Halloween Festivities

I love Halloween and all the fun things you can do. On the 16th we had our ward Halloween Carnival/Chili cook off. I signed up to bring some chili. I made some that was pretty simple in my crock pot. A couple days before they asked if we would be willing to be in charge of a booth. So when we got there the Primary President found us pretty fast and put us at the Fishing Pond booth. So I am sad to say I didn't even get to try my chili, but I had a lot of fun at our booth. It was fun to see everyone in their costumes, especially our primary kids. We love our class and I am sad we won't have them for much longer. Ben and I also dressed up. Ben was a soccer player and I had a black cape so I kind of dressed as a witch. I really like our ward and had a fun time being able to celebrate with them. Also that night was when we went to This Is The Place park which we already posted about. That was a lot of fun.

Last night we celebrated with Ben's Family. We went up to Layton after work and played some Bingo for some Halloween Goodies. Then we had some yummy soup and other delicious food. Then we picked our pumpkins and carved them. Ben had a hard time deciding what to do, and wasn't too satisfied with his end result. I like it though.
Here he is doing his usual gangster pose with his pumpkin.

Here I am with my little green pumpkin. I tried to do a pirate, but it was pretty hard on a smaller pumpkin. After I was done I thought of a good idea to do the next time I carve a green pumpkin. I am going to do a teenage mutant ninja turtle.

Here are everyone's carved pumpkins. I think they all turned out great!

Here they are all lit up.

We had a lot of fun! Thanks for such a great night!

Also on the 17th we celebrated with some of my family. We had some yummy chopped pizza.
Here is Jack with pizza sauce all over him! Love him!

Here he is with sauce and jell-o all over him after he was done eating.

After dinner we frosted Halloween cookies and played some Monopoly. We had lots of fun! Thanks! Also this week we are having a Halloween Party at our house. I'm excited to carve pumpkins again and celebrate with them!

Here is a video of Jack that I have to share.

This is the place haunted Village

Last night we went on a group date to This is the place state park. They have a haunted village there. We ended up going with a big YSA group from a few singles ward. There were a lot of singles and we blended right in. Actually at one point I asked someone there a question and ended it with "well with my wife and I, oh I mean my girlfriend and I....."
At any rate it was fun and well worth the discounted ticket of $4. Thanks YSA!
Anyways, it was really fun and Brit screamed really loud a few times, after a while we moved to the back of our group cause she didn't want to be at the front anymore. I would for sure recommend it to anyone, well worth it and really fun.
Brit liked the "trench section" the most. Check in out HERE.



Also my roommate from my Sandy house Jeff Reeder got married, I am really happy for him.

Our Anniversary, Jack's Birthday, and Stacy's Soccer Game

Well September 18th was our one year anniversary. I still can't believe we have been married that long! It sure went fast. We decided to do a little getaway up in Park City. We first headed to the outlets. We mainly just walked around and Ben exchanged a jacket. Then we headed to our hotel. We stayed at the Park City Marriott. It was a nice place. We relaxed for awhile. Then decided to head to the Olympic Park. I had never been there. We sat for awhile and watched some people go off the ski jump into the pool. It was pretty cool to watch. I don't know how they swim with their skis on!

Then we decided to go on the zip line. It was pretty fun. I'm not the biggest fan of heights so I was a little nervous, but I enjoyed it. It goes by quickly. Next time I think I would rather go on the Alpine Slide there.

After we went up to Main Street and walked around for awhile.
Then we went to dinner. Of course we brought our Happenings book and found a restaurant on Main Street. It was Taste Of Saigon. A Vietnamese place. It was really good and I really enjoyed it. The next day we got some breakfast and walked around main street again. There was a little street fair with food and other little booths. It was fun to walk around and see what each little booth had. It was a great little getaway and we had a lot of fun. I love being married to Ben and look forward to the years that come!

September 29th was my nephew Jack's second Birthday! I can't believe he is already two. My parent's got him this truck. My mom and I put it together the night before. What a project! It took us two hours to put it together. I don't know if I will ever want to put one together again. Next time I will leave it to the men. I was glad though to be able to help my mom and to see how much Jack loved it. He is so cute.

Amy made these cute Monkey Cupcakes. She is great at making Jack's Birthday cakes! Jack loves monkeys and all other animals. He is pro at making animal noises and I love hearing him do it.

Here is cute sister Sophie at her brother's birthday. She is so cute! Love her!

Jack sure loved his cupcake and ice cream!

Thanks for letting us celebrate your Birthday with you! We love you!


On October 9th we decided to go see my cousin Stacy's soccer game at BYU. It was after the football game and we decided to get something to eat down there and luckily we beat the football crowd. Then we headed to the soccer field. Stacy is great at soccer. I loved watching her. Hopefully next year we can make it to some more games! They played Air Force and won 2-1. It was a great game and we had a lot of fun! Love ya Stacy!

Well next week we will be going to California to go to Disneyland and the Beach! I'm so excited and so ready for a vacation! And I'm sure I will post everything about it!

Also here are some videos of some people going off the ski jump into the pool:

September So Far...

...we have had four weddings, two new nieces born, a Grossen Family BBQ for my cousin Travis who just left for his mission, another family BBQ with Ben's family while his brother Andy was in town, boating, and have fit lots of other things in there as well.

On September 9th my friend Carly who I grew up with in my neighborhood got married in the Salt Lake Temple. I was so glad that I was able to go to her sealing. They had a great sealer, and it was wonderful to see how happy she is. I took this picture of the temple while waiting for them to come out and loved how it turned out.

When coming out of the temple she tripped, that is why she is a little red in this picture.

The newly married couple with Carly's son Ender. He was so cute in his little blue suit. He was pretty anxious to see mommy. Andy is so great with him and will be a great dad for Ender. I'm so happy for them all.

They did a wedding dinner that night in his parent's backyard. It was beautiful, but just a little freezing. It was a great day and I'm glad I was able to be a part of the whole day with her.

On September 10th our friends Katie and Jake from the singles ward got married in the Draper Temple.

Here are the happy couple coming out of the temple.

Here we are with our other friends Josh and Jessica who also got married this month on the 2nd, but I didn't get any pictures from their wedding.

It was a great day and very busy we also had Ben's old co-workers wedding. We barely made it to their reception that night. It is a popular month for weddings this year.

On September 10th my brother and his wife had their little girl. Sophie Darlene Grossen. We weren't able to go see her at the hospital since we had two receptions that night, but we were able to go see her the next night at their home. She is so adorable and looks a lot like her big brother Jack. I was so glad we were able to go see her and I loved holding her. I can't wait to see her again! Also on September 3rd my sister Melanie had her baby girl. Katelyn Ann Herway. They live in New York so we have only seen pictures, but she is adorable and I can't wait to meet her!

Last night we made a quick decision with my dad to go boating. So we headed to Utah Lake. I am so glad we went. It has been a long time since I have gone boating with him. I wish we could go more. I love just being on the boat. So I let the boys do the playing.

My dad has a secret spot which he calls mud lake because it is so shallow, and to get there we have to go through these:

and this is the spot. It was amazing!

First up was my dad and Ben drove the boat.

My dad is an amazing water skier! And he loves it. I got a ton of pictures of him! So I couldn't choose which ones to show. So I put a lot on.

It was such a great night. The water was glass and the sunset was so pretty. So of course I had to take some pictures of it. I think I get the photo happiness from my dad :)

Ben did a little wake skating.

And did barefooting on the barefoot boom. It is really hard to do. You start by being kind of dragged then you have to bring your feet around and stand up. Ben did great for his first time and I think he really enjoyed it!

The only bad thing about boating in the fall is the mosquitoes. There were a ton of them! We were swatting them like crazy and today I found eleven bites just on my left foot. Even with the bugs it turned out to be a great night. It was my dad's birthday on the 9th so after boating we took him to JCW's for dinner. It was a great night. Thanks again dad!

Here is a video of my dad's second round of water skiing. Then a video of Ben bare footing.

It has been a great month so far and we have our one year wedding anniversary on Saturday! I cannot believe how fast the year has gone. I look forward to celebrating it this weekend up in Park City. We will for sure be posting about that! I am sad that summer is pretty much over, but I love fall it is my favorite season and I am excited for all the holidays coming up!

Family

Within the past little while I have had an Aunt and Uncle pass away. They were both on the Trujillo side of the family. We normally don't get to see that side of the family all too often. Usually it's just during major holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. A few days ago I started to think that I don't even know if I have photographs of either my Aunt Erma or my Uncle Jake, how sad is that. Will I even really remember them or what they look like in 10 years? I certainly hope so but this blog is dedicated to these 2 people. May we always remeber to have photos of family members to always help us remember who they were and how much they meant to us.


My Aunt Erma, she was great and we would ALWAYS get together at her house for family gatherings. Out of everyone on the Trujillo side, she was definitely the glue that held the family together. You will be missed Aunt Erma.

(She is on the left in the front wearing the gray skirt)

Uncle Jacob

We didn't get to see Uncle Jacob all too often so I didn't have a close relationship with him, but he was very nice, quiet and just kind of kept to himself and went with the flow. Many people at his funeral service mentioned how kind he was and how he would do things for people not wanting any recognition. As anyone who has met me dad, you can see the resemblance in the family very quickly.

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