Down and Dirty Updates

So many things to get up to speed on over the past few months so here are the highlights. Items that are included here have been chosen primarily because there are pictures to back them up! Anything else was not documented properly and therefore just didn't happen so don't worry about it. First, like Cara already said we moved into a house and love it. She is rather obsessed with our red door but rightfully so I think. One of the first things she was dying to do was to have a Pinterest craft night and it was a ton of fun! Here are some, but not all, of our creations. Everyone had awesome ideas and did some cool stuff but no pictures so therefore... well you know.

On another day we also got together with some good friends for Bryce's birthday and it turned into a sort of roommate reunion. Went to PF Changs first then headed to the Riverwoods to hear some live bands performing there. Good times, and Bryce is now a year older!

At cousin Becca's birthday party, (we like birthday parties you see), we got to relax and visit at Liberty Park in SLC. That park is huge and friggin amazing!

Cara chopped off her hair... then chopped it some more.

I put a blonde melt in my hair... then added even more. Wait, there's no picture so, yeah, never mind that last part but here is proof of the first!

We went to the big ass show/concert...

Cara got a second job working in a haunted house for the season and loved it. 

I was a repeat visitor to the haunted house. 

Conference party.

Cara turned 21 years old and of course we celebrated such a special occasion!

Halloween Adventures!

The end for now

We moved!

I wasn't really sure what to post about since we aren't very good at keeping up on posting but we moved! We now live in the cutest little house in Provo. We love having people over too. It's such a great change for us and we couldn't be happier. Our house even has a red door(: heheh

Difficult Days

I never imagined loss is easy for anyone to deal with, but having to support a good friend through the the sudden loss of his father this past week turned out to be so much harder than I thought it would be. I ended up spending nearly five days straight with him and his family as they dealt with that difficult time. It was heartbreaking. On top of it all some of the individuals I serve at work experienced trauma that no one should ever have to deal with in life and at the end of it all I found myself so emotionally exhausted that I ended up having a pretty difficult week.

Ironically I was asked to teach a lesson in relief society that directly addressed dealing with loss. It was definitely more personal because of everything that was happening but I loved it. It is such a blessing to understand the concept of eternal life in God's plan for us. This doesn't mean that losing people won't affect us, but we are able to find hope amidst the sadness at being separated from someone we love.

It was a roller coaster week and I was able to reflect on a lot but I am also glad its over. Finally, when I had been away from my apartment for a few days, I reached a point where I just had to be home and had to see my sister. I love how family becomes a sort of grounding point for us to recharge and recenter our lives. As single adults it can be hard to lose this while living on our own but some of us can recreate a similar relationship with roommates and friends. I am glad I get to have that so perfectly living with my little sister. Come to find out while I was reaching my breaking point she had been pretty down herself because I had been MIA for so long. It was nice to come home.

-Aubrey

We will never know.

Yes I harassed her but I suppose it's my turn.
So yesterday, my sister and I got in one of our 'brawls.' Which usually involves pinching, biting, screaming, laughing, and a little punching here and there. My sisters favorite is to stick her finger in my ears... I hate it. Don't be alarmed, it's just playful, until one of us annoys the other to the breaking point that is. haha
But I realized, when it gets so far... Neither of us realize how it started or who even started it. Which then makes it go on longer because we feel like we need to be the one that ends it. It's like never ending, until of course one of us runs away and/or does come to the breaking point. Not like this will never be fixed... just making it apparent. hahaha

My morning started out with my sister harassing me into posting on this RIGHT NOW hahaha. Apparently she doesn't think I need to shower as urgently as she wanted me to think earlier. So here it is, our blog, not sure what this will turn into but it will be entertaining in the least. (There Cara, its not empty any more, can we get ready for work now?)
-Aubrey