More Halloween Pictures

Finally, our blog decided that it
would allow me to download the
rest of the Halloween pictures--
so here they are. It's so fun to be
festive!
Here is our door decoration. We have
several LITTLE kids that live in our
apartment complex, so we didn't
want to get anything too scary.

Our coffee table is the center for Halloween
fun in our apartment.

And for those outside--cute, smiling pumpkin
stickers!

I have to say that I still think Halloween is one
of the coolest ideas ever! I mean, free candy by
the pillowcase full?! Please!

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Getting festive for Halloween

My mom is huge on decorating for the
holidays, so with halloween drawing
near, it just didn't feel right to not decorate
our apartment. So I went to Walmart with
Travis' sister, got some decorations, and
me and Travis finished putting them up
last night.
For some strange reason, only one of the pictures
we took of the decorations would download, so
I'll try to post the rest of them later.

We love our little apartment. It's becoming
more and more a "home."



P.S. Do any of you married people realize more and
more how much you are (becoming) like your
parents? Not only do I have to decorate like my
mom used to but...my dad has to have candy corn
every halloween, and now I'm addicted to that too.
Never before did I need to have more than a handful
of candy corn, but now I HAVE to have it on hand (it is
what is in the little white bowl above--and it's our
second bag!) Maybe we're all just prone to want what
we're used to or to traditions. Either way, it makes me
chuckle.

Just Monkeying Around

Trav was looking through our pictures, and
uncovered a few honeymoon pictures that
he thought we should share.
We have a tradition of making funny faces,
particularly monkey faces, at each other,
and the last night of our honeymoon we
decided to make them across the table
at each other at Mulligan's Restaurant.

My monkey face...I'm working on the lip trick
that Travis has been teaching me.

Trav's monkey face...isn't it amazing?!

It's so wonderful to get to hang out with my best

friend and partner everyday. We have such a

great time together!

Old Partners, New Partners

For months I had heard how Travis
and Bart had played the piano together
in their priesthood opening exercizes
back in Grangeville--one playing the
treble clef, the other the bass. However,
it wasn't until last week (when they were
taking a break from studying) that I
actually got to see it. They hadn't played
with each other for 5 years (since before
both of their missions), and yet they played
amazingly well together. It was incredible,
and very entertaining, to see.


These two guys have so much fun
together!

Then recently, when we were at Travis'
parents, we got the opportunity to
babysit Travis' sister, Chelsi's, daughter,
Kamela. She LOVES to play the piano,
and Trav jumped right in there to
play with her. He is
so good with his neices and nephews,
and it was really cute to see the two
of them play together.
It's fun to get
a preview of what he will be like with
our future kids. =)

Our First Apartment

Here are some pictures of our first

apartment. We wanted to post

it so that our family and friends

who aren't close enought to visit

can see what our apartment looks

like. We really like it here. We

have a nice big bedroom and living

room, and a cozy kitchen and bathroom.

It's the perfect starter apartment!

Here's a view of our kitchen (from

inside it).

Here's a view of the kitchen from the

living room.

Here are a couple of views of our family room.

Here is our bedroom. It's kind of hard to see,

but its actually really roomy.

And here is our cozy bathroom.

And that's our apartment!

Our Honeymoon

So, I know that these pictures aren't exactly up-to-date, but...let's face it! I started this whole blog thing too late, and now I have all of these great pictures of us that I still want to show our family and friends. So, I'm going to post them anyway, and hopefully you will enjoy them!

Here we are on the ferry, traveling from Port
Angeles, WA to Victoria, Canada. We visited
various parts of Vancouver Island on our Honeymoon.

Our first stop: Sydney By the Sea. We had dinner
at a great little restaurant just a few yards from
where we took this picture...right on the water!

Messing around in Sydney.

This is a view of part of the backyard at the first
Bed-n-Breakfast that we stayed at, the Three
Eagles Inn. We LOVED staying at the BnB's!
The hosts there were wonderful, the scenery
beautiful, the ambiance romantic, and the
breakfasts scrumptious!

This is a view of the water from about 5 minutes
away from our BnB. Beautiful, huh? Trav said
that the drive along the island reminded him
very much of Grangeville (his home town). Lots
of tree-lined roads.



We toured Craigdorroch Castle in Victoria, B.C.
It was very ornate, with neat woodwork and
beautiful stained glass windows. It was cool to
see how the very rich of the late 1800's lived
and entertained. Built in 1890.



Our last day there, we went beach combing at
Muir and China Beach in Sooke.
Trav loved it! We went to two different beaches,
and enjoyed looking for various sea life, which
we found, and admiring the scenery. Here we
are at Muir Beach.

Travis doing his half of the Lewis and Clark pose.

My glamour shot.



Among the sea life we found was an
almost dead clam. So we took it upon
ourselves to open it up and see what
was inside...kinda neat, kinda gross.
(And no, we didn't actually eat it).

Trav set up the camera on timer so we could
get this shot. He had to run quickly over the
rocks to get there in time (kinda funny to watch),
but it worked...the picture turned out great!

We went to the famous Buchart Gardens in
Victoria. It was beautiful. They had a sunken
garden, an Italian garden, a rose garden, and a
Japanese garden (which Travis really enjoyed,
and said was very authentic looking). They
also had entertainment, totem poles, and two
beautiful fountains.

Here's a view of the sunken garden.

The second BnB that we stayed at was in Sooke.
It was called the Straitview Ridge, and the
picture below explains why! This picture was
taken from the balcony just outside our room.
It was a gorgeous view!
We loved this BnB!!! The hostess was very nice
and informative, and the inn was beautiful. I
highly recommend anyone to stay there!

Here we are at the Legislative Building in Victoria.
We hung out here for a couple hours before we
had to get back on the ferry and head home.

Victoria is a beautiful city--very well kept, with
several pretty parks and gardens, like the one
in front of this building.
We had a wonderful time on our honeymoon!!

Among the Butterflies

When we were on our honeymoon on Vancouver Island, B.C., we decided to go to the Butterfly Gardens in Victoria, Canada. It was amazing! There were butterflies everywhere...fluttering around and over us, and landing on nearby plants and flowers. It was like being in a fantasy world! It was also a photographers heaven (which was fun for me because photography is a big hobby of mine). And the coolest thing of all was that a few of the butterflies actually landed on Travis! This was especially neat because one of the butterflies, the one with brilliant blue wings, hardly ever lands, and when it does it usually closes its wings, exposing its less-than-attractive brown side. But when it landed on Travis, it left its beautiful blue wings open, and offered me a great photo-op! The gardens were one of my favorite things of the whole trip....highly recommended.