Catching Up

Life got a little crazy there for a minute, and my September Writing Challenge fizzled a bit. I don’t consider it any sort of failure because I don’t have a rule that I have to post everyday or even finish, but now we're nearly half-way through October, and I don't know where the time has gone. Let's rewind to September 24 (my last blog post other than my "Currently (October 2025 Edition)" post, which is kind of a cheater post). Here are some things that have happened since then:

The prophet of our Church passed away on the 27th. I feel like I should note this since it's significant to our Church's history. President Russell M. Nelson is the fifth prophet to pass away during my lifetime. As of today, the new First Presidency has still not been sustained. 

General Conference was the following week. 

The first weekend of October was the Shakespeare competition at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. My friend, Laurel, and I drove down there (and to Saint George) to watch our kids perform. 

We saw Newsies at the Tuachan and did some sightseeing. 

The lighthouse in Cedar City is going to be torn down, and they are doing tours to the top. 

We went in a little hike to a (currently dried up) waterfall.

Stopped at the Red Barn in Santaquin. I bought fall pasta and Laurel bought apple cider donuts. 

My grandparents' house is being demolished soon, so my family went and walked through it one last time. It is such an iconic and historical home. It's sad to see it go, but it is in such disrepair that this is the best thing to happen to it.

(Read more about my grandparents’ house here. I’m so grateful I took those photos and wrote that post when I did!)

We’ve continued our weekly phone calls with Nicky. He’s doing well. He has hard days, but he really loves Puerto Rico. I can’t believe I have a child living on an island in the Caribbean!

We had our annual Dip Night with our friends Chad and Carlie. We had spinach queso, cream cheese sausage dip, guacamole, veggie pizza dip, coconut cream pie dip, and brownie batter dip. I had to get this photo of Chad's plate because it looked like he'd built a little village. 

Chad’s plate 

My plate 

Daisy and I went to the Benson Boone concert. It was a bit of a last minute decision. My friend had some tickets she was trying to sell, so I bought them from her. She thought they were for Wednesday's show, so Daisy and I went to the arena for the concert (I surprised Daisy), and when they scanned our tickets, we discovered they were actually for Saturday! Luckily we were able to come back Saturday. 

There was a huge rainstorm, so we were soaked when we got to the venue, even with umbrellas and hoods! We bought dry sweatshirts and the most expensive pizza I've had in my life. 

It was such a good show! It makes me sick that I'm old enough to be his mother, though. Daisy loved it so much. She screamed and sang at the top of her lungs and cried. I was so glad I took her!

She won’t like me posting this photo, but it’s so genuine, I can’t help it!