I started off this month with a wine night with my friend L.B. We each brought some of our favorite foods and ended up having a grand feast of yummy treats...and of course, good conversation.
The following week, we headed to our happy place! Josh's brother and his family decided to do Mickey's Halloween Party to celebrate our niece's birthday. We spent a few days at Disneyland and an afternoon at the beach. It was a lot of fun to see our niece and her little friend experience and enjoy our happy place. Our friends K.W. and S.W. were able to attend the party with us and it was awesome! We were able to go on a ton of rides, walk through treat trails, and take fun pictures. While it was super hot again this trip, we made the most of it and had a great time.
This was almost our whole group. We had awesome seats for Paint the Night
This was early on in the day so we didn't look quite as sweaty
My precious niece. She loved the Mad Tea Party ride a lot.
This photo spot is awesome! Such a fun picture to take
With our friends S.W. and K.W. after Mickey's Halloween Party
With my sister-in-law and her amazing mom at the beach
After we got back, we went to a corn maze with some friends. It's been a tradition of ours for many years to go through this corn maze with friends and we always have a good time. After we got through the maze, we went and got frozen yogurt. It was a really fun night.
We found out while we were on our trip that Josh got a new position at work! He interviewed for it before we left and he got the phone call a few days later. I am so incredibly proud of him and how hard he works. So I surprised him with a congratulations dinner with a few friends. It was a fun night and he was genuinely surprised!
The next day, I went on a wine stroll with a few girlfriends. We had planned to go wine tasting and found out this event was happening on the same day, so we opted to do the stroll instead. They were also having a Halloween costume contest, so we all decided to dress up! It was a really fun night.
The following day, we attended the wedding reception of our friends K.N. and L.N.'s daughter and her new husband. I was feeling pretty sore that afternoon (still residual from our trip) so we didn't stay for very long, but it was a very nice event.
Later that week, I hosted a wine night with a few ladies. It was a really fun night and I think most of the ladies enjoyed being able to try a couple of different wines without having to commit to having an entire glass of anything.
And we ended the month by going to our friend's annual Halloween party. This year's theme was Villains, and of course Josh and I had to be Disney villains. Our plan was to wear the same costumes to Mickey's Halloween Party, but since we knew it was going to be so hot there, we decided not to wear our costumes then. Which is why S.W. and I made shirts for Mickey's Halloween Party. You might notice that we made them based on our villains of choice!
Cruella de Vil and Smee
Mrs. Lovett, Poison Ivy, Cruella, The Joker, Harley Quinn, Ursula, and Tinkerbell
Smee and Captain Hook
S.W. and I repping our Disney villains of choice
Selfie with the party host, Two Face
Other highlights from this month:
My BCBs and I read The Martian this month. While it took me awhile to get into it at first, because there's a lot of math and science stuff that made no sense to me whatsoever, the rest of the book was really interesting! I was dying to know what happened at the end, so I kept trudging through until it got exciting. I definitely recommend it! I'm excited to see the movie as well.
I also had some lovely coffee dates with friends, as well as fun hang out nights and time spent with family. It was a busy month as always, but it was a great one!
Things God has been teaching me:
I wrote last month about some different directions God was leading me in. I think sometimes we have to move in a direction for Him to re-route us to go a different way. Or maybe sometimes we have to take steps in one direction because the process is more important than the outcome we think we are going for. In other words, the direction I thought I was supposed to go in, I pursued...but things changed. I had to learn through this process that sometimes a good situation can still be something I have to say no to. I'm in a hard season of life right now, where sometimes my pain and my body issues come before commitments. It's a harsh reality for me, because I like to think that I can still do everything...but sometimes I can't. I always know when I push myself too hard, after it's too late. I was getting ready to make a big commitment to something when I realized it's just not wise for me at this point in time. I won't be able to keep up my end of the commitment right now. So, maybe it's something I will be able to pursue again in the future, but if not, I'm happy I went through the process and was able to experience it for a short time.
And that was October! What a busy whirlwind it was!
No comments:
Post a Comment