Hello family,
We hope this email finds you well. I was going to let Nathan write the email this time, but he is feeling under the weather. The poor guy has already gotten sick three times this fall and somehow I've been lucky enough not to catch anything yet (*fingers crossed*).
We just got off of a Skype call with my entire family because today is my Dad's 60th birthday. Since they are on their mission, they are celebrating in Bogota, Colombia! It was fun to see everybody on Skype and hear my parents' funny stories about life in South America. Nathan and I also decided to book plane tickets out to West Virginia for Christmas, so we will be there with my sister Carolyn and her family and my brother Rob from December 22-31. I have been wanting to go visit Carolyn's family for a long time, so it is a dream come true!
Our most exciting news is that Nathan was offered a Summer 2020 internship with Valero's McKee refinery in Texas. He officially sent them his acceptance letter, so it looks like we'll be spending our summer in the-middle-of-nowhere, Texas. We are looking forward to this adventure and I am really proud of Nathan's hard work.
I had my first round of parent-teacher conferences a couple of weeks ago, which went really well. The conferences followed a full day of school, so I didn't get home until about 9 pm that night and I was pretty wiped out the next day. Nathan was sweet enough to buy me Coke and Gushers (my favorite treats) and have them waiting for me when I got home. My school had a super cool assembly a few weeks ago where a famous YouTuber guy named Stuart Edge came and did some magic tricks and then these super crazy and talented BMX bike riders came and did a bunch of cool tricks. At one point, the BMX guys said they needed a teacher volunteer. All of my students started enthusiastically pointing at me, and the guy noticed and made me come up to the front. He told me to lay down and also called up a couple other teachers to lay down next to me, at which point the bikers jumped over us. It was scary but definitely earned me some cool points in the eyes of my students, so totally worth it. ;)
Nathan and I have both been keeping busy with work and classes, but we find time to do fun things together. Back in August, the professor I used to TA for at BYU came and visited me in my classroom after school and also gave me a Red Lobster gift card. So last week, Nathan and I decided to go out for a late-night dessert at Red Lobster and put the gift card to good use. We also attended the BYU Spectacular concert this past Friday night. One of the main performers was Ben Rector, who sings our wedding song (although sadly he did not sing it at the Spectacular). Hilary Weeks also performed along with the various BYU dance groups, Vocal Point and the dunk team. It was a great show!
We are also excited for Halloween coming up soon. I will be dressing as one of the "Things" along with my 4th grade team since our school is doing a Dr. Seuss Whoville Christmas themed Halloween. Nathan and I also get to help the youth plan and run a Spook Alley for our ward Halloween party this coming Saturday, so hopefully that all turns out pretty cool. However, our favorite thing about Halloween is the candy, of course. Smith's had all their Halloween candy 50% off this weekend, and we spent way too much money on candy....so rest assured that we're still our usual, sugar-toothed selves. :)
We are so thrilled that Austin and Rhi will be moving closer next month! We love getting updates from you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Amy and Nathan
P.S. The pictures are of Nathan holding a Red Lobster cheese biscuit and us at the BYU Spectacular at the Marriott Center.
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