Flu Shots; BYU Spectacular; Dinner With Stewarts

We went to Walgreens to get our flu shots. Our intent was to get them 2+ weeks ahead of when we go on our trip to Mexico so we will be fully immunized when we go out of the country. 

Since Glen is now 65, they offered him the senior double dose flu vaccine. I was worried that he might be feeling yucky the next day when he was going to go to the BYU football game with Kenny and sitting in the cold and the rain. That would be miserable.

Instead, I was the one who got sick in the night and was feeling yucky the next day. It was unfortunate for me because I ended up missing the celebration my cousin Angie and Vinicio were having in honor of their son Isaac going on a mission soon. So I missed some family togetherness that weekend.

Later that afternoon we drove down to Provo and picked up Natalie when she was finished with school and took her to dinner at Olive Garden.

After we dropped her off, we hustled over to the Marriott Center for the BYU Spectacular. First mistake we made was we didn't realize it started at 7:30 and not 7:00 as we had thought. We wondered why there was absolutely no one else walking towards the building.

Second mistake was we forget to grab our masks before we left the car. After we made the trek all the way from the parking lot to the building, Glen turned around and walked back to the car in the rain to get our masks. 

I can say this is the first time we have been the absolute first people to enter a venue for a big event. 

This is the view from our seats. 

We thought we were going to a Brian Stokes Mitchell concert. 

It turned out it was more of a variety show with the various BYU dance, singing and performing groups with Brian Stokes Mitchell singing here and there. It was definitely a BYU Spectacular!! We really enjoyed it, so much so that Glen said we should plan to go next year.

Grant and Diane were so kind to invite us to their home for a soup and salad dinner. YUM!! It has been a long time since we have talked with them, so it was nice to have a leisurely visit over dinner with them. 

After dinner, Glen went to Ben and Haley's home. Rebecca had brought the baby whisperer, Caroline, with her to play with the little ones while the adults played their most recent favorite game--Crew. Glen came home feeling victorious as they had finally managed to complete a difficult mission.

Here are some more daily skeleton scenes.

I got a kick out of how real-life they pose the skeletons--complete with stadium seats on the chairs.

This is a house we see on our way to Home Depot. They have quite the assortment of skeletons (including 2 HUGE ones) along with various other Halloween scary things.

We can't believe the effort some people go to to decorate for Halloween. And then I always wonder where they store everything the other 11 months of the year.

I love looking at Stewarts' tree in the fall. I didn't catch it when it was at its most brilliant, but captured it in the photo I took with a deer in their front yard. I love it when the deer are visible. Despite the messes they leave in the yard and the vegetation they eat, I enjoy seeing them.

This is a good quote to end on.