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October 2019
The first week of October we enjoyed General Conference and we had the kids, so we had our traditional toaster strudel. After conference on Sunday, Kory and I went for a nice stroll on the green belt with Chloe. Earlier that week, my parents hosted a mission reunion and Elder Bednar was the speaker, so it turned out to be a nice event.








I finished my dissertation revisions and sent them to my committee for the defense in November. To celebrate being done with the dissertation, Kory and I went to Lava Hot Springs on the 12th. That night, I went to dinner with Paula and Joelle. We later met some other friends at the Kristen Chenoweth concert, which was fantastic. Morgan brought Friend to church with her on the 13th, saying he was feeling left out.



On the 15th, we helped the Sorenson’s host the cross-country team dinner. We dragged our little outdoor grill over there and Kory flipped pancakes.
On the 21st, McKenzie invited everyone over for Ryker’s 4th birthday party. Caleb was eager to open some of his presents, so they shared the party, although Caleb turned 16 on the 25th.



Caleb wrapped up his cross-country season on the 23rd, with District at Freeman Park. He enjoyed the season, but says he may be done with running. He also auditioned for the musical and will be in the chorus of Beauty and the Beast.



On the 25th, I had my department retreat up in Victor all day. That night, Kory, me, Lakyn, and Morgan went to Kelton Whipple’s reception and I got to meet some of Morgan’s half-siblings.
On the 26th, Kory and I enjoyed a lazy day, visited my parents and then went to dinner with Kristi and Terry at the Idaho Burger Grill in St. Anthony. Really tasty burgers.


On the 30th, Phoebe and I checked out Evan’s Hairstyling College, because she’s thinking of attending. On the 31st, Kory was teaching at BYUI, so I manned the trick or treat candy all night. That’s it for October.




Also, we had a freak snowstorm the week of Halloween and someone slid into Isaac's bumper, so we've been handling that.



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