. . . because its Thanksgiving. . .

I'm thankful for:

Family

Parents who support me in everything I aspire too

learning

love

friendship

faith

the gospel

brothers

leaders

sunshine

transportation

flowers

fresh fallen snow

cold to remember how good warm feels

set-backs

challenges

success

knowledge

vacations

just to name a few. . .

Hope your thanksgiving is full of love!!!

WEEKEND!!!

Weekends are so GREAT!!! This one was a particularly good one. First off I had little to no homework and second it was General Conference(which was great)!!

I went out to my roommates house to watch conference, they are great!! Anyways my roommate Amy has two younger sisters and we made some great duct-tape bags while we listened to conference!!! I realized this weekend that I don't have my camera up here with me at school, but I found this picture so you can get an idea of what my bag looks like.

Pretty cool huh!!

I've also had a deep desire this last month or so to make Caramel Apples. . .so Friday night when there was nothing to be done, I made some!!! They weren't anything fancy, because I think the first time you make anything you should keep it simple!! But lets be honest you don't have to be a rocket scientist to make these!
Next time I think I'm going to be bold and dip them in caramel and then drizzle some melted chocolate over them. And then maybe I'll even dip them in some nuts or candy or maybe even cookies. It should be fantastic!!

I can't wait to carve pumpkins!!!

FINISHED!!!

I, along with Preston & Katie finished our first marathon yesterday, Saturday September 17th. One of the hardest but most worthwhile things I have ever done!! It was nuts!!! It rained, hailed, rained again, at one point my shoes were full had at least doubled in weight from all the water. I finished in 4 hrs and 50 min, which met my goal to finish under 5 hrs. Someone asked me today what I thought about for that long. . .well for the first part i talked to those around me, then as we got further and more spread out i just thought about life, looked around the canyon, tried to enjoy the rain, but mainly listened to those around me who were talking. For one of the ladies yesterday marked the 126 marathon she had ran. . .SICK!!!! By then end the only thing going through my mind, One foot in front of the other.

Can I move today- sure, I at least made it up the hill to church, its coming down that was the hard part. . .hopefully in a week I'll be movin better!!!

Heres' the real question: Will I ever do one again???

Unfourtantly for me I'm competative and know that I can do better aka run it faster. So yes I will be running another one, maybe next year!!!

You wanna run it with me???

WHO KNEW. . .

Who knew you could have a foods class in college. . .i sure didn't!!!

Lets just say that today I went to the book store to pick up my chef's hat, apron and knife kit!!!!

I don't think I have ever been so excited for a class!!!

Food Literacy here I come. .. .first lab this Thursday to be covered: herbs/spices and garnishing!!!

SCHOOL!!!

Its that time a year! Every blog i read has mentioned it, school has started, no matter what age, its here. The end of summer and the beginning of learning(if that's what you call it). Its funny how time flies, just yesterday I was in 7th grade and now I'm a senior at Utah State!! I was talking to my roommate about this and realized that yesterday could have been my last first day of a new school year as a a student. . .WOW!!! Too bad I'm gonna go to graduate school, that takes all the fun out of what could have been a monumental day.

TUESDAY NIGHTS!!!

How could you not love them knowing this is what you get to go watch!!!!

Every Tuesday night we find ourselves at the Cottonwood Complex watching Parker play in a men's fast pitch softball league. Its great!!!

And when I say men. . .I mean MEN!!! The average age of the league being around 30, but there is Parker out there, easily the youngest at the age of 14!!!

He almost won his first game last Tuesday. . .maybe this Tuesday will be the day!

Under Attack

It all started with these guys:

Our neighbors have bird feeders in their backyard and we have ample trees in ours. Naturally the birds eat the food there then come over to our backyard and relieve themselves. My parents were not big fans of this whole bird equation, so in order to put an end to the bird poop frenzy that was taking place on our deck they took action and bought some hawks and an owl.

A few weeks later and we find ourselves here. . .with the eagle

Just imagine yourself driving and seeing some birds flying off to your right wondering what they are, when all of the sudden one of them comes right at you, your mom in the passenger seat ducks and squeals, you, driving, press on you breaks as this giant Bird is flying straight for your windshield!!! Well that's exactly what happened to us as we were driving to Montpelier, Idaho. I had visions of this eagle breaking the windshield of my car and its beak hitting me right in the chest, life ender!!! Luckily for us it pulled up at the last minute and came within a few feet of that blessed windshield.

That brings me to this:

Go ahead and wonder, take a closer look if needed, and you will see the largest bird poo to ever have been!!!! This beauty happened yesterday on my way home, going under an over pass to get on the freeway!!! It was literally a palm size splat on the same blessed windshield that the eagle almost hit!!!

Its because of events like these that I believe my family and I are under attack. . .or it just proves that birds are crazy and poop a lot!!!!
You choose!!