One long weekend.

I had fall break this last Thursday and Friday.

Which meant=no school! (aka work)

This is why you become a teacher! Ha.

Already looking forward to my next break in about two weeks! ;)

I had SUCH a productive few days:

deep cleaned our house

planned yummy fall dinners (and desserts!)

went grocery shopping

scheduled a doctor's appointment

babysat cute kids

shopped :)

gathered more things for our Halloween costumes

worked on craft projects

went to the dentist

...and more!

Oh, quick dentist story:

I have a love/hate relationship with the dentist.

I love going, because they always compliment my teeth. Brag moment? Maybe...ha.

(It's in my family genes...none of us have any cavities, and have generally strong and healthy teeth, plus I am a big teeth-cleaning-nazi)

I went to a new dentist this time, and he said, "Man! Where did you grow these teeth!?"

But...the hate part:

I have receding gums.  And so it's always pretty painful in those areas.

Turns out the dentist wants me to have gum surgery (replacing my gums with parts of my pallett). 

Ugh :(

I'll keep you updated on that.

Anyways!

Two things I loved about our weekend:

We got to see our very best friend, Kelsey Briggs!
Kelsey has been with us since the very beginnings of mine and Taylor's relationship.
PLUS, she was part of the sneaky plan when he proposed!
Oh, we love her.

We also went through haunted houses and corn-mazes.

I never realized Taylor was SUCH a pansy when it came to these things.

He kept pushing me in front of him! Ha!

It was pretty scary.

But so fun!

(and...big bummer...both Taylor and I forgot our cameras/phones and so no pictures were taken during our haunted adventures).

So, here are some pictures of our evening with Miss Kelsey!

Reaching for the last birch beer (birch flavored rootbeer)

Victory!

 Birch beer and bananagrams!

Our creepy selves...

Yep...

This sums up who we are:

$3 project.

This season always makes me want to be crafty.

So I completed one crafty project yesterday.

Completely stolen off of pinterest.

And all it cost me?

Three dollars!

I got an old frame at D.I. 

It was completely 90's looking.

Blue with gold trim.

So I antiqued it a bit.

And I'm loving how the whole thing turned out!

Left heart: We met.

Middle heart: We married.

Right heart: We live.

Each is a map of the respective area. 

Then, I put a small heart over the actual city for each area.

 Close up (see heart where Sacramento Temple is)

Pretty cute, eh?

Thanks pinterest!

Celebrating.

I celebrated fall by going tights shopping.

Picture attempt #1:

All the tights fall out of my hand right as the camera flashes.

Picture attempt #2: Much more successful.

So excited that it is now chilly enough to actually start to wear them!

p.s. thank you to forever 21 for feeding my tights addiction!

It's almost...

HALLOWEEN!

I am getting so excited!  I love thinking of creative costume ideas, and I love shopping for them even more.

I don't want to spill the beans yet...

but I'm hoping mine and Taylor's costumes turn out as good as it looks in my mind.

We have a few fun Halloween parties that we are looking forward to.

Pictures will come soon :)

Here's a Halloween picture from last year:

I love this season!

Laptop swap

When I got to work yesterday morning, I realized that I had accidentally taken Taylor's macbook instead of mine...

I immediately started freaking out.

For three reasons:

1. Taylor had a huge paper due that he had been working on all night.  I knew he had lots of documents on his computer that he needed for the school day.

2. All of my lesson plans and everything I needed for the day were on my computer (which was at home)

3. Taylor was still sleeping and I knew he would never wake up to me calling him over and over. I also knew that he wouldn't realize that he had the wrong laptop until the last possible minute. Plus, the high school is a good 20-25 minutes away from our home.

So, I started frantically calling him.

Over and over

and over and over again.

No answer.

Finally, about an hour and a half later, he calls me back.

And he was such a gem.

He didn't freak out.

He just calmly told me he would come switch the laptops.

 I felt bad all day because I wasted an hour of his time (to drive to the school and back), when he could have been finishing his paper.

Thank goodness I have a nice husband for when I make silly mistakes!

The only bad part?

He won't let me live it down.

We frequently make bets with each other, and all yesterday he kept saying, 

"Well, I automatically win, because you took my laptop this morning when I really needed it."

Dang.

How long is he allowed to use that?

Park City

Taylor and I celebrated our one year anniversary by going to Park City for the weekend.

It was absolutely perfect.

In every sense of the word.

We talked about possibly doing a few things, but as soon as we got there, we both decided that all we wanted to do was...nothing.  Absolutely nothing.

We just wanted to sleep in, cuddle in bed, and watch Netflix all day.

That might sound boring.

But when you're with your best friend (and when real life is stressful), it is absolute paradise.

Seriously. I recommend it.

We had so many laughs and we loved every second.

We had a beautiful hotel room at the Grand Summit Resort, with an absolutely breathtaking balcony view.

So, what did we watch on Netflix all weekend?

The Office.

It was a first for me!

And now I am obsessed.

And Taylor is re-obsessed.

Probably not the smartest idea to get hooked in the middle of a school year....

Oh well.

On Saturday morning, we slept in.

And that was awesome.

Then, we got ready and went to Pizza Hut for lunch.

Breakfast was well past. Plus, in one of the episodes, everyone was eating pizza.

And so we both immediately decided that looked delicious for lunch!

After lunch, we took a trip to the local grocery store to stock up on treats.

...so we could have something to munch on while we continued our Office-marathon.

This was us for the rest of the day:

With a little bit of feet-up-and-enjoying-the-beautiful-balcony-view mixed in throughout the day.

At around 7:00, we realized we were dying of thirst.

We failed to buy drinks on our treat-trip.

I was craving Starbucks, and Taylor was wanting a Pepsi.

One quick trip to satisfy our thirst, and then we were back in our hotel room and watching the Office.

One small problem though.

When we got back to the hotel room, Taylor realized we didn't have a bottle opener to open his pepsi.

#typicalmormonproblems

I took pictures and laughed while he tried to open his pepsi bottle with keys.

Then, finally...victory!

Other than some more balcony time, we stayed in for the rest of the night and watched The Office late into the night.

It was such a fun and perfect weekend. 

Exactly what we needed this time of year.

We feel rejuvenated, fresh, and ready for a new week.

I had a full heart all weekend as I realized how lucky and blessed I am to be married to this boy (my best friend) for time and all eternity.

This year has been so wonderful.

I am so excited for many more.

But most importantly, for an eternity of togetherness.