October 2025

Another October in the books! My calendar looks empty but it sure did not feel that way! I don't even know why, but life is just so busy lately. Maybe it's just me working more and all that? (I did just finish up working full-time for the past 3 weeks to cover for my coworker who had to have surgery . . . )

The pictures are in reverse . . . 

We changed around our back room - now we'll call it the "back parlor." Ha. The change started because we thought maybe we'd put the dogs back there. But then that was kind of silly to have a whole room dedicated to their crates . . . but we'd already made some changes (gotten rid of a table, etc.) and so we just went with it. It's really nice and a fun change!

Aiden Bugarin (Miles' best friend, my best-friend's son, one of Emmy's early crushes, etc.) got married in the Fort Collins temple. As Miles was the "best man," he made the trip - via airplane from Idaho Falls to Denver - and met us there. It was fun to see him mid-semester. The wedding was wonderful and the day was gorgeous. 

Sarah, now a mother-in-law! She has three boys and so now it will be nice to have a daughter in the family. Sarah looked so lovely and happy!

The newly weds - Emly and Aiden! Yay!

Before heading up to the wedding, we were able to stop by Jim and Diana's new place (we stayed at their home). It was really a nice place and it was so great to see them! They looked good and we got to take a walk outside to a nearby park. It was a nice morning and, again, just so nice to visit with them. We did get to see them at church the next day, too.

We took the three (!) dogs out an Gordon's first outdoor adventure. The dogs had a fabulous time and it was fun to watch them run free. :)

I was able to get out and hike with 1. Awesome friends and 2. My favorite local hike (Ouray perimeter trail).

Berry turned 100! Yay, she made it! She took a few of us out to dinner the night before her big birthday. And she's just the cutest. She went with her granddaughter (who had come out from California for the big celebration) to her favorite restaurant on her actual birthday. But afterwards I had arranged for a group to come over to her home and sing happy birthday to her. She was surprised and it was cute!

Cute girls/sisters in the beautiful fall season. 

Miles sends me some cool pictures of his cool adventures up in Idaho. A lot of them include his outings to some caves up where he is.

He and a group took a day-adventure to the Tetons. Lucky! Unfortunately it was kind of rainy day and Miles was the only one with a raincoat. But they still had a little adventure and got to see some of the beauty of the Tetons.

Go October! Now onto November . . .