The Bryan Family Sampler: October 2022

Missionary Moments

Usually, when Josh calls, Abby gets home from school and has to hurry off to work so she only gets a brief moment on her way out to say hi.

Some Missionary artwork...

Their district painted pictures of each other so this portrait of Elder Bryan was done by a sister missionary.

I'm not sure what all the doodles are about...I forgot what he was showing us :)

Girl's Choice

Matt got asked to Girl's Choice by a cute neighbor friend!

"I don't want to go SOLO to Sadies"

The letters of her name were on the bottom of some of the many cups.

It was fun watching him trying to figure out who it was :)

He was excited but trying to act cool about it :)

It took him a while to decide how to answer her. He said he would need help making the poster but he ended up doing it all by himself! I was so proud of him :)

When Matt got asked so early Abby decided she had better get on the ball. She didn't know who to ask so I suggested a guy that I thought had probably already been asked since he's a student body officer but I texted his mom and and she said he hadn't. We searched the internet and we landed upon a funny, easy way to ask. She took Matt with her to Macey's at 10 that night and bought the stuff and ran it to his house.

This is not her picture but it is the idea she used.

September Addition Progress

More cement came in September! The walls are up!

That's really about the only thing that happened that month...kind of disappointing but that's okay...little by little :)

September Odds and Ends

This was actually at the end of August but I didn't have an Odds and Ends post in August so I'm sticking it here.

This was the day before classes started up on campus.

Elder and Sister Gong came to the Institute and spoke at the Spectrum.

We met in Andy's office when they arrived and Andy was so pleased that Elder Gong flicked his gong that was sitting on his desk :) We walked around campus a little bit and it was so neat to see him going up to all the students that were within a reasonable distance and shaking hands and asking names and taking pictures if they wanted.

Andy and I were then able to have a meal with him along with the LDSSA leaders.

We had a meet and greet with all of the Stake Presidents and wives of the YSA wards as well as some other prominent leaders before the devotional.

I sat next to President Cockett during the devotional which was wonderful and then was amazed as Elder Gong patiently and individually greeted the long line of students that came to speak with him afterwards.

It was a really special experience.

The kids had a poker night with the Nibley City Youth Council.

They went to D.I. and found some items to help their vibe :)

I wish I would have taken some more pictures but I was able to sneak Andy away for an overnighter at a good friend's cabin up the canyon.

Family helped out with Ben and the other kids at home for us.

I felt bad that we hadn't done much to celebrate our 20th anniversary the month before.

I knew Andy wanted to do something bigger but I just didn't know how to swing it. The day before our anniversary I was talking to my friend and she suggested we use her cabin. It was so nice of her...I just had to find a weekend that we didn't have anything else going on. It was exactly one month later that I was able to surprise him.

We went out to dinner and breakfast and enjoyed the cutest cabin. They have worked so hard on it and it is just beautiful!

The only pictures I have are of us out on the swings in the morning before we went home.