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If you saw my instagram page you know that Steve and I ran the Fit One half. I was a lot of fun running with Steve, rather than my lonesome self. We ran and walked, by the 10th mile I tired, but kept going and got myself a personal record. I believe it was all Steve pacing me while we ran.


My parents got a Tesla for 24 hours so they decided to come up to say hi to us the first weekend in October. We had a fun time showing them the town. My mom has been up prior, but it was my dad's first time coming to see us. We hiked half way up to Table Rock until the boys decided to turn back. My mom, Wrigley and I kept going and we made it all the way. I never knew that Table Rock was at the bottom of the Idaho Lake forever ago. After our hike we went to meet up with Kate, Matt and Boggs for breakfast at the Griddle. We all had a good time chatting about how we like being in Boise.



The same weekend my parents came into town was Conference. I absolutely love how a few of the apostles stated what President Thomas S. Monson told us to do back in April. He asked us all to read the Book of Mormon each day. I have noticed some of the same things the apostles had said about my testimony, faith and love for the Book of Mormon ever since Thomas S. Monson said that. Elder Uctdorfs talk Saturday morning was good too about the this family and their dog on a vacation. They ended up losing their dog and was very sad. Two or three weeks later their dog was on their porch. In this world, it is hard sometimes to always do good and believe Christ. I know that if we have no doubt and continue to have faith in Jesus Christ and hang tight on to the iron rod we will be able to see Him again someday.

This past weekend we went to Donnelly, Idaho to our friend's cabin with 3 other couples to hang out. We all went to the Pancake House in McCall and let me tell you about their gluten free blueberry pancakes, sooo bomb. They have a cinnamon roll that can't fit inside a large to go box and that looked good too. We also played games, sat by the fire, walked along the beach, painted squashes and screwed around. We had a blast!








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