in line, but he's a trooper and stayed the whole time with me! What an amazing husband! :) We are so happy for Lisa and Denis! It was so fun to be a part of their happy day!

We thought we would spend a couple hours on Saturday painting some shelves for our apartment....and then 6 hours later we were FINALLY finished! Curt was nice enough to smile for the camera, even though I know he didn't feel like it! Our shelves look a ton nicer, and we were glad to get it all done in one day. We had to rush at the end since our friends Holly, Jeff and their daughter Emma came over for games that night. We had lots of fun with them playing croquet and eating pizookies. Thanks for hanging out with us!

And last of all, Curt finally got his golf clubs down here from Spokane!!! Thanks Trent! Look at that smile..Priceless! He couldn't be happier :) And Trent has his clubs down here too so hopefully they will have some good "brother bonding"

Wedding Slideshow Finally!