I forgot...

Yesterday Candy and I went to an all-day birthing class.  It was fun!  Seriously... we enjoyed it.  The teacher was a certified doula from L.A. and was very good and unbiased in her presentation.  Candy and I also got some good one on one time during the lunch break and had some questions receive some very good answers.  We're feeling more and more confident with the Baby's arrival.  We are more excited than we can express.  Oh, and James is hiccuping again.

much love
us

FHE at the Big 'D', and learning the "HEE HEE HOO"

Well folks... I've decided that this should be a weekly Sunday night ritual.  Hopefully I can keep up with that.  I'm gonna go kind of picture crazy with this post, so I hope you'll all bear with me.  So on Monday, we went to Disneyland for FHE, and it was FUN!!  We went on the rocket ride at Tomorrowland, and went on the Buzz Lightyear Blaster ride... I wasn't terribly good at it.  But here are a few pics of the parade, and of some Halloween decorations.

 Where's Rapunzel???

 Princess Tiana and her magical floating... bayou!

 We just liked the ginormous trombone.

 Mickey and his best friend Pluto

Mickey with the Goofster and Donald

We also went to Disneyland later in the week just to hang around and get some better pics, so here they are.

 THERE she is!!!

 Kurt looooooves firetrucks!!

 Be careful!  It rides in excess of 4 miles per hour (actually 5)!!!

 "Hey... look at that Mickey!  Ice cream!!"

 Okay, charades:  Who am I?

 Candy's summer home

 We decided to leave SoCal and hike the Swiss Alps.

Candy and her little pumpkin, hangin' with Pumpkin Mickey.

And now, by popular request... we are posting pictures of Candy's enlarging belly!  SHOUT FOR JOY!!!!!  She is, by the way, the CUTEST pregnant lady in the universe!

 "I had to lean way over to see my toes." -Candy

 Strike a pose, preggers!!

He's in there... kicking.... and stuff.

We also figured we would share our pics from our lovely labor day trip to Newport Beach, so here you go!!!

 I know SHE'S cute, but who's that dude?  He needs to do his hair.

 At the wedge.

 Sandpipers are just SO cute.

 Oh, Newport.

 Again with that dude!  Why?

 Aren't sailboats fascinating?

 It's got TWO surfboards on top!

 And there was even a ukulele in the car!!  Isn't it beautiful?

And our last bit of news... we have california plates!!!! :(  I miss delicate arch.  But at least we have a "TIE" on our new plates.

Hope you all have a splendid week!

Much love,

Candy and Kurt

Our Apartment

********IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER:  I (like the fool I am sometimes) decided that it would be cool to flip the camera sideways so as to get a better view of things.  So the video goes sideways sometimes, and you'll need to tilt your neck like a cute, begging puppy dog in order to view it correctly.  Happy viewing!!!

So we're FINALLY updating our blog... only a month later!!!  We moved in and it took us about a week to get all of the boxes unpacked and all the furniture set up where we like it.  And after some purchases of some organizing gear and other such things, Candy feels like the place is pretty much in order.

Kurt Is taking 9 credits in graduate school this semester (6 is full-time), and those include: Intro to Graduate Studies in Music; Jazz Ensemble; Jazz Combo; Private Jazz Piano Lessons; and Independent Research/T.A. and Curriculum Development.  It's a pretty full schedule, but man... a breath of fresh air to be able to take only the classes I WANT to take.  The ensembles here are pretty good, and I'm getting a lot of opportunity to lead in the ensembles: Bill Cunliffe (the director) had me direct rehearsal last tuesday because he was late getting into town, and I direct combo rehearsals on Mondays.  I also will be contributing arrangements and compositions to the groups.  I have four on campus performances this semester and four next semester, plus a performance at the Long Beach Center for the Arts.  We have guest artists at every show!  Hooray for living in SoCal!!

Candy is moving along in the pregnancy.  There are only about 6 weeks left until baby comes.  The midwife put the official due date back at October 31st, so we're hopeful that we'll have a Halloween baby!  We're suuuuuper excited for it to all go down!  Candy has had a basic tour of the facilities where she'll be giving birth, but will have a more comprehensive tour of the facilities after her appointment on Tuesday.  Next Saturday, we'll have a condensed birthing class that is 7 hours long!!  We're excited!

We have also enrolled in institute here in Fullerton, and are loving it.  We have a wonderful teacher for the Old Testament Class we're taking, and we are also taking a once-a-month Marriage Class that includes dinner and a wonderful lesson on how to improve our marriages and improve ourselves.  Our ward is also AMAZING!!!!!

We love it here, but we reeeeeeaaaallllly miss and love everyone in Utah!  We can't wait for Thanksgiving when most will come to see us, and we especially can't wait for Christmas when we'll get to spend some good time with our dear ones in Utah, and let them all get to know our baby better.

Will love and respect,

Kurt and Candy (and James)