A Treat for Friday

Last Halloween, Jimmy Kimmel had parents tell their kids they ate all their Halloween candy then video record it to post on YouTube. The first video was so funny, and I remember watching it over and over again with friends! He asked parents to do it again this Halloween, and this video is even better! I'm posting both on here so you can have a good laugh on this lovely Friday. Even though it is snowing/raining here... winter has come and I'm not ready for it!

Home for the Weekend

Last Thursday, I was able to fly home for my sister Chelsey's wedding! It was the highlight of my week. I made sure to get all my stories I had to write before my plane left on Thursday.

Before I get to wedding details, I have to talk a little bit about my Halloween! My roommates and I carved pumpkins on Tuesday night, and we had lots of fun! Kristen even cooked the pumpkin seeds, even though I didn't really like them... But it was still lots of fun!

Here is my "Wicked" pumpkin I carved. I forgot how much time and patience is needed in carving pumpkins... maybe that's why I haven't done it for a couple years! Next year, I plan on finding a creative way to decorate my pumpkin without carving it and having to scoop out all the yucky insides. It's just too much work and too messy in my opinion.

 On Halloween, I went to Zupas, one of my favorite places in Utah to eat, for dinner with my roommate Jessica and our friend Megan. It was so good! We were going to go out to a movie, or go to the corn maze, but we ended up just going back to our apartment and watching a scary movie. We're so much fun (or old)!

Also, my cousin Leisha sent me a picture of her two cute girls dressed up as Ariel and Snow White. It made me miss them so much more than I already do!

 Ok... back to the wedding. I arrived home around 6 p.m. on Thursday. Everyone was so happy to see me and tears and screaming filled our home. I might have exaggerated that last sentence a bit, but I'm sure my family was screaming and crying with joy deep down! Just look how excited my little sister and Zoey were to see me:

 Blank. Stares. Really? Thank guys I feel the love!

My Aunt Mimi's "Doughnut Seeds" grew into flowers! I was able to deliver her some during the wedding reception while she was there helping out!

 Friday we were busy decorating and making last minute preparations. Billy's mom made us an enchilada dinner later that night. I believe the highlight of that day was my cousins Chanel and Ariel surprising us all when they came while we were all decorating! I recorded a video of Chelsey's reaction. It meant so much to her that they came.

 Finally, Saturday came. The day was filled with getting our hair done, getting dressed, making flower bouquets, and taking pictures. Rosalie Black, the wedding photographer, was amazing! She is definitely talented and I enjoyed her cute personality. I envy her photography skills and all her fancy equipment. Someday when I can afford it, I will buy a fancy camera of my own!

Here is a photo of me that my mom took on my phone... I must say, I do look a little creepy, but I really like the color of my eyes!

I believe everyone enjoyed the wedding. The dancing was fun and the food was delicious! A family friend made pulled pork sliders, brisket and the best mac and cheese ever. Although it's wasn't the type of wedding I'm use to (I'm use to just going to an LDS wedding reception), I still enjoyed myself and had fun catching up with friends and family.

Here are some lovely wedding photos taken by Rosalie Black. They are gorgeous!

It was a long day, exhausting day. I forgot how much work goes into a wedding. I was so grateful we gained an extra hour that night so I could somewhat catch up on some much needed sleep!

Congrats Chelsey and Billy! I hope the married life is all you hoped it would be :)

Best. Halloween. Ever!

So Halloween is probably the funnest holiday to celebrate at college. Especially when it's on a Sunday, and you go to an LDS college that celebrates it on the Friday and Saturday before! I think this was the funnest Halloween out of the three I have been at college for. I'm not the type to normally dress up for Halloween, but my roommates came up with the best idea ever to dress up as stepford wives (and no... not the slutty kind like every other girl dresses up like). I gave in and went with the flow, and boy did we all looked so good! We went to a really fun dance Friday night at the airport museum that played really good music and so many people were there. There were the best costumes, but I must say being in a group of all stepford wives got a lot of stares and glares. I heard a couple people say, "Wow, that is a really legit idea!" and "I wish we would have thought of something like that!" This may be because one of my roommates took the role as the "cleaning wife" and dragged our huge, broken vacuum around everywhere which got a lot of laughs. And two of my other roommates made fudge and cookies and handed them out to people. How can you not be jealous of us! I had a cold, but even though I coughed half the night and was a little out of it at times, I didn't let that get into the way of my Halloween fun!

My Stepford Wives Costume!

The group! MB, our friend Danielle, Me, Vanessa, Jess and our friend Ashley

The Creeper... he came to our apartment the night before and scared us all to death. We were literally on our couch squeezing eachother while he came at us with his bloody sword in the dark! We tried for like half an hour that night to figure out who he was, but he wouldn't tell is. We finally found out his identity on Saturday! Ross! He use to be in our ward.

Dancing around the vacuum.

Jacob Black! What a smarty to attract all the ladies!

Our friend Laura... I loved her glow-stick costume!


Saturday and Sunday I was way out of it from being sick, so I ended up watching scary movies most of the time with friends. And sleeping of course! All in all it was one of the funnest weekends I have had in a long time!