HoneyCrisp

You guys....Honeycrisp apples are in season now!  I was so excited when I saw them at my grocer yesterday. We had a tree in my parents backyard when I was growing up, so not only are they incredibly delicious, they're wonderfully nostalgic for me. Like a sweet little taste of childhood.

A High Tea Farewell

One of our YW leaders is moving to Italy this month (I know, right?) and she wanted to host a High Tea celebration as a goodbye with the YW and some of the other wonderful ladies in our ward. We met at The Mayflower hotel last weekend and it was so lovely.  This was my second High Tea experience and it's just so fun and girly to sip tea and eat little finger foods. It was a first for most of the girls and I think they really enjoyed it. We each got our own little pot of tea or hot chocolate, and a little tray of both sweet and savory bites. It was fabulous!

We will sure miss Nell! Although we have all been throwing around the idea (dream) of doing girl's camp in Italy next year....

Happy Weekend Everyone!

...even if it is Friday the 13th

Also, if you are curious as to why this day is considered unlucky, according to Wikipedia...

•  In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock, twelve gods of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, the 12 successors of Muhammad in Shia Islam, twelve signs of the Zodiac, etc., whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. 
• There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse myth, that having thirteen people seated at a table results in the death of one of the diners. (hello Harry Potter reference) 
• Friday has been considered an unlucky day at least since the 14th century's The Canterbury Tales, and many other professions have regarded Friday as an unlucky day to undertake journeys or begin new projects. Friday is also the day when Jesus Christ was crucified, according to the Gospels, making it through folklore and adding to its unpopularity.

September

It was a crisp 63 degrees this morning when I woke up. It was magical!!! September finally came! I practically frolicked on my way to work (picture Julie Andrews in Sound of Music, but instead of the Alps, a sidewalk full of morning commuters).

Charlottesville

Brody and I drove down to Charlottesville on Saturday. And while it was a fun day, things didn't exactly go according to plan...

We had planned to go to Monticello before the game...which apparently every other BYU fan within a two-state radius of Virginia decided to do too. When we got there around 1:00 (after getting stuck in traffic for an hour), the woman at the ticket counter told us that because they had been so flooded with cougar fans, all of the tours that would be done in time for the game were sold out. So we ended up just walking around and visiting the museum and visitor's center.

After grabbing some lunch, I dropped Brody off at the stadium and I walked and shopped around their historic Main street, which is really quaint and charming.  After the first quarter it started pouring rain, and the game got delayed for about 85 hours because of lightning--which, by the way, had stopped after about 15 minutes. So.....it was a long day and although UVA's campus is truly stunning, there's only so much to see.  We ended up leaving about half-way through the 3rd quarter.