Congratulations Melyn!

This past weekend Hyrum gave me the weekend off to go to Utah for Melyn's wedding. Melyn is a dear friend that I met in Boston. She was one of my roommates when I got engaged to Hyrum. She met her match, Kyler, through crazy circumstances and now is off to Jerusalem where he works for the state department. We will miss her like crazy. As a side note, Hyrum and Melyn always joked about being twins. They are nearly the same height, (Hyrum always is sure to point out that he has one inch on her 6'3" frame), they have about the same shoe size, and they are both extremely slim and good looking (I would say). So she is like part of the fam.

Melyn and Kyler coming out of the temple. What a good looking couple huh?

One of the best parts of the wedding was seeing old friends. Here is Kriss Jacobsen and Jodaddy. Thanks for letting me bunk with you Jodi.
Here are my old roomies. Lisa, Jodi, Melyn, and I. We were just missing JaNeece.

Thanks for the fun tall girls! Your wee one.

Another great part of the weekend which unfortunately I didn't document with photos was seeing my parents as set apart missionaries in the MTC with their name tags and everything. My two sisters live in Provo, Utah, and we got to hang out with Mom and Dad for part of the weekend. They are spiritual powerhouses. I know they are going to do a great job in Ireland. We had fun swapping missionary stories, and hanging out. Karissa was kind enough to share her loft bedroom with me for one night, and Michelle, Bennett, and Karissa even took me out to The Malt Shoppe, my old favorite. Thanks for the fun guys. I can't wait for Christmas Karissa.

Halloween

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween celebrations this year.

Scottie dressed up in his Chinese costume we bought in Beijing. You can't tell too well from this picture but his hat was a little Chinese skull cap (it was a little big) with a black pigtail hanging down. Too bad he wouldn't keep it on too long.

Hyrum and I attended a costume Halloween party where he was a tree and I was a tree hugger.

He makes a good looking tree huh.

Scottie and Daddy at the ward "trunk or treat." Daddy is wearing Scottie's hat.

Happy Birthday to Us!

October is a month of craziness for my family. As a kid I LOVED October because not only was it my birthday, it was also the birthday of two of my sisters and my Dad, plus Halloween. That means that every couple of days we got to have cake or some sort of goody, and then we got to eat Halloween treats, what could be better. The only down-fall as a kid was that my Irish twin, Shannon, and I always had to share our birthday party, but since we were so close in age and most of our friends were friends with both of us, it really did make sense. So now, to keep up with tradition, I had my first son on October 27th.

This was a big year for me, I turned 30, GASP! I always thought that was so old when I was a kid (my mom had me, the 4th child, when she was 30 years old). Now I think I am pretty young still. After all, I only have one child, and my husband is still in school, that should give me some sort of youthful air right? :)

So for the celebrations this year Hyrum took me out for a night on the town to dinner and a movie, I honestly cannot remember the last time I went to the theater to see a movie, it has been ages, so it was fun. My awesome fam also made me feel special during the day by coming over and celebrating with me. Thanks guys!

Being a two year old, Scottie still doesn't quite grasp the concept of his birthday. He does however grasp the concept of a fun day with ALL the attention he wants. We started the day out with some Curious George on PBS and then a walk in the fall air afterwhich he and I spent at least an hour jumping in piles of leaves. Then to make it even better, his cousins Cade, Eli, and Eric came over and he got to ride his bike outside and then jump in piles of leaves for at least another hour more. He topped it off with a fun family night with Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, and Grandpa. Could life get any better?

Here are some pictures to show the fun:

At our big group family birthday party for 3 aunts, one grandpa, and 2 cousins, we had bobbing for apples, pumpkin painting, and donuts on a string. That was a real popular one.

Scottie and Cade playing in the leaves on his birthday.

At our birthday family home evening.