October, November & December book club

December, Christmas Jar Reunion:
I loved this book its a great one to read at Christmas time. And a great way to remind us of the true meaning of the season. It is a must read, as well as Christmas Jars.

November, Killing Lincoln:
I wasn't able to read this one but I really wanted to so I'll need to go back and read it sometime.

October, Hearts in Hiding:
This was a really interesting book. I loved all the twists and turns it had and it grabbed me right from the start. I would very much recommend it.

More to come....

Sorry followers, I can put an "S" at the end of this because I know that there are at least two people who read my blog, yay! Well back to what I was originally saying sorry I haven't fallen off the face of the earth I just haven't updated the little blog in a while. I do have some things to write about, so I will be updating in a week or two.

October recap

Our October was pretty fun. "My Little Willis" turned 8. We got a new little niece Ainsley (who is adorable). Plus it was Halloween, unfortunately we weren't too fun that night. I had to have a procedure the next day so we had to stick around at home. The sad thing is we only had 4 trick-or-treaters. Well I guess it's not that bad, more candy for us right? I got some cute decorations from Gra Mr. Bones, a coffin, a witch and a ghost. Pa always loved Halloween so they had the greatest decorations. I loved Mr. Bones when I was little so Gra saved him and the coffin for me.

I took lots of pictures of everything as always, so here you go. 

She is such a poser, its so cute!

Little Baby A, she is such a little sweetheart

This is my surprise I made for Ainsley. It turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.

We found this candle at the witch festival. I had to get a picture of it.

I came out of the shower one night and found a surprise in the bed. The covers were up over his head, I really thought David was under there.

Witch Festival

We went this past week with David's sister and her kids to Gardner Village for the Witches Festival. It's so fun to go each year and see how they've decorated everything for Halloween. The kids seemed to really enjoy it, especially after when we went to Arctic Circle and let them play (they probably liked that more to be honest). I'm super bummed though,because a bunch of my cousins are getting together and are going to witches night out, but I have to work that night so I won't be able to join in on the fun. Oh well hopefully they go again next year and I can go with them then. As always I took pictures of our little outing, enjoy.

August and September Book Club

August, Edenbrook- Sydney's pick
September, The Shapeshifter's Secret- Mandy's pick

I wasn't able to read the books for book club these last two months. August was a pretty crazy month for me and September a little bit too. I still wanted to put them on my blog though because I want to go back and read both of them. Everyone in book club said how much they loved Edenbrook, so I definetly need to check that out from the library. I'm going to be better the next few months and read the books.

Brigham City Temple

I was able to go with David's family a few weeks ago to the Brigham City Temple open house. It was such a beautiful temple. The temple had a peach theme throughout which I really liked. My niece and nephews came too and behaved so well, I was really impressed with them. I love going to temples they are so gorgeous and the spirit that you can feel when you are there is so strong. This last Sunday was the dedication. I loved hearing President Packer he is such a great man, and has such a strong testimony. David and I have a goal to participate in an endowment session at all the temples in Utah. Which we understand will take a while considering there are so many temples in Utah. Hopefully it won't take too long for us to complete this little goal of ours. 

Makes me happy

The other day David and I decided to go out to dinner. I said I would be like five minutes, I just needed to get some makeup on. He said, "What!? You look gorgeous; you know you don't need to wear makeup all the time." This seriously made my day week. I love him so much!

Sale item pictures and prices

Used items:

Twin size bunk bed with a futon on the bottom
No futon mattress or twin mattress
$75 pick up
$80 delivery

Twin bed space saver
$30 pick up
$35 delivery

This is not the space saver in our house, but it is similar.

Bakers rack
$75 pick up
$80 delivery

This is not the bakers rack in our house, but it is similar.

Electric Piano
$250 pick up
$255 delivery

New items (still in packaging):
 
Slow cooker, Hamilton Beach 4 quarts
$25 pick up
$27 delivery

10 piece glass tumbler set
$25 pick up
$27 delivery

White seashell clock
$13 pick up
$15 delivery

Dispensing smoothie blender, Hamilton Beach 48oz.
$20 pick up
$22 delivery

Reed diffuser "ember scent" with wooden stand
$10 pick up
$12 delivery

Measuring cups
$10 pick up
$12 delivery

Crystal Clear serving dish
$20 pick up
$22 deliver

Sold items:
Rice cooker
2 pack muffin tin
8 piece acrylic tumbler set

For sale by owner

We have some things we (mainly me) are wanting to get rid of. I thought before we post them on KSL, (or at this point I just want to drop them off at the DI) I would offer them to family and friends. These are things we have replaced and don't need anymore, or gifts from our wedding that we already had. I'm not going to post prices or pictures just a list of the items and if you or anyone you know would want them let me know. The easiest way will be to leave a comment of what you are interested in, I will talk to the hubby. We will work out all the details and be in touch with you. If you want to see pictures of any of the items just let me know, and I can post them. I am wanting to get rid of this stuff asap (like 2 months ago). If I don't hear anything by the beginning of September, I will think no one wants them. And then I will post them to KSL. 

Used items:
     *Bunk bed futon/ sofa thing. We have the mattress still but, I would really rather not give it to anyone because its not in the best shape. So unless you really want that the mattress won't be included.
-This was what we used as a sofa right after we got married. It worked great for us, we just were lucky enough to get my sister and brother in law's sofa after they got a new one.
     *Bakers rack
-David bought this when he first moved out on his own, and his apartment didn't have a whole lot of cabinet space. It looks brand new and this past year it has just been sitting in our 2nd bedroom.

Never used items (still in packaging):
     *2 pack muffin tin, 1- 12 mini and 1- 12 regular size
     *Slow cooker, 4 quart (super nice I would keep this if we didn't have a slow cooker already)
     *8 piece acrylic tumbler set (I would keep these also if we didn't have a lot of cups)
     *10 piece glass tumbler set (same with these way nice, we just have a ton of cups)
     *Rice cooker (again we got another one that I use all the time)
     *White seashell clock (really cute just not my style)

Pin Crazy

Yes this post is about pinterest.

I joined pinterest about four months ago, and I think I'm obsessed. I have created 16 boards and pinned about 700 things. I wish there was something that showed what the average person pins just to see if I really am obsessed or if I'm just the average pinner. Its just so addicting for me. If I have a free second instead of doing things I should (like cleaning or laundry) I think, no I'll just check pinterest real fast. That never happens I'm usually on there for like and hour at least. Since I've joined pinterest I feel like I've become more creative. I mean there is only so much stuff my little brain can think of so to get all these ideas from other people is just great. I have gotten several new recipes some we will try again and others we won't but at least we tried them. And there are lots of decorating ideas I've gotten, I'm sure I won't even try half of them, but its fun to see how creative people are. Plus just to give you a little idea last year I only blogged like 12 things all year and so far this year I've posted about 30 things to my blog and since April its been maybe 20 posts. Wow that's nuts, maybe I should take a little break from blogger and pinterest. David thinks I'm on there way too much which from that little statistic seems true. I do have a board though that David really likes its my "Stuff to remember if we ever buy a house" (he thinks I should rename it to "Stuff to remember when we buy a house"). Anyways I love pinterest and I should have joined a long time ago. I really wish I had pinterest before I got married because there are some amazing ideas out there. 

My three favorite pins are....
   #1- I found a really easy way to cook corn on the cob. I use this all the time and its so much easier than the old way. Plus it comes out so juicy! The directions tell you to preheat the oven to 350 mine I preheat for 375. I put mine on a cookie sheet as well just to make it easier to take out of the oven. Cook it for 25-30 minutes, I do at least 30-32 minutes because it gets more tender. You leave the husk on and when you take it out of the oven it just peels right off. That's it, super easy.

   #2- I have a pin that gives you an idea for an alphabet of love book. I decided to do this for David's birthday. I tweaked it though from what I pinned, but the idea came from pinterest. I made mine a photo book with words too so not a lot different just a little. It was so much fun for me to make and I'm so excited to give it to him. Plus since I made it I was able to make it more personal, I think he's really going to like it. For some reason N, O and P were the toughest ones for me to think of. The best one I thought of was M- I said for all the Memories we have made, and all the Memories we are going to make.

   #3- This one when I told David the idea he loved it. We are going to take the same picture at the same location in the same pose four times. So each season, the difference is the weather your clothes and your hair. The place we David thought of  to take the picture is Ensign Peak (this is where he proposed). The days we are going are August 2nd (so yesterday). November 2nd, February 2nd (this is the day he proposed) and May 2nd. At the end of the four pictures I'm going to print them out and put them in our living room, right now we don't have any pictures on the wall and I couldn't really think of anything to do so this will be perfect.

March- July Book Club

 Fablehaven Series- Group pick (recommended by, Aunt Jo)

I haven't been doing my book club reviews over the past few months because we have been reading this series and I thought I would wait until we were done reading it and do one big post about all five books. I must admit I wasn't very excited to read this series, but I was pleasently surprised by all the books. When it was first suggested and they described the book I thought to myself  fairies, dragons, magical creatures, what? This is going to be crazy! It was so good though and really opened my eyes and let my imagination run wild (I guess you could say). I'm not really sure I can say which book is my favorite there were parts I enjoyed about all of them. And to be honest I didn't read the end of the fourth book (Natalie told me what happened). And the fifth book I read the first four chapters, chapter ten and the last two chapters. Then I went to Wikipedia to fill in the blanks and read about the new characters that were introduced in that book. Don't worry though I'm going to recheck it out of the library and read the whole thing, the normal way front to back. It was fun to read something like this that I would never pick on my own. Which is the reason I love book club, because most of these books I wouldn't pick on my own but its fun to read something so different and new. 

At this last book club we were able to meet the Author Brandon Mull (he's my Aunt's neighbor) so that was a lot of fun. Here are some pictures I took, enjoy.