Sunday, October 30, 2016

The month of October

The first of the month started off with General Conference. Cindy, Mark, Jan and I received an invitation to attend the Sunday afternoon session of conference from Elder Carl Cook. He was speaking in the afternoon and was going to use some exerts from Joseph Skeen's journal in his talk and so gave us this invitation which we gladly accepted. We walked in a special door without waiting in line and then when we saw the location of the seats we were amazed. We got there early not knowing what to expect.



We watched as the church leaders and their wives entered the center and then felt the spirit as President Monson came in. There is nothing like being there for feeling and spirit. We were so grateful for Carl giving us this opportunity.



Of course football games are also part of our Octobers. Every home game started at 8:15 so it makes for a late night but we enjoy it.




We stayed in Lehi one night instead of going home and then the next morning went to Salt Lake and the church museum to see the new displays. They are wonderful and also have a good spirit with them. Afterwards we had lunch at City Creek. We set at an outdoor table to eat and in a few minutes some of the restaurant people and security started looking under our table. When we asked what was going on the said there was a bat at the base of the table. We got up and went inside. A couple days later we read that there were some rabid bats found downtown. Just our luck.












Aubrey's 1 year birthday was also celebrated in October. There are so many things she likes, but books seems to be on the top of the list.




Birthday celebrations are followed by the changing leaf colors out our window and dress up days for school.


That is then followed by our Halloween party. It is always a fun time to get together. We had a couple of themes going, Zootopia and the elections.






It was a fun evening together The next morning Cindy and I went to the Tabernacle for Music and the Spoken Word broadcast. It is interesting to see a full rehearsal and then the actual performance for tv and radio. It was so great being there. There is nothing like the sound in person and the power of the music.