Our view from the very top of the north end zone.
The happy new football enthusiasts! (The Cougs ended up squashing UNLV 52-7.)
November 27, 2006
BYU vs UNLV 10/21
Kristin and I went to homecoming and it was our first BYU football game! The action on the field during the first half was quite thrilling but our location was not. The sun was in our eyes and we got a little fried. At halftime we went to the other end zone and found Tommy & co. Pictures from the second half are coming soon to Tommy's blog.
Our view from the very top of the north end zone.
The happy new football enthusiasts! (The Cougs ended up squashing UNLV 52-7.)
Our view from the very top of the north end zone.
The happy new football enthusiasts! (The Cougs ended up squashing UNLV 52-7.)
November 21, 2006
RS picnic
Between conference sessions on Saturday, my Relief Society had a little picnic. Some girls were spending the weekend with family or friends so we didn't get a big turnout, but it was still good bonding time. That was back on October 1 when we didn't know each other very well.
From left to right, back row: Raelena, Jesika, Hope, Lara, Summer, Kristin, Guro; front row: Anna, Elise, Holly, Natalie.
Alex didn't want to be photographed. :)
We had such a lovely little spread, and the weather was perfect.
From left to right, back row: Raelena, Jesika, Hope, Lara, Summer, Kristin, Guro; front row: Anna, Elise, Holly, Natalie.
Alex didn't want to be photographed. :)
We had such a lovely little spread, and the weather was perfect.
Top 10 reasons BYU will beat Utah
As the biggest game of the year approaches, Cougar fans weighed in on the inevitable victory to be secured over the Utes. Here are the top 10 reasons BYU will bring tears to the eyes of every Utah player and fan this Thanksgiving weekend.
10. "We use good, high-quality BYU Creamery shakes to bulk up our offensive line," said Jenny Tanner, BYU alumna.
9. "The testing center has trained our athletes to excel in high stress/close contact situations," Tanner said.
8. "Rumor has it that Classic Coke could make an appearance at the victory party," she added.
7. "We wrap our statues in cellophane," said Carolyn Hanson, BYU theatre and media arts faculty member.
6. "Our band plays the hottest hits of 10 years ago and intimidating Primary songs," said Matt Stringham, club president of BYU Divine Comedy.
5. "Our mascot is actually related to the name of the team," said Ryan Croker, Divine Comedy member.
4. "Blue is higher energy than red, electromagnetically speaking," Croker said.
3. "There is no Y in U Suck," said Trevor Clive, also of Divine Comedy.
2. "Brigham Young's full quote was, 'This is the place...for BYU to slaughter the Utes in football 159 years from now,'" said Brian Havig, another member of Divine Comedy.
1. "Our coach is named Bronco. 'Nuff said," Clive added.
--The Daily Universe
November 20, 2006
Arizona Adventure
Playing in the backyard. I told Matthew to smile and this is what I got.
One of James' favorite things to do while I was there--stand in his bucket or anything similar he could fit into.
One of his other favorite things to do--play peek-a-boo and avoid the camera.
November 19, 2006
Sleepover!
The chickas and I had a sleepover in the floor lounge two months ago. We made a fort out of the nappy BYU-issued brown blankets.
That's Sherra in the pink sweatshirt and Jesika on the table--she's the one from Highland Village.
It was tough...some of us almost went crazy...(that's Alex almost going crazy)
Finally we decided to enlist the help of the vacuum...(that's Alicia)
That's Alex again.
And Kristin.
When we woke up (at like 12) we looked out the window and what did we see? Hail!
Sweet.
Another lounge party when we played Mystery Date!
Raelena.
Calling the boys.
Sherra.
That's Sherra in the pink sweatshirt and Jesika on the table--she's the one from Highland Village.
It was tough...some of us almost went crazy...(that's Alex almost going crazy)
Finally we decided to enlist the help of the vacuum...(that's Alicia)
That's Alex again.
And Kristin.
When we woke up (at like 12) we looked out the window and what did we see? Hail!
Sweet.
Another lounge party when we played Mystery Date!
Raelena.
Calling the boys.
Sherra.
November 18, 2006
Dorm Life
Kristin and I with our awesome suitemates, Whitney and Kimmy.
We decorated their door for Whitney's birthday!
I love the leprechaun and pot of gold.
Chilling with the banjo.
Kristin's side of the room. She's a big fan of Orlando and Lord of the Rings.
One Sunday night we returned from our floor meeting to discover our toilet looked like this, and sounded much worse. It wouldn't stop flushing and it was SO loud. We were so loopy that we couldn't stop laughing about it for the next hour and a half until we finally got a maintenance guy to come fix it. It was the angriest-sounding toilet I've ever heard.
November 16, 2006
Fast Forward
I decided to try to post something every day until I get caught up, but I just discovered I can't add pictures on my computer. So instead I will briefly sum up the exciting things I've done in the past few months that I don't have pictures of.
*attended a big regional conference in the Marriott Center with Pres. Monson and Elder Wirthlin, firesides with Elder Eyring and Bishop McMullin, and devotionals with Pres. Hinckley and Pres. Monson (I love BYU!)
*went to Provo, Mt. Timpanogos and Salt Lake temples
*rocked Heritage on Margarita Monday
*single-handedly rocked a Halloween dance that started lame (okay, not single-handedly, but almost)
*trick-or-treated as a cowgirl--yeehaw!
*built a blanket fort in the floor lounge, slept there with my amigas, and watched the hail/sleet in the morning
*had another sleepover in the lounge and watched conference in the morning
*bonded with my RS sisters at a picnic between conference sessions (the weather was gorgeous)
*made dinner in the basement for my friend Alicia's birthday, stayed up all night watching movies--real movies and home movies of my friend Alex and her friends doing an OK GO dance and making a cartoon show--and watched conference in the morning (and I'm the only one who made it through the whole thing awake)
*went to the dollar movies several times, once with my RS
*decorated a door in our hall as part of our door-decorating swap
*squashed it with Tommy, Doris, Nicole, and Heather at our game parties
*cheered myself hoarse at two football games
*asked a boy in my ward to Preference with a water bottle
*partied at Heritage until the party got busted (that sounds bad, but it wasn't)
*rejoiced on hearing the news of Lewisville's victory over Marcus and hung signs and my Farmers jersey outside my door, much to the annoyance of my friend Jesika who lives down the hall and went to Marcus, and much to the confusion of everyone else besides Kristin
*helped keep Pumpkins 1&2 out of trouble while Andra was suffering from limited mobility
*frolicked on the beaches of Oregon (you all know about that and have seen pictures I think but I like the word "frolicked" so I put it anyway)
*enjoyed themed "holidays" at the CANC like Chocolate Day, French Day, Rhapsody in Blue Night, and Pirates of the Cannonbean Night.
*walked and played in some snow!
*attended a big regional conference in the Marriott Center with Pres. Monson and Elder Wirthlin, firesides with Elder Eyring and Bishop McMullin, and devotionals with Pres. Hinckley and Pres. Monson (I love BYU!)
*went to Provo, Mt. Timpanogos and Salt Lake temples
*rocked Heritage on Margarita Monday
*single-handedly rocked a Halloween dance that started lame (okay, not single-handedly, but almost)
*trick-or-treated as a cowgirl--yeehaw!
*built a blanket fort in the floor lounge, slept there with my amigas, and watched the hail/sleet in the morning
*had another sleepover in the lounge and watched conference in the morning
*bonded with my RS sisters at a picnic between conference sessions (the weather was gorgeous)
*made dinner in the basement for my friend Alicia's birthday, stayed up all night watching movies--real movies and home movies of my friend Alex and her friends doing an OK GO dance and making a cartoon show--and watched conference in the morning (and I'm the only one who made it through the whole thing awake)
*went to the dollar movies several times, once with my RS
*decorated a door in our hall as part of our door-decorating swap
*squashed it with Tommy, Doris, Nicole, and Heather at our game parties
*cheered myself hoarse at two football games
*asked a boy in my ward to Preference with a water bottle
*partied at Heritage until the party got busted (that sounds bad, but it wasn't)
*rejoiced on hearing the news of Lewisville's victory over Marcus and hung signs and my Farmers jersey outside my door, much to the annoyance of my friend Jesika who lives down the hall and went to Marcus, and much to the confusion of everyone else besides Kristin
*helped keep Pumpkins 1&2 out of trouble while Andra was suffering from limited mobility
*frolicked on the beaches of Oregon (you all know about that and have seen pictures I think but I like the word "frolicked" so I put it anyway)
*enjoyed themed "holidays" at the CANC like Chocolate Day, French Day, Rhapsody in Blue Night, and Pirates of the Cannonbean Night.
*walked and played in some snow!
November 15, 2006
Sam Hawk
In July, one of my then-roommates, Hope, treated us to dinner at Sam Hawk, a Korean restaurant she'd heard a lot about and wanted to try. It was so good. We all ate like it was Thanksgiving and I could barely walk home. I didn't like everything--like the kim chi, for example--but overall it was delish.
From left to right: me, Doris, Hope, Fan's mom who was visiting from China, and Fan.
From left to right: me, Doris, Hope, Fan's mom who was visiting from China, and Fan.
Eli's a goofy one
Okay, I decided the last post was long enough and it was time to make a new one. :) I forgot about these pictures too--I don't even remember taking them--but they're from this summer at Forrest and Abbie's place in Wymount. Eli's good at pulling faces!
November 12, 2006
Old pictures
I'm back after a long blogging drought! We'll start with the oldest pictures, which I forgot were on my camera. Here are a select few of the 200+ Logan took of Kaci and me making chicken pot pie last summer (2005).
Chicken Pot Pie
Obey your thirst.
Isn't that the scariest thing you've ever seen?
Kaci was upset about something...
The Professor was our assistant, but he mostly just winkled around and took pictures, as you can see.
I was ticking Logan to get a genuine smile.
As you can see by the next two, Logan was really bored.
A nice air shot of our almost-finished product.
We tried to do a Texas cutout on the top crust, but it didn't work that well.
Boston
In the Public Garden. There's George Washington!
Near Copley Square (as in John Singleton Copley the painter, Dad) where the next pictures are. That's a goofy face, I know.
In front of the library.
Looking the other way toward the middle of Copley Square and that cool red-roofed church, one of my favorite buildings in Boston. The shiny triangular-shaped building is the Prudential Tower, aka The Pru. (Kaci and Tom, correct me if I'm wrong.)
The library again.
Another cool church near there.
This is the North End, an Italian neighborhood where I adventured by myself. I couldn't resist taking a picture of this "connah store."
The next morning on our whale watch. Kaci and I were both biffed, but this is the first picture I took (right after I got better). I ran outside and got to see a mother and baby whale pretty close to the boat for about two minutes before we headed back to shore, but I didn't get any good pictures of them. They were camera shy, I think.
Land ho!
You can see the New England Aquarium next to the wharf where we got on our boat.
On Kaci's roof! It was a sweet view.
You can see the Citgo sign!
Waterfight
In June before I left, the Professor and I "duke"d it out with his like 15 waterguns. Afterward we were feeling goofy so we took some goofy pictures.
Long Hair
I took these in mid-August right before I got my hair cut. This is my record for hair length. Okay, I know the first one's goofy because I'm not smiling, but you can see a little more length. It's hard to take pictures of yourself.
Chicken Pot Pie
Obey your thirst.
Isn't that the scariest thing you've ever seen?
Kaci was upset about something...
The Professor was our assistant, but he mostly just winkled around and took pictures, as you can see.
I was ticking Logan to get a genuine smile.
As you can see by the next two, Logan was really bored.
A nice air shot of our almost-finished product.
We tried to do a Texas cutout on the top crust, but it didn't work that well.
Boston
In the Public Garden. There's George Washington!
Near Copley Square (as in John Singleton Copley the painter, Dad) where the next pictures are. That's a goofy face, I know.
In front of the library.
Looking the other way toward the middle of Copley Square and that cool red-roofed church, one of my favorite buildings in Boston. The shiny triangular-shaped building is the Prudential Tower, aka The Pru. (Kaci and Tom, correct me if I'm wrong.)
The library again.
Another cool church near there.
This is the North End, an Italian neighborhood where I adventured by myself. I couldn't resist taking a picture of this "connah store."
The next morning on our whale watch. Kaci and I were both biffed, but this is the first picture I took (right after I got better). I ran outside and got to see a mother and baby whale pretty close to the boat for about two minutes before we headed back to shore, but I didn't get any good pictures of them. They were camera shy, I think.
Land ho!
You can see the New England Aquarium next to the wharf where we got on our boat.
On Kaci's roof! It was a sweet view.
You can see the Citgo sign!
Waterfight
In June before I left, the Professor and I "duke"d it out with his like 15 waterguns. Afterward we were feeling goofy so we took some goofy pictures.
Long Hair
I took these in mid-August right before I got my hair cut. This is my record for hair length. Okay, I know the first one's goofy because I'm not smiling, but you can see a little more length. It's hard to take pictures of yourself.
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