No. Sleep.

I'm going shopping in 30 minutes! And I won't stop for a loooong time. I can't wait!

Black Friday is the best. And I love it.

Also, I love thanksgiving. I love my family. I love my Savior.

My life is good.

I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving!

And...GO UTES!!

Go Jazz!

The big game is this week. The rivalry. The Holy War. Utah v. BYU.

I would say this game has a lot more impact on my life than most. Especially this year. This year, as has happened in years past, the game falls two days before Thanksgiving. You're probably thinking so what? Well, you don't know my family. My family-we are Utes. My mom's sister's family-They are Cougars. So, this creates for some interesting Thanksgivings at my grandma's.

This year it is especially heated because this is the last year that BYU and Utah will be in the same conference. It is also heated because 3 weeks ago most would have said that this game was a sure win for Utah. But now it's gonna be a show down. Just like it is every year.

My family is....passionate. On both sides. We are loyal and true to our colors. Nothing could sway those who claim red to even consider that the team "down south" could win. And nothing could sway those who claim blue to even consider that the "beer throwers" could win. We love our teams and we love to show it.

So, as you can see, this will create for a very interesting Thanksgiving. Also, Although, I am red through and through, I do go to BYU. And therefore I get put in the middle. So I'm a little terrified for this Thanksgiving because I get roasted either way.

But, Kristen and I have come up with a plan! We tried to think of things that would distract our families from talking about the big game. We thought of showing up drunk. We thought of bringing boys with us. But ultimately we decided on something both our families can agree on-the Jazz! Kristen and I will be wearing Jazz jerseys to our Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday and talking all things Jazz.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Go Utes! Err. I mean Jazz!

King

I wanna go back to this!

I went to the Sara Bareillis concert on Wednesday. It was so much fun! She was so great in concert. One of the best concerts I've been too. It was totally worth being dead tired and totally dragging at clinical the next day.

Trying

My thoughts today on 11/16/10:

"Try, and keep trying until that which seems difficult becomes possible and that which seems only possible becomes habit and a real part of you."

-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option"

-Mark Twain

Fishing

I have so many thoughts right now. But I don't know how to put them into words.

Does this ever happen to you?

It's frustrating. All these things swimming around in my head, but I can't seem to figure out how to catch them.

Also, I can't wait for Thanksgiving break. By some miracle I get 10 days this year! I need the break so bad. It's gonna be wonderful.

Maybe I'll figure out how to catch these thoughts.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I spent the weekend with this stud. And two other awesome pups.

Chrisgiving Music

I've never been an advocate for Christmas music before Thanksgiving. In fact I've been a pretty big advocate against.

I feel as though Thanksgiving gets overshadowed. I feel as though we don't give it its fair justice. I mean Thanksgiving is a pretty great holiday. Any holiday that involves the 3 great F's (Family, Football, and Food) is awesome in my book!

So like I said, I never listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving.

But, today I bought Alex Boye's Christmas CD!!

Today I listened to Christmas music before Thanksgiving! (Don't tell Christopher)

But I also came up with a nice thought. At Thanksgiving we are reminded of all that we have to be grateful for. And then comes Christmas where we give to others. It's like the hymn Because I Have Been Given Much. Because I have so much I can give to others. Thanksgiving and Christmas are so interrelated. So maybe I'll just call it ChrisGiving music.

But maybe I just made this connection so I wouldn't feel as guilty for listening to Christmas music before November 26th this year.

If you don't know who Alex Boye is you should be ashamed. He is only the coolest black motab member ever. He's so awesome! And I freakin' love him. I heard him perform tonight at the BYU bookstore. He is so funny. And he has one heck of a voice!

Dreams

My dreams are coming true!

Sometimes I remember that I'm going to Ghana and I get so excited. I'm going to Ghana. I get to help change the world in Ghana. I'll be there for 4 short weeks, but I have 4 weeks to change lives there. And I can't wait.

Dreams really do come true.