Wake me up when October Ends...

I guess I have been a little lazy when it comes to keeping up my blog! So what have when been up to? Well I have been off partying at work and Shawn has been working like crazy!! The month of October at work gets a little wild...it's when we have our huge Giant Pumpkin Festival and this year was probably one of my favorites! The theme was really cute and the weather was awesome!
So here is a list of just some of the things we (I) have been up to:

Cut some corn with coworkers
Worked the Giant Pumpkin Festival
Weekend away with my mom for some mom and daughter bonding
Went to the Weezer and Blink 182 Concert
Spent some time with my best friend who was in DC for 2 years
Went to an awesome Halloween Party

This is the ONLY good picture that I got at the concert. So sad. It was so much fun to go to a concert in my hometown of Wheatland! Love it! And I might not be a fan of all of the tatts but Travis Barker is an amazing drummer. Honestly.

Coworkers after cutting corn (It was hard work!)

Giant Pumpkins that float and then race!

Me and Peter Pumpkin (the "official" mascot of the festival)
I could post a million more pictures of the festival but I don't want to bore you all to tears!


And yes, this is your present for waiting all month for me to blog. And like so many people have asked I didn't bribe/ pay or do anything to convince my husband to wear this outfit. Promise. Check in your mailboxes around December...you might be lucky enough to get a Christmas Card with this picture in it. We may also have one with our dog. You have to wait another month to find out what he was!

And while i'm thinking about it, where did October go? Where did this year go? Next week November?? Yikes!! Well until next time, Happy Halloween!!!

SERIOUSLY?!?!

I know that a lot of people have asked about Shawn's job and what he does exactly so I thought I would take a quick moment to give everyone a little glimpse into this crazy world that we call firefighting. Shawn just got a letter from San Fran FD inviting him to test with their department that went something like this...administration of the written test is scheduled to begin the week of September 21, 2009 and will conclude in mid-November 2009. The test will be administered on weekdays, and approximately 320 candidates will be scheduled each day of testing.
EACH DAY!! Are you kidding me?!?! 320 people EACH DAY?? Yeah I'm pretty sure that no job I have EVER applied for or will EVER apply for has had 320 people TOTAL...let alone within a day.
So a HUGE shout out to my hubby Shawn for his determination and perseverance. I know you'll make it!

And you thought yesterday was bad...

What is wrong with me?!?!

Remember that one time...

Today at work my friend and I have been listening to these artists...



Don't judge. Its been a great day.

Bombs away...

So i've been "redecorating" our master bedroom...just a little bit and was looking for some cute little quote wall decals to put up...well in the process of that search I found these little gems...


Seriously disturbing but honestly I would laugh pretty much everytime I went to the bathroom if I saw that...yeah just thought I would share. Happy Thursday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Shawn! Thank you for everything that you do for me...I hope you have a great day!!!
Since I met Shawn my birthdays have been somewhat interesting. Not only because I now spend them with Shawn but because our birthdays are so close together. Shawn's birthday is on July 29th, mine is on August 1st and to add to that his best friend Billy's is on July 27th. So pretty much every birthday since I met Shawn we have about a week full of birthday celebrations. It's so much fun and I LOVE having birthdays that are so close together...it's like having an anniversary twice in a year! This year we're going pretty low key since our "ages" this year really aren't that exciting! We went out to dinner on Monday and we're going again tonight and on Thursday and then Shawn and I are going away for the day on Saturday to celebrate both of our birthdays.

Shawn and I at the restaurant

Billy being Billy

The boys playing their "game"...I swear it never ends...XBOX...cell phones..they're everywhere!

Last weekend my cousin Peter came into town with his girlfriend Giselle. We had an awesome time and it was so nice to meet Giselle and see my cousin Pete!

Me, my mom and Giselle

Pete and Giselle

Me and Peter

Utah

After Burley we headed down to Utah to visit some friends (you may remember them from a post a couple of months ago). The Bonds were gracious enough to let us stay at their house and entertain us for a couple of days! We had so much fun and were so sad to come back to reality! :(

Shawn on our way home! Sorry these are reversed! But i'm pretty proud of myself...I drove quite a bit...which is usually totally not like me..usually i'm the one passed out the whole time!

The Salt Lake!!

The Temple...Shawn called me a tourist because I was totally taking a picture while we were driving home! So what?!?!

I was sooo happy that while we were there we got to see some of my cousins...I haven't seen most of them since I was 16!! Yeah..it had been quite a while! It was so nice of them to come and hang out with us! We definitely need to get together more often! I hadn't seen any of their kids so it was awesome to spend sometime with all of them! Love you guys!


One thing I really don't like about living in the valley is that there are no mountains around. I mean there are but you have to drive to see them. First thing we noticed about Amy and Brian's house is that there are mountains ALL OVER! We went on a walk the last day we were there and that's honestly something I wish we had here! We got to explore some mountains while we were there and even saw a baby moose. Man they are huge!



Thanks everyone for an awesome time! We will have to make this a yearly thing!