Carpet Disaster

Last night after a long day at work--then teaching 2 hours of aerobics, followed by grocery shopping at 3 different stores for all our Thanksgiving needs I came home expecting to to relax for a few hours before having to go to bed. Before I sat down I decided I would just vacuum the living room really quick so I could relax in a nice clean house. I went into our spare room got the vacuum and wheeled it into the living room and began to vacuum away. Aren't vacuums suppose to clean the mess instead of make more of a mess? I noticed all these bluish black spots on the carpet, a trail all the way from the spare room. Don't know exactly what it is but something got sucked up in the vacuum and was leaking all over the floor. I think maybe a pen, don't know. Of course I start freaking out and Gabe is trying to calm me down. Water is not working to get it out nor another cleaner we had. I found some carpet upholstery cleaner, and luckily that and a lot of scrubbing did the trick. So instead of relaxing I spent the next hour and half scrubbing my carpet by hand. What a night. I think I got most of it out, but now I know I am going to drive Gabe crazy constantly asking him if he can still see the spots. I probably will always be glancing down wandering if I missed one. Lets just say Gabe and I both ate ice cream for dinner, no way I was going to expend the energy and cook. I guess I'll be putting a new vacuum on my Christmas list, unless Gabe can fix it ( Christmas it is!).

What a bad Football weekend!

Well Saturday morning I woke up all excited for the day Saturday night I went to bed not so excited. Two games played both ending in dissapointment. The Cougars held on to a ray of hope for the first half but then it just slipped further and further away. And my Texas Tech Red Raiders never really had a chance. I like football and its fun to be wrapped up in excitment in a game or a season, when we lose, I'm sad, but life goes on. There are those who can't let it go though. I understand it is your team or whatever but why must we bad mouth coaches, players, or whoever. No one is perfect and someone has to lose. I wish it wasn't my teams but life goes on and there is always next year Right? I'll still be a Cougar and Raider fan no matter what!

More Pictures from Utah

A few more pictures from my trip. My parents are renting a house in Ceder Hills and it was such a beautiful area. Right up by the mountains. I do miss the beautiful mountain every now and then, just not the snow that comes down this time of year. I still have about an inch on Preston. It is going to be so weird to one day look up at him. One of the reasons why we went to Utah was for Gabe's brother, Wade's wedding to our now sister in law Kelly. It was a beautiful ceremony and reception and Kelly is wonderful and they seem really happy. We wish them best. I just love the Salt Lake Temple it is so beautiful and when I think about all the saints who worked for so long and hard to build it I am in awe on how they accomplished it. I already miss my family and wish I lived around them so I could see them more often.

A few weeks ago, I was able to go out and spend a week in Utah before I started my new job. It was so much fun. I hadn't seen my mom or little brother in over a year. I had soo much fun with my family, especially my adorable twin nephews Jordan and Parker. We got to spend some time downtown Salt Lake which really fun, and it was so beautiful with all the fall colors. I have a cute video of Jordan and Parker playing with a ball!

A Sad Day

It was a few weeks ago, but Gabe and I went to the TCU game. It was fun even though it was a horrible game. We had a great time with family and Algot. We got to celebrate Isabelle's birthday. We have the cutest nieces and nephews. And Gabe is so fun to watch with the kids.

Happy Belated Halloween

I haven't updated in a while and I have a lot of pictures and fun things to share. I will do some back tracking later on this week.

I love Halloween and Gabe and I had a great one this year. We both dressed in our costumes to work at the Rec center. I was Hannah Montana and Gabe was Billy Ray Cyrus. It was fun. That night we had a party at our house and some of our friends also dressed up. We played games, including bobbing for apple in a bucket with dry ice. And then we watched a movie with a projector on our wall. It was lots of fun, but I ate way too much candy and snacks. The only sad thing is we didnt get many trick or treaters. I need to start thinking about what I am going to be next year. If you have any suggestions let me know.