I never did post a picture of the pumpkin I carved this year! And though we're well into November, I just couldn't not post about it. The funny thing is I carved my pumpkin all by myself, all alone in our house, and in the spur of the moment. We had cut the top of a pumpkin off to use it to hold the juice at our party, and after the party I felt sad that it had never been carved. And I really didn't like the idea of a Halloween going by without me carving a pumpkin. So while Grant was at work and I was chatting with my sister on the phone, I looked at the pumpkin and thought "what creature/being has the top of their head cut off?" I decided Frankenstein could work. So I just went for it. What do you think? Frankenstein? Or just a bad Jack-O-Lantern face?
Lately it's been getting colder here in Texas (thank you Zeus) and I've really enjoyed the increase in pajama-wearing, cuddling, hot cocoa-sipping, and fire building.
(I was sick when this was taken so please look past the unwashed face and greasy hair)
Can you tell from the last picture that I've recently undergone a change in my hair region? That's right. I finally got full bangs. I've been wanting them for a very long time and it's taken about six months to convince Grant to be okay with me getting them. So I finally did it! And good news: my husband still loves me :)
(Taken right after I got it cut. I've since cut more and made them thicker)
After Halloween passes all my crazed holiday spirit gets focused on Christmas (sorry Thanksgiving, I just don't really like the idea of celebrating the massacre of 700 innocent Native American men, women, and children. But don't worry, I'll still eat your food--I'm not heartless.) And so my Christmas crafting has begun!
Briana and I went to her ward Relief Society activity where we had the option of making these cute count-down blocks, bookmarks, wreaths, something to do with soap that I didn't catch, and much more. I was excited about our craft, and I really love how they turned out!
What else have I been doing with my time, you ask? Well I've been hanging out with this guy--a lot!
He's pretty stinkin' cute, right? I know. And I get paid to hang out with him all day. Sadly, my last full day is this Wednesday, and I'm really going to miss this little man. Sure he gets fussy and has a
really hard time eating, but over all I love seeing him everyday and listening to him attempt to hold a conversation with me, and seeing him smile, and hearing him laugh at my butchered
peek-a-boo game (I'll never know if he's laughing because he likes it or if he's laughing at me). But I'll still see him on random weekends when his mom and dad need a date night.
And when I'm not hanging out with the little guy I've been doing stuff like going out to eat at a lot of Mexican restaurants (I'm convinced that's the only type of food people eat here), watching many a Red Boxes, and watching Drum Line competitions because I'm married to the ultimate band nerd (it's okay, I like that about him).
Actually the Drum Line competition wasn't too bad. I especially liked the school who did a tribute to Harry Potter--they had me at "Hedwig's Theme" :)
Here's us enjoying the show. I think I should earn extra "Awesome Wife" points for going to this with Grant.
