October Wk 1-Started out with the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A lot of great talks were given that helped me reaffirm my faith in my Savior and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Here are some of my favorites:
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland-"Because of Your Faith."
Elder D. Todd Christopherson-"Reflections on a Consecrated Life."
Richard C. Edgley-"Faith--The Choice is Yours."
Conference weekend also brings about good times with friends. After the sessions on Saturday, I got together with a group of girls and we had a progressive dinner. It was great to meet more people and get to know some better. At the last house, the guys met up with us and we played games and ate desserts. Couldn't be better. On Sunday, we went to another friend's house to watch the Sunday sessions. In between the sessions, we grilled steak, snacked, and chatted. Lots of food and even more fun!
October Wk 2-
I have no recollection at the moment of what happened to me during this week. Hmmm...??? Oh wait, now I remember! I went shopping with a few girls from my ward. There's a girl here from the south and she has no sweaters so of course I offered to help her go shopping. Any excuse to go shopping is a good enough excuse for me. One of the girls with us decided that it was time we all find our perfect pair of "butt jeans." I tried to tell her that none existed for a girl with no butt like myself but she would not be deterred. Poor girl picked out pair after pair with absolutely no luck. Turns out I was right. You can not have the perfect "butt jeans" if you have no butt. Sigh...
After shopping we went to dinner in KC at a pizza place called Spin! which was delicious and then next door went to an ice cream place called Glace. They have incredible flavors like goat cheese and honey, which I sampled, which tasted like goat cheese, and then honey. I can't even describe to you what kind of sensations were going on in my mouth. In the end, I decided to go with apple crisp and cinnamon. DELICIOUS. Go there if you're in KC. It's worth it.
October Wk 3-
I was able to go to a bonfire with some girls from church and then we made our way to a corn maze. The best part of the maze was a nice little tractor pull where I got to lay down in the hay and look up at the sky. It was amazing! The weather out her has been absolutely wonderful. It really helped me change my negative attitude about Kansas. In fact, I can even say that I like it here. It helps that I've made a lot of friends. That helps no matter where you live I guess.
October Wk 4-
Friday night was a blast. I went to a friend's friend's birthday party. I'd met the girl once but really, we just wanted an excuse to party. I'm glad there's always something going on around here and with different people every time.
Saturday morning my friend and I made our way to St. Louis to visit the St. Louis temple.
It's only about 4 hours from here so we made a little day trip of it. We had a good time chatting on the way up. That's a long time to keep talking but we are obviously pros because we did it all the way there and back. Going into that temple was a great experience. It's been awhile since I've gone to a temple and it was nice to go back and feel the spirit that is there. It was also a different feeling because we actually had to make a sacrifice to get there. A four hour drive is not what I'm used to. Even in Chicago it only took about a half hour to get there. Kansas City is actually getting one next year which is so exciting!
Afterwards, we went to an Italian restaurant called Brio and it was delicious. I couldn't get enough of their spinach artichoke dip! It ended up being a great little getaway.
October Wk 5-
Friday night we had our church Halloween dance. My friend Jarrett and I went as Waldo and Wenda (Waldo's girlfriend). How do we look?
The next morning I got up to go to St. Louis. Yes, again. Totally worth every mile. :) My friend Ben is doing a medical rotation in St. Louis for the month. Last month he was in Chicago, about 10 minutes from where I used to live, and since he's now in St. Louis which is much closer, I made the journey to go see him. Saturday we spent the afternoon shopping. He needed a new pair of dress shoes and since I do that for a living, I thought I'd offer my services. That night we went with some of his friends to a part of town called The Hill and ate at one of the MANY Italian restaurants. The food of course was scrumptious. Ben ordered seafood ravioli for an appetizer which was surprisingly tasty. I love trying new things. By this point in most people's lives, they've tried much more. But hey, a girl's got to start somewhere, right?
On Sunday we went to church which turned out to be Stake Conference so we got there an hour early (oops) but got to listen to the choir practice. The choir was better than any stake choir I'd ever heard so I was happy we were able to hear them practice. After church, we drove downtown and visited the arch. The St. Louis Arch is enormous, in case you were wondering. We tried to get a picture of ourselves with it in the background with no real luck.
2 comments:
Woo Hoo! Thanks for the update, I wasn't sure you were alive anymore. Sounds like it's a busy life. Sorry I didn't answer your phonecall, I didn't know it rang! Talk to you later, I hope!!
It looks like your "butt jeans" experience means that your career as a Jennifer Lopez or Kim Kardashian body double is in serious jeopardy :-)
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