Life is Good: October 2009

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Flynn's in Town

Flynn's came in town to bring Kaytlin to the MTC. We had such an enjoyable time while they were here.

Sunday morning we went to Music and the Spoken Word. What a beautiful and uplifting experience. I was sitting next to a woman from Missouri. She told me that she wasn't expecting it to be an emotional experience to listen to the the Tab Choir. I knew what she was feeling.

Morgan took this photo of the Tabernacle Choir that morning. She is such a great photographer.

Temple Square....Beautiful!

The Flynn and Scott girls on Temple Square.

We took a Fall walk in the canyon up Little Cottonwood Canyon Sunday afternoon.

Me, Jen, Robyn, Kaytlin.

We had so much fun!

Darling girls!

Jen and Kaytlin were roomies at BYU last year. They have become good friends.

Monday evening we had a dinner for Kaytlin to celebrate her mission. Robyn and Kaytlin.

Cute Morgan at the dinner at Bryan's. Thank you for all these great photos!

Lunch at Chuck O Rama, one of Kaytlin's favorites, the day Kaytlin went into the MTC.

Kaytlin at the MTC, Wednesday, October 22, 2009.

Kaytlin enters the MTC

Kaytlin entered the MTC on Wednesday to serve a mission in North Carolina. It has been such an exciting time to anticipate her mission call and to watch her prepare to go. She is such a devoted, caring, hard working, sincere, beautiful young lady. I know she will be a great missionary.

Kaytlin at a gathering to celebrate her mission at Bryan and Cida's house.

Kaytlin with her mom, Robyn, Cida, Lindsay and Allie.

Dinner at Bryan's. Some of Kaytlin's cousins, Sarah, Annie, Heidi and Jen.

Kaytlin, ponder the next 18 months. :)

Kaytlin at the Tabernacle the Sunday before she enters the MTC. Doesn't she have some beautiful clothes?

Kaytlin in front of the MTC. It is almost time!

Kaytlin at the MTC. She was helped by two wonderful elders.

One last hug for mom, dad watches on.Exciting times, full of tears and joy.

Jen and roomies

Jen is in her third and last year at BYU. I have been so proud of her as she has so successfully gone down this path. It is not an easy one...to go to college, jump into a major as she has, get good grades and get new roommates every year.

This blog entry is about her roommates. She is having a wonderful year with roommates. She is rooming with some girls from her high school, Jena Sainsbury, Mady Mitchell , and Brooklyn Poulter. They are all amazing girls and so beautiful. One day last month they all dressed up and went and took these pictures. I thought they were beautiful! and had to post them.

Phlebotomy School

October 2009.
I went back to school!.
I went to phlebotomy school.
In my job I need this skill so I decided to go to school and take a phlebotomy course. Becky Hill and I took the course together. We went to MATC (Mountainland Applied Tech). It was a scary and an exciting opportunity. I worked really hard and had a great experience.
I am now a certified phlebotomist. Yah me!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Atlanta

With my new job I travel a bit. It is so fun because I am treated very well. I am usually picked up by a limo and taken to a fine hotel. I am wined and dined for two days as I attend meetings. This trip was to Atlanta in Oct 2009.

I stayed at the W Hotel. It is one of my favorites so far. It is very modern. This is a rug in the elevator that they change three times a day, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Awesome. There was iced herbal tea waiting in the afternoon for guests who had been out all day in the hot sun. I loved this place.

Loved to see the Georgia peach license plate every where I went. I'm in Georgia, I had to keep telling myself.

I usually do not have a lot of time to sight see so I pack as much in as possible. This trip I took the bus system downtown and walked to Olympic Park where the Olympics were held in 1996. It was beautiful and inspiring.

I then went over to the Coca Cola museum where it got its start. Great tour. I thought of Ian the whole time. He collects Coca Cola products.

These were coca cola bottles make of different things, very intricate detail.

Inside the Coca Cola Museum where we could sample the different soda varieties from all over the world.

We got to take a bottle of coke away with us.

On my walk through town I passed by CNN headquarters. Pretty impressive.

Jen's 21st birthday

October 12, 2009

For several weeks, Heidi, Ian and I have been planning a surprise birthday party for Jen. We think she is pretty terrific and want to show her how much we love her and admire all she is doing. We sent out the invites for many of the people that she loves and that love her and schemed a plan to get her to our house at 7:00 PM on her birthday to SURPRISE her.

We went to dinner with Grandma Scott and Sue at Chili's and then asked Jen to come home for cake and ice cream. She agreed to the plan (thank goodness) and it worked out perfectly.

There were about 50 people waiting to surprise her as she entered the house. She said she was completely surprised.

As part of the surprise, we asked that everyone bring a children's book, signed by them for her gift. It was so fun to see her open all these wonderful books. She was overwhelmed by it all. I think she liked it.

Those attending were: