Nope. No Thanksgiving photos yet. Actually, we really didn't take very many. Here's a photo from a few weeks ago, though. Happier memories of BYU football. My friend hooked us up with tickets in the geriatic section. We got free hot chocolate, one raised arm was sufficient to continue the wave, and we didn't have to stand until they say "Rise and Shout." Dad, you would probably prefer the student section where they stand the whole time.

Mustache Bash 2008

Like most single's wards in our area, the Elder's quorum has Manrichment activities. However, unlike most other wards, our Manrichment activities include the women (what does it take to get men to attend the Elder's Quorum activities? Women, duh!) So here we have our second annual Mustache Bash Manrichment. In order to attend the party at all you had to have some kind of mustache on. There were some pretty creative ones including the milk mustache, the mexi-stache and one girl who pretty much just cleaned out her hair brush and taped it to her upper lip (shudder). You know me, though. Any kind of costume party and I'm there!

That's the classic party game "pin the mustache on Tom Selleck".

The problem with caller ID...

Last week while stopped at a light on my way to work, my phone rang. I grabbed it and checked the caller ID. "egh, I don't really want to talk to him," I may or may not have audibly muttered as I tossed my phone onto the passenger seat. A few seconds later, my phone received the message and I picked it up to see what my friend had wanted. "Hey Amy, I just noticed you in the car next to me, so I thought I'd say hello, but I can see you're clearly too busy to answer. That felt wonderful. You have a great day too."

The moral of the Story: Check your surroundings before you check your caller ID.

So domestic

Tonight was our pie making enrichment. Don't we all look so cute with our little pies. I even wore my apron to trick myself into feeling domestic. It was such an awesome enrichment. We had record-breaking attendance (for our RS) and everyone seemed to have a great time. Plus everyone went home with their own mini apple pie. For dessert we had... pie (nope, not the ones we just made, Costco pie. Go figure.)

4 Wheeling

Bryan is one of my closest friends and he's moving away. (I know, what's new?) So in honor of our last weekend together, we took his 4 wheeler out on a trail that goes behind Y Mountain. Every once in a while we would come to a canyon that revealed life in the Valley. The weather was perfect and with the exciting BYU football game that followed, it made for a pretty awesome day.

Welcome Halloween!

Yep, some slight improvements and this costume was ready to go again. I didn't officially get to wear it last year, so I was pleased to debut the Walmart Greeter at both my work party and the huge Stake dance party last night.
It definitely elicited the desired response from both events. I went around with happy face stickers welcoming everyone I met. Anyone who already knew me, thought it was hilarious. Picking up on new guys at the dance was a little trickier. I was constantly turning around to find people laughing and pointing. On any other day, this is would be upsetting, but on Halloween it's met with a mirror-cracking smile.

There were some pretty impressive costumes at work this year. Nacho Libre obviously took guts (no pun intended). The 70s cop was a hit too, especially when he arrested Nacho with a set of handcuffs that he didn't have a key to. The Burger King King kept sneaking fake cash into people's pockets, and Obama (who painted himself black) kept talking about change and taking money from the doctor and giving it to me. A little later Darick showed up as a Never-Nude (to anyone who has seen any Arrested Development, that's pretty darn funny. He was just wearing jean cut-offs and a bathrobe over top.) We had a great time and hardly got any work done. Happy Halloween!