Pumpkins, dances, and...crayons?

Ok, so even though Halloween was a couple of weeks ago...I still had the urge to blog about it!! Halloween weekend was fun/crazy!

I am one of the activities chairs for my ward, and towards the beginning of the year, all the activities chairs in my stake had a meeting! The high councilor that was over the meeting just so happened to be the high councilor that was over my summer ward, so since I had been in a leadership position, he knew who I was. He went about the meeting and began to tell us about how they have two big events during the year, the first being the Halloween Activity (which is generally a dance). He said they would call someone to be over the activity, and continued on to say that being at BYU over the summer allows people to know who you are and gives you an edge. Then said, "Heather, will you be over this activity?" I replied with, "Uhh, ya sure." He then proceeded to gesture a piece of chalk towards me...oh ok, ready go! So...I had the fun/stressful opportunity to plan the Halloween Dance!! Thankfully all the activities chairs were pretty on top of things, so it turned out great, and I wasn't left to pick up all the pieces! It was very successful, but I was definitely glad when it was over!

Here are some cute pictures from the dance! We decided to have a group theme with my roommates, and I thought we looked pretty darn cute!

One of my roommates' has graphic designers as parents, so she definitely free-handed our cute crayon shirts/dresses and we all painted them. Talent much? People kept asking us where we got them...definitely made them! (Just your ordinary pile of crayons! haha)

I love my friends, Maddy and Becky! I got super close to them my senior year and I love that they live in the same dorms that I do...so we get to see each other at these events!! Maddy and her roommates were crayons too...what are the odds? She was even the red one!! How does that even happen? Oddly enough, this isn't the first time that we have had a problem with matching. It just so happens that we had the same prom dress and had to figure out a solution to that, and we both went to the BYU Homecoming dance and we were both wearing similar black dresses! Twins much? haha :) Becky and her roommates were trees! Aren't we cute?

I have always grown up with the family tradition of dinner in a pumpkin! It just isn't Halloween without it! So, I planned in advance (which is an odd thing to do as a college student) and went and bought all the supplies!! Sunday afternoon I called my mom a few times to make sure I was doing it right. I loved that Amy, Kara, and I had all made our own dinner in a pumpkin! What a fun tradition!

These are my cute roommates! Not the best picture, but pretty good for self-timer!

Another family tradition is making the infamous pumpkin chocolate chip muffins! I even saw a picture of my sister eating one on Facebook and got extremely jealous, because my mom insists on only making them in the Fall. I wanted to make them, but got super busy and didn't have the chance. I then heard that Great Harvest had pumpkin chocolate chip bread, and I didn't hesitate much to jump in the car and go get some! My roommate, Sydney, and I tried to be sneaky because we knew if everyone saw this bread, it would be gone so fast, and this bread is precious stuff! Yum!

Well, life is good as always! School is definitely stressful, but I'm trudging along, trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with my life! I'm happy, and that's all that matters! :)