what happened to fall?

so let me first assure you all that i am not too good for blogging. i just dont have much time for it. so when i found out that i had a meeting with the bishopric at 8:45 this morning and my church doesn't start until 10:20, i knew i should take the opportunity to catch everyone up a bit (and when i say everyone, i really mean the 3 people who still read this).

so first and most importantly, brad and i had our 1 year anniversary on the 3rd of october! it was a super busy weekend with general conference (not to mention brad had 5 tests that week/weekend!), but we managed to squeeze in dinner at red lobster and some time to just sit and be able to be together on account of the rain that poured all weekend long. i cannot imagine my life without him, and i am happy to claim him as my own! and for all of you who are wondering (i know you are!) there is no bling on my finger. as of yet. we're slowly working towards it, but it wont be any time soon. one day, one day...

so now we get to this weekend. you have to understand that i have been so ridiculously busy that i havent talked to most of my friends in a LONG time. you know how it happens when youre in a relationship...that plus being so busy with teaching means that i just dont have enough hours in the day to do fun things. as many of you may remember, my roommate from freshman year and one of my all-time best friends, sarah christiansen, went on a mission to toulouse (i dont know how to spell that), france. well, she got back in july and we have been trying really hard to do things together. much to brad's chagrin, we usually end up getting together (the three of us) and we talk while brad falls asleep. poor guy. sadly, we havent really had the chance to do anything really exciting, but sarah was nice enough to call me earlier this week to invite me to do something friday night. long story short, we went on a big group date. the plan was to take a picnic, eat, and then drive the alpine loop together. our plans kind of changed when it started snowing and got dark really early. we ended up driving close to the loop, stopping, finding a random bench behind the lodge where we parked, and eating in the dark. sounds horrible, but it was actually really fun.

yesterday morning i woke up and did some chores, fully intending to be as lazy as possible. brad came over and we both fell asleep, but i woke up to a call from sarah. she had 2 extra tickets to the homecoming game from her friend's uncle, and wanted to know if we wanted to go. i havent been to a game since the beginning of last year and ive never been with brad. he seemed pretty excited, so we layered up (it was threatening to snow again and was about 40 degrees outside) and headed to the game. it was actually pretty intense, but we won 21-3 in the end with several close calls. i'm kind of glad it wasn't another shut-out...it made it more exciting. here are a few pictures of us from the game:
this is a new favorite of brad and me! :)
sarah and i couldn't take pictures without being silly. it's just what we do.


anyway, after the game we walked back to sarah's house and ended up going on a double date with her and a guy from her mission. and the fun ensued...sarah and matt speak french and brad and i speak spanish, so we made up silly games during dinner and just had a fun time. we went to gandolfo's and found out they had no lettuce, hero rolls, or avocados left, but we ate there anyway. it was still yummy in my opinion. then we went over to a haunted house just north of the provo mall called the scream asylum. there were some pretty scary parts and it just creeps me out when people just follow you (like the dead people in the house), so we had a fun time. about halfway through the house something sprayed me with water. then sarah got sprayed. then we all just started to get soaked! apparently there was a guy up in the rafters just spraying people with water...they sprayed sarah and me right in the face and my hair was pretty wet when we got out, which was kind of annoying. the worst part of all was the very end when we came out. there was no marked exit and these 2 chainsaw guys started chasing us around all of these corners and turns...we ended up running into this tiny little corner (all 4 of us) screaming as the guys came at us with the chainsaws. finally we got out, wet hair and all. at least we got to keep the 3d glasses as a souvenir!


by the time we got out it was FREEZING outside so we headed over to sarah's house again and watched secret window (and when i say 'watched', i mean 'slept through' because i was so exhausted). it was a really fun night and it was good to be able to be with sarah. i missed her a lot. brad and i decided that we should go on many more double dates with her and her boy(s).

now i just have to stay alive long enough to make it to fall break. i get thursday-friday off this week and i am SO EXCITED to finally get some things done! next thing i know it will be halloween, and then the thanksgiving/christmas countdowns will begin! yay! :)