Welcome October

Welcome October :)

Boy do I have plans for you!

I Got a few simple crafts up my sleeve.

-For the table (All i need is the wheat)

-wouldnt cost a thing and would be cute outside my door and window

-Painting cans into pumkins (Used to paint cans all the time with my mom, snowman-pumkins-pretty much anything we wanted)

-These cute Candy corns for my table (which can also be recycled for christmas trees after thier "Halloween" use)

-This Frankenstein on my door.

-I want to make these yummy treats:

-Carve a pumkin

-perfect making a pie

-burn my candle (at least i have to pretend like its cold outside)

-have a Halloween party with fun games (donut on a string, bob for apples, homemade rootbeer, etc..)

-figure out our costumes

-Have a Chili-cook off

and

-Attend the Haunted Lagoon at PCC

SALE (my favorite word)

I have been needing some new shorts. the ones i have, i have been taking turns wearing them for about the whole year since in hawaii wearing pants or anything else is almost unheard of. I also needed some new shorts for work because I scored some new uniform shirts as well. Since the winter/fall line of clothes just came out pretty much everywhere.. Yes believe it or not, even in HAWAII they have "Fall" clothes, i decided to go on a witch hunt for shorts.

needless to say.. i was able to find 5 pairs of shorts and a super cute shirt all for $43. Not bad. Including a little gift card (gift card being key word here) splerge at Bath and Body works for holiday candles since my pumkin one burnt all the way down and the wick would no longer stay lit. This is a serious time of year people!!! We must embrace it!

Here is the rundown
Aeropastale- 2 denim pairs $5 each (my favorite deal)
Macy's- 1 brown and 1 khacki pair of shorts $11 each (60% off original price) -good bargain
Old Navy- 1 cute pair of grey capri's($50 percent off sale price) and a really cute shirt-Total $11.

The great thing about this is that shorts are all LONG enough and I even budgeted $50 for myself and did not spend over that. Which NEVER happens, which is also why i think it is blogworthy because i am pretty proud of myself. Oh and because, I honestly never go shopping, therefore it was pretty fun to get to be able to do so.

Also husband was even proud and said I didnt spend too much. That made my day because if you know my husband.. he is a penny pencher. But its great because we balance each other out!

The best part about my shopping day was spending it with a good friend of mine and also suprising Huston with this...

for his birthday. He wore it on his mission in Germany has not been able to find it since. He LOVESSSS it and was so excited that its finally in stores in the US! Ya..Im a pretty cool wife, I know!

Heavenly Father's Plan

Last night, Huston and I were babysitting our favorite kiddo's Jack(2) and Taylor(5) and now new to thier family is Chloe(1 month). Baby was fussy and kids wanted to walk to the temple, which is just what we did after we finished dinner. When we got to the temple two sisters took us through an exihibit in the visitor's center we had never seen before. It was called God's Plan.  The exhibit takes you through different stages of this families life as you watch a video and I was fightin back the tears almost the whole time.

The video begins by telling us why god created families. It states simply yet powerfully that he created them to help us feel like we belong. That statement hit home. I am apart of my family because I BELONG there. My parents, my brothers, and my sister and my husband are MY family members who give me a sense of belonging. I had never thought about that before. It made me miss my family...it is that time of year i seem to get extra homesick, but i did realize something...without my family I would be lost in this destructive earth. Without my kind and loving parents, without my siblings examples, and without my own family unit (my husband) I would be lost. They make me feel like I belong on this earth. I am truly grateful for that, and for the creation of family units. The big man upstairs sure knows what he is doing, and as I saw my husband trying to calm a squiggly baby, and two kids in my own arms, and as the sister missionaries asked these kiddos what they liked most about the video's... I saw a glimpse into our future, and felt comforted in knowing someday (my least favorite word) we will be parents, despite how crazy this earth life may get while they are here, and despite how big of a responsiblity parenthood really is....I was comforted.

I hope that our children who get sent to our family unit will always feel like they belong with US. Last night, I learned the importance of unity in a family, and the teachings of the gospel. For our children will learn the principles of the gospel in our Home. With that being said, I hope this saying stands true and strong in our family forever, and that saying is "As for me and my house, we will serve the lord."

Grey's Anatomy

I started to love the show when i was in college up at NAU. My roomie Jessica and I used to have marathons.

Anywho.. recently it started airing again. As did many of our favorite shows. I can hardley handle all the excitement.

anywho... most recent episode of Grey's Anatomy included this....

and at the end of the episode...She went through with the abortion.

Does not make any sense to me. None at ALL. purely SELFISH.

I was SO angry I literally may never watch the show again. Terminating a pregnancy is such a SELFISH thing to do. GAHH...and yes I did cry and maybe throw a pillow or two at the TV because i was so angry. There are so many people in the world who are actively trying to concieve and bring a child into thier families, and they are struggling with it. So many women have had trouble, yet it is the women in the world who do not wish to nor have any desire to concieve that actually do. Something is wrong with this picture.

Called to Serve

Elder Jenson Mikel Rainey was called to serve in the Santa Domingo Dominican Republic East mission Spanish Speaking and was asked to report to the MTC (Missionary Training Center) January 11, 2011.

That is sooner than i expected. I am so excited for my little brother. He was thrilled about his call, and I know he will be an awesome missionary. He is so lucky to get to learn Spanish. It will be so useful throughout his life. My husband, and his two brothers all learned weird languages that they hardley ever get to speak. Like German, Tagalog, and Greek.

Good Luck Little Brother. We love you SOOO much.

Mail.

Something exciting came in the mail today.

My Brother's Mission Call. He will be opening it tomorrow. Im a little anxious and cant believe its really here.

I think he will be happy wherever he goes.. Huston and I's guess consists of anywhere in the 50 states. We think he will stay in the US, but ya never know!

Yellow.

The color Yellow cheers me up. I love it. I may or may not be a little obsessed.

Im also a little obsessed with matching.

Just ordered these...

To match my computer bon-qui-qui.

Also.. Husband's Birthday is Oct. 5th.

First on his list is......

Shark Encounter
Yikes. not my idea of fun.

Dont know if ill be joining him or just funding it. haha