First things first. Birthdays.
Scott-my step dad
Me
My amazing mother
Dakota-my step brother
I have always loved that my mom and I were born in the same month! After all she is my hero. Then we got to add Scott and Dakota to the mix and now it's just a down right party! My roommates made it a wonderful day for me. They decorated our apartment.
I have never been one to really get into dressing up for Halloween, but this year my work was having a costume contest and I was provided with a pretty sweet idea, so I decided to go for it. I put together a pinata and it was pretty rockin'. It took a couple of hours, a large amount of hot glue, tissue paper, and an old hoodie and leggings.
One of the best things that I unfortunately did not get a picture of is they wrote honk it's Britt's birthday on our sliding door. From what I heard there were people honking all day long. They're the greatest. They made a large number of cupcakes and invited some people from the ward over. It was a grand ol' time. 3 special friends popped in for a visit and it was definitely one of the highlights of the day!
I have this weird obsession with clocks. And because I have the best roommates in the world they gave me one for my birthday. Love them.
It is now proudly hanging in our family room.
I had two other fun birthday surprises.
A package and flowers from my missionary! For reals I snagged a gem. Luckiest girl ever.
The next most exciting thing was my mom's birthday. She is honestly my all time favorite person. It's too bad that all growing up I didn't fully realize how great of a mom I was blessed with, but thank heavens I'm beginning to understand now! I honestly do not know where I would be without this amazing woman. She has been my rock. She always has the best advice and the best listening ears. When I am crying for no reason she makes me feel validated. She encourages me and helps me see that I am competent and that I can do the things I set my mind to.
Best. Mom. Ever.
A part of October that is always exciting is Halloween. I always loved Halloween growing up because my grandma had some of the best decorations. I was over at her house one night and she gave me a few things to spice up my apartment. Best grandma award was readily given that night. For some reason I have really loved decorating this year.
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| They're my favorites |
The final production turned out better than I thought. Add some tissue paper to my hair and glitter to my face and I was feeling ready.
I didn't end up winning, but the girl who did had the sickest costume. She is pictured below. She made every part of her costume except for the wig from scratch. Isn't that a sweet costume?!
The best part of Halloween this year was that my brother got his mission call!! Now that deserves a post all by itself, but who knows when the next time I'll be posting is, so here we go.
John wouldn't let anyone see the postage of his call. He held everyone in suspense. He brought his call out in a large brown box, so that no one would look at it. Being very much like John, he dramatically opened his call. It's a good thing I really like him or else he would be in so much trouble. Watch the video and you'll know why.
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| Naturally because it's Halloween they came dressed like this |
Cute siblings
A few of the supporters
(p.s. sorry it's sideways. I don't know how to fix that)
And there you have it! Santa Rosa, California. Leaving February 6th, 2012 speaking English.
We ended the night by eating some delicious cupcakes made by my beautiful sister.
They tasted even better than they look. Which is pretty hard to beat!
Congratulations to my best friend and little brother! I am so excited for you and I am so proud. Love you!
So as you can see this October was rather eventful, and I only hit on the major things. Boy am I glad for the people in my life who make life so great. And now we've moved on to the month of being thankful, how perfect!
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