go utes!

saturday jared cluff and i were able to go down to the u of u game against weber state. even though we were playing weber and the game wasnt ever that close, we had a ton of fun hanging out and watching the game. jared had never been to a football game before so he was pretty pumped about being there. i think the funniest comment of the night came when jared started jumping up and down and cheering with everyone around him but then suddenly stopped and sheepishly told me that he had no idea why everyone was going nuts and he wanted to know what was going on. i had to chuckle at his enthusiasm. it was fun.

oh yeah

ok, so is it sad that i got excited to see that a possible hurricane could be named after me? i mean really, hurricanes are bad right? ... but still, you've got to admit that its pretty sweet having your name associated with something so powerful! childish and silly, i know, but hey, try and imagine it as having something way cool, like a shark or a dinosaur, being named after you. (and we're not talking about some wussy leaf eating dinosaur) ... anyway, feels pretty good doesnt it. yeah, thats right, im a clustering ball of spinning tropical hatered on my way to ruin someones day. in fact, check me out just biding my time off the coast of bermuda.


here's msnbc's version of things:

This September 26, 2008 NOAA satellite handout image shows Tropical Storm Kyle located south-southwest of Bermuda. Tropical Storm Kyle was churning Friday on a path that would take it west of Bermuda and could become a hurricane before it takes aim at the US coast, the National Hurricane Center said. "A tropical storm watch is in effect for Bermuda," the Miami-based center said in a bulletin at 1200 GMT. "Interests in the northeastern United States and the Canadian maritimes region should closely monitor the progress of Kyle during the next couple of days," it added.
9:24 a.m. ET, 9/26/08

P.S. all of the above mentioned comments should be taken with a grain of salt...if you couldnt tell. i most definately hope that this tropical storm stays away from any inhabited areas and avoids its opportunity to "ruin someones day".

whats new...

well, i realized that its been quite a while since i have posted anything on my blog, so ive decided to take a quick minute and write down a little of what has been going on lately. unfortunately, i really dont have too much tell everyone about. things i guess keep moving forward as usual. the other day however i was able to take the cluffs to the aquarium out in sandy and we had a pretty good time. the aquarium is kind of small but it was pretty cool all the same. they had sharks, an octipus, and a few other exotic fish...but the coolest thing they had was this tank of sting rays that you could reach down and pet! the kids loved it. heck, i even thought it was pretty cool. anyway, overall we had a pretty good time hanging out and looking at all the marine life.

in other news...

everyone obviously remembers the fire out in draper a couple weeks ago. well, from where we live i was able to get a number of petty cool photos of all the smoke, fire, etc. in fact the most of these were taken just from our front yard. i cant tell you how happy i was that the wind was blowing all that smoke away from our house instead of towards it. we would have been swamped otherwise and everything would have ended up stinking

what else...

last weekend a bunch of us were able to go boating for probably the last, or one of the last times of the season. it was so fun. i really love getting out on the lake. the thing that was really nice was that the water was pretty much close to perfect for the majority of the time we were there. it was awesome for skiing...which was really nice since nearly every other time we have gone out this year we've gotten stuck with pretty mediocre water. cush also had just bought a new ski which was soooo nice. i couldnt believe how effortless it made cutting and leaning in to the water. wakeboarding was pretty fun too. this season i have really been able to get more in to it and i have actually really grown to like it.
in other news, i was able to go and visit chad, lindsey and the kids out in vegas a three or four weeks ago. it was a really fun trip and i really enjoyed being able to see my nephews. rex is a very mild mannered baby and jay is simply getting funnier and funnier as he grows up. unfortunatly i forgot to bring my camera down there so i wasnt able to get any photos of them. oh well. thanks again chad and lindsey for letting us come and stay down there. now i just need to get out and see staci, clark, and coybin.
well, i cant really think of anything else to update about. im enjoying the changing of the season and look farward to the next couple of months of fall. i always enjoy the different smells in the air and the cripser air. the leaves changing are always really cool too. well, like i said, thats about all ive got for today.