I need to learn how to sew.

So this year, I followed my annual tradition of letting my students choose my Halloween costume. Last year, it was the cavewoman costume. This year, it was a pink M&M. I thought to myself, I could sew this easy...just make 2 big circles and sew them together. WRONG. That train of thought led to the following disaster:

However, Mikelle and Chris saved the day once again and made me a much bigger and better costume. Their awesomeness resulted in the following goodness:




Me and Whitney the Pig!

BYU vs. Wyoming

My parents went to St. George over the weekend and they gave us their BYU tickets. We were a little hesitant to go because of BYU's losing factor and it was raining. However, it stopped raining during the game and the Cougars won! They sure showed us!



Addie (3) also felt it was necessary to say to me, "Maren, you sure have crazy hair."

Fall Break

Over fall break, John and I went down and staying with Cam and Di for a few days. It was super nice and relaxing. During this time, we somehow acquired a large amount of pumpkins. Also, we watched Diane decorate her house. She should probably charge money for people just to look at it. AMAZING.

General Conference

My sister Megan had some extra tickets to the Sunday session of General conference so John and I were able to go up with them. It was such a great experience to be at the conference center. Between my texting during the no texting talk and Megan snoring during the session, it was a very spiritual experience.

It was so flippin bright. And yes, I am aware of how chunky I look.

The Healthy Biz

Apparently John and I are unhealthy. Therefore, we have decided to change our lives and become new people.

Step one - Stop getting fat.

Step two - Make homemade parfaits (bananas, mango, raspberry, granola, fat free vanilla yogurt) COMPLETE WITH DIXIE CUP-O-RAMA. This is what we eat for lunch every day now. We are now starting to walk/run between 3-4 miles every night. GO US!

4 Years in Counting!

August 26, 2006

We are the best John!

NYC Pictures- FINALLY!

Thanks again to Ty and Jackie for letting us come out and play for a while! It was so much fun! We were glad to be able to take one more big trip before school started again.