Another Shut-Out?

Can it be? Can BYU have two shut-outs in a row?


HALF TIME SCORE


FINAL SCORE

Apparently they can! What an awesome game! Go Cougars! I am so glad we got season tickets again this year. It has been so much fun going to the games. And, OMG, I LOVE football!
Interesting little note - the last time BYU won two shut-outs in a row was in 1985 and the final scores? 59 to 0 and 44 to 0.

Les Miserables

For our anniversary we went to see Les Miserables at Tuacahn. It is one of my very favorite books, but I have never seen the play before. They are both so powerful! We had third row seats right in the middle. Amazing. It was a spectacular performance!


After the play the actors gathered outside the ampitheatre so that you could meet them, talk to them, and have your picture taken with them. These two actors played the Thenadiers - certainly not our favorite characters, but what great actors! They were so fun to watch.

Justin is my best friend and the love of my life. No one has made me laugh like he does. (Even though I tell him OFTEN that he's not very funny - he really can be hilarious. And he's so much fun!) I am so glad that I have had these past six years with him and I am excited for the many more to come!

Welcome Madison

Here she is! 8 lbs and 3 oz 21 inches long. She got here on September 16 at 1:30 AM. I think she looks a lot like her big brother.


With her proud papa and curious big brother.

Fitness Challenge

These are my Ya-Ya sisters (some of you may recognize them - some of you may BE them). We have decided to challenge and encourage each other to reach new heights with regards to our personal fitness levels. We have created a blog for just this event and I would like to invite all of you to check it out. Perhaps if I know that I have family and friends keeping tabs on me, I'll be even more motivated to get fit, tone, and ripped. Oh, and healthy - because that's what's most important.

http://yayasgotoparadise.blogspot.com/

Oh, My Gosh!

(BTW - That's 5 mins and 31 seconds left in half time)


Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!

That's all I could say during the entire second quarter of the game against UCLA on Saturday. I was practically speechless! "Oh, my gosh!" was all I could get out. Oh, and I screamed - A LOT!

I admit, I was nervous going into the game on Saturday. UCLA was supposed to be a tough team. I had confidence that BYU could win, but it wasn't going to be easy. I anticipated, no, hoped for, a tight game with BYU just pulling off a win in the final seconds of the game as they are known to do. I never imagined a shut-out. I never dreamed of a blow-out. THIS was more than that - this was a slaughter! (Sorry UCLA fans - I'm just being honest here.) This is the worst margin that UCLA has lost by since 1929! That's incredible!

Justin and I have seats on the third row up from the walkway (which is technically the eleventh row) on the 15 yard line towards the south endzone. That means, for the second quarter of the game, we were right where all the action was occuring. It was so unreal! I was in complete shock the entire game. I just couldn't believe that it was really happening.

OH! And I got stuck in a crowd bottle-neck next to LaVell Edwards. I smiled, he smiled back and said "hi" to me. It was pretty cool. (But nothing compared to the game... Oh, my gosh!)

BYU 28 - University of Washington 27

So it's a controversial win, but a win nonetheless. And you can not prove that the kick would not have been blocked if the penalty had not been called. So I don't care if it's a controversial win - I'll take it!

32

I'm 32 now.
People tell me I don’t look 32 - or even 31. They’ll say. “Oh, I thought you were 26 or 27”. Some have even said I look 24 - I like those people! But if I’m 32 and don’t look 32 then I have to wonder – what does 32 look like?
I don’t necessarily feel 32, but then I don’t know what 32 FEELS like either. It’s all very confusing to me. What I do know is that 32 doesn’t feel any different than 31 or 30 or even 29 for that matter. But it does somehow feel different than 21. I couldn’t tell you when it started to feel different; it has been a very slow process.
I’ve heard it said many times that 30 is the new 20. I like that. And I am inclined to believe it because I have felt so much better about myself this past year than ever before. I feel like I have learned a lot about myself which I believe has made me not only more emotionally mature, but more intellectually mature as well. I am a bit more self-aware now. (I said A BIT – there's a long road ahead of me.) I’m back in college again and I feel great about that. I feel like I’m starting to accomplish things. And speaking of accomplishing things – I’m in the best shape of my life! I may not be as light or as thin as I was at 16 or 18, but I am stronger, tighter, and toner than I have ever been. I’m at the gym 5-6 days a week and really pushing myself to get more endurance, to get stronger, to get tighter. I have set goals and feel like I just might actually realize them this time! So if this is how good it feels to be 32 – then I’m excited for 33!

BYU 41 - Northern Iowa 17

Saturday, August 30


The blessed day has finally arrived! And here we are (with Uncle Tab) at one of my favorite places - Lavell Edwards Stadium. Unfortunately we missed most of the first quarter but the rest of the game was pretty good. We came away a little sunburned, but it was worth it! The team played well, they still have a few kinks to work out, but most important - BYU won!

i love a good book

How can people not like to read? There are actually people among us who don't enjoy reading! Can you believe it? I just don't understand it!
I just love a good book. You know the kind where you are hooked from page one and dread the moment you have to put it down? I can't think of anything better (obviously, if hard pressed, I could, but please allow me to be dramatic to get my point across) than a book that pulls you in and keeps you enthralled until the end - and you don't want to work or shower or sleep or eat (or do homework!) or do anything, but read! This is my current predicament.
I can't pinpoint what it is about a book that gets me so drawn in - in fact, it's often different with each book. And I can be sucked into books that themselves are so diverse. Last year it was a medical history book. A few weeks ago a fictional novel. Last week it was a historical novel. This week it's another fictional novel. Next week - who knows? But I am excited to find out.
I'm sure I'll finish Child 44 soon and I'll be both excited to have finished and sad to be done. Then I'll move onto something else and I can only hope that it captivates me like the many wonderful books I read before it.

Football season is finally here!

I have been waiting patiently, but I was getting to the end of my rope! I am so freaking excited for football season! Justin and I got season tickets again and our seats are great. We are so psyched to head down to Happy Valley several times in the next three months to spend a few hours with a few thousand of our closest friends. GO COUGARS!