Week in Review

This last week has been full of lots of ups and downs. First off, the high of the week. I love General Conference! I thoroughly enjoyed being able to skip all of my Sunday meetings and getting to rest while hearing inspired counsel for our day! I loved that it was rainy all weekend and it made curling up with a blanket and Kyle so enjoyable! I am really liking this Fall season. Too bad it means Winter is next!

The rough part of the week had to do with cars. I really think that car repairs are the pits and this week, my car decided to die. We finally realized that it was luckily just a battery problem, but replacing the battery was an expensive little adventure! not to mention that my car registration is expired, but I was unable to go get the safety inspection done to renew it since the car was dead! Sheesh! I am also really trying to find someone who will pass my cracked windshield on the inspection because I had to pay $160 last year to replace a cracked windshield and then it is cracked again (ironically only a few months after it was replaced...curse the sand from snowplows!) This is an expensive month for cars.

Also in news last week, I was summoned for Jury Duty! Having recently watched the movie Runaway Jury, I am hoping that somehow my name will get called up on a really interesting case, but in this county, I am eligible for 6 months. Not sure how I will handle Jury duty while I am in labor, but who knows! I just hope that when I get called up, it will not conflict with my holiday plans or baby needs!

To end on a positive note, I had my October Checkup this morning and the baby is doing great! The heartbeat has consistently been above 160 beats per minute, so my doctor teased that if I believe in old wives tales, then this is definitely a girl. Who knows! We scheduled our gender ultrasound for November 12th, so we will know for sure in a month! I could have gone earlier, but I want to be sure that we can get a clear picture, so I guess I will just have to anxiously await November! We have so much to be grateful for this year!

This week's projects include 2 tests for Kyle, a major thesis week for me (hoping to submit a final draft this week!) and at the end of the week, we will head to the cabin to meet up with my brother Nate and his girlfriend, Tanja, for the official "meet the family" weekend! We will also welcome home Elder Spencer Bell (a favorite of Kellie's!!) officially as he will give his report in church next weekend. Should be fun!