Halloween post in December

I know it's December 6th and I should be posting something like us putting up our Christmas tree but Halloween pictures work too! I will probably post Christmas pictures in February...haha. Well there is not a whole lot to say. We didn't dress up or go to any parties or anything like that. We just stayed home and watched some movies on tv. It was fun though. Josh was visiting which is always exciting. Dustin let us go to a pumpkin patch even though they were double the price than the ones from Walmart! Its just so much more fun going to a pumpkin patch...don't ya think? Anyway. Here ya go!

the winner!

Dustin's pick


We are happy with our decisions

Dustin's creation-he likes scary pumpkins

The skull was mine! I was pretty proud of myself!

Josh chose to carve out scooby doo.

Bye Bye Little Brother :*(

Wow-Every now and then you have this landmark event that makes you realize how fast time is really going by and how much you want it to slow down! Well this is one of them. My brother got called to the Dominican Republic Santiago East mission and reported to the MTC a few weeks ago (Wed October 22). CRAZY!! He just left the MTC yesterday and he's really a missionary now! He arrived safely to the DR to hot and humid weather, and lots of food. I am so excited for him and I know he is going to be great but it really is weird! The experience at the MTC was...interesting. It all happens so fast and there are a few different emotions going through you but I guess overall it was good. haha. It was basically a big bawl fest with lots of hugs, kisses, and "I love you's"-(which could be expected from my family!) If anyone wants his address let me know. Good job Kris! We will be rooting for ya!!

We ate at Brick Oven before dropping Kris off at the MTC.

It was so delicious!

Getting the new nametag-Officially Elder Sommer

Bye Bye Little Brother! We will miss you soo much but are so proud and excited for you! He is going to be a great missionary.

Home, Sweeeet Home

Just like all the others, this post is a little belated-but its probably the most exciting one I will ever do (until the "guess what? I'm pregnant!" post that will come someday). Dustin and I are officially home owners! We have been so blessed and couldn't be happier! We put our condo up for sale about six months ago. Our commute to work was about 40 min each way and we couldn't handle it anymore. Also, Dustin wants to go back to school and get his MBA at BYU so we decided it was time to get down there. Well, after six months of being on the market we only had one low offer and it was on like the very first day! haha. We decided to try and rent it out and we had a renter within a week. We immediately found our perfect little dream home in Springville UT. It was a new spec home on a .4 acre lot and has all the works! We moved in two weeks ago so we are pretty much settled in so stop on by! We love visitors!!

Carrying me over the threshold...

Dustin's favorite part of the new home- 2 car garage

Kitchen and Living room

We love it!

Before "Someone" Kills Me....

Here's how to play:

1. Link your tagger and list rules on your blog
2. Share 7 random/weird facts about yourself
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post leaving names and links to their blogs
4. Let them know they have been tagged by commenting on their blog

1. I have really strong senses what it comes to water. All water smells and tastes different to me and I am pretty sensitive to it! Most places' water grosses me out but I am too poor to ever order a drink! You may be wondering where the best water in the world is? Back home in Rexburg in the downstairs bathroom!

2. I get bad anxiety when anything gets close to my neck. I cut the collar off all my shirts because they have to be at LEAST 3 inches below my collar bone or else I am freaking out!

3. I can't put eyeliner on my top lid without holding my eyelashes....

4. I would rather clean toilets over any other household chore. I actually find it fun!

5. I call my mom everyday...like 3 times a day

6. I can't type the word "haha" (that took a lot of effort) I always throw an extra 'h' onto the end of it. "hahah!"

7. I have a really bad habit of picking at my lip...When I am nervous or thinking or just bored I pick at it nonstop! It drives Dustin crazy andI usually make it bleed :( Oh and I stare open-mouthed all the time...its really embarassing. *hahah!

Noone ever does these things when I tag them so I think I will just go ahead and skip that step! That is very self reavealing though and is a bit therapeutic. If you think its fun go ahead and tag yourself for me!

Go Ahead, Call me Martha

So I am always really late with my blogs, but better late than never, right? So I went to this "Taste of Home-cooking school" with some of the girls from work (Linds I missed you) a while ago. I went with low expectations since I am as clueless in the kitchen as they come, but actually ended up having a LOT of FUN! They made a bunch of different dishes from almond bundt cakes to sesame beef stir fry. They gave a lot of prizes too and even though none of us won anything, it was a blast. Well most of the recipes intimidated me but I did learn one I thought I could try in my own kitchen and here it is! Basically, you put tomatoes and cheese on a slice of chicken breast, roll it up, bread it, and throw it in the oven! Even I can handle that! Usually dinner for the McIntires consist of one of five things: Quesadillas, Cereal, Grilled Cheese.....Peanut butter Sandwhiches...sad. Maybe just four things. Anyway-thought I would spice things up and it turned out great! At least I think so, I don't eat meat but Dustin said it was good! So go ahead. Call me Martha.

Andrea's Reception

Congrats to Mr and Mrs Wilson! My sister and her husband Connor got married on April 15th but just had their reception a couple of weeks ago. They were going to get married this summer but when we found out my dad wasn't going to overcome his battle with cancer, they decided to have the wedding immediately so he could be there, in person. The reception was great and my sister was beautiful! Love you guys!

precious. I think my brother felt silly though!

Sisters! Congrats Andrea!

This ice sculpture was awesome. Conner's family is Irish and this means something cool, I just can't remember what....

Love, love, LOVE my family!

Beach Bums

This is really late but here are some more pictures from our trip to California. We spent quite a bit of time on the beach laying out, playing in the ocean, and going on long bike rides! Love, love, love the beach!

Dustin bein lazy. He actually got pretty burned that day...

Dustin is getting pretty good at using our camera's timer. Now we can get real pictures of us without asking strangers for help..Good job babe!

This one is my favorite! I love it!

I'm a natural

On our second day of "beach-biking," my butt was really sore so Dustin gave me some extra padding using our beach towels. It actually helped!

Angels Game

The whole family went to an Angels game Thursday night and it was an awesome one! The angels were down the whole game until the end (I'm not sure what inning it was..maybe eighth?) when one of their pinch hitters got a couple of players home to gain the lead! I don't know why people think baseball is boring. Between delicious and very unhealthy concessions to the 'kiss cam' on a jumbo screen, it doesn't get much better.

This is my favorite "Angel"- Chone Figgins

It Really IS the Happiest Place on Earth!

You can't visit LA without a trip to Disneyland! I don't care how old you are-it is the coolest place ever. Disneyland is perfect for me because I am a huge baby when it comes to rollercoasters and spinny rides make me sick. The rides here are just up my alley-no Dramamine necessary. We hit up all the good rides (my favorite is 'Soarin over California' so we went on that one twice). Dustin even let me buy a pretzel AND a churro!!! Wow! He wanted me to see the 'Electrical Parade' so we went on Friday and even though it was a little busier it was soooo worth it. I think I will have that music stuck in my head for the next two weeks. The whole day was perfect-we had so much fun!

The Cherry on Top

Our last day was full of old friends and GOOD FOOD! We were so excited to see Joy and Cliff! Joy is my amazing friend from the good ol' days working at D'Hack's office in Rexburg. I love her and miss her so much! Joy you rock! We met for lunch at Mimi's Cafe and caught up, reminisced about good times, and laughed-A LOT! I actually think we drove a lot of other customers away.....It was so nice to see them!

It's a McIntire family tradition to eat at Lucille's whenever the whole clan gets together. It is Dustin's absolute favorite restaurant in the world. It's a steakhouse with supposedly the best ribs and the best pulled pork in the world. (I really enjoyed their macaroni!) We had a really good time eating and laughing. It was a great way to end the trip!

Whoa! Watch out-the towels are out!

After dinner-stuffed to the brim

"Tagged"

4 People I heart: Dustin and my family

4 Places I visit over and over: Rexburg, Jamba Juice, Walmart, facebook.com

4 People I text/email on a regular basis: Dustin, Linds, Celeste, sister-Andrea

4 Favorite Foods: Jamba Juice, Quizno's veggie sub, juicy watermelons, spaghetti

4 Places I'd rather be: (only 4??) Cruise in Bahamas, Rexburg, California beaches, Yellowstone

4 Things I'd rather be doing: Sleeping, Traveling, Shopping (w/money!), .....did I say sleeping?

4 Movies I watch over and over: Moulin Rouge, The Notebook, Seinfeld DVD's, Without a Paddle

4 TV Shows I watch over and over: Fox Reality shows (AI or SYTYCD), King of Queens, Friends, Seinfeld

4 Bands I love: Imogen Heap, Muse, ABBA, Beatles

4 Songs I love: "Speeding Cars"-Imogen Heap, "Luckiest"-Ben Folds, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"-Bonnie Tyler, "Guardian Angel"-Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

4 People I tag: not fair I barely have 4 friends. Ok- Kylie, Andrea (Gibson!), Kim, Megan

One Year Flies by when You're Having Fun!

Wow! Dustin and I just celebrated our one year anniversary! It's insane. Time has gone by so fast! So much has happened and we have gone through lots of good times and those not so good times as well. I don't know what I would have done without him the last year! He is an amazing husband and my best friend! I love him! Anyway. We wanted to do something new in celebration of our first year together so Dustin suggested we go camping-tent on the hard ground style. Now, camping is a word that has never really been familiar in my vocabulary. My family never went camping growing up and I dont care much for bugs and dirt anyway so it worked out fine. Well we decided it would be fun but we would have to start out slow for my sake-One night in Island Park. We found a pretty campsite just off Henry's Fork. It was beautiful! We were hungry but we decided to set up camp before we went to the cute little diner across the way. We borrowed a two-man tent from our friend Mike but were a little surprised as we were setting it up. It was SOOO tiny! It was the smallest tent I have ever seen.

That was all ok though. It would make a fun story! We went and ate pizza at a little diner and went "exploring." We started to go hiking but had to cut it short when thunder clouds rolled in with lightning flashing. We ran "home" as fast as we could as raindrops began to fall. We crawled into our tent hoping it would keep us dry. The little drops turned into pretty hard rain which turned into a hail storm! We squished towards the middle of the tent as much as we could because the edges started dripping and getting us wet! It was actually pretty fun though and after about 45 minutes it was nice and sunny again. We played a little frisbee and just hung out in our newly purchased lawn chairs until it got dark. Dustin utilized his boy scout skills and built us a nice little fire! We roasted marshmallows and made smores and just had a good time cozy by the fire.

We stayed by the fire together until it was time for bed. I was actually really enjoying myself! Dustin and I were both proud of my new-found outdoorsy side and got ready for bed and tried to make ourselves comfortabe in our lovely tent that was pitched on some nice gravel. It was really uncomfortable but we managed to fall asleep until my small bladder woke us up around 3 AM. Dustin, being the great hubby he is, crawled out of the tent and walked to the outhouse with me with no complaints. When we got back we settled down for at least a couple hourse of good sleep. About 15 minutes later, we heard footsteps and weird noises in the distance and figured some other campers needed the outhouse as well-but the steps keep coming right towards us and we could tell the noises were not other voices talking to eachother, but we didnt know what it was! The footsteps were slow and camp RIGHT UP to our tent. Whatever it was was making the weirdest noise I had ever heard! Dustin and I were frozen solid and I was totally freaking out inside! I knew it had to be a bear and figured I was just about to be eaten. The I bear started sniffing loudly right next to our heads and started poking his nose against the tent. It seemed like he stayed out our tent sniffing forever but finally, he must have decided he couldn't smell anything that interesting in our tent and slowly walked away. After ten minutes of silence I figured I was safe to demand we leave and vowed to never camp again. Dustin calmed me down and fell asleep while I stayed awake for the rest of the night. Anyway-that's our new exciting story that we like to tell everyone! haha. We took a picture of one of the pawprints we saw outside our tent. It's in the gravel so its hard to see but it was a bear for sure! Despite everything, we had a pretty good anniversary with our new little friend-but I think next year we will just go to a nice hotel for the night!