that time when . . .

These past couple of days we've had some pretty funny moments, so instead of a long post about who knows what, I'll just post a photo with a brief explanation :)

That time when we thought it would be a good idea to buy 10 lbs of red potatoes from Costco . . . but on the plus side we got really good with red potato recipes :)

That time when we took awkward family photos :)

On a serious note, we went and saw a documentary called Meet The Mormons, SUPER good and if you haven't seen it, you should consider it :)  If you've ever been curious about all the beliefs or rumors you hear about Mormons or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) this documentary explains it very well.  It's only playing in select theaters so see if the theater near you is playing it!

That time when we decided to wander around World Market . . . crazy stuff in there :)

That time when we got to see our wonderful cousin's baby Brodie

That time when Jared and I made an awesome pumpkin :) We got it to wink!

It has been wonderful fall weather here and we've even had to bring out a jacket here and there, 60 degrees is chilly :P  More to come as our Halloween adventures arise!

oh the things you see in austin, texas

So this seemed like a good intro video - I apologize in advance if you've already seen it, but for those who have not seen it, it's in real time, which is why I talked so you knew that I didn't speed up the video or anything :)

More photos of this storm later in this post :)

Alright, now onto what we've been up to.

A couple of weeks ago the women in our Church ward (also known as the Relief Society) organized a "friendship" dinner to welcome the women that have just recently joined the Church or our Ward, and therefore are in need of friends :)

Because some of these women were in need of babysitting for the night, the men organized a babysitting room and asked a couple men to come help.  Jared volunteered and had a blast.  Just a few photos I caught at the end of the night . . .  they were obviously getting more and more creative as the night went on.

Jared wants to be clear that it was the kids' ideas to blind fold themselves with the paper towels and run around the room - - very safe I know :P

Because it's been getting cooler and, soon to be, too cold to go outside, we decided to take a stroll/"rigorous" walk downtown.  It was a little chilly in the morning, but nothing beats getting up before the sun to go down and see the sunrise :)

                                                   
While exploring these beautiful areas, we came across this gem

Oh and here are some of the photos that I was able to take of the thunderstorm/lightning storm we had on our drive home a couple of days prior to our adventures downtown.  This storm happened at about 1030pm or so and if we weren't driving home, we probably would have been inside and missed this beautiful storm - the quality isn't the best, but the storm lit up the whole sky.

And of course . . .

THIS . . .

is what it looked like the next day . . . clear blue skies and about 80 degrees :)

we LOVE Austin