Rise and Shout the Cougars are out!!

Saturday afternoon BYU played New Mexico in football. It was so much fun to go to the stadium again. We don't have cable so we haven't been able to follow BYU since we moved. They are a great team and I'm looking forward to the BYU vs. Utah game. BYU beat the Lobos 21 to 3. It wasn't a great game until the 4th quarter. Mark and I want to go back and watch a game next year at Lavell Stadium even though the cougs will be traveling here to play in New Mexico. After the game the players run around the north and west ends of the stadium and give high fives to the fans. It was fun. This was also the first time my parents, who have been BYU fans from before I was born, watched a football game in the stadium!!

Thanksgiving Point

Have you guys ever been to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point? It's amazing! You could easily spend all day there. It is fun for adults and kids with lots of hands on activities. It makes our ABQ museum look pitiful! Whenever we go back to Utah we'll go again.

Suessical the Musical

Friday night we attended Shoni's show at the Scera. The cast did a great job and it's such a fun show to watch.

Friday

Friday morning we headed to Temple Square. Mark and I were able to see the Joseph Smith movie while Shoni played with Kendra. My parents flew in that afternoon and then we just had to go to BYU bookstore. Everytime we go to Provo we always go to the bookstore! On our way we stopped at the BYU Museum of Art. I love the picture of Kendra sitting with her Grandpa looking at the painting of Jesus.

Shoni's Class

On Thursday we visited My sister's classroom. She teaches 2nd grade in Springville, UT. Kendra was shy at first, but absolutely loved being with all the kids. She did centers with them and even became a little performer for the kids and teachers.

Angels

We traveled to Provo, Utah on Wednesday, October 8th. Mark worked half that day and we met in the middle so he could return his rental car. We had planned to stop in Moab, but when we arrived it was only 5:30 pm. We knew we could easily make it to Provo by 9:30 pm. But we had already reserved a hotel. To cancel without a fee it had to be within 24 hours prior to check-in time. We thought we'd give it a try.

We stopped at the Super8 in Moab. The manager was very kind and told us that as long as we had a place to stay in Provo she would cancel our stay in Moab with no fee. Their motel was almost completely full so she thought for sure she could fill our room. How kind of her - and we were able to finish the trip in a day.

After Moab we travel on I-70 for about 20 miles before getting onto another highway. Mark, excited to end the trip was going quite fast. Shortly after we got on I-70 we flew past an officer. Immediately his lights went on. We were the only car on the freeway that past him after his lights came on. I told Mark he might as well pull over. He said he wanted to wait to make sure it was him. Of course it was! He finally pulled over. The officer took his license, our registration and proof of insurance and returned to his car. Much to my surprise I wasn't mad at Mark. He deserved a ticket for going so fast! The officer returned and told us he was only going to give us a warning. He then said, "I just want you to slow down so you can get home safely." What a nice guy. Have you ever met such a kind police officer?