Christie's wedding, Corbin's TED talk, my NaNoWriMo

About a week ago, we got to go back to the TriCities for Corbin's sister's wedding. We had an absolute blast, and the wedding was wonderful. Christie looked beautiful. When they were saying the vows, I could see Adam's face perfectly, and he looked so full of love.

Corbin, Austin, and I got to sing and play during the lighting of the unity candle. I'm so glad Christie let us be involved, and now we have another pretty song in our repertoire.

Theo's favorite part was playing with Corbin's cousin Terese's son. He is three, and so full of energy. Theo loved running around, jumping through hula hoops, and being silly with him.  He called Theo "FeFo," and how awesome is that?

Theo was a champion traveler on our many flights. It gives me hope for the very long flight to Argentina we will be making in January.  By the way, that's happening!

In other news, our stake president (higher up leader in the church) came to the Branch today for our conference. He spoke for a few minutes at the beginning of Relief Society, and began telling a story of how his 18 year old son wanted to put an ad on Craig's list for a bassist.  He is an amazing guitarist and singer, and needed someone to jam with. President Beck told us how worried he was that some creepy guy would respond, and introduce Jake to drugs and persuade him not to go on a mission. But he agreed on the terms that whoever replied would have similar standards to his own, and not be a creep.

So when Jake got an email from a guy almost ten years older than him who lived in Ithaca (they live about an hour away), he was apprehensive.

Then he stopped and said, "You know who it was?  Corbin Miller."  And everyone in the room laughed out loud.  I guess Corbin was an answer to President Beck's prayers, and he talked about how we don't know when we will be an answer to someone else's prayers.  And he said this awesome sentence, that I wrote down so I could remember it. "You can be the Corbin Miller in someone's life." Yay Corbin for getting in with the Stake President!

Anyways, Jake and Corbin played for a TED event that was going on in Corning. They went to the dress rehearsal on Friday, and Corbin had a sleepover at their house. Theo and I didn't get to come see the talk, but  we came to pick him up, got lots of leftover snacks and treats, and took a look through the glass museum where it was being held.

I'm so glad my husband is talented and nice and wonderful. He is a good influence on me to put myself out there, develop my talents, and not be afraid to try new things.  I sure love that guy.

Theo at a play lab at Ithaca College. yes, I pimped out my son to research.

In other other news, my NaNoWriMo novel is going really well. I have about 17,000 words so far (about 35 typed pages), which is almost to where I should be for today.  It started out a little rough, but I know it's improving because I'm more comfortable talking about the plot and stuff.  I love creative writing, and it's so fun to have an excuse to do it!