the cluffs are so cool. saturday for a christmas present they took me to a movie and to the mayan. it was a lot of fun. the kids LOVE the mayan. the atmosphere and the divers are perfect for them...and me...i wont lie, i thought it was pretty cool too. in fact, i found myself kind of was wishing i could jump off some of the cliffs into the pools too...it looks pretty fun. anyway, the cluffs are the best and i am so glad to have the opportunity to know them.
so i was really pleasantly surprised with how cool the zoo lights were. it was a lot of fun walking around and looking at everything...my favorite displays were the turtles and the crabs! they were sweet. the crocodile was fun too. the best however was being able to see the gorillas sleeping. cortney and i loved it. thanks cortney for the fun time.
so the other day was kind of fun. last year i was able to be one of the academic peer advisors for the psychology department up at the u. it was a really good experience for me and i very much enjoyed the chance to befriend and belong with some of the other advisors. anyway, the other day we all decided that it would be a lot of fun to get together and have a reunion of sorts. it turned out to be a ton of fun. i loved seeing everyone and having the chance to catch up on what has been going on after graduation ... it was also pretty sweet kicking everyones butts at bowling! :) these are some pics of everyone.
Here are some pics from our ward Christmas party this year. It was held up at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and was a really nice evening. The people who put it together really invested a lot of time and effort into it and really made it a very nice event. I was pretty impressed with it all ... especially with the fact that we were able to have it up at the memorial building. What a nice place for a ward pary! We were able to have a nice meal, watch the nativity movie, sing christmas songs, and hear a short message from the Bishop. I really had a good time (except for when Jimmie was sitting at our table...what an idiot) Anyway, the pics are of me, Doug, Cush, Vincent, and Cortney.
Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone! This year Chad and Lindsay wanted to host everyone for the holiday so we were able to head out to Vegas and enjoy a bit of t-shirt weather for the weekend. Everyone but but Staci, Clark and Corbin were able to come so it was a lot of fun getting as many as we could together...even though we missed having the Gee's around. We enjoyed a nice turkey dinner (with plenty of pumpkin pie), hung out at a couple of parks, watched football, played the wii, saw some movies, and just enjoyed each others company...especially Rex and Jay's. Here are a few pictures from the weekend...apparently I only took photos of my nephews. 
So this last photo has a funny story. As we were playing the wii, we decided to make some mii characters that resembled each of our appearances. As we were doing everyone, Jay of course wanted to have one made of himself. He was able to pick out much of how his character would look and we surprisingly were able make one that looked pretty close to him...well except for one thing...Jay wanted his mii to have a mustache. It was pretty funny. Jay must have got pretty motivated by this because before you knew it he up and decided to give himself a mustache. (see photo above) It was soooo funny. Needless to say, Jay was pretty proud of himself.
So one of the things that I have really come to enjoy over the last little bit has been the opportunity to see deer up around where we live. I would bet that I don't go an entire week without seeing at least two or three somewhere along my drive home. For some reason I just really love it. If I can, I usually will always stop the car and just watch them for a minute or two. I guess its just kind of cool being so close to wildlife. The other day was the best though. I had just gotten home from work and was pulling up my driveway when all of a sudden I saw 7 deer just hanging out in our yard. It was pretty awesome! I hurried inside and grabbed my camera and the above photos are some that I was able to grab while the deer kind of progressed along our ridge.
What a fun game to be at on saturday! I can't believe how good the utes played. It was awesome to see them really step up and finish out their regular season schedule so well. 12 and 0...how cool is that! Im so glad I was able to have my tickets this year and attend so many games. I actually was able to befriend a guy who sits next to me over the last couple of games and we got to talking after the game on Saturday and we think we're pretty set on going to the upcoming BCS bowl...wherever it ends up being...hopefully Arizona for convenience. I was lucky enough to go to the 2004 Utah vs Pitt BCS game so I think it would be really cool to have the chance to go to this one too...even though we'll probably get killed by some SEC or Big 12 team...it will be fun all the same supporting the utes. Anyway, Cortney and I had a blast cheering on the utes on Saturday.
"I wouldn't say [the catch] was lucky. We executed the play well. We should have had another [TD]. Obviously, if you do what's right on and off the field, I think the Lord steps in and plays a part. Magic Happens."
Austin Collie
So today at work we had a "celebrate that the summer is over" bbq luncheon and the funniest thing happened. While a bunch of us were all talking and hanging out, a couple of the guys I work with started asking me what my prediction was for the upcoming BYU Utah game. Before I could even say anything, another guy I work with all of a sudden blurted out, "You want to know what my prediction for the game is? ... PAIN!" It was sooooo funny! You know you gotta love a random Clubber Lang plug. So funny. I was seriously laughing about it the rest of the day.
So Ive yet to post about how freaking cool the game was last week! Can you believe how crazy that game was? Cortney and I had a blast cheering on the Utes and biting our nails leading up to the games one and only Utah touchdown. ... And you know we had to take advantage of the moment and rush the field after the game! Thanks for the good time Cortney. -- The other photos are from the Real Salt Lake playoff game from a couple weeks ago. That was a pretty fun crazy match to be at too by the way. Real scored the game winning goal in the last minute of regulation. It was really cool. Thanks again for the fun time.
So do I even need to say how excited I am for tonights game? I definately don't think that it is the "biggest game" in Utah history like the paper is trying to sell, but I do have to admit that it is a pretty big one. I mean, lets be honest, I've been nervous about the game since waking up today. Hopefully it will be a good one. Its been fun cause it seems like everyone is either going to the game or at least talking about wanting to go to the game. In fact, the guys at work have been pretty funny cause they've been hassling me all week about wanting to go...suckers! :) Anyway, cross your fingers cause this is going to be a tough one. Hopefully I can go home from the game happy tonight rather crying myself to sleep.
So whats Halloween without a little pumpkin carving? Monday, after our FHE Halloween shin-dig, a couple of us decided to grab some pumpkins and head up to the house and carve 'em up. It was a pretty good time...Especially since Vincent (aka Michael) now considers pumpkin carving one of his greatest hidden talents. Since I havent had too much to post about lately Ive decided to post some of our pictures. Check 'em out.
P.S. - So for the past month or two my roommates and I have been a little over-enthusiastic about playing Mario Kart on the WII. In fact, its pretty safe to say that we are quite a bit more than just "a little over-enthusiastic" about playing. Anyway, the only reason I mention this is because I totally used Mario Kart as my motivation for my jack-o-lantern design. (childish and silly...I know) So check out it out. Dry Bones dominates!
