October Goodness

The month of October has been so fun!  Brad and I have been able to find time to do some fun things in-between our busy schedules.  It's weird thinking back a year ago from now I had just gotten home from New Jersey and Brad and I were finally getting to be together while we were engaged.  Last year for Halloween we went to the Howl as pirates, and we carved pumpkins with our nephews!  I can't believe a year has already gone by!

So for this year it was different and so fun because we aren't the only married ones anymore!  We have so many more friends that are either married, engaged or dating seriously...it's about time friends ;)  Life just gets better as you get older because you do things more with people you actually enjoy being around, instead of sweating/dying at the Howl with bunch of people showing off their man and lady goods.  Yes, I went buuuut now I realize how much more fun I have with all of mine and Bradley's friends.  Marriage is just so much better:)  Costumes aren't chosen for sexiness anymore, they are chosen for fun and to get a good laugh out of everyone...definitely a lot more fun.  You get to chose fun and creative costumes instead of the "popular" nurse, cat, waitress, bunny or sailor.  Call me crazy, but I think those are typical costumes chosen every year! 

A couple of weeks ago we got invited to go carve pumpkins with some of my friends!  It was fun cause I don't see my friends as much as I used to so it's always fun to catch up with everyone!  Here's a little bit from our pumpkin carving night...

the group!

Amber and Braeden were telling us poses we had to do with our pumpkins ha

lighting our pumpkins up outside our house

This last weekend Bradley and I got invited to go to a halloween party!  It was a lot of fun getting ready...especially getting Brad ready haha!  I have the best husband...he's such a great sport with everything!  We had other outfits planned out, but my parents bought costumes for their party that they had the night before we had ours...so we decided to steal theirs.  We were an angel and a devil...yes my husband was the angel:)  Everybody's costumes were so good!  We caught up with everyone, played games and ate lots of food:)  I think all of us girls that were there feel pretty lucky to have such great husbands, because most of them played their parts all night haha!  It made for a good laugh!

 

So there you have it!  Halloween hasn't even come yet, and I've already enjoyed the holiday so much!  Halloween day I have school AND work, so I wont be doing a whole lot, but hopefully we get some trick-or-treaters!  I love seeing all the creative costumes that people have!
Also, random fun fact...me and my bestie, Kristie, both got baptized on halloween.  I've always thought I was pretty cool, and it's an easy date to remember! :)
Anyways...
I hope everyone is having a happy Halloween week, or month, or however long you've been celebrating it!

Bay!

One last thing...I can't stand things being the same for long because I get bored...soooo my blog "theme" and background may change often:)

My Family Is Better Than Your Family

Life is so busy!

Brad and I hardly have time to see each other.  As of late, I only see him when I watch his flag football games or we are passing each other for 10 or 15 minutes.  If one of us isn't doing something, then the other one usually is.  I know we just had fall break, but I am so ready for Thanksgiving break already!

I love October because it's the beginning of fall and holiday season!  From here on out we have a lot of fun holiday's coming up.  As I grow up and get older, I look back at how fun holidays like Halloween and stuff were.  Now that I'm a little older, I think I'm still just as excited, but it's a little different because it's an excuse to see my family.  It wasn't until I moved to Iowa and then came back, that I realized how important family time is to me.  I was blessed to grow up with such amazing parents and the BEST little brother.  I don't know how I got so lucky to marry into such a great family as well...I sometimes feel like I don't deserve the people that are so close to me in my life.  I will never understand how people can disown their own family members.  I have so many variations that make up my family and we have never let our differences tear us apart.  I could never imagine being so upset with someone in my family that I would never talk to them again.  It's just not worth it.

Here's a few things I've done with my family lately.

Fishing with the in-laws.  It was so much fun!

the best father in law a girl could ask for. love you curt.

my nephew easton 

Cory and Mickey

the fam fishin

Brad with cute little Mason

So cute

Cute little Porter with his Fish

My sissy! I love her so much!

Haha Mickey chasing Nikki with a fish and Nikki was chasing Porter.  So funny!

Me and Bradley...he was concentrating on getting his line ready to fish!

My parents are probably the greatest parents alive.  They live with so much youth in them.   If i can grow up and be anything like either of them I would be more than grateful.  Here they are after playing softball the other day, and yes they are both really good! :)

Aren't they so cute! My mom is gorgeous and my dad is always making us laugh! 

We went to the new batman movie after my birthday dinner last week with my family, even Joshy could come (he is a workaholic so it's always fun when I get to see him!)

Me and my sister, Nikki, both have our birthday's in October so when she came up this saturday we went to dinner at the Blue Bird. Num Num! :)  She is such a great sister!  I never had one growing up so it's so fun to have a girl so close to me that I can talk to about "girl stuff" now.  Her husband, Mark, is such a great person too.  We're the soccer fans of the family so we get along really good:)  I didnt catch a picture of me and Nikki, but I did get the cutest picture of Brad holding Easton.

Then on sunday we went to Lagoon with my family!  We always go every year in October so we can go to frightmares! It was so much fun!

i love him

most of the kiddos 

my cute cousins Connor and Kennedy 

Waiting to ride the re entry 

Lunch time! 

Everyone waitin to ride a ride! 

My boys!

The crazies that went on rattle snake rapids...it was a little chilly! 

haha these were fun! 

The white roller coaster 

Me and the cutest girl ever born, Cadence!

I just want to end with a picture of my grandpa chuck!  He passed away unexpectedly 5 years ago.  Not a day goes by that I don't miss him or think about him.  Everyone that knew him loved him, and I know that he was one of the best people to ever be on this earth.  Love you grandpa chuck.
I'll see you again one day, I promise!

I just have to say again... I have the BEST family anyone could ask for!  I'm so grateful for the relationship I have with each member, and I'm so grateful that Brad loves being with family just as much as I do.  

I will never take my family for granted because this life is so short and things can happen so quickly.  I recommend keeping a good relationship with everyone that's part of your family (whether its blood related or not).  I promise that life is so much better with the support of people that love you no matter what! 

Bay