A Little Update

Since I haven't written in a while, I figured I would update you on what we've been up to. Some of this is old news, but oh well. Here are some highlights of the past few weeks:

* My work had a retreat up at Sundance for all the partners and managers. We had a meeting all afternoon, then the spouses came up for a fancy dinner and we watched a movie in the screening room at Sundance. I was thinking it would be some fancy or unique theater, but it was really just a small theater. It was fun though - most people left before the movie and they had tons of candy and popcorn and drinks, so we got to pick whatever we wanted. Sundance was really pretty too, although most of the pretty colorful leaves in the canyon had turned brown by then.

* Ryan Shupe Concert - this was another work event (it seems like I've had lots of these lately! It seems to happen a lot in the fall because it's recruiting season for the accounting firms). Ernst & Young sponsors a Ryan Shupe concert on BYU campus every fall, so Nate and I went down to represent EY. It was entertaining, as usual, although after the third time of seeing the same concert, I'll admit it gets a little old. My brother Dave is in the accounting program now, so we got to hang out with him during the concert.

* We visited the Packer Pumpkin Patch (aka Nate's parents' garden) on the Monday before Thanksgiving for FHE. The nieces and nephew came dressed up in their cute Halloween costumes, and we had fun watching them picking out their pumpkins.

* Nate's brother left on his mission on October 29th. He will be serving in Carlsbad, California, speaking Mandarin Chinese. He took Chinese a little bit in high school, so hopefully that will give him a little bit of a head start. We went with the family to take him to the MTC. It was pretty similar to our experience taking my sister 5 months earlier - lots of pictures, lots of excitement and ancitipation, and lots of tears. He will be in the MTC until towards the end of January, so he has a while, but seems to be doing well and learning the language.

* Yet another recruiting event - we went with my work and our recruits to the season opener Jazz game. They beat...the other team...I'm drawing a blank on who it was...in a close game, so it was fun to watch, even though we were in a room at the very top of the arena.

* Last weekend, Nate had a campout with the boy scouts - his new calling in our ward. They went up to a cabin in Midway and the boys slept in tents outside while the leaders got to sleep in beds in the campout - pretty smart! He had fun staying up late with the scouts and getting to know them a little better. It was the first time I've stayed at our house alone since we've been married - I'm usually the one to travel and leave him alone :) I rented a chick flick to watch Friday night, and told myself all the random noises I was hearing were just the house settling (I'm sure they were, but it seemed especially loud when I was home by myself). When he got back, we went down to the BYU game against San Diego State. For once, we actually had decent weather for a BYU game - the ones we've been to have almost all been in the middle of a rainstorm or on a sweltering hot day. Thanks for the tickets Dave!

* We had Nate's former mission companion and his wife and little girl over for dinner after the BYU game. Their daughter was really cute and gave us a good name idea for our baby when she told us she had named her doll Lemuel.

* This week was pretty crazy - it felt like I wasn't home at all. The most fun was a birthday dinner for Nate's brother with Nate's family and sister-in-law's family. Unfortunately, his brother recognized the back of Nate's head through the window when they were walking up to the restaurant, so it spoiled the surprise. I guess I'll have to give him a less distinctive haircut next time.

* Pregnancy Update - I'm now 28 weeks, or a little over 6 months for those of you who don't count in weeks :) Although it's not very flattering, I've had several requests for an updated profile picture, so here you go. No mocking though.