More Classes + a Concert

This week was filled with the usual: classes, friends, fun adventures with Zoe, and of course lots and lots of homework.

On Wednesday, Jake surprised me by coming home early, which meant that he had to walk all the way home. It was such a nice surprise! And he even brought me some beautiful flowers and a root beer, one of my favorite sodas. I have a pretty great husband!

Thursday I had to run to the Dollar Tree to pick up a few things, and noticed all of their Halloween decorations and some fun little costume accessories. There were some fairy wings, and I couldn't resist getting a pair...Zoe wasn't a huge fan of wearing them, but she cooperated pretty well all things considered! It definitely cracked me up!

This is a photo of their version of Taylor Swift's "Shake it
Off", one of the songs they performed on America's Got
Talent!

On Friday evening, Jake and I had the opportunity to go onto campus and see Alex Boye perform! You might have heard of him because he was recently on this season of America's Got Talent, and made it pretty far before being eliminated. He's also famous for a version of Frozen's "Let it Go" that you can find on YouTube! It was so incredible to hear some live music, and especially from someone as talented as Alex. We really enjoyed the concert, and definitely recommend that everyone who ever has the opportunity to see him live take advantage of it!

This Week's Spiritual Thought

Saturday was the General Women's Broadcast, and it was so great to watch! My friends Emma and Kyrsten came over and we watched it in our living room, and Zoe even seemed to pay attention a bit which had us giggling. It was so wonderful to hear from church leaders, and to get even more excited for General Conference this upcoming week! One of my favorite points shared by Sister Rosemary M. Wixom was that we should take our validation vertically from God, not horizontally from the world. Validation from God means that we can continue growing upwards and become even better than we are now, but if we take our validation from the world, we don't have the chance to grow as much as we should.