Cory and Mindy's Wedding

Justin's buddy Cory got married the weekend before Thanksgiving. We were able to go down to Leeds to celebrate with him. He got married in the St. George temple. It was the first time that I have been in the St. George temple so it was a lot of fun.
Justin was one of the groomsmen so he got to be in some of the pictures with Cory and some of their other buddies. It was fun to watch them pose and interact with each other. (They went out the night before the wedding and had a bachelor party until 2:30 in the morning. The first thing Justin said when he got back was that they did what they did ten years ago. It made me a little nervous because I've heard stories about the so called "Leeds Mafia" while they were younger).It was a lot of fun to watch them. This is Cory and Mindy. Her dress was gorgeous and Cory actually cleaned up pretty nice too!They had a lot of fun decorating his truck during the reception too. They got into the car by cracking open his back window and using a fishing pole to unlock the door. I think they might have had too much fun doing it though.

Thanksgiving in Leeds

We were lucky enough to get to have two Thanksgiving dinners this year. We went to Leeds the weekend before Thanksgiving for a wedding of one of Justin's buddies and we decided to have Thanksgiving with his family while we were there. We were able to talk his sister into coming up from Vernal to celebrate with us too. His brother-in-law wasn't able to make it, but other than him we had the whole family there. It was a lot of fun. Justin's mom is an amazing cook and we always eat well while we are there.This is Justin's mom finishing up the last touches on dinner.

Justin's sister Michelle, brother-in-law Clayton, and his dad waiting for dinner to be served.

It was a lot of fun to be able to spend time with his family. It was a busy weekend, but we still had fun!

Halloween Festivities

Our Halloween festivities started by going to the Pumpkin Walk that they do in Logan every year. It wasn't as good as last years, but it was still good. Here are a few of our favorite scenes.
I don't really remember what this scene is or why we decided to have our pictures by it, but here you go.
Good ol' tribute to Michael Jackson.My mom by the Keebler elves.
This was the Green Giant scene. It was probably my favorite. Great use of pumpkins and other veggies.
Justin decided to support the cows in their effort to promote eating Mor Chikin.

Justin and I also were able to carve some pumpkins. We weren't as creative as last year, but still had fun doing it.
And here are the finished products.
We especially like Justin's new hat!!!

Our ward had a Halloween party this year. It was a lot of fun. We had dinner in bread bowls and then played some games. Justin and I dressed up as Robin Hood and Maid Marian.We had a lot of fun. Justin makes a very good Robin Hood!This is the game- Eat the donuts off of the string without getting chocolate or glaze all over your costume. It was pretty entertaining to watch.
Here Justin is playing musical chairs. He was having a stare down with Charlie Brown.

On Halloween we went over to our neighbors and had dinner in a pumpkin with witches finger bread sticks and punch with hands in it.We also made chocolate, caramel apples. They were delicious! Thanks again Patrick and Nicky for inviting us over. It is such a fun tradition.

October

October has been pretty busy for us. Justin has been swamped with school and his project for his master's degree. I have just been working. We have managed to find some fun activities to do though through out the month.

We went to the zoo and saw all of the new baby animals.
We learned that you really don't want to go to the zoo over UEA weekend because that is when everybody else decides to go.

We also were able to attend our ward trap shoot. One day, with a lot of practice, I want to be as good as our bishop's wife at shooting clay pigeons. She is better than the majority of the guys in our ward.
The picture above is of Bishop Cook and his wife. They are such awesome people and we are blessed to be able to learn from their example and for Justin to be able to serve in the bishopric with him.
Justin is pretty good at shooting the clay pigeons too and he rarely misses one. Sometimes he just does it to show off.We were also able to get a few flights in with Justin's airplane. My mom was babysitting my nephew for a little bit and we took it over there for him to watch. He was pretty cute. Now when he sees Justin he always says, "Plane, sky, vroom." I think it should be Justin's new name.
We also taught our bird, Oscar, how to fly the plane. He is a natural pilot.
We were able to go out and spend an afternoon with the horses.We had to take advantage of the nice weather and the fact that I am not too big to keep riding yet. We've had some pretty nice fall days here in Cache Valley so it has been way nice.
My horse Samie has been pretty temperamental about who she lets ride her. She doesn't usually likes guys at all, but Justin and Samie have bonded in the past year and she has let him ride her the past few times.

We also were able to spend a day in Salt Lake. We went and visited my great-grandma. She was busy playing BINGO though so we didn't get any pictures with her. We also went to Garnder Village and saw the witches there.
This is a picture of "Witchy Poo" and my nephew Nathan. He is in his lion costume for Halloween. He loves it. As we walked around looking at all the witches he kept pointing to them and saying, "Grandma." Not sure if he knows something we don't know.I think that Justin thought that this witch was cute. He insisted on getting his picture taken with her.While we were in Salt Lake we were able to meet up with some of Justin's buddies from St. George and have a little barbecue with them. I don't have any pictures of that either.

We also were able to drive up the canyon and little bit and saw a bunch of wild turkeys. Justin was wishing he had a turkey tag. I was glad he didn't have one.
We were also able to just get some other pictures and enjoyed being outdoors. All in all in we had a pretty good October.
Also, just an update. I am five months pregnant now! Less than four months to go. Justin and I decided that the next few months are going to go pretty quickly with the holidays coming up, Justin graduating, and tax season starting. Our little girl will be here before we know it.

With 50/50 Odds...

It's a girl!!!!

This is a picture of her face. She kept trying to hide, so these are the best face pictures they could come up with. You can make out her chin and mouth really well. She is looking to the right.

She didn't want her picture taken. In this one you can see her face again. She kept putting her arm up so you can see her arm and her little hand at the top of her head.

These are her legs. She has her ankles crossed.

We are pretty excited and sure it won't be too long after she is born that she has Justin wrapped around her finger and she'll be getting whatever she wants. It will be the first grand-daughter on both sides of the family for us too, so I'm sure the grandparents will spoil her rotten too!!

Paradise Pumpkin Patch

Last Saturday Justin and I took my sister and her husband to the pumpkin patch in Paradise. You get to walk around and pick your own pumpkin off of the vines. There were a lot to choose from so it took us a little while to decide on the perfect pumpkins.
Justin found his pumpkin very first. We both picked a big pumpkin and a smaller one. He was pretty proud of the pumpkin he found. I had a harder time finding the perfect pumpkin, but after walking through the pumpkin patch a few times, I finally decided.They have a place set up for you to wash your pumpkins and get the mud and dirt off of them before you load them into the car. Justin was our designated pumpkin washer.
Jillian took the longest of us all trying to decide which pumpkin she wanted. Brady wasn't quite as picky as the rest of us.
It was a fun outing. They also have a place where you can pick apples off the tree or you can buy apple juice that they make. We bought us some apple juice too.
After going to the pumpkin patch we drove to Porcupine Reservoir to have a picnic and look at the fall leaves.
I love Cache Valley in the fall. Everything is so pretty!