Work and Pumpkins!

So It has been a busy few weeks. Not very eventful, hence the reason as to why I have not posted in a few weeks. Mark was super busy with midterms but he came out alive and unscratched! He had a few study groups that he attended and was buried in his school work for those couple of weeks. On top of that Mark has been asked to train someone for the research project he and others are doing for a BYU professor. He doesn't think its a big deal but I am just so proud of him!

I on the other hand am still a trainee. I've been learning the basics of the machine set up's and am finally sticking people. I am hoping  by the end of this coming week I will be on my own and working away without anyone looking over my shoulder. It is kinda a pain how long training takes at my job but at least when its all over I know i'll be confident in what I am doing.

Last night Mark and I attended our ward halloween party. It was so cute. We had bread bowl soup and the bread was shaped and colored like a pumpkin! We really enjoyed the company and got to know even more people in our ward. (Since we live in a college ward we are always getting new family's). Then after that we went over to Rachael and Ernie's apartment and carved pumpkins. Mark and I made a swirley Halloween tree on our pumpkin. It was lots of fun to get together with them.

Sunday was awesome today. Everyone gave awesome talks in church. In our marriage class we talked about communication. It was very interesting and I think everyone in the class walked away with something important. We talked about listening and letting the other finish their sentence instead of cutting them off and speaking our opinion right away.  Also be careful in which tone you speak in. And last but not least not to take offense so quickly because a lot of the time someone might say something the wrong way and they never meant to be rude or unkind.

Well we hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween tomorrow!

It's October!

So I finally started my new job this last Friday. Pretty much I spend a good few hours on the computer and do online training...FUN! I was actually being completely sarcastic, my eyeballs are about to fall out of my head from staring at a screen all day. But this is only for a week and then I get to follow someone around after that for 2 weeks and my training will be about done! Everyone is so friendly though, including the bosses!

Mark is studying hard as usual. He's been up late or up early studying for various test and quizzes. He's happy though because he is caught up in his classes as of right now. Mark has also been going through a vampire movie phase. We have watched a couple vampire movies that have given me the heebby jeebies!

On Friday night we went to a delicious Italian Restaurant. And of course being in a very Mormon town we had non alcoholic wine. We were told by friends that it would make our meals even more delicious! I thought it tasted funny.

Last but not least, the Page's came into town! Mark went to priesthood with Ryan. And Kayla and I had a girls night out! Kayla and I went to this wonderful "Witch Town" in West Jordan. They had all these cute boutiques with Halloween decor and cute clothing. We got some fairy dust in one store. The whole place was decked out in Halloween decor everywhere we went. It was very magical! We went on a truck ride and drove over to the witch's homes. We danced with a disco witch, saw how they made their potions and even saw their "Day Spa" which was pretty much a bathtub to boil you in for their stews!! The whole place was a hoot. We enjoyed it very much.  

Well it's Sunday morning and Mark and I are going to the afternoon general conference session in Salt Lake. Super excited!