we had a busy weekend!

dinner with our good friends the pursers on friday.  katherine made chicken tikka masala.  let's just say gordon and i thought we were in an indian restaurant; it was that fantastic!  gordon made sure i left with the recipe.  we also got to play with their little two year old girl.  she had me grinning all night!  she wanted to watch toy story 3 and in the beginning credits the disney castle appears.  she looked up at me and said "look, it's the temple!"  oh, she is too cute!

early morning rise on saturday to take an autumn ride to logan and visit the logan lds temple.  gordon and i had never been to the logan temple before.  we love how unique it is.  afterwards i couldn't leave logan with eating at logan's heroes sandwich shop.  the locals rant and rave about this place.  gordon really liked his hero sub.  i've had better.  you must need to be a local to love this place.

on our way home we made a pit-stop in willard at paul's patch to pick out some pumpkins to decorate our front porch. i couldn't leave without getting some apples too.

later that evening we went to my family's halloween party at my dad's house.  the theme of the evening was nite of the zombies.  the "man cave" was decorated from top to bottom in zombie decor.  my aunt and step mom put so much work into every detail of the party.  the kids had pillow sack races, bobbed for apples, played musical chairs, and danced to mj's "thriller!"

oh, our costumes?  we. are. robots. (please say that in your best robot voice)  gordon did a wonderful job putting our costumes together.  right down to the very detail (he had an on/off switch and i had function buttons).  our inspiration was a combination between a little kid robot costume and flight of conchords robot costumes.  all and all i think they turned out great.  one of my favorite costumes to date!

sunday evening i was requested by the young women in my ward to speak to them at their "evening of personal progress."  i was flattered that they requested to hear from me. i spoke about how personal progress helps develop individual worth.  each of the young women in my ward are amazing and inspire me to be the best me i can be.  each of them shared something about their own personal progress and i was amazed at each girl's achievements.  i am so grateful for each of them and the outstanding young women that they are.

(side note: i saw one of my most favorite people from my home ward growing up at this personal progress evening.  marylin liptrot was the sweetest lady i had ever met.  her family always sat in the church bench in front of my family.  from the time i was able to walk i would always want to sit with her.  she would entertain me all through sacrament meeting.  as i grew up things did not change.  when i moved from the ward at age twelve i thought i would never see any of the people in my ward again - yes a little dramatic i know - but i have been reconnected with two of them moving back to the ogden area.  marylin is one of them, and my stake president, dave christensen, is the other.  both played an instrumental role in my life when i was growing up.  isn't it funny how life works?)

although very busy, this weekend ended up to be a very special weekend for me.  my life is good.