6 months later: September and October

Alright everyone, lets dive right in shall we? lol. On Sept. 4 it was Nick's 24th birthday. I got him some awesome minimus shoes (barefoot running shoes for those of you who don't know what they are. Like the 5 fingered toe shoes you probably see some people wearing, but with your toes enclosed together) as his gift. They sell them at NB, and since i work there, plus am family, I was able to get a discount, which was awesome. I was so excited for him to have them. :) We ended up spending his b.day weekend camping up with his brother Terry and his wife and kids, watching as Terry tried to bow hunt an elk, which is very difficult. It was a fun weekend and Stacey even brought up a cake for Nick's birthday, which was so sweet of her and really yummy! ; ) On Sept 10, Nick ran the Suncrest half marathon with my brother Chris,with really no training at all. He finished 20th out of about 400, which was pretty amazing for having no training. My brother i think was somewhat higher, but he hikes and works out religiously, so, he was a bit more prepared. lol. I was very proud of them both for doing something like that.
  On Sept. 17 my best friend Sadie's older sister Ashley got married. It was such a beautiful reception center that I had actually never heard of before. I went with my mom, which was a ton of fun. She did a lace wedding gown and it was so gorgeous! I am so so happy for her. She deserves to be happy and I really think her husband makes her so. :) On Sept. 24 Nick and I did the Dirty Dash race with his sister Tiff, her husband Stephan, and some of her friends from school. It was such a blast!! It was definitely a bit cold at the start, but I had so much fun getting covered in mud. I really hope I can do that again next year with a group of my friends. It would be so much fun and I think they would all love it! It was a good month and I had a lot of fun with friends as well, going to movies, dinner, and just hanging out at people's houses. Sometimes we didn't get together as often as we'd like, but we tried to.
  On to October! lol, aren't these 6 months just flying by? ;D Seriously though, they really did seem too... Ok so on Oct. 2, Nick and I finally got to go see one of Alli's volleyball games. Haha and of course, it ended up being one where she played for like 10 min at the start and then got pulled and she didn't play again for the rest of the match. It was ok though, cause it was still fun to see her play for a bit, as well as just simply support the team and cheer. At the start of Oct. we finally moved into the house we had bought last July and been renting out for the last year while we lived with his parents. Our renters had got a new job down in the Sandy area in the summer, and so they wanted to move closer to the new job. It is so nice finally being in our own place. Its not that it was bad living with Nick's parents, but we haven't lived alone since we got married, so its nice to finally have some space that is our very own as still newly weds.
  Its been fun to decorate the house, though right before we moved in, the fridge broke. So when we started living in the house, we had to use a mini fridge until we could order a new one, which took us like a month and a half. We finally got our new fridge (Yay!!) after Thanksgiving. Its been so great! lol. Oct 7 and 8th and 14 and 15 (fridays and saturdays) I went hunting with Nick. (Haha I know shocking right?) He had put in my name with his to see if i would pull out a hunting tag and I actually did. Haha I am not a huge camping person, especially when its cold, but I gave it a try for him. We got tags in an area he wasn't familiar with, so that made it harder. We saw some deer a few times and heard some elk, but never got anything. It was a very popular area and hugely crowded, so made it hard to find the proper area needed to wait for game. Lol I may just leave it to Nick and the boys next year. ;) On Halloween day Nick went duck hunting with my dad, and they both had a blast. I hung out with my mom and we went and saw a movie together. It was a fun Halloween. My mom also gave us extra Halloween decorations that she didn't need anymore so that we were able to decorate the house, which was fun. :) I really enjoy having a house that i can decorate for the holidays. Hope you all enjoyed Sept and Oct. Stay tuned for November and December! :)