Fall Frights and Family

I can't believe that Autumn has come and gone. School has been rather hectic and finals are just around the corner, but I wanted to get this post up to show everyone what our little family has been up to. School is going well for both John and me. Another week and a half and we'll have three glorious weeks off. More on our plans in upcoming posts.

Nao acredito que o outono ja passou. A faculdade esta' indo bem. Vamos ter feriadas em uma semana e meia! So' queria fazer um 'post' da novidades de nossa familia pequena. Vou blog mais depois dos aulas terminar.

So these are the things we've been up to for the past month and a half:

We had a Brazilian Sunday dinner with some of our best friends up in Salt Lake. They are expecting their first baby in March!

Nos comemos um almoco brasiliero com nossas amigos la in Salt Lake. Eles vao ter o primeiro bebe em Marco!

We decorated Sammy's room. It looks so cute now--no more plain white walls!

Nos decoramos o quarto de Samantha. 'E muito legal agora. Nao tem mais so' predes brancos. 

Samantha watched me throw away a tub of Cool Whip. Two minutes later, I came back into the room to find this:

Samantha viu quando que jogou Cool Whip ('e um cobertura para doces) no lixo. Dois minutos depois, eu vi isto.  

We went to Cornbelly's with some amazing friends. They had hay rides, corn mazes, food, and all kinds of activities for the kids. We had a blast as you can see below.

Fomos para um actividade para o outono. Tinha muitas actividades para as criancas. Divertimos muito!

For Halloween, we carved pumpkins. Sammy didn't like the pumpkin guts too much this year. The video below shows her helping us, dancing to Ghostbusters, and hugging her daddy!

Nos esculpimos aboboras. Samantha nao gostou muito da interior da abobora. O video mostra Samantha nos ajudando, dancando e dando abracos ao pai.

Here's our homemade Halloween costumes! This was the first year that I attempted to make our costumes. John and I were Ghostbusters and Sammy was the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

Nosso roupa para O Dia das Bruxas! Esse ano foi a primeira vez que eu tentei a fazer a roupa. Acho que foi bom. Fomos careteres do filme Os Caca-Fantasmas.

Who ya gonna call?

Attack!

I'll catch you, Stay Puft!

For Thanksgiving, John's mom and sister flew out. Lauren is a senior in high school and so they were checking out different colleges. It was a lot of fun having them here. We went up to see the lights on Temple Square, which was beautiful!

No Dia de Gratidao, a mae e irma de John foi para ca. Lauren, a irma, vai terminar a 2 grau e ela estava vendo os faculdades aqui. Foi muito divertido a ter elas aqui. Fomos para O Temple Square para ver os luzes de Natal. Foi lindo de mais!

John and I also went shopping at 12AM on Black Friday. We weren't really expecting to buy anything, but it was fun to get out of the house and spend some time together. We were sleepy!

John e eu foi comprando no meia noite no "sexta-feira preta" ('e um dia que pode comprar as coisas bem barrato). Nos nao queremos comprar muita coisa, mas foi bom a sair de casa juntos. Fomos cansados depois!

All in all, it has been a great couple of weeks. Stay tuned for a few more posts in the near future on our 3rd anniversary and our holiday break plans!

Entao, esses semanas passadas foram muito boas. Vou escrever mais sobre nossos planos para o Natal e tambem nosso terceiro aniversario de casamento!

First 5K Ever!

RAHHHhh! Braaaaiinnnns! Yesterday I had the chance to run my very first 5K race. It was a zombie-themed race where you registered as either a zombie or human. They gave the humans a two minute head start and then the rest of us undead chased after them. Over 1200 people showed up for the race, 900 of which were the undead. It was so much fun and I look for any excuse to pull out my Halloween makeup.


I registered over three months ago for the race thinking that it would keep me motivated to get in shape. Despite this, I didn't do much to prepare, but now that I have finished a race, I feel much more motivated to do another and prepare. 


 I had two goals for the race: finish in under 60 minutes and not finish last. I surprised myself and finished in 38 minutes 7 seconds! I was really happy to just finish, but the time was icing on the cake. John and Sammy came and cheered me along. Below are a few photos from the race. Next week, we're going to a corn maze so we'll have more to post on next Sunday.


RAHHHhh! Cerebros!!!! Ontem, eu correi em minha primeira corrida de 5 kilometros. A corrida tinha uma tema de "zombies" (nao sei como falar em portugues--uma monstro que 'e morta, mas ainda anda e gosta de comer cerebros). As pessoas registraram para  a corrida como um humano ou um "zombie". Os humanos comecaram primeira e, depois de dois minutos, os "zombies" comecaram a correr atras os humanos. Mais de 1200 pessoas registrou para a corrida e 900 foram "zombies". Foi muito divertido e gosto de colocar maquina de Dia das Bruxas.


Eu registrei tres meses atras para a corrida pensando que eu iria fazer exercicio. EU nao preparei muito, mas agora que ja terminei uma corrida, vou correr mais para um nova corrida.


Tinha duas metas para a corrida: termina em menos de 60 minutos, e nao ser a ultima pessoa a terminar. Eu fico supresa porque terminei com 38 minutos e 7 segundos. Foi animada a so' terminar, mas foi mais rapido do que eu pensava. John e Sammy foram tambem para alegrar-me. Em baixo estao mais fotos. A semana que vem, vamos para um labirinto de milho, entao vou escrever mais a semana que vem!

Ichabod Crane and Whoopee Cushions

So the past few weeks have been pretty normal. But now that we are into the month of October things naturally get weirder and weirder! I love the month of October: fall leaves, apple cider, pumpkins and Halloween! I put most of our decorations up on the 3rd. We are working on a great door decoration that I will post photos of once it is complete. It was fun to see Sammy's reaction as I hung up the decorations. She kept walking around the house, pointing to stuff and saying "wow, ooo!" Needless to say, I think we're getting her into the spirit early!

Entao, esses semanas passada passaram normalmente. Mas agora 'e Outubro e coisas ficaram estranhas. Eu gosto o mes de Outubro demais: as folhas de outono, sidra de maca, abobora, e Dia das Bruxas! Eu decorei a casa no dia 3 de Outubro. Nos estamos desenando uma decoracao para nossa porta que vai ser legal. Vou colocar fotos quando esta terminada. 'E diveretido a ver a reacao de Samantha quando ela veia as decoracoes. Ela andou dentro da casa falando "Oba!" Acho que ela ja gosta do Dia das Bruxas. 

John and I went to a play last night at the outdoor Castle Amphitheater. It is a great venue. The play was Sleepy Hollow, which was a lot of fun. The scene with the Headless Horseman left a bit to the imagination, but overall it was a fun night. It was cool outside so we brought a blanket and it gave us a good reason to snuggle close. Below are two photos. I forgot my camera so I had to take them with my phone. Sorry for the blurriness.

Eu e John fomos numa peca teatral numa anfiteatro ao ar livre. A lugar foi muito legal. A peca teatral foi  chamado "Sleepy Hollow". A parte que deveria ser assustador nao era muito bom, mas ainda foi divertida. Em baixo estao duas fotos. Eu esqueci minda camera, mas tirei com meu celular. Desculpa que as fotos sao falta de clareza.

The stage before the show

a blurry shot of us before the show. John is such a goof!

Lastly, here is a video of Samantha and her discovering how to use a Whoopee Cushion.

Finalmente, 'e um video de Samantha descobrindo como usar um "Whoopee Cushion" (um brinquedo).

International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2011

Avast! Here be a video of Sammy celebrating International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Enjoy Mateys!


Aqui 'e um video de Samantha celebrando o Dia de Fala como uma Pirata!

Weird Al and Fishing

Polka Face

(For my English-speaking friends and family--from now on, I will be putting the Portuguese translations after each paragraph for my friends in Brazil)

OK. So this is going to be a pretty short post, even though we had an awesome week! John and I were able to continue our tradition of seeing Weird Al Yankovic when he comes to town. Last time we saw him was back in  July of 2010 in Orlando, FL. He came to the Utah State Fair this past Monday and we had a blast! We wished we could have hung out at the fair a little more--John had class until we had to leave for the concert. It'll be fun to take Sammy to the fair next year.

Weird Al did not disappoint and he played quite a few songs that we didn't get to hear him play last year. There was a pretty good turn out and it was fun to be nerdy with a whole group of people. I have included a few videos from the concert at the end of this post.

Entao, ainda nao sei como fazer um acento num PC americana, mas vou aprender. Por favor, tenha paciencia porque meu portugues nao 'e como deve ser. Esse mensagem vai ser curto esse semana, mas vou tentar, nas semanas seguinte, a colocar a traducao em portugues nas outras "posts" aqui. John e eu fomos um concerto de Weird Al Yankovic esse semana pasada. Vamos a cada vez que ele passar por nosso cidade. Fomos o ano passado tambem.

O concerto foi muito bom e ele tocou alguns musicas diferentes do ano passado. Tinha muitas outras pessoas la tambem e foi bom a divertir com as outras pessoas que gostam Weird Al. Se voce nao conhece Weird Al, ele faz parodias de musicas famosas. Tenho video no fim desse post do concerto.

Yoda 

Eat It

Saga Begins

On Friday, I took Sammy fly-fishing for the very first time. I put her in the backpack carrier and away we went! We didn't go to the pest of fishing holes, but there was a little park nearby. We fished for awhile and then played on the jungle-gym and then fished some more. We even ran into a little friend (that about made me fall into the water--see photo). All in all, it was a great week!

No sexta-feira, eu e Samantha fomos pescar para a primeira vez juntos. Coloquei Samantha numa mochila pelas criancas e foi muito bom. fomos numa parque por perto, mas nao foi muito bom para pescar. O parque tinha lugar pelas criancas a brincar, entao nos pescamos e depois brincamos um pouco. Nos tambem concermos uma nova "amiga" (ver a foto em baixo). A semana foi otima!

Fishing/Pescando

Our little friend.../nossa nova 'amiga'

This first song, "The Saga Begins", was actually Weird Al's encore song. It is a parody of American Pie. It is particularly special to John and me because it is our song. While we were dating, it is how we knew we were meant for each other. On the first day that we met, we were in a car with some friends and I was humming the song. My friend asked what I was singing, so I started to belt the song out loud. John joined right in and we sang it by heart. You don't meet very many devout Weird Al fans. We were meant for each other!

Esse primeira musica, "The Saga Begins" 'ema musica especial para John e eu. A primeira vez que nos conhecermos um a outro, estavamos com alguns amigos. Eu comecei a cantar esse musica em baixo. Minha amiga me perguntar o que eu era cantando. Eu comecei a cantar mais alta e John comecou a cantar a musica tambem. Nao tem muitas pessoas que gostam Weird Al tanto como nos dois!

Summer Catch Up

Its impossible to get a serious photo from this guy!

Whew! Our summer was fantastic and very busy (hence why I am just now getting around to blogging about it). I realize that John updated our last blog post to include this (at the very bottom) but-- FIRST AND FOREMOST -- John reapplied to the BYU animation program and was accepted!!! I am SO proud! BYU's program is internationally ranked and many of the major studios, like Dreamworks, say it is the best one in the nation. John started his classes two weeks ago and he is already involved in an animated short that the department is working on. Its so exciting!

I started and finished Summer classes. I did well, but it was not my favorite term here at BYU. I enjoyed the subject matter, but the way it was presented was pretty lackluster. I am glad to be on to new classes.



Since so much has happened, I decided I would let the photos do most of the talking. Here is what we have been up to this summer:

Happy family the morning after our camp out

Our boat of a tent!

We had a church camp out, which was a blast. The had lots of games for the little kids and Sammy enjoyed playing with all the other munchkins. It was Sammy's first time camping and everything went smoothly, mostly because our tent is large enough to fit an elephant (at least it felt like that to me, who is used to sleeping with just a tarp!) We had a queen-sized air mattress and Sam's pack-n-play set up with enough room to fit another queen air mattress! Anyone want to come with us next time?

Me and our amazing friends @ the midnight showing of Harry Potter

We were able to see quite a few movies this summer including Pirate of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Super 8, Captain America, The Help, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (best one). I was even able to go to the midnight showing of the final Harry Potter movie with some fantastic friends!

Hogsmeade @ Islands of Adventure

Speaking of Harry Potter, John and I were able to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure in Orlando a few weeks ago. We were able to meet up with some great friends while there and we had a blast. John's parents were kind enough to babysit for us. It was nice to get out together.

Butterbeer!

Hogwarts Castle

Hogwarts Express

Hogs Head Pub

REAL carnivorous pitcher plants!

The Three Broomsticks! We ate dinner here!

Us in Seuss Landing

So after classes were over for me, we were able to take a trip to FL to visit our folks. We spent about 5 days in Venice with my family and another 5 days in Orlando with John's family. We had a great time. Below are a few photos of our FL adventures.

View over the Great Salt Lake

View over the Gulf of Mexico

Sammy with her Grandpa Great and Grandma Great

First time at the beach!

Sammy and her cousin, Marcus

Sammy at the Venice fountains

I see you!

"hmm...maybe I can drink this"

Whee!

My family

It was so much fun visiting family and friends. I wish we could have stayed longer and seen everyone that we wanted to, but we had to fly back for the Fall semester. It is going well so far. I will have to keep you posted (hopefully more often than I did this summer). 

Sammy got her first haircut this last week. The last two photos are of her playing at the park and of her new haircut. 

Sporting pink. She loves her new sunglasses.

Samantha's new haircut!