It's a-me, Mario!

With my cute wife Princess Peach.

What do you think?

For our FHE Activity....

We were going to put together our Halloween costumes. Maybe make a quick trip to the DI, cut and glue a few things here and there and, if we had time, even have a pumpkin carving contest with the 2 pumpkins we bought weeks ago. But instead, we decided it would be a much more fun activity to lock ourselves out of the apt with no cell phones and with nothing more on than a long-sleeved shirt. If the guys upstairs are home, it's no problem to lock ourselves out because we can get to our basement apt through theirs. But of course, none of them were home. Thank goodness Richard had his wallet so we could walk down and get some food in the meantime. Currently, we're on campus staying warm while we wait for the guys upstairs to return home. I can't think of a time when I've had more fun at FHE....

Dear BYU,

I understand that my husband has a lot of skills and talents you can use. And I also know that he has a lot he can learn from you as well. But he spends so much time with you, it's hard to remember if he's married to me or you.... And frankly I'm tired of being a widow. I promise to continue being a BYU football fan and I'll start going to Ed Week every year if I could just see him a little more often. So if you could please send him back to me, that would be wonderful. Thanks again for understanding.

Sincerely,

The Widow Henricksen

Wanted: Creative Ideas

Usually our Halloween costumes are thrown together the night before with whatever we have lying around the house. This year, I want go have a good idea in mind so that when I throw my costume together at the last minute, at least I have an idea to go off of :) I have always wanted to do something really clever for Halloween with a huge pregnant belly. Don't ask me why. Maybe I was somewhat inspired by a couple in our ward last year who dressed the husband up as a bowling pin and his very pregnant wife was the bowling ball- so cute! Even though I won't have a big belly at Halloween, I still will have a little bump and I still want to do something very cute, creative, and yes, even cheesy. Since I am lacking a little in the creative department, I want to get YOUR ideas. Anyone have any good ideas for pregnant Halloween costumes?

Park City

What is better than staying in Park City for a night? Staying in Park City for FREE! We won a free night stay at the Marriott and were thrilled to be able to use it last weekend. We mostly just used the time to relax but had a great time too. We headed up on Friday night and went out to dinner and then went down to the pool to play for a little while. Then I was so tired that we ended up just watching a movie in the hotel room- poor Richard has to be so patient with me!! The bed was HUGE, especially compared to our double at home. But we decided that we can't sleep on nice beds with big fluffy pillows because neither one of us slept. I guess we're too used to our small pillows and lumpy mattress :) The next morning we went down and were trying to decide what to do about breakfast. I always have to get something to eat FAST when I wake up, but the prices at the hotel restaurant were very expensive. We were debating about whether or not to just go ahead and spend a little more than we normally would when this man walked up to us and handed us a coupon for 2 free breakfast buffets at the hotel restaurant, telling us that he had an extra one. It was such an amazing unexpected blessing for us! We saw him a little bit later and thanked him for his generous gift and all he said was, I have a 50% off coupon for dinner tonight if you want that too! Wow- sometimes it amazes me how nice people can be. After a delicious and filling breakfast, we went to Main St and just walked around looking at all the shops and bought some yummy treats from the Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory.

Making a new friend

We ended our "vacation" by going to the outlet stores and getting new coats, a new purse for me, and a new shirt for Richard. All in all it was a great trip, and you can't beat a free stay in a nice hotel!!

Birthday Wishes

Richard's bday was last Friday which means for the last couple weeks I have been STRESSED. I never feel like I can plan well enough or think of activities that are fun enough or get a present that is good enough. So I stress and fret beforehand about what to do and then worry after that it wasn't the best birthday ever. This birthday I was trying to think of something REALLY fun to do since this will be his last bday without kids. But then I watched him stress like crazy over school and decided that more than anything, he just needed to relax for his bday. First, I got up early and made him breakfast and gave him his present. He warned me not to get him a present since we technically got our bikes as the present for both of our bdays. But I cheated and bought him just a little present- one he has been waiting for for a long time. His own copy of Don Quijote! (All in Spanish of course). I think opening that was definitely the best part of his day. Then, during lunch, I snuck home and decorated the house with some balloons and signs and bought him his favorite treat instead of getting a cake this year. (Funny side note, Richard walked in and didn't notice ANY of the decorations even though they were right in front of him! He first saw a note that I had written him on the table and it said something about the decorations and he was like, what is she talking about?) That night, we went to Goodwood for some delicious BBQ (not that I could eat much of it.... but Richard told me it was delicious!) Then we headed over to Trafalga to play some mini golf. We must have worn each other out because we came home and took a nap... not what some would call a good bday activity but I think we both really needed it! And then we went over to the movie theater to watch Transformers 2. If nothing else, I at least put the effort in to make it as enjoyable as possible and most importantly- we were together!

Serious mini golfer

Can you tell he likes his present from his big cheeser?!?

Blowing out the candles on his treat. 2 candles on one side and 6 on the other :)

Switcharoo

We've been VERY lucky in that since we have been married, we've only had to buy one piece of furniture. And that was just a movie case that was pretty cheap and isn't really necessary to apt living. Everything else has been given to us for free in one way or another. But we finally felt like it was time to move on from our first free couch. This is what the "beauty" looked like:

Although it has been a good couch, especially considering it was free, it hurts my back when I sit on it for a long time. And since I've been spending a lot of time on the couch as I've been sick and I know I will spend a lot of time on it after the baby is born, we decided it was time to make our first real furniture purchase. Can I just say I HATE spending lots of money?! But it was worth it and here is what our new couch looks like. It kind of blends in with our carpet.... but hey- we didn't buy it to match this apt, right? Come visit anytime so you can try it out :)