Halloween Party and a Haircut

Yesterday we hosted a Halloween party for the people in the Niatec program. I’d say it was a success! We had a lot of fun! Thanks to Cherean who planned some fun games, and to everyone else who brought snacks to share, and helping set up and clean up!

Yes, we were each other :)

scruff..

Aren’t the costumes great?!

We played a game, where we had to eat a donut on a string faster than the person we were against.

 

We also played a game that we had to act out things.

The party was fun!

When we got home we took another picture of our costumes. We thought they were pretty funny, probably more than others :)

hahahaha, pretty good.

Today I also gave Hans a haircut. The first time without supervision.

This is me, excited.

This is Hans. With long hair.

This is us. Ready for the haircut.

This is all the hair. Plus the 2 spiders I squished.

This is Hans after.

It looks fine,from far away…. but it took me a long time and it is pretty uneven, but it looks good enough for me! :)

I’m excited that Halloween is tomorrow! It kinda makes me feel like the weekend is extended. Except I have to work… Oh well!

Friday

I made homemade laundry detergent!

Yesterday I decided to be really cool and make some homemade laundry detergent. It cost me about $6 for the supplies.

oh, and Hans made me get regular laundry detergent for back up in case it didn’t work :)

I had to shred one bar of soap into a pot.

looks like cheese.

Then I dissolved it in a gallon of water over the stove. and I added one cup of borax and one cup of arm and hammer, and let it dissolve.

Boiling. I will admit it was a little weird stirring this over the stove, when it smelled like soap.

Then I added more water. let it sit for a few minutes, pour it into containers, and you have laundry detergent!

One batch made a lot. The consistency is a little different than regular laundry detergent, and the smell isn’t as strong, but I tested it out on a load of laundry and our clothes look and smell clean to me!

I think next batch I will add a scent to it.

This will save a ton of money! Since I only used a cup of borax and arm and hammer, I will only need to maybe buy a few more bars of soap, and seeing how much one batch makes, that is saving a lot of money!

Last night Sarah and Jaren came over and we played games and had a dance party, it was a ton of fun!

Don’t they look happy?! :)

Here are some videos. They may or may not be a little embarrassing, I’m going to wait and see what Sarah and Jaren say about them :)

Go ahead, you can laugh, we are weird. But at least we have fun!

Honestly, I’m glad we have waited to move on to the next stage in our lives. I’m glad that we have taken the time to still act like crazy college students :) Even if we may look a little dumb…. haha

Now today we are having a fun Halloween party!

Busy, but Good

I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us! This knowledge is is solidified in me over and over again, all the time. Sometimes what he knows is best for us is not always what we want to do, but in the end it makes us better, and I know this is true!

I am working full time now. I’m not going to go through all the details, and some may be confused because I was working before. Yes, I was working part time. And honestly, I was content with that. I liked having the extra time to do what I wanted, and I didn’t really like working more.  I’m sure I could’ve found something more, but I didn’t want to. Because I felt content, and we had enough money for our needs, I never searched for anything more.

I had this job before we left for DC. We went to DC, and I got a job there, and then when we came back here, I got my job back. Pretty lucky huh?!

I thought everything was going to go back to normal, but September brought a lot of changes at our clinic…. longest month ever! All of those changes led to me having a full time job as a Nurse ( Medical Assistant in my case, we do the same things in this clinic ).

So even though this isn’t exactly what I was planning for my life at this moment, I know that it is right where I’m supposed to be. The extra money is much appreciated, We actually can start saving money! And I feel like this is more educational to me than school ever was!

So now you have my good news. I’m happy about it! It is enhancing who I am as a person, and it is a huge blessing in our lives.

Weekend

I really can’t believe the weekend has come and gone again.

It’s late and I’m tired, and I know I won’t have time to post during the week this week, so here is a short recap of the weekend in pictures.

We painted our pumpkins!

And went to our friends little boy Jay’s 1st birthday party.

On Saturday I went to super Saturday ( made some cute crafts!), and then we carved our pumpkins with our friends from our ward, Annie, John, and their little baby Logan :)

haha.

Hans and I made our way to Five guys that night….. yum :)

Picture fail.

The remnants. Aka I took a picture of trash.

Picture fail again. Done trying.

Today we had friends over for dinner and games.

A fun weekend, that went by way too fast, yet again.

Great friends and some good fun! I try hard to take pictures, I feel they are important, and that’s why we have a lot of them :)