Life As We Know It

Halloween was a little lame for us this year. Joe spent almost the whole day and night until 10:30 at the Library while I spent the evening with a cup of hot chocolate in hand watching Sleepless in Seattle. BUT we did take advantage of the $2 BOOritos as Chipotle. Joey threw on his "Summer Suit" (the same that he first won me over in on Halloween 3 years ago!)and I sported a "Dorothy" get-up. We put on costumes ONLY for the sake of $2 burritos and we were soo glad we did. A huge dinner for only 4 bucks. Score!

That is some serious frizzle frazzled hair of mine!

The craziness of law school is completely underway. Lately, Joe has been at school from the early morning to late in the night, with only a 2 hour break at home with me. He is working so hard and he impresses me everyday with his diligence. We are most definitely looking forward to Christmas break though!

We had a lot of fun in October! Starting with General Conference weekend (which was absolutely perfect!), a few days in Denver visiting my cousin Lindsey, her husband and their new baby boy, and a week with my parents.

Late September visit with my parents. 

Downtown Farmer's Market. One of the best!

Buying some goods.

Caught red-handed with the fresh kettle corn.

Visit to the Winter Quarters Temple before delivering my parents to the airport. 

Statue in the Pioneer Cemetery from the 1800's that is part of the Temple grounds. The spirit is so strong walking through that cemetery. The statues are beautiful and it is so powerful to think about all the pioneers that came through Winter Quarters. 

The next week...

 Fall flag football!

Between Saturday conference sessions we headed to the golf course for some range practice. Joe loves his golf!

I chose to watch most of the time :) 

The next weekend we headed on a road trip to Denver. 

 The new little family of three!

 Joey gettin' some stroller practice :)

And some baby snuggle time...

You can imagine how much I loved seeing his Daddy skills :) 

So handsome. 3 1/2 weeks old.

I have looked up to Lindsey for most of my life. Seeing her as a mom only magnified how much I look up to her and admire her! So happy we're only a 6 1/2 hour drive away from them!

A week later, my mom arrived again for a week long stay and my dad arrived a few days later.


Ice cream break at a super yummy place!! If you visit us, we will take you there! :)

My mom and I got in 4 awesome runs, through thick misty fog, a treadmill run (after a night of insane howling wind), and 2 freezing runs on the most beautiful trail. She came to work with me, we shopped, we cooked, we soaked up lots of hang out time and had so much fun! My dad was only able to come for two days but we loved every minute of it!


Some of the views from the trail are the most beautiful I've seen. My mom took this with her phone and it is still an amazing picture! We were in heaven running with such a view.

One month ago this was a lush green trail!

Frozen to the bone after our 11 miler in 27 degrees! 

Sunday evening we headed back to our favorite running trail for a walk. 

That little boy was flying across the trail on a zip line his dad rigged up!! Too cool! 

 

I got this awesome new Brooks jacket as a gift from my mom and on our walk we realized it had a pony tail whole on the hood!! Check it out...

After our 7 miler on her last day here. I overdressed a bit for this run :) I was just so flipping cold after our Saturday long run I didn't want to risk it again! 

 Lunch at Whole Food's in Omaha before heading to the airport. My salad bar box weighed almost 2 lbs. Woops! 1 lb for me, 1 lb for the little babe inside :)

Time goes by waay too fast when they visit us! I can't wait for them to come back! 

Tomorrow is November!! Hooray!! I love November! I love Thanksgiving! I love the weather! I love that Christmas excitement begins! I love that we will find out whether we're having a BOY or a GIRL?!?!!!!! I just love it all!