makin me happy.

pumpkins in front of grocery stores

pumpkin chocolate chip cookies fresh out the oven

it all makes me happy! the leaves are slowly starting to change as well (ill need to snap pics of that). conference is this weekend. tomorrow is october which is sammy's birthday month. which then leads right into my birthday month. which is also when my sister will be paying me a visit.  :)

hope you can find some happy in your friday!

as of late

Just a lot of random happenings to report on for an update. 

A few weeks ago Sam's grandpa, Chuck, had all his grandsons together to teach them a little about investing. We hosted the gathering since our house was somewhat of a central location for everyone. This was my second time meeting Grandpa Chuck so it was nice to see him and get to know him a little better.

Last week my Papa Curtis, Uncle Brent, Aunt Corina and cousin Kevin all came up to Utah for the BYU vs. Utah game. No need to discuss the game (embarrassing)  but having family in town and getting together was fun!

Last weekend my sweet friend Dani came over and helped me make some yummy raspberry jam. She was such a help and it was so great to catch up. I wanted to make sure I made the jam just the way Sam's mom does, since that is how he prefers it. After about 10 calls to Sallee and 4 grocery stops later, I FINALLY found all the right stuff and was able to get started. The funny thing is the recipe isn't anything unique, Utah grocery stores just don't seem to carry what I was looking for! However, I am happy to report that the jam turned out great and I got Sammy's taste test approval!

My grandparents weren't able to make it up this weekend for the BYU game, but they were so kind to let Sam and I use their tickets. It was a Friday night game, and thank goodness the cougars won. We enjoyed the game and I was grateful to finally spend some time with my lover! (School has taken over Sammy's life this semester).

And that's a wrap.

pick-your-own

The past two Saturdays Sambo and I both noticed a "Farmers Market" sign at the Riverwoods. Since we live right across the street, we were excited about it and decided to check it out yesterday. Well, it wasn't anything impressive, at all. Maybe a total of 6 stands? However, one had some good looking produce and the lady told us it was all from the pick-your-own farm right up the street. Really?? We had never noticed the little plot of land. So instead of the let-down market, we decided to check out the farm first hand. We loved it!

It was fun to pick your own produce, the owners were so friendly and the prices were great! No camera was on hand, but thank goodness for iphones:

Sammy was SO excited about some banana peppers...

Just posing with my beans in the bean stalks... 

Most of our pick for the day, the monster cantaloupe we got and the beans didn't make the picture. We obviously were very excited about the fresh-off-the-vine baby tomatoes...

For any of you local friends who want to give it a try, the farm is right behind the Smiths off of State and Center in Orem, and they take cash only. We highly recommend it!

Omelets with fresh bell peppers and tomatoes are on the menu for today. :) Happy Farming!

labor day

After just one week back in school, Sammy had loads of homework and diligently spent tons of hours on campus (where he still is as I type this) so an extra long weekend was welcomed by both of us! We made the most of our free day. I worked a half day in the morning (saving up and working up as many vacation hours as I can now that I depleted everything I had before our crazy summer!). As soon as I got off work we headed up Provo canyon and enjoyed a pretty hike together to Stewart's Falls. The hike was an easy one and we decided we had been spoiled by Costa Rica waterfalls, which made this one not so awe inspiring to us. However, it felt great to be outside together in the beautiful mountains enjoying the fantastic weather!

That evening we hosted a BBQ with our friends (who we missed so much during our summer away)! It was great to have everyone together and to catch up. I stole this pic that Ashley had on her phone... thanks ash! :)

PS. Whitters on the left end is PREGO and due to have her baby girl in February! Can't wait to meet that little doll!!!

Somehow the boys always miss out on getting in a photo...

Thank you Labor Day, you were great.

little cougar

Remember this post about the little bro becoming a BYU cougar? Well this week we found out that he'll not only be a student at the Y but also on the lacrosse team! Go Taylor! The coach switched it up this year and is having two teams, so I hope the little bro gets a lot of playing time. I've already started to warm up some of my old cheerleading skills so I can be his biggest fan in the stands (don't worry, that was a joke). I had to do something to congratulate the little man so I made some special BYU cupcakes today...

I couldn't make my y's look like the actual BYU "Y", but you get the idea. I made the batter blue so the color scheme would flow.

So happy we have a 3 day weekend! Besides the half day I'll be working tomorrow - Sammy and I will be celebrating with a hike and BBQ with friends!