the halloween post

Halloween was a little bit different this year than others... "less spooky" I guess you could say. Dave had to work until about 7:30 pm. I went to pick him up and pretended I hadn't started dinner yet because I didn't know what he wanted. He was clearly disappointed and hungry. I was quite pleased at that - my great acting skills were in play AND better yet, waiting at home was DINNER IN A PUMPKIN!


Boy was he surprised! Just look at that expression!

I masterfully wielding an extremely large and sharp knife into the smaller "squaty" [that's what the recipe called for] pumpkin, surprising myself at how good it looked in the end! I added a little decoration to the outside and popped it in the oven for the "1-2 hours" the recipe called for. As we found out later, it takes about 4 1/2 - 5 hours instead.

We had a few hours of down time so we decided now was a good time to carve our other pumpkin! Dave chose slightly smaller knives than I did and began his work on "the big one."

I contributed the eyes while Dave finished up the nose and mouth! We were pretty pleased with our little pumpkin and set him out for all to enjoy around 10:30 pm Halloween night.

Finally, the pumpkin was done and we pulled it out to enjoy the insides!

And we found that it was goooood!

For dessert, we treated ourselves the spider cupcakes we made courtesy of Melynie's genius!

And what is Halloween without a movie?! Actually, all the scary movies were checked out so we settled on "He's Just Not That Into You." Not our favorite movie but I had pulled our mattress into the living room which was a bonus! [not to mention warmth element there - the living room is the warmest room in the house and since we don't use the heater... well you see my point.]

the college life...

Well I’ve been neglecting this blog for some time and we thought it was time you had an update/reminder about what college is like!! We are loving school! Our Ultimate Frisbee and Soccer team are done but unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures. Next time…

Dave is working at Broulim’s in the meat department, a local grocery store, so that is my next goal to get pictures at. I have a feeling I will have to be very sneaky about it though. Taking pictures at school has been a little embarrassing for Dave but inside he knows it’s really worth it :)

We made some delicious sugar cookies shaped like ghosts, pumpkins, cats, and moons a few weeks before Halloween and somehow didn't get to it again... we made spider cupcakes instead!

Dave diligently studies his bones and now has moved onto his muscles. He asked me to be his study buddy once. He has since found other "buddies" since it takes at least twice as long with me... (no fault of my own).

Perhaps this has something to do with the "additional study time" with me... :)

I've begun reading a book I've long had on my "to read" list and so far it explains a lot. I often read Dave excerpts from it and he just smiles and then says, "Why can't women be more like men? How can you get so many meanings and emotions out of one sentence?!"


Dave likes people to know that we are married :)

One day, I asked Dave to drop my violin off in my locker for me because I was late for class. When I went to go get it later that day, I found the new "name tag." :)

And so, that is a taste of what life is like for us and we love it!