Life: September - November

I am so behind on blogging that I don't even know where to start. 

Once we got moved in to our apartment in Provo we started to get more in the swing of things and our Fall went by pretty quickly.

Both of Kyle's parents' birthdays are in September, so they decided to come and visit their "big" kids for their birthdays. It was a fun trip full of shopping, good food, visiting with their old friends, and hiking. The highlight for Ryan, Jordan, Kyle and I was the Boise State vs. BYU football game. We got a ROC pass for Ryan and sat at pretty much the top of the student section. But man was it worth it! Such an incredible game! Ryan actually didn't have a voice for a few days after because he yelled so much!

While we were in California for the summer, my family all went hiking and camping and Kyle was super jealous we couldn't go with them. So when we got back we quickly started planning a hiking trip with Alicia and Peter. We ended up staying the night Friday night in Cedar City and then driving down to spend the day at Zion National Park on Saturday. We hiked most of Angel's Landing, as well as the Weeping Rock, and some of the waterfront trail (I can't remember its name). The boys were super excited to take the kids on Angel's Landing, but man did it make me nervous! Everything was fine though. By the time we got down from Angel's Landing Will was more than a little excited to get to actually walk by himself and he really enjoyed running around like a big kid!

 

At dinner after, Will was captivated by the BYU game on

Neither Kyle nor I are much for Halloween. This year we ended up moving apartments (just in our complex) and then spending the rest of the time with Alicia's family. Will is just starting to understand what trick-or-treating is, so it was a blast to watch him go up to the door and be delighted when they gave him candy! Since we don't have our own kids, we are continuously grateful Alicia and Peter are willing to share theirs with us!

Alicia asked if I would take pictures of her family in the field behind their house and she took a few of us too. We obviously spend a lot of time with them!

In November I went to Chicago for the ABCT Convention to help present a poster. I had heard a lot about the food there and, I have to say, I was not impressed. The best food I ate was at a random Thai food restaurant we found. The weather was beautiful though! Paige and I had a lot of fun sight seeing, especially by the waterfront. We also always go to dinner with everyone from BYU who came and that is pretty much always a highlight for me. 

This year for Thanksgiving we were at my parents house on actual Thanksgiving day. Kyle and I got there before pretty much everyone else because we have the least amount of people so we wanted to be there to help. We had a delicious meal and afterward we watched "Once I was a Beehive" which is a darling movie, no matter how cheesy. At night we went up to Andrea's house for dessert because all of Andrea's siblings and their families were up for the holiday. Man, all of my cousin's kids are getting so old! There was a whole group of teenagers and it was super weird! We also got everyone to share with us some of our favorite Beaver stories. We just had a blast!

Kyle's family also came to town, so the day after Thanksgiving we had our second Thanksgiving with his family. Again, the food was really good. I'm still trying to remember everyone's names and stuff, so I'm not 100% comfortable with his extended family yet, but I'll get there. While they were in town we also went to Savior of the World and walked around Temple Square after eating a delicious dinner. Kyle's cousin Tyson was nice enough to take some pictures for us!