Livin' la vida López: 5 days with the hubby

Time for an update. So my sweet husband has been working in Arizona, a lot. He spent two weeks there, one week home, and four more weeks there. Then this last Saturday he got to come home to me. Although it was not nearly long enough (only 5 days), it was delightful and needed. Now he is gone for 3 more weeks. I know, bummer. But while we're not looking forward to these next three weeks, we can do it.

I wish I was already done with school, so I could go with him. But I am grateful to be in school and am enjoying the program and things I am learning. We start practicum next Tuesday, so I'll be in Riverton Elementary School everyday for a month or so. I'm excited! Only one more semester after this and student teaching and then done! It is good I'm busy here at home with school, but I obviously get lonely and miss my husband. But we're being positive.

My parents came on Friday to go to the game on Saturday. It is always so good to see them. Saturday, mom and I went shopping at Target. I found some good finds: a new red Crockpot and a candle warmer (which I have been wanting for a while). It is cute and makes the house smell delicious. I love it. I also discovered why all of the gloves have weird things going on on the thumb and pointer finger. My mom and I were thinking that it was such a weird fashion statement. Then, lightbulb! it is so you can still navigate on smartphones. Cool. And it really works. I didn't buy any, but mom did. We are funny. I love my momma.

Fabulous candle warmer that fills the
house with the scent of pumpkin spice.

Chris flew in on Saturday. After we made it back to Provo, we ate some soup and cornbread with my fam. Then Chris and I went to Pitch Perfect after they had gone home. We have been pretty much partying the whole time he was home. Sunday was wonderful to sleep in together. I suggested Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with the classy Donny Osmond. So we watched and sang the fun musical before church. It's Bible related, right? So I thought it was appropriate :). After church, we had Parker and Kevin over for some crock pot pork chops (made from my fabulous red crock pot). Yummy and the company was great.

After my one class on Monday, we went to lunch at the Olive Garden. I love the endless soup, salad, and bread sticks. Yum yum. After a long nap, I went to work for a bit. For dinner Chris has been craving nachos, so we bought a huge can of the cheese sauce and some jarred jalapenos and of course chips. It was fun and delicious.

at the olive garden

Tuesday, we carved pumpkins. We had to do this while he was here since he will be gone for Halloween :(. We even had a fun idea for our costumes, but that's ok. There's always next year. Because I don't feel very skilled at the pumpkin carving art, I stuck with the basic: a smiling face. Chris, on the other hand, of course did something fabulous. He mimicked the typical Dia de los Muertos face. It is awesome. And the pumpkins make our front little step look so festive. Papa John's amazing pizza was on the menu for dinner. Followed by Here Comes the Boom. We had both thought it looked great and were not disappointed. We laughed and it was refreshing it was clean. It was a fun outing and movie. We just partied, I know.

before...

a little help from the hubs

my happy face

Choco's fancy finished product

Yay for fall. The baby pumpkins were
just too cute at Macey's.
I couldn't help myself.

Wednesday, Chris worked unfortunately. But we went to Chili's for dinner. We love the 2 for $20 deal. It is always fun to have an date night out together. It was exciting to talk about ideas and dreams for the future. In conclusion, (I feel like I'm writing an essay=too much school) it was a wonderful few days with the man I love. Such a treat to be with him. I can't wait until that is the normal again. But for now, we have Skype dates, which I'm grateful for. What a blessing technology can be. Hopefully, he will be home for good soon.

His hair is getting long and is sometimes out of control.
But mostly I love his marvelous curls.
Still crossing my fingers our kids will get the
curly hair from him because it is the best.

This is kind of silly, but I love the evidence
my husband is home: our 2 toothbrushes,
his razor, and contacts.

P.S. It has been beautiful here in Provo. I think that I am ready to get out of here and have some adventures, but honestly it is so beautiful in the fall here. I am grateful for seasons and the mountains. And for Provo, this lovely place where we live.