Carving Pumpkins!

Tonight was the night for carving pumpkins and hot chocolate night. We missed McCall so much but sent her a picture of her little puppy in the pumpkin. Eric and I carved one together and had to do the "Y" for our BYU Cougars. We miss Provo but were able to go to the football game this weekend and had a nice win over Boise State so that was fun. Eric served his mission in Boise and was happy to see the Cougars beat them. 

Also, today marks our 6 month anniversary. I can't believe that we have been married for 6 months already. It feels like we got married yesterday! I love Eric so much and am so happy that we are married. Heres to an eternity more with my incredible hubby!

Fall Time!

I have always loved Fall! Even though I am not a fan of the cold, it has always been one of my favorite seasons. The leaves are so pretty that I decided that Eric and I needed to have our pictures taken up the canyon. I know we got married 6 months ago so recently we have done engagement, bridal, and wedding pictures but now it is time for Christmas card pictures. My cute little sister Morgan is super into photography so she took our pictures for us. They turned out super cute. I know people don't really do Christmas cards after they get married but I wanted to start early keeping in touch with family, friends, and the people that Eric served with in the mission field. 

Now the time comes to pick out the one for the Christmas card. I don't know why us as women get so worked up over the picture and the card. Especially this year I shouldn't worry so much. They are only going out to 100 people and a good portion of that is family but I guess it's a girl thing. 

The other reason I love Fall is all of the yummy soups. Eric loves soup when it is cold at night but I usually buy the packets that take like 20 minutes and then it is all made. I decided last week that I was going to make taco soup. I called my mother-in-law for her recipe and it was so yummy. It took forever to make but Eric and I ate it for 2 nights so it was worth it. It was a super easy recipe. You just dump cans of stuff in but letting it cook is what took forever. I bought some corn bread from Great Harvest. They have corn bread on Tuesdays. Eric would rather have homemade but Great Harvest was fast so that cut it this time. Oh and of course, styrofoam cups for our cherry sprite or diet coke so they stay cold longer and don't leak everywhere. It was a yummy dinner! 

Ann Romney's new cookbook is great! My mom bought it and my mom usually doesn't cook. She made awesome meat loaf though last Sunday and Eric and I were blown away by it. It was so good that Eric was asking if I could make it all week. Finally on Saturday, I made him meat loaf. He ate 3 loaves of it in 24 hours. I couldn't believe it! I ate one loaf in 2 days. I don't love it as much as he does but meat loaf is his favorite thing so I guess we will be having it quite often. It is super easy to make! Ann was on Jay Leno and made the meat loaf. Check it out.. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H965lduF518

I told Eric's mom that I wanted this cookbook for Christmas. I like the way that Ann thinks. Easy, fast, and yummy! That is my way of cooking. 

The last thing that was so great this week is that I found my pumpkin marshmallows and pumpkin spice hot chocolate for Fall time. Every year I look forward to this stuff coming out. Eric thinks it is disgusting and he likes the normal milk chocolate stuff but this stuff is yummy for a change. On cold nights or mornings this is the stuff to drink! 

Heaven is Here

Everyone needs to buy this book and read it. Eric and I were at BYU on Tuesday and I came across this book. I didn't realize who had wrote it and decided I probably shouldn't buy it right now. If I did, I would put off reading my textbooks and those are way more important. Later that evening, we went back down to Provo to attend a dinner. The other wives that were there with us were talking about this book that was amazing and everyone needed to read it. I realized it was the one I had seen earlier that morning and was so mad at myself for not getting it. Good news though! I found it at Deseret Book and read it in 2 days. This book is incredible. It is about the lady that was involved in the airplane crash and burned 80 percent of her body. She tells her story and is such an inspiration. It was so good that I bought another copy and sent it to McCall in Hawaii to read. I was amazed by her hope and courage to that she wanted to be an inspiration to those around her after all that had happened. This book was such a great way to start my weekend as we watch General Conference. It was totally worth it to put the homework on hold and read of her story. Have a happy weekend everyone and read this book during sessions of Conference. It is incredible!