185 days

it's november 1st and i'm sad to see all the halloween festivities over with. i've come to like halloween more and more as i've gotten older. maybe that's because i like halloween decorations. i don't usually go all out with costumes, but i do like all the pumpkin carving, the haunted houses, and the scary movies. on monday we were able to go to the pumpkin walk with some friends from the ward. i know what many of you are thinking, the pumpkin walk on family night?! are you crazy? the answer is yes. however, we were fortunate enough to have our friends (mike and michelle) wait in the massively long line so we didn't even have to wait in line for a second. any of you who aren't familiar with the pumpkin walk are missing out. it's a logan tradition and i love it! basically there is a theme every year and different groups of people use pumpkins and other types of squash to come up with a creative display. they set them up in the park and everyone and their dog comes to see what fun ideas people came up with for the year. i am impressed with the creativity of the people in this valley... there were some cute displays!

i thought this one was cute... it was a little league soccer team. i loved how they were able to capture the moment so perfectly... right down to the goalie putting grass in her shirt.

this was one of my favorite displays of the night... noah's ark. it's probably hard to see, but i loved the detail they used to add character to all the animals. i especially loved the elephant bums and the bow on the female's behind
this one was cute because it was done by a preschool class. i couldn't help taking a picture

this was an operating room. the pumpkin on the operating table had its guts (all its seeds and goop) pulled out and spread around him. very creative
the sword and the stone. i loved this movie when i was young!
hansel and gretel. super cute with the lollipops made out of squash

so, anyone who lives in logan has come across brent at least once. he is a guy who rides around on his bike and honks and waves at everyone. you could be having the worst day ever walking around campus and just one beep of his horn and a wave and a smile from him can turn your mood around. i love how the theme this year was heroes and one group came up with this. well done!

josh and krissey. like i said, mike and michelle came with us but for some strange reason, i didn't get their picture!

wednesday was a day josh has been looking forward to since may. it was the season opener for the utah jazz. last season, josh and i got addicted. yes, i'll admit it. we watched every single game, even if we weren't together (nights i was working at the cheesecake factory, i always swapped to work in the bar area so i could keep one eye on my tables and the other on the game. i was also fortunate enough to serve the jazz players after many of their games... that was a highlight!) anyway... wed was the first game and josh was stoaked. i got home from school late that night but the second i walked in the door, josh made me put on my jazz shirt (kyle korver's number, of course). he was already in jazz shirt and shorts. we ordered pizza and watched the jazz win their first game of the season. (i am currently watching the jazz play the clippers. let's hope by the end of the night we are 2-0)so i had to work all day on halloween. it was fun to see all the cute kids dressed up in their costumes. it makes me so excited to have kids one day so i can put them in oversized costumes, paint their faces, and have people gawk at them all day long. it will be fabulous. we were supposed to dress up for work but i didn't really have any costume that i wanted to wear that i wouldn't mind getting dirty (us servers have a difficult time keeping ourselves clean). so i didn't dress up during the day shift and definitely got crap for it. so, during my break, i decided i'd borrow some of josh's coveralls and dress like he does everyday for work. i made sure to add some grease (it was actually smeared pencil) all over my face, neck, and arms. just what josh looks like after a rough day at work. i was sad that i had to work and missed out on all the fun parties our friends had for the night, but it's ok... we'll just plan on attending next year with some killer costumes.

the sabor gang all dressed up
this is my boss's daughter, london. she was dressed up as boo from monster's inc. her costume was adorable (i don't think she liked it very much though, the hat kept bonking her in the face) and my boss and his wife actually made it all for her. see what i mean... halloween is fun when you have kids to dress up!

the last news of the week is that josh and i have officially hit the 6 month mark. that's right, 185 days of pure marital bliss. the mini-anniversary was on thurs but i had to work that night, so we celebrated it today. we slept in, got some breakfast, and headed up to bear lake. the drive was beautiful! when we returned to logan we decided to eat at blackstone because we've never tried it. it was alright, not too much to say about it. i'd probably take a salad from sabor next time for half the price but whatever. anyway, it was a great day and i was happy to spend it with my hunny. it's crazy how fast time flies, but then again, i feel like we've been together forever!!