It's Fall!

Hello! I just wanted to start by saying HAPPY OCTOBER! I love love love the fall season!

I just wanted to share a few things we did this week that reminded me of fall!

First: homemade chicken noodle soup! YUM. I love soup so much and when it's a chilly fall day it's the best thing to eat!

The noodles! 

Second: pumpkin shaped cookies (I promise this is not going to be a food only post)! We originally wanted to make them because I found my pumpkin cookie cutter, but then we decided we should give some to our Visiting/Home Teaching people. Turns out the recipe I had made FIVE dozen cookies (wayyy more than planned)! We ended up giving a ton away!

Third: the Straw Maze with Steven's married friends! This was cool because we haven't done a ton of hanging out with other married people since we got married. It was just so nice to have a night out with some super fun and amazing people! 

Steven on the big slide!

Steven and his friend Taylor, they're extra funny around each other. 

Fourth: Soccer season at BYU-I! Steven had his first soccer game of the semester and it was a beautiful day for a soccer game. 

So there's our week of fall activities! We are looking forward to many more weeks of beautiful fall weather (hopefully, pray for no snow). Thanks for reading!

I Ran a Race!

Hello everyone!

Today I ran a 5k! And I got a medal for it! Woohoo! Anyway, I just thought I would share a little bit about the race with you lovely people because it wasn't a race just for fun, it was a race for a cause!

Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) is a non-profit organization that saves children from being sex slaves. The organization is fairly new (about 1 1/2 years old), but they have already saved over 300 children. I think they are doing an amazing job and I was happy to be able to be a part (although small) of their efforts.

Click here if you want to know more about O.U.R.

I only have two pictures to document the race, so here they are!

Steven got this one of me right as I was about to cross the finish line. He was such a good cheerleader!

My medal!!! I was so excited to finally get one of these! I have run in quite a few races, but this is the first one that gave me a medal at the end of it. It made me feel proud for completing such a difficult race (90% uphill in altitude so high I can barely breathe when I'm walking. YIKES). 

Thanks everyone!

- Shelby

Life Update

Hello friends! It's been a while since I've posted, so I thought I would catch you all up!

To start off I will talk to you about SQUARE ICE CREAM:

We drove to a teeny little town for this gem. Believe it or not, that is a "single scoop" WHAT?! It was giant and I couldn't eat the whole thing, but it was so good! It was cookie monster flavor and I'm not 100% sure what was in it, but it was so good! It was vanilla ice cream with peanut butter ripples, peanut butter cookie bits, and I think m&m's (maybe Reese's pieces?). 

Getting square ice cream was one of the things on my Idaho Bucket list, so it was so fun to finally do that! 

Next up, the Eastern Idaho State Fair (another thing on my bucket list)! The fair was so fun! It isn't like the fairs I'm used to (Pumpkin Show mostly), but it was really fun and I'm so glad I got to experience it! 

One of the first things we did (besides getting some delicious fair food of course) was the petting zoo! I love animals so much, so this was a real treat!

This was Alfie the goat from Blackfoot, so we thought that was cool because my sister Meredith's dog is named Alfie and he is from Blackfoot too! How fun!

I guess you can't really tell from this picture, but this horse was MASSIVE. Like the biggest horse I have ever seen. 

This is on top of the ferris wheel with a little bit of the fair behind us! So fun!

One of those beautiful Idaho sunsets we all love! No filter guys! This was the real sky! 

Lastly, a view of the rides at the fair from the ferris wheel! So pretty! 

That concludes our summer adventures! Now school is back in session and we are settling in to a normal married college student life. We are really excited for the fall season though! Our apartment has had fall scents and pumpkin cookies in it for a few weeks now! I can't help it, fall is the best! 

Steven was really excited to be able to wear some fall clothes without dying from heat! 

I got my hair chopped again (shorter than requested, but I'm getting used to it)!

We went to a David Archuleta concert with Steven's parents last week and that was super fun! It was his first concert in FOUR years!! Nuts!! It was fun to have a night out with family! 

Now that our summer is over and I'm in school not a ton has been going on! I've been going to classes, studying, and doing homework mostly! Steven is taking a few classes online so he can work while I'm in school full-time this semester. 

There you have it folks! An update on our life! I hope you enjoyed this post! 

Thanks for reading!! 

- Shelby

About Time

Hello friends and family!

I figured it was about time I started a blog for all of you to read about my exciting life in Rexburg. It's coming up on TWO years of me being out here!! I'll try to post weekly or every other week with updates and pictures.

Just to keep you all updated, I am at Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYUI) and I am majoring in Economics and minoring in International Studies. I absolutely love it here and I wouldn't want to be in school anywhere else (sorry Harvard, I know you wanted me ;).

Moving on to last week! As many of you know, one of my best friends (Dani) got married last Friday! So I went to Utah and attended the wedding! She was a beautiful bride and the day was perfect!

This is when they had just gotten out of the temple -- TOO CUTE

The bridal party (minus Ashley)

Photo taken in typical Mackey & Shelby fashion with our BEAUTIFUL flowers

Dani asked me to be her maid of honor, and an honor it was. She was a stunning bride and I enjoyed every minute of wedding planning and preparation with this beauty. 

Lastly, the three amigas. One down, two to go! I am so proud of Dani and her decision to get married in the temple for eternity. She is an amazing woman and she married an equally amazing man.
Congrats to the happy couple!

Apart from Dani's wedding, I also had the opportunity to spend lots of quality time with my super amazing roommate, Courtney. Unfortunately, we will not be living together next semester (dang track system!!). However, we are excited to live together again in the Fall! She is amazing and I love her to death. 

That wraps up last week! As for this week, it's finals. So really nothing exciting will be going on. Just a whole lot of studying, tests, and cleaning! Thanks for taking some time to read this! I love and miss you all!