Missionaries and Mishaps

These last two weeks have been so busy and full of stuff to blog about that it will take more than one blog post to catch up.  A couple of weeks ago we had the chance to talk to Mike and Annie at their wedding in Jersey, which was pretty cool.  It sounds like the wedding was really nice and everyone seemed to have a good time.  We wished we could be there, but we are just too far away to be able to visit very often.  Congratulations again, Mike and Annie!


That weekend we also had our first formal MBT (Master's in Business Information Technology) preview.  For those who are unaware, the MBT is the new Master's program that Trip and I are working to help launch and that is the degree that Trip will be getting. 

Anyway, we held it in a conference room at a nice hotel and there was food and some of the MBT team did presentations and then we broke up and spoke to potential students personally.  It was on a Saturday, which was lame but it was good to start getting the word out and get some students recruited.

We also had the missionaries over for dinner that week.  We had the Elders over on Sunday and they were regaled with stories about the army by Trip.  It was a good time.  On the drive back to their apartment, we saw a cow crossing the road (which has never happened before or since, and we are on that road daily!).  It was funny because the cow was just lazily walking across the street and the cars were all completely stopped but somehow the cow walked into a car!  It bumped the headlight of a car and jumped and ran off...haha...silly cow.  On Tuesday, we had the Sister missionaries over for dinner.  That night was interesting because first we accidentally lit a pot on fire while making curry (and everyone knows that those things don't normally happen in Trip's kitchen 'cause he is pretty careful) which filled the house with smoke.  Once we got that cleared out everything was fine and we made it through dinner and dessert before a light exploded in the hallway which tripped the breaker and plunged us into darkness all at the same time.  It was pretty crazy!  We figured at that point that we better take the Sisters home before anything else went wrong.  I am happy to report that despite the mishaps, they had a good time and are willing to come back.


While I am on the topic of missionaries I should mention that Dan also left the MTC for the New York, New York South mission that week.  Unfortunately, we were not expecting his call and we missed him.  He tried leaving us a message but we couldn't understand much of it.  That bummed me out but we will be able to talk to him for Christmas which is approaching fast, so I can look forward to that.