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Happy Halloween!

This year on halloween day I went to my very first auction with my in laws. It was actually really fun! We looked at several horses and watched the bidding for a while. It made me really want a horse though, and if I had $300 I would have bid on one in a heartbeat!

This is a fun little creation I made with my Mother in law. It was so much fun! We decorated pumpkin cookies and made spiders and these creatures.

This year Zach and I decided to carve two sides of our pumpkins to practice out carving skills.

This is the pumpkin that Zach carved.

He created a pirate and of course, the pirate ship.

Mine was a little more random. Wolves howling at the moon on one side....

The Mr and Mrs LYMAN pumpkin. I know its a bit cheesy but definitely necessary for your first Halloween as a married couple!



Hope everyone had a spooktacular Halloween!

The wisdom of a 5 year old.

Yesterday I decided to hang out with my five year old cousin Samantha. She is a doll and so much fun to be around. I surprised her when she came home from school and took her out to lunch with me. She loved every minute of it. Typically on our "girl dates" we have fun and random conversations about life and how fast she is trying to grow up. I've already been informed that she would like to start shaving her legs now because she is getting married when she is ten. After lunch she told me that she wanted to be a mother and asked how to become one. I told her that first she needed to grow up a little bit, find a boy that you love very much and then after a while you can have a baby and become a mother. Then I asked Sam when I should be a mother. She quickly responded with "Don't worry Jesus will tell you when its time." What a smarty pants.

We're employed!

Zach now works for UFRA and loves his job! He gets to blow stuff up, practice welding, and now can paint like a pro. haha. UFRA has taught him several different skills since he has been there. I'm glad he likes what he does.

I got a job working at Michaels craft store, so far so good. I love scrap booking and all that fun stuff so I know I will really enjoy this job.

So that's it for now. We are employed and happy. Life is good, marriage is great and we are still madly in love, of course.

Our amazing wedding! :)

Here is a little look at our reception, more pictures to follow!

Sorry Ladies, I won.

So this is the start of week three as a happily married couple. I will fill you in on the adventures of the past few weeks as soon as I find my camera cable so I can upload some pictures. We are finally starting to figure out the routine of how things work with each other and around our house. From the silly habits to the pet peeves we have. I need to give my mom some serious credit for putting up with me all these years and pray for Zach because he has NO idea the amount of crazy he just married.

I can honestly say that I married the BEST man in the ENTIRE world. Now I know that may sound a bit drastic considering how many men are actually on the planet, but Zach is amazing and I have no idea how I got him to fall for me. Let me give you a couple examples of just how wonderful my husband is... The other night we were having our "before bed snack" of Oreo cookies and milk and I mentioned that we needed to get double stuff Oreos next time because these single stuff ones just aren't doing it for me. Then without skipping a beat Zach grabbed all the cookies, pulled them apart and make them "double stuff" just for me. He kept the plain cookies for himself.

Another example of his wonderfulness was a couple nights after my family went home to California. The wedding stuff was finally over and we were starting to settle in. I tried to fall asleep one night but my mind was racing with the thoughts of family being so far away, missing my friends, my dog and anything else that popped into my mind. I decided to sit in the other room and try to clear my head so I could go to sleep. Honestly, I was an emotional mess, but in comes Zachary and without a word just held me on the couch and let me cry in his arms. It is the little things he does that lets me know how much he loves me. I love his selflessness and how caring he is. He makes me laugh every day, even when I am being a pill. He always knows the right thing to say when I am homesick or in a bad mood. In fact, it is currently a little after 1 in the morning and I can't sleep again. Zach is laying in bed and instead of bugging me to go play on the computer in the other room he is being a good sport and trying to sleep through it. I am so thankful for such a wonderful husband and I hope he knows just how much I love him. For now, I will get off the computer and let him sleep. :)