Another week has gone by. I can't believe how time flies. I helped put on our Stake BSA Court of Honor to recognize the Boy Scouts who earned awards in the last 6 months or so.
Our friend who usually let's us sit in the box with him for the BYU Football games had us sit in the Legacy seating instead this week. It was awesome being so close to the action. Our team beat UNLV in an exciting shootout. Then, later that night, we were able to get together with some friends to play volleyball.
Sunday Steph and Will brought their daughter Liberty over for dinner. Adrienne made Szechuan Steak and it was delicious. Steph made an Apple Crumble Pie that was so good I had two pieces.
We've made plans to visit our friends in St. George for Halloween weekend. It will be nice to take a mini-vacation and see some old friends. Not to mention, the weather is supposed to be GREAT!!! I'm bringing shorts and a swimsuit.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Home Improvements
Since I've already posted about the BYU game and some other things from the end of last week, I thought everybody would get a kick out of our recent home improvements. I can't remember if I mentioned this before, but our insurance changed. Adrienne's MS shots went from $500/refill to $30/refill. This basically means that we have a ton of extra money in our cafeteria plan. To use up the funds we had our doctor write notes recommending regular exercise and bought some equipemnt. Our unfinished basement now has a treadmill, exercise bike, and weight bench.
Also, I was successfull in my front door peep-hole experiment. Our front door is metal with a foam core. The peep-hole I purchased needed a 9/16" bit to cut the spot in the door. Unfortunately, the only bit that I could find that size (in 3 hardware stores) was specifically for wood. It was a speed bit or paddle bit (depending on what you call it). I decided to tempt fate and risk ruining the door. It actually cut through it like butter. Score 1 for Jason and Adrienne.
The last home improvement for last week was in our back yard. One of our neighbors decided to put in a fence, so we now have half a fence in our back yard. It looks great, and we split the cost with our neighbor so we each paid half.
I know these don't sound quite as fun as our normal posts, but they were fun for us. It always feels good to get things accomplished. I get a kick out of putting things together. When I was a kid, that meant GI Joes or Transformers. Now that I am an adult, it means treadmills and exercise bikes. Putting them together is half the fun.
Also, I was successfull in my front door peep-hole experiment. Our front door is metal with a foam core. The peep-hole I purchased needed a 9/16" bit to cut the spot in the door. Unfortunately, the only bit that I could find that size (in 3 hardware stores) was specifically for wood. It was a speed bit or paddle bit (depending on what you call it). I decided to tempt fate and risk ruining the door. It actually cut through it like butter. Score 1 for Jason and Adrienne.
The last home improvement for last week was in our back yard. One of our neighbors decided to put in a fence, so we now have half a fence in our back yard. It looks great, and we split the cost with our neighbor so we each paid half.
I know these don't sound quite as fun as our normal posts, but they were fun for us. It always feels good to get things accomplished. I get a kick out of putting things together. When I was a kid, that meant GI Joes or Transformers. Now that I am an adult, it means treadmills and exercise bikes. Putting them together is half the fun.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Watching BYU Football with LaVelle Edwards
I don't know how many of you know who this is, but LaVelle Edwards was the BYU Football head coach for 29 years. Last night I went to an event called "Football Night at the Museum" where about 30-40 of us got to eat dinner and watch the BYU Football Game. Unfortunately, we got creamed. Fortunately, I got to meet LaVelle and have a great meal.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
View from the Box
So have I let you guys know how cool my friends are? First, a friend gave us Box Seats to the football game. Then a different friend took a compilation of about 12 photos and squished them together. Now I have this great photo of the view from the Box. What a beautiful sight!!!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Crazy Busy
Wow, the week started slow enough, but we ended up crazy busy all weekend. Friday I took off early so that I could show my sister the way to the Oral Surgeon's office. She got her wisdom teeth removed. Her boyfriend and I hung out in the waiting room until she was done. One of her teeth was actually growing in sideways...weird! She's doing much better today.
Friday night we had some friends invite us up to a house they rented in Midway. The house was on the Homestead Golf Course, but it was too cold and windy to play. Instead of golf we played pool, watched a movie, talked, played cards, and ate some great food.
On Saturday, we headed back into Provo for BYU's Homecoming football game. On a cold day it was sure nice to be up in the box seats. The buffet was beef brisket with dutch oven potatoes (Yum!). BYU won 21-3. I thought BYU would score a lot more, but the game was exciting and well played on both sides.
Sunday was busy too. First there was OUR Ward...then I had to leave early to go to 3 other Wards to visit their priesthood meetings. I'm still getting used to having a Stake calling. We had Steph, Will, Liberty, Heidi, AND Trevor over for dinner. AND my sister decided she was feeling pretty good so she and her boyfriend stopped by after to hang out and watch a movie.
Friday night we had some friends invite us up to a house they rented in Midway. The house was on the Homestead Golf Course, but it was too cold and windy to play. Instead of golf we played pool, watched a movie, talked, played cards, and ate some great food.
On Saturday, we headed back into Provo for BYU's Homecoming football game. On a cold day it was sure nice to be up in the box seats. The buffet was beef brisket with dutch oven potatoes (Yum!). BYU won 21-3. I thought BYU would score a lot more, but the game was exciting and well played on both sides.
Sunday was busy too. First there was OUR Ward...then I had to leave early to go to 3 other Wards to visit their priesthood meetings. I'm still getting used to having a Stake calling. We had Steph, Will, Liberty, Heidi, AND Trevor over for dinner. AND my sister decided she was feeling pretty good so she and her boyfriend stopped by after to hang out and watch a movie.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Great weekend
Let's see, BYU won, we had General Conference meetings all weekend, and our neighbors cooked us breakfast. All in all, it was a pretty great weekend.
More on the breakfast...Sunday morning our newest neighbors called up and said that they had cooked too much breakfast, so we needed to come over and help them finish. They had cooked french toast, bacon, sausage and scrambled eggs. Talk about a wonderful breakfast. We'll have to invite them over soon to repay the kindness. They have three daughters that are 8, 7, and 4 (to balance out our other neighbors that have 3 sons which are 12, 10, and 6). We feel blessed to be among so many great families.
More on the breakfast...Sunday morning our newest neighbors called up and said that they had cooked too much breakfast, so we needed to come over and help them finish. They had cooked french toast, bacon, sausage and scrambled eggs. Talk about a wonderful breakfast. We'll have to invite them over soon to repay the kindness. They have three daughters that are 8, 7, and 4 (to balance out our other neighbors that have 3 sons which are 12, 10, and 6). We feel blessed to be among so many great families.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Progress on the Profile
We are almost done with the online profile for LDS Family Services. It's about time that we finish. In fact, we should be able to finish tonight with all the writing. Then it just comes down to editing the photos to go on the site.
BYU didn't play last week, but they were able to jump in the polls to 7th and 8th (depending on the poll). It's exciting because it makes each game mean that much more.
Last weekend was interesting. On Friday, we ended up going over to our new backyard neighbors' house to play some games. It was a blast and we found out we are very much alike in personality. We had some plans to go shopping Saturday, but that didn't work out. Instead I helped some neighbors put down sod for a few hours and needed a nap to recuperate.
BYU didn't play last week, but they were able to jump in the polls to 7th and 8th (depending on the poll). It's exciting because it makes each game mean that much more.
Last weekend was interesting. On Friday, we ended up going over to our new backyard neighbors' house to play some games. It was a blast and we found out we are very much alike in personality. We had some plans to go shopping Saturday, but that didn't work out. Instead I helped some neighbors put down sod for a few hours and needed a nap to recuperate.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
New Website and BYU Wins
So we've decided to route internet traffic to a website as the landing zone. Then people can click on our blog from there. Of course, those that already have the blog address can still go straight there. Our new website is www.SentimentalReasons.us. The website name references "our song" we chose for our wedding. There's not much there yet, but I hope to have it pretty well organized within the week.
BYU had another shutout this week. 44-0 over Wyoming. That makes 103-0 over the last two weeks. The best part is that we are pulling the starters after only 2 and a half quarters. Our 2nd and 3rd string are getting lots of experience and we're still pitching shutouts. I know it's technically hurting our QB's Heisman chances (because his stats would be UNBELIEVABLE if he played full games) but it's the smart thing to do. Keep him healthy and get the backup players ready to go for the future. I'll have to add some pictures from the box at game later.
BYU had another shutout this week. 44-0 over Wyoming. That makes 103-0 over the last two weeks. The best part is that we are pulling the starters after only 2 and a half quarters. Our 2nd and 3rd string are getting lots of experience and we're still pitching shutouts. I know it's technically hurting our QB's Heisman chances (because his stats would be UNBELIEVABLE if he played full games) but it's the smart thing to do. Keep him healthy and get the backup players ready to go for the future. I'll have to add some pictures from the box at game later.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Great Weekend!
Every weekend is great when BYU wins, but to beat UCLA 59-0 makes it just that much better. It was complete and utter dominance. It looked like the game could not end quick enough for UCLA's players. We watched the game at our friends' house. They have 7 kids and 3 of them came in the last 6 weeks. They adopted two kids from Morocco at the end of July and the mom just gave birth to their 7th last week. It was a lot of fun to hang out with them, cook food, and watch the game.
In other news, it's official...Heidi (Adrienne's littlest sister) is now engaged to Trevor. They are planning on getting married the weekend before Christmas. Her knee is doing much better as well. She doesn't use her crutches or the walker any more.
Just a little more stuff to get done for the online profile. We're excited to finish, but it just seems to always be harder than expected.
In other news, it's official...Heidi (Adrienne's littlest sister) is now engaged to Trevor. They are planning on getting married the weekend before Christmas. Her knee is doing much better as well. She doesn't use her crutches or the walker any more.
Just a little more stuff to get done for the online profile. We're excited to finish, but it just seems to always be harder than expected.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Weekend Updates
Jason's mom left on Sunday. She stayed in Denver last night with friends and has left for Missouri this morning. It was great having her stay those couple extra days. She was kind enough to help out with some weeds around the house and clean up the garage some. We even got to go play tennis with her on Saturday. She helped Jason with his serve and hit a few with Adrienne. We hope that we'll be able to go out and visit Jason's mom and dad in Missouri soon.
Well BYU squeezed out a victory against the University of Washington. It was a lot closer than I thought it would be, but I'm satisfied with the victory. We hadn't won against a non-conference team on the road in a few years, so we needed to start somewhere. Everyone is talking about a celebration penalty at the end of the game instead of the blocked PAT which is disappointing. You know you are in Utah when a General Authority for the LDS church references the BYU game the next day in Regional Conference.
So we are done with the adoption workshops and now we just need to finish the online profile at itsaboutlove.org. It's taking longer than we wanted, but we feel it's important to do it right.
Well BYU squeezed out a victory against the University of Washington. It was a lot closer than I thought it would be, but I'm satisfied with the victory. We hadn't won against a non-conference team on the road in a few years, so we needed to start somewhere. Everyone is talking about a celebration penalty at the end of the game instead of the blocked PAT which is disappointing. You know you are in Utah when a General Authority for the LDS church references the BYU game the next day in Regional Conference.
So we are done with the adoption workshops and now we just need to finish the online profile at itsaboutlove.org. It's taking longer than we wanted, but we feel it's important to do it right.
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