Peter, Peter...Pumpkin Eater.

It's about that time of year-- and I haven't posted since August. Well let me update everyone on what's going on ;) {slash- document this for journaling sake}

During August we:

• Went River Rafting with the Dudley Family. We put in at the Gorge and floated down to Little Hole- like usual. Justin and me, my parents and my uncles little family camped on the mountain to make a weekend out of it. The rest of the family met us up there. It was a great time.
• The 10th and 11th we played in a Softball tournament in Duchesne. It was cold and windy and rainy. We played from like 6pm on a Friday until 6 am Saturday. We were worn out! That was the first time in a long time I was so tired driving that I don't remember actually making it home. Scary!
• Then the 17th and 18th, I went to SLC to go shopping and checked out some cars. I ate some yummy food, and bought some boots for (then- the upcoming) Fall months.
• The weekend of the 24th and 25th Justin and I and 2 of Justin's friends went to Denver to watch a Bronco's game. My awesome boss gave us tickets. It was a pre-season game, but still really fun to go watch. While we were there, we traded in my older Acura for a new Acura. I love love it!

September:

• 1st I went Hauling wood with my parents. It sounds crazy, but it's something I look forward to every year. It's such rewarding, good hard work for a good reason and I love it. I get to spend time with my family in the beautiful mountains and we work hard and always have good food. Sometimes it just doesn't get better than that.
• Within the next week sometime, we got our house listed For Sale By Owner. Scary Exciting businesses right there.
• The next weeks were so busy. We had my Wadsworth grandparents in town staying at my house for a couple days, while we celebrated Justin's, Hailey's and Natalies Birthdays.
• We got an offer on our house 11 days after listing it, and by day 12 we were under contract. YAY!
• The next few weeks/the last few weeks have been a mess of a scurry to get out of the house. Packing, Yard saling, Painting, Hauling- the works.
• We had our home inspection on the 19th- and passed with no problems. Thank Goodness!
• We celebrated my Dad's birthday on the 26th. (We have a lot of September Birthday's)
• Then I got to reminisce in the 'good ole life' of living back in Jensen when we went to the Jensen Ward Harvest party on the 28th. We got to have a "Squash Recipe Contest" - and contrary to what is running through your head right now- it was really good :D I loved it

October

• From the 3rd- 7th of October, Justin, Eric and I flew to New Orleans, Louisiana to visit with Monty and Melanie. Monty has an apartment in Covington, just North of New Orleans, for work so we stayed with them and spent a few days being tourists. We got to visit a few places that had been featured in the area on Diners, Drive-in's and Dives (one of the only shows I watch on TV- Gotta love the Food network) and it was really good. I tried a variety of Southern food and was fairly proud of myself for eating:
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Gritz
• Blackened Alligator
• Broiled Crab Claws
• Gumbo
• Bread Pudding
• Beignet's (who doesn't love fried dough!!)
• While we were there we got to take a tour of down town New Orleans on the city street cars- similar to the ones in San Francisco. I loved getting to see all the old French and Plantation style houses with their adorable shutters, big front porches and rocking chairs. We got to walk around the French Quarter and walk through the old stores and cafe's. We witnessed some people playing the some "Blue's" music and dancing in the street. We walked down half of Bourbon street. It's not too scandalous in the daylight. We also got to go on a Bayou/Alligator tour, then went into the city for dinner and a ride up the Mississippi River on one of the only remaining operational paddle boats left in the US. It was a beautiful afternoon. We spent one day in Ponchatoola (sp?) The antiquing capitol of the world. It was such great fun! I wish I would have taken a truck with me so I could've brought it all home. We had a great time shopping and trying to figure out how to fenangle our treasures in our suit cases in order to get them home. It was a fun trip.
• When we got home, it was crunch time in order to be out of the house by the 12th. I'm so grateful for my amazing family and friends that came and helped us with {what seemed like} the never ending packing and cleaning. We made it out of the house, just in time around midnight on Friday and have been unloading into Jensen ever since.
• I got to spend Saturday the 13th at the Chapel doing Super Saturday crafts with my mom. Trish came and hung out for a little while, and we made some super cute decorations for the upcoming holidays.

We are grateful to be staying with Justin's parents while we wait for our floor plans to come back from the Architect so we can start building! Hopefully they'll be here on Halloween like he told us they would. {fingers crossed} We have already purchased 4 of the 6 lots that we want in order to make our 5 acre parcel in Jensen, and couldn't be more delighted. It's been fun being so close to family and back in an area where the dogs can run and play and get dirty. A Dirty dog is a Happy dog.

In the mean time, Justin sold his Titan and bought a cheaper, more fuel efficient Toyota Tacoma- which he has been loving. Then flag football started and Justin got called to be a Stake Basketball Referee. This Friday I get to go shotgun shooting with the Completions Department from work for our team building activity. It's going to be entertaining- to say the least.

After our little activity, I get to join my parents, brother, and sister- and her family in SLC for the night to do some shopping and take Hailey and Natalie to the new movie at the IMAX at the Gateway. Should be really fun.