October - My favorite month!!

I love October. The weather, the clothes, the colors, everything! The month started off with a great weekend of General Conference. Some great talks. While the guys were at their Priesthood meeting, my cute cousins, Jenny & Shannon, and I got together for a marathon dinner out at The Cheesecake Factory (yes, that means 3 times in one month's time). We had a great time catching up and just talking for hours (til nearly 2am!).
Jeremy and I were a little late, but we managed to fit in our annual fall drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon and over Guardsman Pass into Park City. Most of the leaves were gone, but it was still nice. At least we had seen it a few weeks earlier, in its prime, when we went up for Brighton Sunday.
My next adventure was a trip to New York City. I hadn't been in 3 years, so it was long overdue. My friend Chara met me there and we took in some shows and shopping for 4 days. She has a friend who has a corporate apartment near NYU, so we got to stay there for free. It was wonderful and kept the trip very inexpensive, thankfully. We saw Linda Eder in concert at the old Town Hall where she was promoting her new album Soundtrack. I'm not really thrilled with her new style, but it was still nice to see her live again. Broadway shows included West Side Story, Mary Poppins (my favorite of the weekend), and Rock of Ages. Great casts, lots of talent.

There were some changes made in my single ward this fall. Our bishopric was released and a new one was called from the Parley's Stake. We attended a Ward Luau in their honor where there was food, bishopric roasts, and a slideshow. The last few minutes of the slideshow included a song "For Good" from Wicked that was very fitting.

It well may be that we will never meet again In this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me is made of what I learned from you

You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine by being my friend...

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

I do believe I have been changed for the better...

And because I knew you...

I have been changed for good...

It was very emotional for me. I'll miss Bishop Craig Proctor, Brother Craig Crockett, and Brother Jim Reynolds. They are good men - and so are the incoming bishopric members. I'm sure we'll grow to love them as well.

And lastly, Halloween. My favorite holiday, in my favorite month. Kristin & Michael came to visit again, and Jeremy and I got to spend the afternoon/evening with them and the wonderful Maxwell family. We even got to do some trick-or-treating with the kids, which I hadn't done in years. Way fun. Carter & Ellie were freakin' adorable as a bee and beekeeper.
Then Jeremy & I went to my house and got changed into our costumes to go to a party at Lyndee's place downtown. Jeremy looked awesome as Quasimodo again this year, and I was a wench.