The Meandering Thoughts of Jan

I use "lately" very loosely here.  I should say, what I've read over the past 6 - 8 months, which is how long it has been since I've posted a bookish review post.  Since it has been so long, I have a whole slew of books to talk about, so let's get crackin! Beloved Emma - The Illustrated Life Story of Emma Smith By Lori E. Woodland Danny gave me this book for Christmas.  It had been on my bookshelf for awhile and one day, while looking for something new to read, I picked it up and I'm so glad I did.  I've been fascinated with Emma Smith's life and have wanted to learn more about her.  The book covers from Emma's childhood to her death and uses firsthand accounts, letters and other sources to describe what her life was like.  There is plenty of church history and stories about Joseph Smith as well, to give context with what Emma was facing at the time. The author, Lori Woodland, is a religion professor at BYU-Idaho and she has done her resea...

Oct. 3rd - This is a morbid pic to begin with, but I guess it fits with October and Halloween.  It isn't as bad as it looks.  For a photo shoot, we had to  have a doll look like our model, so we bought a doll wig, which I was styling and then had to shave the doll's head for the wig to fit, which my coworker did.  We found it a bit hilarious, so we took a picture. Oct. 10th - A coworker brought donuts to work, which I decided was to celebrate my half birthday.  So in commemoration of my half birthday, I took a picture of half a donut (although, I really had two.) Oct. 10th - Ok, I know I already posted this picture on the blog, but it's a good repeat.  My friend Megan had a birthday party along with a petting zoo.  Feeding the zebra was the highlight of the evening for me. Oct. 12th - A lovely view from our hotel in Aspen, CO. Oct. 12th - On our little weekend getaway to Aspen, we went on a bike ride along the Roar...

Last week, we had a mini mission reunion. Ultra mini since it was just me, Jason and Jun, who is back in the US, plus spouses and kids, well one kid.  We went to Hires, such an eatery staple for us.  It was fun to see old friends and catch up. Jason, Me, Danny, Jun, Katie and Liza. The day before Halloween we had our neighborhood trunk-or-treat at the church parking lot.  I was asked to help out with the photo booth, since my job is helping set up photo shoots.  I'm not sure how great of an idea that was, because then I turned into work Jannifer who can be bossy Jannifer.  I had to walk away a few times so the young women who were helping out wouldn't hate me.  Ironically, I didn't get any pictures of this event. For Halloween night, we hung out with Noelle, Jared and Baby C.  We made Halloween pizzas, ate a little too much candy and watched "Edward Scissorhands", such a classic. Here's my jack-o-lantern pizza. Noelle's spiderweb pizz...