change

the time for growing green is gone
as cool creeps through the air
leaves all change and fade away
and the colors make us stop and stare
enjoy the crimson colors as they come
enjoy them as they fall beneath your feet
enjoy their every sounding crunch
as walking lovers talk as they meet  
soaking in the last warm days
to remind us when the warmth is lost
that soon warm rays will return
and pierce the freezing winter frost

Kyle and I went on a picnic yesterday morning. We made sandwiches, he a peanut butter and honey, and I a peanut butter and homemade peach blackberry jam, we also packed a jar of homemade applesauce, and made a bag of popcorn, put it all in my bike basket with the blanket and rode to the nature park.  It was a lovely day for a picnic.

And then of course I took pictures, because I haven't in a while.  As you might also notice, aside from our obvious good looks and charming smiles, I have finally, just barely, and not even completely, yet enough, achieved length enough for my hair to be put into a sort of wimpy, pathetic ponytail! woot woot! Even though it isn't really even a ponytail because ponytail are relatively straight and hang in a downward way, mine... well, it's more like a pom pom or a cotton puff, or something more like that, either way, it's exciting.

And tomorrow we are going on a date because Kyle feels the need to give me some "extra lovin'" as Andrew put it because he has an xbox date with the bros again.

pumpkin season

The other night, after Kyle and I got home from work, I was opening the windows up and out my window I see Kate and Braiden and they invite us to come get half price appetizers at Applebee's.  So we did.  We order appetizers and fruity drinks and when then the Applebee's people announced that whoever got the high score that night on guitar hero would get a free appetizer! Oookaaaay... yes please... so Kate and Kyle teamed up and played Kriptonite.... and since nobody else played, we got the free appetizer and split some mozerella sticks.  Mmmm.  it was so much fun :) That was Friday.  Saturday we worked in the morning, watched the second half of the first session of conference, went to the bank, got ice-cream, watch the second session, went on a bikeride, then went to Trista's 20th surprise birthday party, which was a good time, and Kyle had a play date with the bros on xbox live.  Sunday... more conference went to Mark and Lauren's for pancakes with some of their other friends....three couples had babies, one was prego, and then there was us... so we decided... we still aren't having kids yet, delicious pancakes and waffles with peanut butter and fruit, some sort of fame sherades, more conference, bikeride, then went to shane and K.C.'s and played skip-bo and ate brownies and K.C. and I made a play date for the next day to make wreaths.  Monday I worked at Dollar Tree then met K.C. and we got stuff to make our fall wreaths and had a crafty afternoon at her place.  Her wreath totally looks better than mine.

Then she went to work and I went home and decided I really wanted to make pumpkin soup even though Kyle "doesn't like pumpkin"... fine more for me.  Well, I made it... told him i was making soup, but not what kind and he wasn't allowed in the kitchen.  When it was done I made him do the blind taste and guess what the brat who doesn't like pumpkin said?  He said "it's good!" I was so excited that really liked it, so I told him it was pumpkin soup... he wasn't too happy, but good soup is good soup. Oooo..... and Mom G. made us canned applesauce! Sooo good. We'll see how long it lasts :) It's beginning to feel a lot like fall and I'm loving it... this year, the leaves are even changing colors before it snows!  They're gorgeous.

six months

today kyle and i have been married for six whole months! it was, surprisingly, an incredibly beautiful day. to celebrate we went to the temple and walked around and held hands... it was very romantic.

then we went to coldstone creamery and got free ice-cream using the gift card that kyle's mom gave us and it was delicious.

as we were sitting outside eating our delicious ice-cream kyle spotted melanie's car pulling into wal-mart and so we jumped in the car and decided to stalk her so we could say hello.  found her, said hello, chatted, said goodbye, came home, played sorry... i lost... decided to make an amazing salad for dinner with three sister's dressing, went to the store, got salad and dressing stuff, came home made salad... it was amazing.  six months of bliss and we couldn't be happier! we love being married and we love where our lives have brought us. happy six months!

summer in a rain jacket

Summer never came to Idaho this year.  There was maybe a month total of summer days… for the most part though, it’s been rainy and chilly… more like fall.  I guess it’s alright though because Kyle and I didn’t have much time for play with him working and me working two jobs and all.  When we did have time off we just wanted to relax at home mostly.  We did however have some fun this last week while we were in Washington visiting family.  Kyle’s mom, Cathy taught me how to make home made jam and can fruit, so we came home with 14 jars of homemade jam, made mostly with fruit from Cathy’s garden, and 12 jars of canned peaches!  Mmmm J

Kyle thinks he's funny...

We also went to visit Robbie and Melanie’s on Saturday for a Labor Day picnic…  which was delectable… so much good food.  Then we had a great day on Haden Lake with Carrie and Brett and their kids on their boat.  Corissa, the only girl of five, was the only one brave enough to go out on the tube with Kyle and I and we had so much fun with her!  In truth I was considering ducking out of riding, but when Corissa said “I’ll go if Lisa’s going”, well, I didn’t have a choice now did I?  But I’m so glad I did because it was a blast!  We did eventually convince Carrie to come out… she was such a wimp ;) but I egged Brett on to go faster and faster and just let her scream… it was great… she probably hates me now lol. 

Ohhh and the sunset was incredible!

On our final day in Washington, we had a cookout with mom and dad, Carrie and Brett and their kids, Andrew, and the missionaries.  And again it was sooo delicious!  I have to say grilled zucchini and squash with parmesan is a new favorite of mine… I could eat that everyday and be perfectly happy.  After everyone left, dad taught Kyle to drive a motorcycle.  He was so excited that I had to be brave enough to let him take me on a ride and it was fun… he was so happy and now really wants to get a motorcycle.

It was a perfect way to end the summer and I’m glad to have such a loving and fun family!  Speaking of family... we finally got the pictures from the reunion... Kyle and I are the cutest by far! :) 

where we eat is new to us

Last week Kyle and I, after long searching, finally found a great little table for the two of us.  It is solid wood and very sturdy and painted black, which we love.  Kyle is very excited and happy to have a table to sit at, but as you can see, we only have one chair, and that is our desk chair, and a storage bin for seats.  We need chairs, but for now we are loving having a table to eat at.  Last night for dinner we had barbeque chicken and mashed potatoes with gravy at a candle lit table...it was very romantic! :)

Also, incase some of you haven't heard, Kyle has a phone of his own now and if you want his number you can call me or e-mail him or whatever.

barf bucket and a paisley gown

This is me in the E.R. on Saturday night, July 31st.

I thought I had appendicitis.  Kyle and I had just had pizza for dinner and gone grocery shopping when we came home and I passed out on the floor!  Really? no. but i did lie down on the floor with a stomach ache.  It kept getting worse and worse so Kyle put me to bed to sleep it off, but that was a joke because I was in so much pain I was in tears and feeling quite nauseated. blah blah blah i called my mom blah blah blah Kyle took me to the E.R. around 9 where they had me wear this very stylish paisley hospital gown and gave me a barf bucket that I almost had to use blah blah blah they gave me an iv, pushed on my stomach a bit, and 4 and a half hours later they told me not to eat and sent me home because they said I was too happy.  I was cracking jokes, but don't they know laughter is the best medicine? I really was in a ton of pain.  The next day went in to get more blood drawn, went in for a CT scan, which was weird and I almost threw up, and spent pretty much all day in the hospital.  The doc finally came in and said I have cysts on my ovaries and one of them most likely ruptured and I don't have appendicitis. My favorite part...besides the paisley gown... was the blankets...the hospital apparently has a blanket warmer, so they bring you these blankets that feel like they just took them out of the dryer mmmmm :)  To celebrate and calm my starving stomach after not eating for 26 hours we had Chinese...probably not the best choice, but it sounded good.  The End.

BANG!

My wonderful sister and her hubby Brody came back to the States after being in Germany for 10 months and Kyle and I took a trip down to Utah for a few days to hang out before they left for Pennsylvania :( Brody's family has a bunch of horses and we went to the arena thing and watched people ride and I got to ride!  It was kinda scary when the horse went fast, but I'm pretty much a natural.

One night that we were there Nancy (Brody's mom) let us finish off her, as we like to call it "Better Than Sex Dessert" and it was delicious, but between the four of us we concluded that it was not better.

They introduced us to a great game called BANG! and we loved it so much that we got it to add to our large library of games, which we purchased at the Game Night store in Salt Lake when we went down to visit with Kyle's sister Amanda, her husband David, and their adorable two kids Isabel and Brigham.  Amanda made delicious burgers that David grilled up...we love bbqs.  After the kids went to bed, we played BANG! with Amanda and David and they loved it, too, of course.  Then we went back up to Ogden to finish our stay with Brody and Brittany.  On our last night Brody took us all on a pony ride!  Let me just say...."Turbo" speed is terrifying, but so much fun!

And while we were outside I got this mosquito bite (among many), this one was special, however, because it swelled up HUGE and stayed that way for a few days.