Horses, Dancing, Babies

Hopefully this will stay short 'n' sweet.
So life has been fun and exciting lately. Sure, I still have the usual load of homework that bogs me down on a daily basis, but that doesn't stop me from going social every once in a while. I'll be jumping around a bit, so bear with me...
Friday was really fun. Earlier last week, a good friend of mine asked me to go with her on a double with my other friend (her roommate) and her date. The plan was simple: Ride horses in Idaho Falls. It was courtesy of the other guy. His family owns a farm in "I.F." and it was no problem to take the horses out for a ride. I figure it's been roughly 11-12 years since I had last been on one (or even touched one, for that matter), and, for one thing, I have grown quite a bit since then, so this was going to be quite a new experience for me. Indeed it was. We took out 2 horses out of a choice of about 6: Gunner and Cowboy. Two dogs joined us when we first showed up, a cocker spaniel (I think) named Rowdy and a tiny dog (the breed of which is unknown to me) named Bugsey. The whole time we were down with the horses, I was surprised to see Bugsey have no fear whatsoever of these animals that could very well kill him by breathing on him wrong. In fact, I almost killed him by accident. I took a step backwards at one point when he was behind me and I nearly crushed the poor little guy. Anyway, after cleaning up the horses and taking them to a track known as "Sandy Downs", we rode them around for a while. It was good fun, even though Gunner had the tendency to start trotting and attempt to break out in a run; much to the dismay of the rider. Also, the horses had this habit of wiping their noses on all of us, which, again, was to our dismay. But despite those troubling little details, it was a ton of fun!
After getting home from that, I went to Latin Night. Latin Night is a social event held every Friday night where students gather to dance to latin music: Salsa, Samba, Merengue, Bachata, Cha-cha are the main ones. It was there that I learned of a need for more guys in the International Latin Dance class that was the hour before when I had it. So, now I'm doing twice as much Latin Dancing Tuesdays and Thursdays as before. It's good fun, my legs are really tired, and I actually help out a little bit.
Sunday was a real highlight of the week. It was the day that I got to go down to Logan and participate in the blessing of my niece and nephew (twins!) in church! For future reference, to go from Rexburg to Logan is about 2 1/2 hours, not just 2. After church, all the friends and family that could make it gathered for a wonderful lunch. Mmm-mm! It was scrumptious. I love getting to see my nieces and nephews as well as my family in general. It seems like those times are getting fewer and further in-between, sadly. The next time I'll be going down to Salt Lake City is for Thanksgiving! Oh well.
Yep, so that's just about it for now. Exciting, yeah? It is for me, except for that whole homework and hard times stuff. Oh well, those are actually for my benefit, believe it or not.
OH! I almost forgot. For those who are interested: I will be playing in concert with the BYU-Idaho University Band on December 3rd, and then the band will team up with the choir and orchestra to perform Handel's "Messiah" on the 12th of that same month. Plan now! Yep, the end.