Fall Fun

I love Fall and all that comes with it including apple cider, hot chocolate, football, sweatshirts, and much much more. Here is what we did to enjoy it!

-We've gone to Logan a few times. I love Logan in the Fall and driving through Sardine Canyon. One trip I made by myself to go to a friend's wedding reception. It was a lot of fun to hang out with my parents again. We even went to one of my favorite restaurants in Logan called Herm's. We decided to try the cinnamon roll but didn't realize how big they were. (See picture)

-We've had some fun date nights with our cousins Kate & Taylor. BYU was having a date night for married students where they gave us dinner and a movie. So after wanting to go all summer long we saw Despicable Me 2. It was fun and we had a good laugh. We also went to Kate & Taylor's house for a fun little dinner. It was on Lindsey's birthday so we gave her a call together since she is both our sister-in-law and cousin. (Lindsey married Andrew's brother and Kate married Lindsey's brother)

-I enjoyed my first Starbucks Carmel Apple Spice for the season! If you have not tried it, you need to. It will change your life.

-I got to be apart of the Bangerter family's making of apple cider, or as we like to call it "Liquid Gold."
The Bangerter's get tons of apples from their trees which means lots of cider and apple crisp. It is a lot of hard work but very worth it.

- It has been a busy few weeks since BYU Basketball & Football overlap this time of the year. This season was the most dedicated I've ever been going to Football games, I  even went to a game in the snow. We wanted to live it up since this could be our last BYU football season living in Provo. It has also been a fun start to the Basketball season. We were on the 5th row when we played Iowa State who was ranked. We had a headache for days after that game since it was so close.

-I had two jobs for one week. Andrew and I both felt strongly that I needed to get a second job. So I applied to a little drink place called Swig. It is really popular in St. George. I got hired right away and enjoyed it for about one day. I just didn't get a good feeling when I was working there even though the people and the environment was great. I also found out that I could get more hours at my Rec Center job so I decided to quit and just pick up more hours there. I learned a lot in that one week about myself and that I can do hard things. There were lessons that I needed to learn from the Lord just from working there for one week. I've learned a lot and feel like I'm headed in the right direction when it comes to work.

-Last but not least, the number one thing that has been consuming our lives this fall is a TV show called Chuck. My dad and brother Tyler introduced us to the show since we needed a TV series to watch after we finished the Cosby Show. WE ARE HOOKED! It is about a guy who works for the Nerd Herd at a store called the Buy More (It is like working at Best Buy for the Geek Squad). He is forced to become a spy when government secrets are put in his brain on accident. The show keeps us laughing, crying, and pulling at the heart strings every episode. My favorite part is watching Andrew yell at the TV when a cliffhanger happens or a major plot change. We are on the last season and are not quite sure what we're going to do when it is over.

Those are some of the more major things that happened to us this Fall. We're excited to see what Winter adventures are ahead!

Garlick Halloween Party

Yesterday we went to a Halloween party hosted by our wonderful cousins Annie & Dayton. They did a great job with the games, food, and the spooky halloween feeling in their house. We played an intense game of CLUE that related to our own family. The lights were turning on and off, a toy train was going upstairs, and "burned" pieces of our Grandpa Garlick's will in the fireplace. Of course it was all made up but very creative of Annie & Dayton. The murderers were trying to get Grandpa's land and his iPad and each clue made a hint about each family to throw us off.

Last year we had some pretty intense costumes as Luigi and Princess Peach, so we knew we had to have good ones this year. We decided to be Prince Charming & Snow White from the TV series Once Upon a Time.  Andrew is hooked on the show this season so we thought it would be fun to dress up like some of the characters. Thanks to my mom, who is the DI Queen, for finding every part of our costume. We also knew our costumes could come off as multiple people so we went with it. Throughout the night we were Katniss & Peeta from Hunger Games and then Andrew was Colonel Mustard at one point.

Overall it was a fun night and a big THANK YOU to all those who made it possible!

These are some pictures that we took throughout the night...