HALLOWEEN!

Halloween has always been one of my favorite (if not thee favorite) holidays!  I think it is just because of the fall weather, beautiful colors, dressing up and of course candy!  Last year Elias and I just stayed home; ordered a pizza, watched a movie and passed out candy.  It was so low key and so fun!

This year our plan was kind of the same thing although the one thing that was different was that this year the day before Halloween Elias comes home and is like "hey Stef come help me think of something to dress up as for tomorrow".  My jaw about hit the floor! I have never heard Elias say he wanted to dress up!  His work kind of goes all out when it comes to dressing up and they do a big contest and stuff so he said he wanted to surprise everyone by dressing up this year.  So I was kind of just looking on line for funny things for guys to be and I saw "Chicken Cord on Bleu".  You wear a blue shirt, wrap a telephone cord around you and hang a rubber chicken from the cord.  We both thought it was hilarious and definitely put it in the running.  But then I saw Forrest Gump, but not just any Forrest Gump but the runner version.  You know in the movie when he runs back and forth across the country and has a gnarly beard and a big following of people running with him? yeah that one! Ha ha we both about died when we saw it and knew it was right for him.  So we thought of everything he needed.  

bubba gump shrimp hat

white nike shirt

red short shorts

white tube socks

white nikes

BEARD/longhair

We figured his mom would have most of those things and if she didn't then we would head over to the DI.

So we head over to the Green's and of course Elias was able to find it all!  For the tube socks we ended up just using permanent markers on white socks to do the red and blue lines.  Then for the Classic Nike shoes we cut out some felt Nike signs and hot glued them on his shoes, and for the Bubba Gump hat we printed out a Bubba Gump logo and taped it on a red trucker hat.  And let me tell you, it turned out perfectly!

So Halloween day came around and Elias surprised everyone at work!  Although he didn't win the costume contest I still think his costume was pretty memorable.  He said the winner was a guy who dressed up like a slutty nurse.. gross.

 

Seeing him dress us made me soooo happy :) and I think he liked it too, even if it was just a little bit!

So if I would have known that he was going to dress up I would have totallly planned something, like I would have dressed up like a hippy like Jenny from Forest Gump.  But that's okay, I just ended up wearing my orange shirt and adorable new beanie that Kylee got me for my birthday!

 

After I made Elias dress back up so I could take some pictures of him, and after he ever so nicely took pictures of me we ordered pizza passed out candy and then headed over to Alex and Kylee's to just hang out with some friends.

I would say it was another successful night!

Happy Halloween :) :) :)

All Hallows Eve Wrap Up

This Halloween was complete with; Nacho Libre, melted hash browns and eating some bloody fingers!  Yes we really encountered all of that.  Buuuttt let me explain.

Elias and I both work boring 8-5 jobs which makes plans tight sometimes, especially where we live roughly 15 minutes away from everyone and everything in our lives!  So we got off work and ran straight to the grocery store to buy breakfast foods and some apples! (this autumn we have really loved apples, and take one to work everyday) and then headed straight over to the Green Estate's (my in-laws house) to see the HIGHLY anticipated costumes of our neice, nephews and my youngest brother in law.  And can I just say we were not let down when we saw them!

BEHOLD:

Frankenstein: aka our oldest nephew Will, check out that square head and those boots!!

Nachoooooooo Libre: aka our nephew Reed, knee patches and all :)

Kip Dynamaite: aka my youngest brother in law and Junior class pres. at Layton High School Graham. He loves technology... but not as much as you, you see.

Rapunzel: aka our favorite aka our only niece on the Green side Elle, look at that sweet hair!  My awesome sister in law made those lucious locks!

Ferocious Tiger: aka our youngest of nieces and nephews Baby John.  He was born right around our wedding back in september so I think I will always associate him with that!

Elephant: aka Lucia the only neice or nephew on the Iannone side.  We weren't able to see her in person, but she looked stinkin cute!

Thor: aka Rafe (around the same age Nacho) this little guy went through all of the super heros till he landed on thor.  Due to his similar looks a awesome locks of blonde hair.

80's Rocker: aka my little sister (on the left) we had to drive around the neighborhood to track these ladies down.  This was a monumental year for Bella-- first year trick or treating without dad. 

After getting the low down on everyone's costumes, eating some bloody fingers, that I heard are made evvvery year, and eating some "Loaded potato soup" which was incredible, at the Green's, we then headed over the my parents house. When we pulled up everyone in our neighborhood was sitting out on their own porches handing out the candy to the kids.  My Dad was sad he wasn't taking Bella around, but he also expressed how happy he was to be able to sit there with his wife this year! (they are always so cute) There we snagged some pizza and headed out to our next destination on our halloween tour (keep in mind our groceries are still in the car; hence, the melted hashbrowns).

Next on our tour was my Grandparents house up in North Ogden (the Ivies), there we were pumped full with more candy, the family gossip and some me telling some memories/stories from my grandparents house, seriously you feel the sweetest spirit when you are there.  We rarely see them, but when we do I really enjoy it, they are such sweet people and I look up to them, and their marriage so much!

On our way back home to finally get home and get our groceries in the fridge we had a failed attempt to see my mom at her work! But no worries we will wish her a Happy Halloween this sunday for my brother's birthday.

To finish off the night we sped over to Tinseltown to see the movie Taken 2 with 2 of my brother in-laws, their wives, and my father in law. (We also ran into Elias's best friend Marcus and his date) and all of us were the only people in the theatre. But much to our surprise we REALLY enjoyed the movie! You go Liam Neeson!

It was a great night, but what stuck out to Elias and I the most was that as you get older Halloween loses it's magic.  Elias and I have had many conversations on how much Halloween changes when you get older and how it truly does lose it's innocent fun.  But last night made us remember how fun it is for kids.  Seeing those kids with big smiles on their faces, and anticipating walking door to door to fill their buckets with candy is so fun!  I can't wait till we have little ones of our own to experience that with and to create that magic for!  But until then we will enjoy seeing if from our siblings kids!



Bloody fingers





Elias

All in all it was a great holiday!  But we are extremely excited for November :) The month of thanks!  And to start it off I am extremely thankful for ALL of my family!  Look at them, how could I not be?

-Stef

Some little things I love

I have the best and most handsome husband any girl could ask for!  As of today we have been married one month and 8 days, and can I just say HOW MUCH I love being a wife?  Of course every newly wed couple has some bumps here and there, but how could you not when two worlds are coming together, you're figuring out how to live together, and running a household for the first time?  All in all I love my man for SO many reasons. And here are just a few of the little ones that have come up this week.

-He made me laugh when I was in the process of melting down about my halloween costume ( I was having a fit about being either Darla or Spanky from the Little Rascals... I was Darla)

We forgot pictures :(

-He made me the most perfect and delicious pancakes on sunday morning.

-He agreed to drinking out of my new tea/juice cups that we bought for $.25 at the DI

-He dressed up in full Alfalfa attire for my work Halloween party: greased hair, suspenders, bow tie, shirt tucked in and all! *which also led to us winning third place in the costume contest*

-He cuddled me all night and all morning long (even if he was dying of heat the whole time) because he knows how cold I get and HOW much I love cuddling.

-He said a little prayer in the parking lot of RC Willey that lead to a little miracle in our lives (I'll explain another time)

-He does anything he can to be with me as much as possible throughout the day.

-He lets us indulge in Halloween festivities no matter how much he despises the holiday; and carves the best jack-o-lanterns I might add.

-He is so invested on our marriage and always wants to progress personally and in our marriage.

I love my husband and I am so incredibly grateful for him!

He is soooo handsome

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

-Stef