Fall Fun and Regular Life

So life has started to calm down, which is nice. Last week, Isaac and I drove all the way to Utah and back so that I could present at this symposium.

This banner was tied up in downtown Provo. It made me feel pretty special to see a banner for something that I'm presenting in. It was a really neat experience. We heard many different speeches from lots of different people, all about Strengthening the Family. It felt neat to be apart of such a great cause that is so needed in today's world.


We made it back (with no car problems!!) late Sunday, and on Monday we went to a Stake trunk or treat. It was a bunch of fun. Isaac and I went with a Wizard of Oz theme, and both of our costumes cost less than $10. :D

I think the best part of Halloween is seeing all of the little kids dressed up in their various costumes. At the trunk or treat all of the trunks were decked out in different decorations. We even came upon and "Occupier." Haha this family had set up a tent, instead of a trunk, and had signs saying things like, "Occupy Trunk or Treat." and "Everyone deserves free candy!" It was pretty awesome, and I'm kicking myself right now for not taking a picture of it.

Beyond that, our lives have finally fallen into a nice routine. I'm looking for a job still, and Isaac's job is going well. I'm also finding that homemaking is like the best thing ever. It kinda makes me sad that I have to find a job, because staying at home and making it pretty every day is lots of fun. Just recently I bought a shelf with some left over wedding gift cards that looks like this:

I'm very excited to put it up. I decided that in the 4 little picture things I wanted to do the word "love" in the alphabet photo letters like these:

  But as I scanned through the internet to see if I could find any to copy and print out, all of them were the wrong size or had watermark copyright on them. So I got an idea! What if I just took random shapes around our apartment, and made my own letters. I did that, with Isaac looking at me like I was crazy (he didn't know why I was taking pictures), and I was very excited about the outcome:

The "L" is my least favorite letter, but in general, I think it's gonna look cool!

Anyway, so back to regular life for Isaac and I. I'll try to post a video of my presentation at the symposium on here soon. :)