Happy Halloween! {FHE edition}

Race and I usually stink at doing Family Home Evening. But this Monday we decided to get in the Halloween spirit and decorate our home! Race's family has a tradition to cut out ghosts and bats and hang them up around the house. We decided to carry on that tradition! So we got some supplies, invited some family over, ate some snacks, watched Hocus Pocus {which I had never seen before tonight!} and decorated our little apartment. It was a lot of fun and definitely something we'll be doing for years to come! Oh, and since I was getting all into the holiday spirit I made some fudge. I know fudge is a little more Christmas-y but it was delicious! Yay for the holidays that are coming up in the next few months! I love this time of year!!

Profound Points in Psychology

I am a Psychology major {You can all laugh or get out your psychologist/psychiatrist jokes out now ;] I will probably never be a psychologist or psychiatrist but people still make jokes or weird noises whenever I say I am a Psychology major. Haha. Does anyone else get funny reactions when they say their major or their career?}.
There is a lot that I love about Psychology and also a lot that really bothers me. I am sure that every discipline is somewhat like that.
Anyway, today when reading my textbook {Human Motivation, Robert E. Franken} I read something that I really liked. It said:

"You fall in love through your actions and you can stay in love through your actions."

"Staying in love depends on making the decision that you love someone and that you are willing to invest the time and energy necessary to stay in the relationship."

"It is ultimately your decision whether you stay in love or fall out of love.

It is so sad to hear stories about people who got divorced because they "fell out of love" with each other. I love that these quotes put the decision right on Race and I. And I am so glad that we made the decision to stay in love with each other for eternity. I really like the first quote because it is a reminder to do things every day/week/month/year to stay in love. So, I think that our goal for the next year {and the rest of eternity} will be to find things that we can do for each other every day that say "I love you."

Wondrous Weekend

My weekend was truly wonderful! It was spent in the valley with Race. Before heading down to the valley we did stop by our ward's chili and chocolate cook-off. We may or may not have eaten way too much chili and chocolate and then had stomachaches on our way down to the valley {Read: We did and Race may have had to stop at a gas station for some Pepto Bismol. Haha.}. Once we got to my family's house we enjoyed the rest of the weekend cuddling babies, taking TONS of pictures of aforementioned babies, watching General Conference, getting our pictures taken by the wonderful Lauren of Busy Bee Lauren {This was so much fun and I loved getting to meet Lauren. She is an amazing person and photographer! Oh, and her style is stinking cute! I wanted to steal her awesome boots!}, eating lots of food, shopping some {I got the cutest shirt from Old Navy!}, and other fun things with our family. I love being able to go home so often. :]

And now for LOTS of photos: 

My sister and I had fun trying out some new hairstyles {Oh, I forgot to mention that I met my sister's boyfriend for the first time! I approve of him. Thank goodness! It's fun helping my sister get dressed for dates and stuff. I'm so sad I won't be able to do her hair for Homecoming in a couple of weeks!}

This is me at our ward's chili cook-off. I am eating one of the winning chilis made by my cousin-in-law Ellie!

Tons of pictures of the adorable baby Edmond James Kvavle Olmstead:

I could not leave out my adorable twin nephews Waylen and Falcon! {They are six months old and are learning to crawl and wrestle with each other. It's hilarious! They made me laugh lots this weekend.}

And I definitely couldn't leave out my adorable nephew Jude! {He's the oldest and crawls so fast and stands up and gets into everything! He's lots of fun!}

Well, that's about it. If I ever figure out how to make videos then I will put a funny one up of Race singing in the car. Sadly you can't really see him very well {it was late} but you can hear him and it's pretty funny. :] I love when Race belts songs in the car. It makes me smile. :]

We got back from the valley tonight loaded up with lots of food from my mum. We came home and relaxed on the couch, danced in the kitchen and now we should be heading to bed. I guess I'd better make sure I don't have any major homework due tomorrow morning first!

Tell me all about your wondrous weekend now!

Happy Birthday!

I am at the hospital right now. Baby Edmond (my brother Knowlton and sister-in-law/best friend Jasmine's baby) was born at 1:41 am. He weighs 7 lbs. 14 oz. and is 20 inches long. He is adorable! I'm trying to let my brother and sister-in-law sleep while I cuddle with the cute new baby! :) I am in love!






















Is that not the most adorable, bright red angry face you've ever seen?!








Edmond is probably already noticing that Aunt Emma is weird. Haha. Photoshoot!!

Phone Photos Episode Three

Photos from the new iPhone 4! {Did I even tell you guys I got a new phone?! Well, I did and I'm loving it! I got it about two weeks ago but the earpiece didn't work and I was having to use speaker phone or my headphones to talk on the phone which was super annoying so I exchanged it and yesterday I got a phone that actually works!! Wow, long ramble. Now onto the pictures!}

Baby Madison makes the best faces! {And I just learned about this app PicFrame that I love!!}









Baby Ella with Race and I. Race and I have Ella, her two sisters, her brother, and her parents for Christmas this year and I am having so much fun gathering gift ideas on Pinterest!!









I give Race head massages when he haves headaches. It's amusing for me and probably more annoying than helpful for him. Especially since I was making him take his own picture. :) Teehee!









Race and I went to YogurtU, the only self-serve yogurt place in Flagstaff. it was delicious, fun, and such a cute little place. Next time I'll take pictures of the inside. I didn't this time because it got all busy right when we got there.





























These are just awkward pictures of me. Haha. The first one is right after I woke up the other day and the second one is just me being weird and bored.









This is a sneak peak of an outfit I wore a week or so ago. Cute, eh? Haha. Just kidding. I doubt you can see it!









Here are some awkward Photobooth photos. Race and I are weird. {Photobooth is the first app I bought once I got the iPhone 4 with the forward facing camera}









How cute is this bow under your bun hairstyle?! I saw it on Pinterest, tried it, and loved it! Now I want to buy more bows!









I'm a creeper. This little girl was at the bus stop with her mom and she was so cute I had to sneak a picture! I don't know if you can tell how TINY she is but she was itty bitty but walking and talking and it was adorable!









Finally, one more picture of me and a baby! :) This is baby Ella again. My sister-in-law Amber took this picture and I love it! I'm in love with sweet babies! And it's my favorite when they fall asleep on my chest/shoulder like this!









Okay, more Phone Photos another time! Have a wonderful day everyone!!

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is a song I used to {goofily} sing all the time {with my best friend/sister-in-law}. In fact, we sang it in front of Race the first time I met Race. Haha. Good time! Anyway, later it turned into a phrase I doodled all over my notes in school. When I doodled it all over things it would make me think of all the things I am looking forward to in the future. Things that are "over the rainbow". This phrase has come to mean so much to me and has come to encompass all of my dreams and wishes.

Here are some of the things that I am looking forward to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow":

Graduating college {oh so close!}

Having more time {okay I don't know if this one ever really happens...someday!}
Raising cute babies!

Buying a house and making it our home.

Taking the time to teach our children the gospel.

Learning to SEW {totally working on this one now!}

Learning to cook healthy meals for my family {and ones that Race actually likes even though they're healthy}.

Buying a cute dog to be best friends with Race, me, and our children.

Going on vacations with Race and with our future children.

Making memories together {we are definitely already doing this}.

Being pregnant and wearing cute maternity clothes with a cute lil belly {Is this a weird one? Haha. Probably but since I haven't experienced it yet I can be excited for now}!

Going to a live temple session in Manti or Salt Lake City.

These are just some of the many wonderful things

I look forward to in our future. But for now I

will enjoy our simple, school filled lives.

Being married is a blast. There is so much

fun now and so much fun to look forward to.

What a wonderful time to be alive!

What do you all look forward to Somewhere Over the Rainbow? And what are you enjoying in your lives now?

Double Rainbow anyone?!

Thank Goodness for Pinterest!

I am sure that I would have come across this blog eventually but thanks to Pinterest {and Kylie} I came across it tonight!

Now I am going to get my house organized and get rid of lots of stuff I don't need.

I have been needing to purge and organize for a while {you can ask my husband} so I am so happy to have found this blog that is helping me get motivated!

If you all know of any other organizing blogs you should definitely let me know because I need some major help! Our house is a mess and it is driving me crazy!

Oh, and if any of you has advice on how to sell things on eBay or Craigslist that would be great as well! I'm not sure yet if any of my stuff will be sell-worthy but if it is it would be nice to make a little bit of money off of some old things. :]

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! We did! :] We relaxed, cuddled, watched lots of The Cosby Show {Does anyone else love this show? If no one else does you should all check it out on Netflix}, got some visiting teaching done, worked on homework, hung out with family, etc. Oh, and I made homemade s'mores inspired by Katie from this post, and Race got lots of bloody noses {sad story}. Oh, and Race made about a thousand chocolate chip cookies {he is a skilled cookie baker}.

Well, tell me about your weekend, give me some organizing/selling tips and then have a fabulous week! :]