Fall Fun

This week was another cold one in Rexburg, but that's not a surprise at all! The warmest day we had was Thursday, which was a high of 57! Not a ton of "exciting" things happened this week, but whenever Jake and I are spending time together it always seems like a little adventure. He makes me laugh more than anyone I've ever known, and knows how to cheer me up if I'm having a hard time. Being married is pretty great :)

On Wednesday night I went with Jake to the stake center and watched him play basketball with some other men from our ward. I haven't ever really watched a basketball game, and it was actually really fun. For someone as goofy as Jake, he played pretty well, too!

This week I added the final touches to making our home ready for Thanksgiving, at least in terms of decorations. I found an adorable little scarecrow at Walmart, which we named Henry. He's propped up on our "porch" right outside our front door now. And I put out the blocks that I made a few weeks ago at a Relief Society activity. They sit nicely on top of our entertainment center. Every once in a while I'll light our little candle that's "Mulled Cider" scent and let the room start to smell like Fall...it's great!

On Thursday I tried a new recipe; Chicken 
Fried Chicken and Romano Cheese Mashed 
Potatoes. Jake was a BIG fan!

I also made my first attempt at a homemade Christmas ornament. It's not easy sewing since I don't have a sewing machine up here with me, but at least I tried! Hopefully they'll get better with practice!

On Friday after class, I came home and curled up with a book...which I proceeded to finish. I haven't done that in ages, and it felt so good to just be able to sit and read without remembering that I needed to do something for a class, or needing to run an errand.

Jake and I had a nice weekend, even though he had to work on Saturday as usual. We relaxed and watched some TV and movies, and did some things around the house. We're getting ready to order enlargements of some wedding pictures to hang in our living room, so I'm excited about that!