theme of the week: letting the lord define success

• fall. this is the first year (besides my two 'fall seasons' as a missionary) that i haven't been in school in the fall. fall has always been my favorite season by far and i feel like this year i am enjoying fall in a few of my favorite ways that i haven't been able to for years--looking at it, walking through it, driving through the canyons, kayaking amidst it. i delight in fall. 
• participating in my first pdc (parent directed consultation)
• pondering general conference--so many lessons learned
• watching the conference addresses i missed
• buying a calculator
• signing up for a cake decorating class--because i have always wanted to and it just so happened the timing of the class is perfect! i'm so excited.
• dinner and an all around delightful evening with the grandparents
• finally going in the antique shop in logan that i've always wanted to go to
• reading daily from the book of mormon 
• making freezer lunches, so i don't have to eat sandwiches
• going to one of the happiest baby showers i've ever been to--everyone was so happy, grateful and excited
• sewing my first "quilt square" and getting the points lined up fairly well if i do say so myself!
• being told by christin that something "wasn't my best option"
• hanging out with good friends, and watching a movie with a strange ending
• having dinner with a mission companion and going to institute
• "hanging out" google style with friends afar
• sitting by my 'practically sisters' at church
• catching up with my mission trainer
• loving the fact that tuesday night is "gibbs night" again at my house
• weekends where i don't have to set my alarm and can still feel good about waking up on my own at 7 because my body decided it, not my alarm
• playing with puppy
• sissy hugs
• starting to write, i mean really write
• planning the trip that's finally going to happen--monticello!
• campfire with the family
• the amazing testimony meeting in my ward today, reminders of what i should focus on
• christin's tarzan impersonation
• family group hugs