~October Fest~

I discovered this year that October is quite possibly my favorite month of the year. I do know for certain that it starts off my favorite time of the year. I LOVE FALL! I love it when the leaves turn different colors. I love the cooler weather. I love HALLOWEEN! These last few weekends have been very eventful for us and we have had a blast. Last Friday we went out with Travis and Heather Pincock and Braden and Rebecca. We set Devonee up on a date with Travis' brother Trent and it was so much fun! We started off by having dinner at Chili's, then we drove up to the Corn Maze by Shelley. It is so neat! The man cut it in honor of The Boy Scouts of America. There are several different trails you could take and we took the 3.2 mile trail. Tanner and I are not good at this stuff. We had no idea where we were. We just started calling out to our friends and tried to find them. Devonee and Trent ROCKED IT! They totally knew where they were the whole time! We finally gave up, along with Braden & Rebecca, and we took a ride in the barrell's they had pulled by a tractor.

getting ready to head into the maze

We had an awesome time! I am trying to do to better with my camera. So far I haven't done so good, because the next night we went to a Halloween party at Lincoln and Stephanie's and I TOTALLY FORGOT MY CAMERA! I am so sad, because I finally got tanner to dress up. We were Danny & Sandy from Grease. It was so much fun! I found the Pink Lady jacket and everything. That was the most intense party I have ever been to. It was a scavenger hunt and here is an insight to let you know just how intense...We had to find a black light in a cellar and find steph's hidden message in the cellar. we had to go to Winger's in and sing Twinkle Little Star while lifting weights to her dad who was dressed in a buff man suit and also a speedo :) One of our clues was in MORSE CODE! When we finally figured that clue out it lead us to the Haunted Grandstands. I am not going to lie...I am too big of a chicken and I couldn't go in. But everyone else said it was aewsome :)

On Friday, my mom held her annual family halloween dinner. My mom dressed up as a witch and she was soo cute! The grandkids loved it. All of my nieces and nephews looked so cute! I thought I had a picture of all of them, but that is on my mom's camera. I got a picture with a few of them. I wanted to be in on the action, but since I was heading from work I just brought Tanner's old football jersey along with me :)

Heritage

This semester I am taking a course that is soley dedicated to studying the Family Proclamation. It has been a little less than a month and I have already learned so much. We have discussed a lot about how a marriage cannot work unless you work together with your spouse and rely on our Heavenly Father. The topic of Heritage keeps coming to my mind.

This summer we had our Driscoll Family reunion and it was so much fun. It is crazy to see how much this family has grown and how it keeps growing. It is even more amazing to think that it all started with two, very amazing people. Tanner and I were talking a few days ago about how incredible it is to see the family that has come from these two people. My grandpa grew up not being able to go to church, but always wanted to. When he married my grandma they set a goal to never miss a Sunday, and to tell you the truth I don't think they have. They have instilled their faith and love for our Lord and Savior in everyone of their children and I am so grateful to be a part of that legacy. My grandpa started out with nothing and with a sense of hardwork he created a business that has grown and has been very successful. He always makes sure to tell each of his grandkids that we always need to remember how important it is to work hard and never give up.

I have such great respect for these incredible people. I am so grateful for the way that they raised my dad and how my dad raised me and instilled the same beliefs in me. They have taught me so much by their example. Tanner and I both agree, that if we follow these examples that have been set for us we will never have to worry. They are all such strong examples of putting Christ first in our lives and never waivering from the path that will lead us back to our home with our Heavenly Father. I only hope that as I go through life I can build a family and have a heritage as wonderful as the one they have built.