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September



September meant that BYUI got back into the swing of things. But on the home front, Chloe had her initial appointment at the orthodontist for braces. Caleb was going strong with cross country. We tried to get Isaac and Phoebe all prepped for school with lots of shopping trips for clothes, food, computers, etc. One day we took Morgan to the library and she wasn’t too interested in any books until she realized she could get books in French.





I had my usual back to school meetings, but we also had a faculty member in my department die of cancer and her funeral was that week, so that was kind of sobering. Kory was made Elder’s Quorum President, so he has had a lot of meetings and things to get done. He’s doing a great job. I was able to finally schedule the defense for my dissertation! It will be on November 12, barring any catastrophes before that. If I pass, I’ll graduate December 13th. Fingers crossed!
Phoebe had all of the usual fun college student things happen in her first week. Getting booted, having your battery die, etc. Luckily she had her dad and my dad handy to get it going again. Isaac is rooming with some mission friends and was called to be Elder’s Quorum President, so he’s kind of stressed out about that.  It’s nice that they have each other up there and they have hung out a lot and gone on some fun group dates.







On the 27th, Caleb, me, Kory, Kenzie, and Greg went to a concert at the Ogden Amphitheatre. It was a band Kenzie liked, Rufus du Sol and she got us tickets for Kory’s birthday. So, we met down there. There were a couple of opening bands, so it was about a four-hour concert, which was a little too much for Caleb, but I think he liked it. It was fun to people watch and I told Kory I thought we were probably the oldest people there. Caleb went back with Kenzie and Greg, while Kory and I went to Linden and stayed at Halle’s house.


In the morning, we took Kory’s dad and headed down to Fairview for the funeral of Kory’s Aunt Peggy (his mom’s sister). Mike, Lori, and Nicole drove up from St. George to meet us at the funeral. It was fun to connect with cousins and relatives. Kory played “In a Coming Day” for all of the granddaughters to sing and it sounded great. Kory loved seeing his cousin and former college roommate, Mike Ricks. Kory and I treated ourselves to Swig and In n Out on the way home. I also saw some really funny graffiti in the restroom at the Flying J. It said, “This drunk octopus wants to fight you and hold your purse,” around the coat hanger. I took a picture to illustrate.
That was about it for September!







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