december? already?!?!

Wow. I cannot believe that October and November have already come and gone. Time is flying by! Christmas time is here, and I can hardly stand it! Thirteen days until I go through the temple; twenty days until I marry the love of my life for time and all eternity; twenty-three days until Christmas; thirty days until the start of a brand new year. It is going to be an exciting, but definitely a crazy, month. With everything that is going on, it will be a miracle if I am still standing on New Year's Day.

October came and went without anything too exciting. Steven and I decided to dress up as Waldo and Wenda from the popular Where's Waldo? series for Halloween. We received a lot of compliments -- especially on my awesome socks. We went to the pumpkin patch in Pleasant Grove and found two fitting pumpkins to match our glorious personalities; we later carved them to create the greatest jack-o-lanterns ever!

Our glorious jack-o-lanterns! Steven's (on the left) turned out to be a laughing clown with a soul patch...while mine. Well, it took the facial shape of a toothless Asian wearing a bow. 

Meet Waldo and Wenda! 

November. Oh November. It was a crazy month. From work to school to practicum to wedding plans to family time...I was on the move! But it was definitely worth it. The most eventful part of the month was, indeed, Thanksgiving. Steven and I spent five days with my family in Bountiful, Utah. It was  small Thanksgiving this year, as all of my older siblings were with their in-laws or living too far away, but it was a lot of fun. As always, my mother made twice as many pies as we had people and we began the festive decorating for Christmas by putting up the Christmas tree. All in all, it was a relaxing break from school. And I got to spend it all with Steven which made it even more worth it!

It might be well to mention that Steven and I did finally get our engagement picture done near the end of October. And, at this point in time, almost every invitation has been sent out! Everything is really coming together! I cannot wait for the next twenty days to fly by. Sure, there is still so much to do! But I am more excited than anything on this planet. And why wouldn't I be? It's not everyday that you get married! And it's certainly not everything that you marry your best friend.

All in all, it was an excellent past couple of months. And I cannot wait to see how December turns out!