This week was filled with lots of fun adventures, as usual. Even when my week seems very simple, when I think back on it there's really never a dull moment! I'm grateful for all the opportunities I have to experience new things here in Idaho, or even to just appreciate the "old" things more fully.
On Monday I took Jake to work before heading up to school for the day, and boy was it COLD. I wore an undershirt, t-shirt, cardigan, coat, scarf, + hat for the walk from my car to class in the 32 degree wind, with very ominous looking clouds coming in. All day it looked like we'd get a storm, but I guess Mother Nature was all talk since we didn't get even a drop of rain! It's so nice being able to come home from class and get into cozy clothes and just curl up with some hot cocoa or herbal tea.
On Tuesday Jake worked his other job at the pizza place here in town, so after taking him to work I came home and did some homework for a while. Then I picked up my companion Janelle, and we set off to do our visiting teaching. We visited with Stacie for about half an hour, just getting to know her first since we'd never met, + then I gave the lesson. The lesson was on Christ being the bread of life, and even though the message I shared was pretty short, it ended up being pretty great. One of my favorite quotes from the lesson that I shared was:
"Join in the adventure of the earliest disciples of Christ who also yearned for the bread of life--those who did not go back but who came to Him, stayed with Him, and who recognized that for safety and salvation there was no other to whom they could ever go." -Jeffrey R. Holland
After visiting teaching, I came home and worked on my midterm for my Book of Mormon class. At the beginning of the semester, our professor told us to choose a principle that we wanted to really focus on while doing our scripture study. I chose charity/service, and we were instructed to look for signs of that principle throughout our daily reading. For our midterm, we had to connect our specific principle to a certain passage of scripture that we're all studying together as a class, and prepare a short lesson about it. As part of my lesson, I found this video that I attached to the presentation.
Wednesday was another cold day, and of course I forgot to bring a scarf. I hadn't really realized how much I needed that extra warmth because walking from my car to class and around campus was MISERABLE! I'll never forget a scarf again! That night I was doing homework while Jake was at work, and my mom called. Apparently Will needed a striped t-shirt for Thursday to dress up with the rest of the baseball team at school, and Sarah had been out earlier in the day and found nothing. When I was back in California, I was constantly out running little errands for my mom, doing things like this, and she was stressing out because she missed having me there to help. So I made a few suggestions, and then we hung up the phone. A little while later I decided to look on Target's website just for the heck of it...and what do I find? A striped t-shirt. I sent Mom a picture and she sent it to Will, who apparently approved of my fashion sense, because Mom was off to Target within five minutes of me sending the picture. Even in Idaho, I'm still doing your shopping, Mom!
On Thursday I went to a meeting for my calling in Relief Society, and then came home to do some homework and scrap-booking. It's been my little escape from the stressful stuff lately, and I'm so grateful to have something to take my mind off of stuff! Crafts have always been one of my favorite ways to relax.
Friday was Halloween! I got home from class and discovered that the USB of our wedding photos had arrived, so I was SUPER excited about that! Especially since the packaging was so adorable. Another huge thank you to Danielle Armstrong Photography for our beautiful photos. We love them to death.
That evening Jake and I dressed up as Lucy and Schroeder from Peanuts, and had a night in watching scary movies and handing out candy to the (two) trick-or-treat-ers that knocked on our door.
Saturday was the beginning of November! Since it was cold outside, I spent the day doing things around the house and some homework. I also developed our wedding photos, and started putting them together into an album. It's even better seeing the physical photos as opposed to just images on a computer screen.
On Sunday, I woke up very disappointed. The weather had predicted snow during the night, but we didn't get cold enough for anything to stick. It rained most of the day, but apparently it might snow later this week...which means the wet from the rain won't dry up, and it'll freeze over once the snow actually hits. And let me tell you, ice under snow is HORRIBLE to walk on. So please pray that neither of us break our leg while walking around outside! We went to church today as usual, and enjoyed our evening together with nothing important to do except relax. Sundays are definitely still my favorite day of the week!
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