Pumpkins!

Our young marries couple group had a carving pumpkin night! Everyone brought a pumpkin and we carved the pumpkins and then we baked the seeds. I've never done that before, and they were pretty interesting tasting; tasted kind of like sunflower seeds.

Our groups pumpkin family! haha!

I did one like this last year and I really liked it..so decided to do it again!

This is Josh's : Asian hillbilly pumpkin!

Josh and I carving away! f.y.i: those are not our dogs

He talked me into it...

Before we got Sabian, Josh wanted a lab real bad..but he knew I wanted a Siberian Husky. He decided that our first dog would be whatever I really wanted. So, we got Sabian. Josh really wanted to get both dogs at the same time, so that they would be able to grow up together, but our living situations couldn't handle two big dogs in the house right now.
Well the other day, I guy that is working for Josh, new of people that had pure bred labs for sale. They were a great price and where almost ready to go. We drove over and looked at them Wednesday. There were five puppies and the only had one chocolate male left, and one yellow female left. As much as we loved the yellow lab, we wanted another male. Not sure how husky/labs would look. lol!
We gave them a deposit and he was ready to be picked up a week later!
We got him last night. The cool thing is, my mom bought the female yellow lab. She was telling me she wanted a big guard dog, and when I told her they had one left she immedietly knew she wanted her! It all worked out great!

Even though Sabian is 8 months old, Josh wanted him to have another "brother" to play with and run around the yard with. Since we are so close to getting into the new house I figured might as well, on the plus side we can go ahead and house train him before we move into the new house.

We don't have a set name yet...however, we are thinking about Oakley!
Sabian looooooovvvvvvvvvessss him. He wants him to play with him, but the little guy isn't quite sure about it...not sure if I would be too cool about playing with something more than triple my size...It won't be long until he is Sabi's size though!
Anywho, here are some pictures! They aren't that great, but the only one's I have right now.

He will be the last puppy we get for a VEEERRRRYYYY Long time!

Fall is here, now I hope the cool air stays for awhile.

The other day I went to Hobby Lobby and picked out flowers and such for my fall wreath. My mom always had a wreath for ever season: spring, fall, Christmas time. She got me started on my first wreath when I got married. Ever since then I have always had a wreath of some sort on my door. Last fall I really desired to make my own, so I went to the craft store and got my own stuff to make on. I have made a spring/summer one, and Christmas, and one fall. So I decided I was going to make a new fall one. I would just save the old ones, but with the weather and the sum always on them they end up looking old & they just need to be replaced; besides I enjoy doing it.
Well my wreath from last fall was actually in fare condition, so I indeed up just taking some of the broken stuff off & replacing them with some of the newer ones I bought.

The pictures aren't that great cause it's dark outside.


So the cool weather finally made me eager to get my fall clothes out of storage. Last night Josh went with me to storage and loaded up the few containers of my clothes. Then he left me to the room by myself while he watched football in the living room. Like I said, he knows better to come in when I am switching over, it looks like a tornado went through the mall, in the clothing department; clothes are everywhere! I enjoy the “new” clothes I have to chose from now, and it all looks neat and clean (the closet that is). Now I’m hoping this cool stays and it doesn’t suddenly go back to 90 degrees again.
Josh is currently at the new house. He is trying to finish wiring all the new electrical, because we have guys this week coming over and they’re going to connect it all. So, hopefully we can put the sheet rock up next week, yippy!

come on cooler weather!

I'm debating going to storage and getting my fall/winter clothing out. I don't have a lot of closet space right now so I've had to put my summer and winter clothes away when the seasons come around. I'm pretty use to it because my mother always put our seasonal clothing’s in boxes and then would put them in the attack until we needed them, so it pretty much became a rotating thing, and I always enjoyed it because we would spend almost a whole day trying on the clothes in the box to see if they still fit and then if they did we would hang them up, it felt like we had new clothes, because they had been gone for almost 6 months. Now it's a little more tiring, and more work. Josh knows to stay out of the room when I'm going through the clothes because it looks like a tornado came through a shopping mall and stung clothing all over the place. The weather man said it was going to be cooling down this week, but I want it to get cold & stay cold because I always tend to change over too soon and then we go through a week where it's dreadfully hot & then I have nothing to wear.

So a few new things going on in our household:
The house is coming along great! Josh has done sooooo much this week. Last weekend we spend two days building the deck. I told him I wanted to help him so I can say I have built a deck before; maybe I spoke a little too soon. The next thing I knew I was cutting wood with the radial saw & using the nail gun (which was really heavy) putting them down. It was hard work, but in two days we managed to get the whole deck done & it looks beautiful! I was so thrilled to say, "I have my own deck!" I love grilling out and spending time outside, so to actually have my own deck to do that on really made my day! Josh also mentioned a spot for a hot tub :)

Our goal to move in was the end of October, but we may be a few weeks after that. I'm amazed how much we have done in the last three months & most of it has been just Josh & I working on it. So I feel like we have accomplished a lot!

Sabian goes with daddy everyday to work. He is really getting fuller..not growing up much, but I think his fur weighs about 20 pounds..haha! He is doing really good and would stay outside all day digging in the dirt if he could. He really likes to dig holes, and we aren't quite sure how to stop that because we don't want him digging up the yard (any advice we will take).
We usually lock him in his kennel at night, just because we have tried before to let him roam at night, and well it wasn't that great. He used the bathroom in the house a few times & then got in a few trash cans, so we went back into putting him in the kennel at night. We a few nights ago we figured we would try again; he normally goes into his kennel when he is tired anyways. He did really good, tried a few times to come and wake up Josh in the early morning, but after Josh's stern "no" he knew not do bother him until he was up.

Here's our sweet boy at 8 months

all before noon.

Today is the first day of my Fall Break. In the other colleges I went to we had a whole week off of fall break, but VSU only gives us two days off, and then 3 for Thanksgiving, which would make up a whole week, lame I know! However today I usually have class and rehearsal, but the professor was out of town and our rehearsal was cancelled, so in a way I get an extra day. I decided to write a "To Do List" for the break of things I really need to get done!
I awoke pretty early today (natural because I am use to getting up for class) and relaxed & played with Sabian for a little bit, then I started tackling the kitchen. I really needed to go through there and throw away old stuff, etc..We have a white cabinet and sinks (I hate) and so they all needed to be bleached and wiped down thoroughly. Then I swept and mopped the kitchen. I moved on to dusting the house & then vacuuming it! It only 11am and I feel like I have done a lot so far. Hoping to get the laundry done and then let that be hit as far as house chores for today. Tomorrow I hope to tackle the bathroom!
I've had mixed feelings about really cleaning the house, because I know we won’t be here much longer. So for awhile I've just been keeping up with the normal laundry, dishes and vacuuming, but I couldn't stand it much loner so I decided that I at least needed to do one more deep cleaning until we move! It makes me feel better knowing I have a clean house :)

way's he shows he cares

So by husband hasn’t done so well in the romance department the last few months, but then again, my idea of romance is different than his. When we first got married like every week he brought home red roses (my favorite type of flower & it's special to us because it's the way he proposed to me. He used dozens & dozens of roses..okay another story for a different time). So the roses have come a little farther apart these days. He has kept up other ways though. He takes me out every weekend and We either go spend money on a nice dinner and then come home and do something less expensive, but fun :) or we go somewhere cheaper to eat, go spend money on a movie & dessert. Each weekend is ALWAYS different. It just depends on our mood!
He knows I need a weekend that I don't have to worry about dinner & can get dressed up & go out. We both feel that is very important...Also he has been working SOOOO hard on making my dream of owning our own home come to past. He works over there EVER single day from early in the AM until about 8 or later. 7 days a week. He wants’ it to be as perfect as it can be for the next three years we live there. It also will be the house our first child will be in, so he is trying to pretty much turn an old house into a new home! He has done a wonderful job! It makes me smile and feel so loved inside when I really think about this, "he is doing this for me, and for our family!" I mean isn't that sweet? Everything to the last detail is perfect, until we have our dream home! He could have been like, "no, we bought the house we will move in it the way it is." Or not of considered that I have always wanted a Jacuzzi tub that I can come home in at night and just relax..I know it may sound cheesy, but it's nice to know he cares about that.
So last night, he came home at 9pm after working all day. It was just a normal Monday night for us. About an hour later he said," I noticed the dryer was still on when I got home, have you checked on it (f.y.i we've had trouble with our dryer not shutting off when the timer is done". So he suggested I go check it. I went out back (another FYI our washer and dryer is right outside our bedroom because in apartment/duplexes they don't want washer & dryers inside b/c of leakage) and there where a dozen red roses sitting there on the dryer. It made me grin from ear to ear! It's nice to know he still thinks about it, and knows I still need surprises here and there :) I'm so blessed to have Josheua has my husband, and I am so proud to be his wife <3

working together.

My husband has been so amazing; with me in school my life is stressful & very busy and consumed with school. He has really stepped in the last few weeks with helping take some of the extra “stress off of me,” he does the dishes every morning and night, he cooks dinner on the nights that he notices that I haven’t made it already, or helps out when I am cooking.
I would love to be able to stay home and have dinner prepared for when he gets home, and have time to do all the house chores, but right now it’s pretty much impossible for me to live that life. I'm pretty much gone all day except maybe an hour during my school breaks, then I am right back to class or teaching or and rehearsals until about 8:30 p.m. He hasn't had normal hours either. He is actually still working on the new house right now as I write.
We have learned as a couple that we just have to work together at the house chores, etc...With us being gone equal hours of the day we just both have to take responsibility for the house work. Of course it doesn't bother him as much as it may me when the laundry isn't done, or the bed not made, etc...but he understands and does what he can to help me have to do less when I get home. Or even if he notices I’m stress he will make me a hot bath (my favorite thing to do when I just need a break).
The other day I had to go buy a new vacuum and he offered to put it together for me. I was thrilled! Little did I know it was gonna' get even better...He ended up vacuuming the whole house twice through. That was one less thing I had to do the next day, so it definitely made my night!
It’s nice to know we can work well together, I can ask him to do something and he usually will jump right too it or if he notices something that needs to be done he will just go ahead and do it. I’m just so thankful for him, and thankful to Jesus for giving me such an understanding, compassionate man!