Bengal Spice + Hot Chocolate = The Cutest bunny EVER

This week Nicole's pregnant bump is starting to get more defined. Clayton has decided that in order to keep himself from looking pregnant too, he needs to start working out. Clayton hates exercising for exercising's sake, but he thinks this is a worthy cause. So Monday night for family home evening, Nicole and Clayton did yoga from a DVD that Nicole found. Every night when Clayton gets home, he is doing yoga. So far all of Clayton's back problems have disappeared and he feels much better. We'll see if he continues the routine after Christmas.

Nicole and Clayton await anxiously to know the gender of the baby, but will have to wait until Nov. 21st.  Nicole spent all of Tuesday and Wednesday trying to find the best place to have the ultrasound done that also takes her insurance. We are so excited to visit Nicole's family in Kentucky for Thanksgiving, and thankfully we will find out the gender of the baby the day before we depart to Kentucky.

Thursday Clayton surprised Nicole by coming home early. He has been feeling a bit worn out from writing the same paper for the past six weeks. Writing law papers has proved to be much different from writing like a normal person. Apparently the students are supposed to take everything they have ever learned about writing and throw it out the window. Perhaps this is why lawyers are notorious for being terrible writers. When Clayton is feeling a bit depleted from law school he sometimes looks at this "cutest bunny ever" photo that he found.

Friday Nicole spent some time with her cousin, Catherine, helping her family take family pictures for Christmas. She was reminded of Natalie and how much she loves family photos. Later, Clayton and Nicole went on a last minute date so Clayton could get a brake from writing his paper. We attempted to see a movie but nothing looked very tempting so we went to Noodles and Company where Nicole could eat normal food and Clayton could have something Asian. (Oddly enough it was Nicole's Italian dish that made us both sick.) Then we took a stroll to one of our favorite stores, The World Market. Its kind of like a museum of international artifacts that you can actually touch. Clayton bought a Russian treat to share with Nicole. It was vanilla flavored ground up sesame seed powder that she thought tasted like vanilla flavored baby formula. Apparently the "actual" Russian treat is much better because it is ground up sunflower seeds. Nicole bought some shortbread cookies that she used to love in England. When they returned home Clayton made the most amazing hot chocolate (he uses the bengal herbal tea to season it) and they watched a movie.

Saturday we went to Costco, which for some reason Clayton finds very therapeutic. Perhaps it's all the FREE samples. Then for the rest of the day/evening, Nicole worked on preparing for a talk on tithing and Clayton worked on his paper.

Sunday Nicole gave her talk while Clayton made funny faces at her from the second row. Then immediately after church Clayton's home teaching companion took Clayton off to go home teaching and Nicole gave his wife a ride home. Clayton also had his first meeting with the scout committee shortly after home teaching and then had to turn in his paper, so it was a busy day for him.

Hope you all have a wonderful week.
Love,
the DC Preece's