A Spooky Weekend

This past weekend was filled with Halloween fun! The weather was perfect, and there was so much to do! On Friday night, I went to the annual Witches Night Out at Gardner Village with some of my favorite ladies. We had so much fun eating and chatting at the "Naborhood bakery," and cackling for coupons. It was pretty crowded, but it's always exciting to see so many witches(and sometimes warlocks) dressed in their finest spooky costumes. On Saturday night, Jared and I went to dinner with some friends of ours, Hillary and Tavnir, and then we saw the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D. We enjoyed our company, and thought the movie was great. I don't think I've ever seen that movie the whole way through! On Sunday night, we got together with the Olsen family to eat yummy chili (Thanks Brandy!) and carve our pumpkins. Dave's pumpkin definitely turned out the best. While carving, we watched The Burbs, (which is hilarious by the way) and had some good quality family time. Thanks for a great weekend everyone!

I'm it!

Thanks Erika for tagging me! It's always fun to find out about other people, so here's a little about me.

Here are the rules:I have to answer the following questions with one word answers, then I must pass it on to seven others.
The questions are as follows:

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? downstairs
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? sweet
5. Your father? goofy
6. Your favorite thing? Jared
7. Your dream last night? forgotten
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. The room you're in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? painting
11. Your fear? spiders
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13. Where were you last night? here
14. What you're not? outgoing
15. One of your wish-list items? puppy
16. Where you grew up? West Valley
17. The last thing you did? sneeze
18. What are you wearing? pajamas
19. Your TV? off
20. Your pet? Sydney
21. Your computer? on
22. Your mood? happy
23. Missing someone? nope
24. Your car? parked
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? Downeast
27. Your summer? over:(
28. Love someone? Yes!
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? recently
31. Last time you cried? forgot

I'll tag Leesa, Shannon, Mom, and Tammy.

Picture Day

Well, yesterday was picture day at the school where I work. I love picture day! Seeing all of the little girls with bouncy curls and all of the little boys with gel in their hair makes me smile. I love watching parents straighten ties, comb hair and wipe the faces of their cute children. It went smoothly, just so you know, and we were on schedule most of the morning. As I participated in this picture day, it reminded me of the same day last year, which wasn't a very good day... Let me tell you about it. I woke up, and took special care to make myself look nice for the day, because I had to get my picture taken as well. I walked outside to drive to work and, looking at my regular parking spot, my car wasn't there. hmmmm... I thought maybe my husband had taken it to work, so I started looking for his car. It wasn't there. Then I started to panic! I called Jared, asking "Where is my car?!!, where is my car!!?"


Needless to say, my picture day last year was memorable, but not for good reasons. I did get to work and had my picture taken, and I could tell that my hard work in the morning to look especially nice was in vain. My eyes were still a little swollen from crying and I was still a little pale. Great news, my little green Honda found its way back to me, and with a few repairs was as good as new. I was so glad to have it back! Many thanks to those who carpooled Jared and I around while we were without it!



This picture was taken at the impound when we picked it up. Happy reunion! Those thieves stole my nice wheels though. Grrrr.

A Quick Update

This week as we checked out our townhouse, there were a few new additions that we thought were notable. We have a front door and a back door, our tubs and showers have been installed, and they are working pretty hard on the electrical stuff. We are so happy with the progress that is happening, and just can't wait to move in! Hopefully next week we'll have windows!

Did you mean bowls?

Hello all! Lately Jared and I have been paying visits to local yard sales, the DI, and Savers to find decor for our new house. I love going to these places because you can find little treasures that with a little work become really cool decorations. While we were wandering around the Savers in Midvale today, I stumbled across the plates and bowls...or, should I say bowels? I just had to take a picture and show you how much a bowel will cost you at the local thrift store. He he!

European Vacation

At the end of May, the Olsen family went on a pretty awesome trip to Italy and Greece. We haven't been able to share our pictures with many people, so we thought that a post on our blog could help us tell a little bit about our vacation. We started out in Venice, and we spent a few days there. Venice is awesome, I loved that there were no cars. Even the FedEx delivery guy drives a motorboat! After Venice, we rented a car (Yes, we drove in Italy and it made my heart beat fast!) and drove down to Florence, where we saw the famous "David." After Florence we drove to Pisa, and spent a night there. Pisa was a quiet, charming city and the leaning tower was definitely leaning! I'm surprised it is still standing. Next, we went to Rome. Driving into Rome was quite an experience, and I was glad to say goodbye to the rental! Rome has so many things to see and places to go, and it was so fun and exciting to see such great history and art. We had such a great time in Italy, and even took a day trip to Pompeii. Enjoy the pictures, next time I'll tell you all about Greece. It sure was beautiful!

In the Movies

Since Jared started working at Jordan Commons last January, we've definitely seen our fair share of movies. Going to a movie was a rare occurance before he worked there... We didn't want to spend all the money and risk being dissapointed. Now, we see movies all the time. We go to a movie at least once a week, maybe every other week. Why not when we don't have to pay for it? Here are some of our favorite flicks of the summer, because we saw so many!

The Dark Knight- This was Jared's favorite. He couldn't wait for it to come out, and he was not dissapointed!

Iron Man- Action packed, and also funny. Robert Downey Jr. did a super job!

Kung Fu Panda- For an animated film, we thought it was great. Very funny and very entertaining.

Get Smart- Much better than we thought it would be. We love Steve Carell, and he did a good job as a goofy James Bond wannabe.

Ghost Town- I know this movie isn't technically a "summer" movie, but we had to include it. It was so funny! The whole theatre was roaring during some parts, and I thought Jared was going to have a heart attack!

Wall-E- Pixar films are always enjoyable, and this one wasn't unlike the others...Cute, tender, silly, and the animation was incredible.

As for some of our least favorites...We weren't too fond of The Incredible Hulk or Indiana Jones. I loved the music in Mamma Mia, but the rest of it didn't thrill me. The parts where Pierce Brosnan sang cracked me up though!

What movies did you love this summer?