Subway

Subway is having buy 1, get one free today for customer appreciation! I heard it on the radio today, so my mom, Steph, and I ran over there for lunch. On the radio they said it was going on all over Southeastern Idaho. Just wanted to let you all know!

jack o'lanterns, earrings, & my boy

Awhile back I was told about this awesome blog and I found this great idea for some Halloween decorations, so during the priesthood session a couple weeks ago my mom, sisters, and I made these jack o'lanterns. It's such an easy craft to do and very cheap. You will have to check out her blog, she has many great ideas.
Pictures of these cuties in the dark....blurry. Pictures with the light on.

Steph and I have recently started making these fun crocheted earrings. We have started a blog called "String and Bling," so you'll have to check it out here. We have lots of fun colors: raspberry, dandelion, oatmeal, shadow, marshmallow, lilac, ruby, rose, chocolate, and honeydew. Here's Steph modeling the honeydew for ya.

I haven't done a monthly update of Jacoby since he turned one, so now that he's 14 months I wanted to remember all the fun things he's doing now.

-Dancing to music, and dang he's a stud when he dances.

-Climbing and FALLING. He climbs up on the couch, trunk, chairs, and hearth.

-Sleeping so well through the night, from 8:30 pm-8:30 am.

-Says day doo(thank you), mamma, and dadda.

-Holds my hand when we walk.

-Puts things back where they go. He loves playing with our pans and so he had them out in the kitchen and all of a sudden he went over to the cupboard where they are kept and opened it and set it inside; I was thrilled. And another time I was going through my coupons and he wanted to "play" with them, so I handed him one I didn't need and he went over to where the garbage is and waited for me to open it, because it has a child safety lock, and threw it away. That smart little devil.

-Gives kisses, only with his mouth w i d e open.

He's a lot of fun and keeps us very busy. He's so hard to get pictures of now because as soon as I set him down where I want him and am ready to take the picture he stands up and tries to run grab the camera, so I mostly have really close up shots. :)

more good news

Last weekend I got together with my sisters and mom during the priesthood session. I always look forward to hanging out with them during that. We worked on some Halloween crafts that I found on a blog, so I will have to post pictures when we get them finished. It was nice because we had the guys watch the kids from 4-6 while we did our craft and then we met them at Arctic Circle to get the kids and then they all played on the toys and we ate. After dinner we went to Deseret and Robert's. It was fun to hang out with the girls all night. My mom took this cute picture of Jacoby and Johnny in their matching shirts. Funny story...I had bought Jacoby some clothes at Target and was telling Becca about them and she said she had a green shirt for Johnny too and it sounded like the same one. So when she was coming last weekend, I called her to tell her to have Johnny wear his green shirt and Jacoby and him could match and she said she was already planning to. We were pretty much on the same wavelength. Ha ha.

They're cute. Today I made mint brownies! They are pretty tasty, but take a little bit of time. I'm way too nice, I let Jacoby lick the beater. He went to town.
We went to the park the other day and it was pretty chilly, but he loved getting out of the house.

I'm loving being done with school and being able to hang out with this kid all day long.

More good news: Tyler was accepted to Kirksville! It's a really great school in Missouri and we have heard so many great things from people that have gone there. Way to go Ty! He's still waiting to hear back from another school and then we can really start deciding, so stay tuned.

Midwestern University

Last Friday while Tyler was on his trip to Missouri and Iowa for his interviews he received a phone call from Midwestern University saying he had been accepted to their school. We were all so excited and so relieved. It's nice to know that he has been accepted somewhere and now we can really start looking into the area and see if it's somewhere we want to go. Tyler really liked it down there when he went last week. I'm so proud of him and the hard worker that he is, what a wonderful accomplishment. He should be finding out in the next couple weeks if he gets accepted to Kirksville or Des Moines and then we can start to look into things more and really decide where we want to move. He had an interview lined up in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, but he decided to turn those down now that he has been accepted somewhere. I'm glad that he's done with his trips because I've really missed having him around the last couple months. Tyler's dad went with Tyler on two of his trips; I'm so glad that he was able to go with him. I really wanted to go to with him on this last trip, but he had to drive a ton and we knew that Jacoby would have a really hard time. We decided it would just be too hard, so I just stayed at home. He had a really great time and enjoyed both schools down there too. We will see what happens. Now this is all starting to feel more real!!! Congrats Tyler! You're the best.