When Parents Visit

It's always a pleasure when parents visit the kids. On this night, Dad was getting a little restless. He couldn't sit still while on the couch, fidgeting with his legs and struggling to stay alert. A few minutes later he slumped off the couch, turned over, and stayed like this for just under one hour.
God Bless Him!

hair cut!!!

I did it! I finally cut my hair after wanting to for months!! I always go back and forth about whether or not I want to cut my hair or grow it out some more. I usually end up cutting it. It wasn't TOO dramatic of a change but it feels SO nice to have just those extra 3 inches of hair GONE.

Where did the inspiration come for this hair cut?? I am so glad you asked.
I got it from none other than the famous Alice Cullen from Twilight!

Ok... so mine doesn't look EXACTLY like this, I am not so good when it comes to styling. But I still love the cut. one of the best things about this cut is that it was only $12! I went to the Paul Mitchell Hair School to have it done because a mom from work gets hers done there and her hair always turns out really cute. So, I was extremely nervous, but I gave it a go, and I'm SO glad I did. It took nearly two hours to do, but the girl who cut my hair was really nice and she was an advanced student so she knew what she was doing. Hurray for cute hair cuts!!

On a side note... is anyone else as excited for New Moon as I am?!?!? If any of you are Edward fans I would ignore this next paragraph..
Edward really drove me crazy in the books. Like REALLY crazy. But Jacob on the other hand... how adorable is he?!??! Ok, sometimes he is really stupid, but I loved him in New Moon. There he was picking up the pieces for Bella after Edward left... then Bella just runs back to Edward without even thinking about poor Jacob!

Ok.... so really... maybe it's Bella who annoys me more here. I don't know. I just think Jacob is a gem. Poor, poor Jacob. Maybe it's out of pity that I like him more?

Either way, I am still stoked for this movie. And I plan on seeing it as soon as it comes out.

yum.

this is what our dinner consisted of tonight:





- pumpkin pancakes

with...

- fried apples

and....

- maple flavored sausage.



Oh. My. Gosh. Pumpkin pancakes. If you haven't had them yet, I encourage you to visit this site and make this recipe. It was the perfect fall dinner (I enjoy having breakfast for dinner at times) and the apples were perfect with them. I just fried the apples in melted butter, then added a little water, brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. They were really yummy.

Holly is fabulous

And this is why...









Holly is one of my BEST friends and she is such a talented photographer and artist. She took these pictures of us before Katherine left on her mission. Check out her blog here.

Thanks so much for doing these Holly!!!! We love them!!

Boulder

Sorry, this is a blurry picture. But I thought the colors were so pretty.



We had a lovely time in Boulder last weekend for conference. I honestly think I could live there. It's so cute and cozy and it really feels like a home more than a getaway. Here are some pictures:
This is the room we sleep in. Comfiest. Bed. Ever.
Love the kitchen.
And the antique dishes.

Well, we did have one downside to our trip; we hit a deer on the way there. :( That's what you get for driving there after dark I suppose... We were driving my dad's car too. :( Although, if it had been one of ours the damage would've been MUCH worse.

It was tragic. We didn't even see it because it was so dark. We drove back to move it off the road and there were a whole bunch of others running around. What's funny about it is that my dad called us a few minutes before to tell us to watch out for black cows in the road because they had almost hit one earlier. So... at least we didn't hit a cow? Right?

It's really cold.

It's really cold here in our little basement apartment. Our landlady is out of town for the week and didn't turn the heater on before leaving. It's really, really cold.

We have our one little space heater keeping us alive.

I want a Snuggie really bad now.

I hope you are staying warm in this chilly, fall weather.


P.S. we went to Boulder over the weekend. We had an incident that involved a deer (it was extremely tragic). I will post pictures when I get the chance to.