Jen's Baby Shower

On Saturday we threw a shower for Jen.  Her baby girl is due next week.  This is the first baby girl shower we have thrown, and I think it turned out pretty cute.  Everyone chipped in and made this a great event. 

Outside Play

Nolan loves to be outside, playing in the dirt/sandbox.  He would do this for hours if we let him.  I'm glad he loves to be outside so much!

Nolan's School Pictures

These are pictures of a picture, but we couldn't get over how good these turned out.  Picture day was on a Monday, and I totally forgot.  We are amazed they got him to sit still long enough to get a good picture. 

I Love to See the Temple

Lately, Nolan has been asking to drive past the temple every day.  One Sunday afternoon, I took him to the temple grounds and we walked around.  He loved it.  We heard the organ playing in the tabernacle, a bell on the grounds went off. 

Utah beats Stanford and other Weekend Happenings

It was a great weekend and having the Utes beat the #5 team in the Nation helped with that.  Saturday afternoon @ 4:00 pm we went to the game.  Lauren watched Nolan at our house.  I didn't have high hopes going into the game, I just hoped we would keep it respectable, and keep it close if possible.  The Utes were very prepared, and beat Stanford 27-21.  The students rushed the field and we stayed in our seats for a while after the game, just to soak it all in.  It was great!  

The rest of the weekend was spent, running errands, shopping at Target, dinner at my parents and doing laundry.  Friday night we met up with Nik and his family at Seven Peaks Fun Center in Lehi.  Since we have the Pass of All Passes, everything was free.  We tried to take Nolan on the airplane rides that move up and down, but he climbed out before the ride even started.  Then we waited in the long line for the go carts, which was really fun.  I don't think Nolan knew what to expect, and I don't even know if he liked the ride or not since his face was the same the entire time.  That kid keeps us laughing, that's for sure.  It was a great weekend with the fam!  Tuesday we went to the coaches show at City Creek and I got my picture taken with 2 of the players.  They were the players of the week, Carl Williams and Nate Orchard.

Graduate School Expo

I wanted to remember my first graduate school expo. I like to call it the tour of Utah grad school edition.  It started at BYU on Wednesday, September 25.  We met at work and drove down early to get everything set up.  We stopped at Jamba Juice on the way out of the building.  UVU, Thursday, September 26, I went with Sarah from work.  We left from there and drove to SUU.  Ryan was on his own with Nolan, which was good practice for when i'm in Boston during the first week of November.  We had dinner at Applebee's and went to a movie.  It was Sarah's choice on the movie, Austenland.  Not my favorite, but it was alright.  Friday, September 27 was at SUU and we got back around 6:30 pm, just in time for Ryan and I to go out for our anniversary.  Weber State on Monday, September 30, USU on Tuesday, and the U of U on Wednesday.  It was a fun week and I enjoyed seeing all of the different campuses around the state.  

Celebrating 7 Years

On Friday, September 27, we celebrated our 7th anniversary.  I was away on a work trip and got back around 6:30 pm.  Ryan had arranged for Macy to come over and watch Nolan so we could go to dinner.  He had flowers and cookies to surprise me when I got home.  We went to dinner at the Dodo in Sugarhouse.  It was a nice night and always a fun thing to celebrate.  Here's to many more years together!