go utes

here are some pics of me stace and cortney at the byu utah basketball game from tueday. the game was a lot of fun and it was nice to hang out with stacer while she was still in town. as a former cougar athlete and grad, stace held her own and cheered for her cougs. it was fun to see her politely and proudly cheer them on next to a couple of goofy ute fans. thanks again for coming stace and cortney...and jeff, you suck for always having to work :)

oh, and jeff, these photos are for you...or any other 'its always sunny in philadelphia' fan

fun with staci and corbin

the last few weeks have been pretty fun. staci and corbin decided to come into town and hang out with the fam a bit while clark has been slaving away in the accounting industry. it really has been a blast. coybin is such a smart, cool, and funny little guy. he observes and analyzes everything. the picutes above are from our field trip to jungle jims. stace mom cortney and i were able to spend the day with him there and he seemed to really enjoy himself...except for when i took him on the mini rollercoaster. he was WAY to young for it and was completely TERRIFIED throughout the whole thing. i felt soooo bad for the little guy. he clung to my side and just cried through it all. poor dude :) he loved the carousel and the mini spaceship ride though so i think, and hope, he was able to forget about his traumatising rolllercoaster ride.

not again!

not cool! so while i was driving to church the other day i totally ended up getting in a fender bender. luckily the damage was not too bad and the car i hit only had minor bumber damage. basically what happened was a car tried to merge into our lane a couple cars ahead of the vehicle i hit and everyone had to slam on their brakes in order to avoid hitting them. unfortunately i slammed on mine but didnt have enough time to avoid kissing the bumper of the car ahead of me. NOT COOL! luckily the lady in front of me was pretty cool and we didnt even involve the cops in the fender bender. allstate is taking care of the rest and fortunately i have already been able to get my car repaired and running again...it only took four days!

Sweet Satisfaction

This last week I was able to finish the unabridged version of Les Miserables. To be honest, I was pretty proud of myself for doing so. I have been working on reading Les Miserables for quite some time now so finishing really gave me a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment. Les Miserables is an excellent novel and I thoroughly enjoyed my time reading it. Victor Hugo did an amazing job of developing his characters and weaving them into the fabric of his story and social commentary. I of course loved following the account of Jean Valjean's redemption and subsequent life of selflessness and charity throughout the novel, but I was also very intrigued with the portrayal of some of the other significant characters in the novel; specifically, Fantine, Javert, Bishop Myriel, Eponine, and Thenardier. Also, as a French enthusiast, I really enjoyed reading the book and seeing its depiction of French culture and history...proof being that I found myself actually enjoying the pages upon pages of detailed history of the Paris sewage system. (odd...I know) Anyway, I really enjoyed reading Les Miserables and would definitely put it on my top ten list of favorite books.

Oh Yeah!

So Cortney totally hooked me up with a season pass to Park City... Boo Yeah! We went up on Saturday for a half day and it was really fun even though it was FREEZING. By the end of the day my feet were frozen. When they were thawing they felt like they were on FIRE. Let me emphasize this... THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE ON FIRE!!! I was in so much pain. Anyway, I have never skied at Park City so it was fun to have her show me around. I am really excited for this year. Having a pass will be so sweet! Ive never had a season pass before so it will be a lot fun to go up all the time. And by the way, I totally dominated Cortney on the slopes ... just kidding ... she ski instructs at Park City so I'm sure we can all surmise who actually dominated who :)

Winter Camp with Jared

Thursday and Friday was pretty fun. Jared had his first winter camp as a blazer scout and I was able to go with him and his troop. Howard got called out for work last minute and wasnt able to go so Sylvia called and asked if I could fill in. It was a blast and I was happy that she thought of me to go. The camp was at a place called Topaz Mountain which a bit west of Delta. The kids loved it because they could all act like amature miners and search for topaz in the rocks and hills. Jared had a blast...despite the fact he isnt smiling in any of these photos :)