Our Loudest Post Yet

Today is our brother (and brother-in-law) Jacob's birthday. Katie's brother Jake, not Justin's. So Happy Birthday!

We decided that we have now left you in enough suspense in the week since our last (and first) post. We just got home from our weekly religious meeting and we were noticing how extremely, unbelievably, ridiculously loud it was. Just imagine a jet engine, a speeding locomotive, a cruise ship horn, and the 1997 Blink 182 concert at 'Bricks' in Salt Lake City all jammed together in a room the size of a coat closet. That's only 1/100th of how loud it was in our sacrament meeting today - and it was only slightly quieter in the other two meetings. We don't think the other people in the meeting (the owners of the noise makers) realize how loud their children really are. There was a kid today crying at the top of his lungs in a high, window-shattering scream that didn't get taken out. They just let him cry while the rest of us tried to read the lips of the person speaking. Luckily the speaker was familiar with ASL so we just watched as he signed the rest of his sermon. We might just have to have a kid so we can pay attention to something besides everybody else's screaming babies.

We just finished a busy but fun week. It included going to Brettney's house where we had some delightful pizza and the best dessert this side of the Mississippi - pizookies! If you don't know what a pizookie is you should ask Whittney because she is really good at making them. While we were there we also watched Planet Earth (the BBC version) which is definitely worth your while if you have never seen it. The next night we were lucky enough to go to dinner with Kristin and Tanner. The best part of the night was watching them box each other on the Wii - we almost had to carry Tanner out on a stretcher.

The "Blog-tivity" (required for all readers of this blog) is to tell Justin and Katie what their costumes should be at the Halloween party that is this Friday at our house. We will both dress up as the best idea. Anybody that wants to attend is welcome - it will be all of Justin's friends and their wives and kids, so if that sounds fun we would love to have you. There will be food, decorations, and scary music to set the mood for the holiday.