October 2015 Photodump

Well, it has been entirely too long since I've posted on my blog.  Since October is one of my favorite months (I love fall!), I thought it appropriate that I pick back up this month.

General Conference always marks the beginning of October (another reason to love this month!)  Although the Women's session technically takes place at the end of September, I'm including it anyway.  

Kira and I met my friend Sydni at the Conference Center to attend the Women's Session in person.  It was wonderful!  We got to hear from President Uchtdorf, which is always awesome.

The next weekend in the evening, it was the guys' turn to go to Priesthood Session.  So my mother-in-law and all us wives of the Burnett Brothers went to a pumpkin patch with the little boys to have a little fall fun.  I took my camera and was really, really pleased with how some of the pictures I took turned out. 

The boys had fun climbing up some hay bales to a slide.

We also took a hay ride and picked some pumpkins out to take home!

The next weekend, my work offered a discount at Cornbelly's for employees, so we took our friends from school, Adam and Carly.  We always love seeing them and their little girl!

For my birthday, Peter and I tried out a fancy Spanish restaurant called Cafe Madrid.  The host and waiter sounded like they were really from Spain.  The atmosphere was cozy and romantic, and the food was delicious!  It was soooo good.

They brought me rose petals for the table and a free dessert since it was my birthday!

Peter gave me a Hermione Pop! doll to put on my desk at work :) 

Feeling chic ready for church!

At the beginning of the month, we also moved in with our Aunt who is getting ready to serve an LDS mission.  Peter's brother and his wife live in the basement, and for Family Home Evening this week, they invited us to join them for a little pumpkin carving!  So we invited Kira and turned it into a pumpkin carving party!  Can you identify the dragon on ours?

We didn't have a whole lot to wear them to, but we dressed up as the 11th Doctor and River Song for Halloween.

The big present Peter got me for my birthday was a Spa day!  Halloween afternoon I went to the spa and got a massage, a manicure, and pedicure!

This week I also learned that my coworker was in an accident on his scooter.  My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

A Birthday Graduation

Last week was very big for Peter.  He had a birthday and graduated college!

 I know he loves strawberries, so I made this cake for him.  It's white cake with sweetened condensed milk poured over it, topped with strawberries followed by cool whip.  It had to sit in the fridge overnight, so I made it the day before.  Unfortunately, I was making it right before I had to go pick him up from work, and it was too hot still to put in the fridge before I went to get him.  I went straight from picking him up to going over to the school to work on an assignment, so he had to put it in the fridge.  There went my surprise...Oh, well.  It still tasted good.

For his birthday, he got an polo from SUU and an SUU bumper sticker.  I made him let me take pictures while he opened his present.

The next day was graduation!  His parents, my dad, my sister, and my grandpa came to see him graduate.  It was also Paul's graduation from the Master's of Accountancy program, so he and Kylie were there, too.  The first part of graduation is the processional.  The grads line up on the Eastern side of the clock tower and walk underneath it then into the Colosseum.  This is part of a new tradition started a couple years ago, where freshman process underneath the clock tower going the opposite direction, then avoid going underneath it during the rest of their time at school until they graduate.

Peter managed to sit on the same side of the Colosseum as us!  

Kira pointed out that this guy (Peter actually knows his name, but I don't) looks like he's going to whack any of the graduates that get out of line with this ceremonial mace he is holding.

This is a terrible picture taken on my phone, but this is Ann Romney.  She was the Commencement speaker this year, and she gave a great talk!

Between Commencement and Peter's Convocation, we had dinner at the All American Diner, which is a little Mom-and-Pop place Peter and I discovered this last semester.  We were excited to share our discovery with our family.  When we first came in, "Let it Go" started playing over the sound system, which caused several of us great delight.

Then we had Convocation with the School of Business, where the graduates walked across the stage and picked up their diploma holders.  Actual diplomas are supposed to be mailed sometime this summer.

Now that he has a college degree and is qualified to, he's contemplating the great philosophies of life.

Or maybe he's just bored.

 Picture with the School of Business Sign.

There was a little meet and greet with the professors in the Rotunda after Convocation.

 Then we decided to get a jumping picture with the Congratulations! sign.

Paul's landing was just so lovely!

Pictures with Family

Having some fun!

So proud of my graduate!!!