October Fest

October has been rough on our Cougar hearts.  We went from talk of Taysom being a Heisman contender and BYU possibly busting in to the College Football Playoffs to being the biggest joke of a team in a matter of 3 hours.  Taysom broke his leg and we lost to the Aggies for the first time at home since the year of my birth.  This all happened in the game against Utah State where we were "royal", strong and true.

At least we had a cougar tail to help our woes!

It was a good thing General Conference was the next morning to rescue a weekend that started off so poorly.  James made us this most delicious breakfast before the first session...

We got to babysit our little niece during the second session, which I didn't take any pictures of sadly.  Tricia and Olivia came over that evening for a little girl time while the boys were at Priesthood session.  It was so fun to catch up with them!  Again, no pictures taken.
We joined the Grossen fam for Sunday morning session.  The kids were so good playing their Conference bingo, and little Luke loved crawling up to the TV and helping Mack Wilberg conduct the Mo Tab.  Conference is one of my very most favorite things.  It was a wonderful weekend!

The next devastating home loss came a couple of weeks with a loss to Nevada...ugh!  We started the game off right with some Sensuous Sandwich...a downtown Provo classic!  My dad went to this very same restaurant when he was a student.

I sat with my nose plugged almost this entire game as my bionic pregnant nose smelled every single hot dog in the whole stadium.  Football games aren't very fun when you feel miserable, but we never missed a game!  We definitely didn't stay until the bitter end of any of these either though.  The little bambino wouldn't permit such late hours, strong smells, and lack of laying down.

This same weekend, James arranged for me to get my hair cut by one his friends.  It was part of my birthday present.  I had been complaining about my hair for weeks.  Look how disgustingly long it was...

 

 

 Prenatal vitamins make my hair and fingernails grow like madness.  I am in love with the finished product!

 

 

This last weekend, we had the Taylor family annual Halloween party.  This was my first time being able to attend.  It was so fun!  My mother-in-law is so wonderful! She spent weeks getting everything ready for this, and it was awesome!

James and I are both pretty anti-dressing up for Halloween...a little boring.

A little monkey in a tree

Pirate Devin

Rosie the Riveter Hilary

Wind-up doll Aubrey

Noelle as Little Red Riding Hood

We played a few minute to win it games...

 ate yummy food...

 and played more games...

 and finished the night off will all the yummy treats that Sondra and Hilary made.

Family time is really the best time!

James was starting to feel like he was coming down with a cold right before the party, and within a few days, he was a mess.  He can't be a mess!  He's the only one keeping our boat afloat over here.  We finally went to the instacare and he has bronchitis.  Luckily the doctor says its not super contagious so I have been spared thus far.  Being pregnant sick and having bronchitis would send me over the edge I fear.  Good times around here!