A September to Remember

This month has been  pretty great! I am beyond excited to be back in school. I am definitely the type of person who loves to study and sit in lecture halls. So far I have been doing well. I was extremely excited to ace my first archaeology exam. 

I changed my minor to Anthropology and do not regret it at all. It complements my history studies very well. I am hoping to start doing some volunteer work in the archaeology lab and I was recently accepted into the Boise State Anthropology Club which is the oldest student organization on campus. There are some conferences in the spring that I am interested in attending. I loved my first conference experience in Seattle with Phi Alpha Theta so it would be great to do more.

I turned 24 Labor day weekend. We had a nice quiet day at home. Craig bought me a great history book on women crossing the plains and the boys bought me two really sweet little Willow Tree figurines depicting brothers. My big exciting gift was front row seats to Les Miserables. I had been waiting an entire year for the tour to stop in Boise and had told Craig that's all I really wanted this year. He went above and beyond and bought us front row seats!

I started working again. I got a job with the Boise State Foundation/University Advancement working on updating alumni records and helping do the fundraising work for the various programs on campus that need funding-particularly the scholarship funds. It is a fun and rewarding job. I enjoy it a lot. I work in the evenings 4 days a week and Craig is able to be home with the boys. 

Craig is still working two jobs and interning with men's basketball, women's soccer, and women's volleyball at BSU. He's busy but enjoying himself. 8 more classes and he'll finally graduate! Then it is time to hopefully find a paid GA spot at a good school so we don't have to pay for his Master's degree. So really we're not positive where we're going anymore. It's in the Lord's hands. 

The renovations to the Boise Temple are almost complete. The Open House begins in two weeks. I am so excited to see the changes and be able to go and spend time there once again.  It's still a bit of a shock driving by and not seeing the grey marble any longer. 

On the 20th, we went to the BSU vs. BYU  game. Man, was it frustrating! I couldn't believe how tense I felt during the whole thing. Honestly, neither team played their best but it was fun being there and trash talking with my little brother a bit. We did go and wish the BYU players well afterwards. It was fun getting to be in the student section with Craig and act like normal students while the kids played with Claire at our house. 

"Scary" Bronco Game Faces

Saturday the 22nd we had a VERY busy day. In the morning I ran my first 5k at the St. Luke's Women's Celebration in downtown Boise. It was a ton of fun. It's the largest 5k of it's type in the country. I was pretty worried about it due to all of the smoke in the air but I did a lot better than I expected. There was a huge hill but I made it through the whole race without having to walk at all. I did it in around 35 minutes. Not to my high school XC standards but not too shabby for having had a baby 4 months ago and not doing a 5k in 3 years. 

Heading over the to start line

At the Finish Line! Keegan had lots of love to give me.

That evening my lovely friends Claire and Camie came and took care of the boys so Craig and I could go to Les Miserables at the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts at BSU. Our front row seats were even more incredible that I could have hoped for. I really loved the new set designs based on Victor Hugo's art work and the special effects they employed were just magnificent. It really came to life. I cried so hard during key points of the show. The talent was superb. The actor who played Marius and the actor who played Thenardier both looked right at me and waved. I was so excited. I also received tweets from the actors who played Jean Valjean and Enjolras. I jumped up and down and showed Craig. 

Connor was pretty sick this past week so I stayed home with him and we took it very easy. After a very busy past several weeks I think this last weekend of September is going to be a relaxed/quiet one. I am excited for the Relief Society General Broadcast and the dinner we're having prior to it but other than that it's probably going to be a couple of days of napping, reading, studying, and just enjoying some family time.

Both of the boys are doing very well. Connor always get the biggest grin when he sees Keegs and loves when Keegan gets on the floor and plays with him. For his part, Keegan has only asked us to "take Connor back" once in the past almost 5 months. 

I'm ready for October! Cooler weather, boots and sweaters, and HALLOWEEN! We're already having fun planning costumes and I've started putting up the fallish decorations.