Highlights from Elise

Here are some of the fun things that I’ve been up to over the past few weeks:

• Jessie came to visit and we played non-stop in all the hottest L.A. spots
• Went to “The Gong Show” and watched a guy stop a regular commercial fan with his tongue
• Celebrated Cinco de Mayo at FHE by making Mexican flowers and breaking open piñatas
• Had the sister missionaries over for dinner and got a spiritual thought from them about “dating” (of ALL things)
• Was appointed the new "Inter-departmental Liason" for Books Acquisitions here at SAGE (meaning I get to go to meetings with the heads of production, marketing, sales, editorial, etc. and work out any issues between our groups, in addition to my regular workload)
• Got to go back to BYU for work and visit my favorite English professors (who want me to come back next year and talk to English majors about how it IS possible to graduate and get a job using an English major)
• Visited my favorite shopping spots in Salt Lake City (Trolley Square, Gateway, and Crossroads) and hungout with some of my favorite old friends, Amber, Amy, & Devry (I was in Utah for Devry’s wedding)
• Got to baby-sit an ADORABLE 4 month old baby during Devry’s wedding, and checked out some hideous bridesmaid and wedding dresses at the SLC Temple (There were 80 weddings there on Saturday)
• Made some of mom’s popular desserts for a dessert party on Sunday…needless to say, there weren’t any leftovers
• Learned how to play “Family Business” at FHE (it’s a mafia game, which is certainly appropriate for someone from NJ to learn)
• Played doubles tennis with my friends Kirsten, Keith, and Andrew. We played girls vs. boys and unfortunately…the girls lost. It won’t happen again.
• Chatted with Jessie in Hawaii and am once again jealous of all of her fun adventures…can’t wait to be there in TWO weeks!!

Coming up this weekend…

• Bruce, Karren, and Jeff will be in town and we’ll be going to visit Jocelyn up in Santa Clarita for her sister’s wedding reception.
• I’m running in the Revlon 5K Run/Walk for Cancer on Saturday
• And most importantly…we get to talk to Scotter on Sunday…whoo hoo!!! I’m excited.

I hope you are all having a great week!!

Love,
Elise