Weekend Events

A few weeks ago, we bought season passes to some SLC attractions. I haven't used my pass until this weekend. We went to the Utah Blaze game. It was great! (Ok--well I was seriously STARVING the whole time so it took forever... but it was a fun experience).

Wade kicking field goals. Yep--you heard it, my friend was on the field kicking field goals. Pretty sweet. And, yes, we were this far away. Haha...
This is the group. Shad, Marge, Justin, Jenny, Ryan, Wade, and Jeff.
Afterwards, we ate at an adorable little waffle shop downtown. Yum :) We got waffles and fries and the guys got something called "the machine gun." You're creative. You can probably figure out why...
Our table :)
Don't forget Petunia the pig. Apparently it's a piggie bank for some museum. I put in a whole dime (thank you Jeff for the dime).
Then Jeff took us to the most random place I've seen in all my life. It's called Gilgal Gardens. Some artist displays his beliefs through religious art. I don't really get it but it was kind of cool (and moderately creepy at night...). Look closely. Yes--you see it. That is Joseph Smith's head on the Sphinx. I don't get it either...
This is a fuzzy picture, but it looks like Voldemort. There are all these scriptures around the place...
Today, after church, Ryan (and others) cooked us a gourmet meal! I love Sundays.
Marge, Tavin, Me, and Jenny

That's all for the eventful weekend. We're currently watching The Other Side of Heaven. Two and a half weeks of school left! I can hardly believe it! Summer--here I come!

FNL

The recent obsession of our apartment has been what we prefer to call, "FNL." Kristen introduced us to the show "Friday Night Lights" and there has been no turning back. We have loved it. We laugh, we cry (a lot), we gasp, we just love it.

Mainly, it's over dramatized high school. It includes the South, God, football, high school. How can you go wrong? There is no way.

Mostly, I have loved watching the relationship between Coach Taylor and Tammy, his wife. They are the perfect example of marriage. Sure they have problems, but they are so good to each other and just adorable. I love watching their relationship. Just goes to show, that everything turns out ok when based on a solid marriage. Oh, and there are definitely a ton of problems--murder, pregnancy, drugs, religion, custody issues, drunkards, siblings, relationships. Good stuff. I just love Coach and Tammy :) You will too.

Love it...

Quotable Quotes

I just told a class about the ship that had 600 people aboard that just sunk in Libya. One of my students just said, in all seriousness.

"Do you know what Africa should do? They should just get a big saw and saw off Libya. Then everyone will just stand on the other borders and push it into the ocean. Think that could happen?"

PS--these people can start driving soon.

Quotable Quotes

"You think education is expensive, try ignorance."

It is increasingly difficult to enforce good behavior in my students when unacceptable behavior is so frequently modeled in their everyday lives. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -Gandhi.

"Be grateful for people in your lives who love you enough to correct you, to remind you of your standards and possibilities, even when you don't want to be reminded." --Elder Neal A. Maxwell (this is on my wall at school)

Love these quotes.

if i were a month, i'd be June.
if i were a day of the week, i'd be Friday.
if i were a time of day, i'd be evening.
if i were a sea animal, i'd be a seal.
if i were a direction, i'd be east.
if i were a gemstone, i'd be diamond.
if i were a tree, i'd be a magnolia tree.
if i were a flower, i'd be a tulip.
if i were a kind of weather, i'd be a warm summer day.
if i were a musical instrument, i'd be a piano.
if i were a color, i'd be green.
if i were a fruit, i'd be an apple.
if i were an element, i'd be silver.
if i were a food, i'd be cream cheese.
if i were a place, i'd be DC or Georgia.
if i were a material, i'd be stripes.
if i were a scent, i'd be vanilla.
if i were an object, i'd be a blanket.
if i were a song, i'd be Firework or Beautiful World.

Beautiful World

If you missed out on the song back in the day entitled, "Beautiful World" by Coldplay, you should check it out.

Today, I drove down to Provo. The thoughts and feelings I associate with that place are really indescribable. I love the familiarity, the goodness, the familiar curves of the mountains. I love the memories that flow from late night WalMart trips, Krispy Kreme runs, and warm summer nights. I miss it. Here are a few pictures. Hopefully they capture the feelings I associate with that little town. To top it all off, I was able to go to Brother Smith's fireside and see some really great EFY and non-EFY friends. I'm a lucky girl :)

Why I can't stop reading Mormon housewife blogs

I love this article. Odds are, you will too...

This is the perspective of a feminist, atheist woman who has a strange addiction with reading married, LDS women's blogs. Turns out, happiness is contagious and REAL. I'm grateful that I too am a happy, optimistic, LDS woman (young woman?). Take a peak.

Why I can't stop reading Mormon housewife blogs