Here are some highlights from the last couple of days of September and start of October.
We received a lot of rain this week; several times it poured down heavily. Cute flashbacks!
Wednesday evening I took the boys over to Gardner Village to find the witches at the WitchFest.
Fun finding the witches (this one has 6 fingers).
Steve wasn't with us because he went downtown to get Nyles' flute back. Nyles accidentally left it on the train riding home from school. It apparently went all the way back downtown, and a homeless guy found it (we put a luggage tag on it w/ Steve's name and phone number). The homeless guy then called Steve and told him he'd give it back if he gave him some money. Steve then hurried downtown to meet him, as we didn't want to lose the flute (we were renting it from Riverton Music and it's worth $900).
The homeless guy told Steve where to park for free parking, and as Steve got out of his car, a policeman came up to him and asked what he was doing in that part of town. Steve told him, and the policeman then called for backup, and 2 other policemen came. They told Steve that the homeless, unfortunately, tend to try to take advantage of people and even rob and hurt them, so they didn't want Steve to go alone. The policeman then walked behind Steve, and as Steve got up to where he was meeting the guy, they came forward. The homeless guy was, of course, mad, and other homeless people who were near him took off. The Policeman finally talked the homeless guy into giving the flute back, as they told him it wasn't his to begin with. Steve gave him $10 bucks to be nice, and the policeman walked Steve back to his car.
The policeman again told Steve to call the police first if he is ever dealing w/ the homeless again. It definitely was a blessing that the policeman showed up. Steve very likely would have been hurt had they not shown up. Hindsight, he should have called the police to start with, but we didn't realize the seriousness of the circumstances. We were all praying for Steve that things would go well. The policeman were definitely an answer to our prayers and we're so thankful things turned out the way they did. After he got the flute, he took it over to Riverton Music to have them professionally clean it, as the police suggested it, not knowing what they did to it while it was in their possession.
After we went to Gardner Village, we stopped at Winco to pick out our pumpkins and get a few snacks/treats. It's our tradition to start off the Fall Season after going to the WitchFest. We missed Steve this time for sure. We met him back at home after getting our pumpkins and he told us the whole story of getting Nyles' flute back. What an adventure.
That night, Hudson started throwing up, so he stayed home from school. He thankfully took a few naps while he was resting. He also decorated his pumpkin.
Thursday evening, we went up Big Cottonwood Canyon to see the pretty fall colors. Silver Lodge and Restaurant, where Steve and I had breakfast after we got engaged (17 years ago on October 3, 2008).
We then walked around Silver Lake.
The colors were beautiful!
So pretty!
We had a wonderful time walking around the lake and enjoying the beautiful scenery.
Stunning!
Beautiful lake.
Amazing colors!
Ryan Dunn and his girlfriend Sarah came to visit on Friday. They came down to go to his mission reunion that afternoon/evening. After it was over, they came back and had dinner w/ us. Steve grilled some steak. Then they went to the Draper Temple and did temple sealings. It rained hard again that night, which hit them as they were walking out of the temple. They got a little wet :) It hard hard throughout the night as well, waking us up several times.
Friday night we made and decorated Halloween sugar cookies.
We also saw a beautiful rainbow that morning.
Saturday morning, we made crepes for breakfast. Ryan and Sarah left that morning to go to the Saturday afternoon session of General Conference. They rode the train trax downtown. Steve and Nyles left in the afternoon to go duck hunting (the duck opener). I took Hudson and Carter to the Aquarium in between the morning and afternoon sessions of General Conference.
Watching General Conference. Ryan and Sarah ended up coming home as Sarah wasn't feeling great (cramps) and watched the afternoon session w/ us. Carter decorated his pumpkin.
Steve, Nyles, Rob and Zach went duck hunting. It rained HARD again, and it was cold. They only got 1 duck, and they were all wet and cold, but said they had a good time.
Sarah wanted to go to the Aquarium, so we went over after dinner (I made chicken noodle soup and sourdough breadsticks). We had fun walking around looking at the animals/fish. They went shopping afterwards and got home at bedtime.
Sunday, we watched General Conference. Ryan and Sarah ended up leaving at 7am Sunday morning to get back to watch General Conference w/ their family. They said it was 75 years ago that last time the Quorum of the 12 Apostles directed the conference instead of the President/Prophet of the church (1st Presidency). All the messages were amazing. I'm grateful we can go back and watch/read them later as I never catch it all the first time around. We're so thankful for living prophets and apostles who lead Christ's Church today.
That night we had family dinner at Dave/Joann's clubhouse. Both LuDean (Dave's mom), and Carl (Joann's dad) were able to come as it's wheelchair accessible. We sang happy birthday to the October people: Abby, Dave, Stacie, Diane and Carl.
The boys w/ their decorated pumpkins.
Great quote from President Nelson.
Quote from President Oaks.
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