More pictures from Sunday

Here's some more pictures from the Sunday drive that I forgot.

Bridget didn't want her picture taken....

Jules sleeping...  Awww cute.

James sleeping.  And look, mom, his face is clean now.

Shannon taking pictures of the scenery.

Mom taking a picture of me and Bridget.   And there's Toby behind mom.  

Sunday drive

We went for a drive on Sunday to listen to Conference. It was really drab and rainy in the morning, but during the afternoon the sun came out. We were driving on the Alpine loop, and it was like people came out of the ground to take pictures. Most of mine are taken out of the window of the car, so they are a bit blurry, but that's OK.

Julia!

I took these on Saturday. She's so cute. I love her.

There and back again.

So, as you probably know, I went home over Conference weekend. It was very nice, most of the time. Saturday night ended up being a nightmare because I totally broke down about being homesick. And I was home! It was weird. I came to the conclusion that if I just come home a few times a month, I will be OK. Like every two or three weeks or so. I can live with that. Then, I can work on the other weekends, and still get money and have something to do. Yay me.

Sunday was so fun. Except for Sunday morning, when my ride told me they were leaving at 1:00 pm so I had to hurry and find another one... But after that, once I knew I wasn't leaving till 5 or 6, I was just fine. We went for a drive up Provo canyon. It was very pretty. I'll post pictures tomorrow.

I'm back at school now. I start training for my job this Thursday. I wish I got paid for training though, ugh. Oh well. It will be nice to have a job. So I am not complaining. Much.

You know you grew up in Provo...

All these are SO true!

1. One word: Phase

2. Two words: Big Springs

3. Remember when there weren't roundabouts

4. Remember when there was no Provo Towne Centre, and then realized that University was better all along.

5. Remember when Riverwoods was just a field, not an upscale shopping center.

6. Remember when there was a Gap in Riverwoods.

7. Sung the words, "Hope of America!"

8. Were awed by "We Can Be a Light," and never wanted to wear a belt over your t-shirt.

9. You thought it was weird when you met someone who wasn't Mormon.

10. You know where every scene of the Mormon "Pride and Prejudice" was filmed.

11. Know that there is no BYU parade down Main Street.

12. Know that there is no Main Street.

13. Know the difference between University Parkway and University Avenue.

14. Up until you were 12 you didn't realize that businesses were open on Sunday.

15. Every flag was at half-mast whenever any LDS Church figure died.

16. You know what "school-release time" is really all about.

17. Your high school was filled with famous LDS offspring.

18. 95% of your classmates had pioneer ancestors.

19. It was no big deal to hear a teacher talk about their Sunday School class.

20. You've camped out for the 4th of July parade.

21. You can sing the words "Stadium of Fire!"

22. Classic Skating field trips were a highlight of each year in Elementary School.

23. You wore white to Classic Skating (gotta love those blacklights).

24. As soon as the DJ yelled "SNOWBALL!" Your heart dropped.

25. You remember all the microbursts.

26. It was big news when Merrill J. Bateman was released from being BYU President.

27. You thought Lewis Billings was the hizzle fo shizzle.

28. "Heck," "Shoot," and "Dang" are common words in your vocabulary.

29. You were really offended when they repainted the temple from gorgeous gold to wacky white.

30. You know how to get to 9th East.

31. You know the difference between Provo, Springville and Orem.

32. You remember life before the creamery on 9th.

33. You remember when BYU had a moat going around campus and were really quite bothered when they filled it up, but not as much as the ducks who were made homeless by the thoughtlessness of BYU groundskeeping.

34. You enjoyed seeing the ducks in the Timpview parking lot when walking back from "release time."

35. You whole life is one big EFY.

36. You thought it was rude when they tore down the senior MTC to make a parking lot.

37. You realize that Malt Shoppe is really good.

38. You've always wondered why there is an extra "p" and "e" at the end of #37.

39. You remember when Bamboo Hut was actually in a hut.

40. It wasn't Burger King, it was Hardee's.

41. It's not Macy's, nor Meier and Frank, but ZCMI.

42. The words "Igloo Reams" and "Turtle Reams" invoke fond childhood memories.

43. You've been to Seven Peaks at least 70978 times.

44. You remember when all the Seven Peaks slides were white.

45. You remember when Veteran's Pool Waterslides weren't unlimited.

46. You thought that Veterans was always a little gross.

47. Beanie Baby Swap Meets in the Women's Center.

48. For a three month period, when they were tearing the hospital down, whenever you would drive by the hospital, your mom would cry and say, "that's where you were born."

49. You walked in the Children's Parade.

50. 4th grade history: basically LDS church history, with field trips to the Lion House, Legacy and Temple Square.

51. You were really sad when they tore down Hotel Roberts.

52. The New Library was a big, big deal.

53. Quilted Bear was a really cool place.

54. You can quote the Shane Company commercials word for word. "Now you have a friend in the diamond business. The Shane Company, at the corner of State Street at 7200 South, open Monday thru Friday til 8, Saturday til 5, closed Sunday. Also available online at shaneco.com."

55. You know what "Cougar Stadium" was and remember when it was changed to "Lavell Edwards Stadium."

56. Jolly Jolly James

57. RT and B (clap) responsible thinking and behavior..."then an accident and someone dies!"

58. End of 8th grade = Lagoon! Utah's sort of lame, yet of so fun version of Knott's Berry Farm.

59. You know the difference between canyon crap and edgie wedgies.

60. You go to Day's Market and see at least 5 people that you know/go to church with.

61. You have lied about your birthday to get free icecream from Los Hermanos.

62. You have sung these words, "Utah, people working together...Utah, what a great place to be!"

63. You have hiked to the "Y" more times than you can count.

64. You go to Wal Mart at 11:00pm on Saturday night and see everyone and their dog buying groceries.

65. You have spent many a night cruisin' the 8.

66. When D.I. is the first place you hit up around Halloween time.

67. You've gotten a speeding ticket on Timpview Drive or Canyon Rd.

68. You get mad if a movie costs more than a dollar.

69. You go to Power Pump every Wednesday.

70. You watch The Phone Call in seminary and laughed because you just ate lunch at Ripples 15 minutes ago...

71.When Homecoming gets changed because of General Conference. ;)

72. When you can't wait for BYU to get out because then the traffic is back to normal

73. Really dislike women's conference and education week because everybody is a clueless driver and going anyplace takes longer than it should

74. You know you're from Provo when you remember the rope swings on the Provo River trail until they cut them down.

75. You know you're from Provo when someone uses the term "Zoobie" and everyone knows what you are refering to.

Cool thing from LAME class

We did this thing with language today, I actually enjoyed it. Jill gave us common sayings/phrases in "big" language. I'll write them out in the big form, and you decipher what they are.  At the end, I'll have the answers "hidden"

1. Childlike interest for information dispatched a well known carnivorous animal.
2. Assiduously refrain from affecting a census of the expected progeny of the barnyard fowl preceding their emergence from the ensheathing calcareous encrustation.
3. Individuals who inhabit domiciles constructed of a transparent, fragile, silicious compound must avoid projecting missiles.
4. Immediately upon the absence of the domesticated carnivorous feline, the common house rodent proceeds to engage in sportive capers.
5. It is in the realm of possibility to entice an equine member of the animal kingdom to a source of oxidized hydrogen; however, it is not possible to force it to imbibe.
6. Sparkle and scintillation are not always identification for an auric substance.
7. Persons deficient in judgement hasten to undertake that for which winged celestials hesitate to assume responsibility.
8. It is the final bit of dried grass that affixed to the burden previously acquired induces a rupture of the dorsal portion of the ship-of-the-desert.
9. The best loved flower in the world, if provided with a cognomen different than that established by the Vienna code, would yet emit by means of its essential oils and esters an aromatic effervescence similiar in all respects to that obtaining if the correct terminology were used.

Now, here are the answers. DON'T CHEAT!!

1. Curiosity killed the cat.
2. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
3. People who live in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.
4. When the cat's away, the mice will play.
5. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
6. All that glitters is not gold.  (or if you want to go the J.R.R. Tolkien route: all that is gold does not glitter.)
7. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
8. "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

Pictures of me

Here you go, mom, pictures of me! Taken by Hannah on Sunday evening, when we were all outside.

Dinner

I actually ate healthily tonight. Well, more healthy than my lunch, and better than other nights. I had rice and peas.


My dinner of rice and peas. And roll. And Dr. Pepper (bad. must stop).


Geneil doing something.... Yeah. I like taking candid photos of her because it bugs her.


Shanelle trying to stick her ice cream cone in my face.


The cafeteria. Interesting, I know. I just like to take pictures.

Rosh ha-shanah

Last night was the beginning of the Jewish holiday, Rosh ha-shanah. To begin the holiday, the Jews blow trumpets, one long blast, several short blasts, and another long. The first long blast is a symbol of hope. The short blasts are tears of repentance, and the last long blast is asking God for forgiveness. And they pray and read scriptures that specifically ask that God remember them.

On the night that Rosh ha-shanah began in 1827, three things were going on: The Jews were praying and blowing their trumpets. Joseph Smith Jr. received the gold plates from the angel Moroni. And Heber C. Kimball had a vision. Note: at this time, Heber C. Kimball did not know of the Restoration.

I had retired to bed, when John P. Greene, who was living within a hundred steps of my house, came and waked me up, calling upon me to come out and behold the scenery in the heavens. I woke up and called my wife and Sister Fanny Young, who was living with us, and we went out of doors.

It was one of the most beautiful starlight nights, so clear that we could see to pick up a pin. We looked to the eastern horizon, and beheld a white smoke arise toward the heavens; as it ascended it formed itself into a belt, and made a noise like the sound of a mighty wind, and continued southwest, forming a regular bow dipping in the western horizon. After the bow had formed, it began to widen out and grow clear and transparent, of a bluish cast; it grew wide enough for contain twelve men abreast.

In this bow an army moved, commencing from the east and marching to the west; they continued marching until they reached the western horizon. They moved in platoons, and walked so close that the rear ranks trod in the steps of their file leaders, until the whole bow was literally crowded with soldiers. We could distinctly see the muskets, bayonets ... and could discover the forms and features of the men.

The most profound order existed throughout the entire army; when the foremost man stepped, every man stepped at the same time; I could hear the steps. When the front rank reached the western horizon a battle ensued, as we could distinctly hear the report of arms and the rush.

No man could judge my feelings when I beheld that army of men, as plainly as ever I saw armies of men in the flesh; it seemed as though every hair of my head was alive. This scenery we gazed upon for hours, until it began to disappear.

After I became acquainted with Mormonism, I learned that this took place the same evening that Joseph Smith received the records of the Book of Mormon from the angel Moroni.

Isn't that pretty much the most awesome thing ever!! I'm not sure what it means, but it's cool.

Sunday Evening....

Hannah



Katelin



Geneil

We didn't feel like going inside after dinner, so we didn't. The end.

It's Thundering!!

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just wanted to share that little bit of joy with you. I love thunder!!

Stroll Downtown...

Yesterday me and Brad went for a walk. He had to go to the bank, but when we got there we found out it was closed. So we went looking for the Wendy's. It wasn't very fun, but it took up a good chunk of the morning and gave us something to do.


Main street looking one direction.



Main street looking the other direction.



Pretty red motorcycle that reminds me of New Moon.



The Post Office. Or I'm assuming it was the post office at one time. Now it's probably the post office and something else too.

Update

Well, there were all these things I meant to blog about, but I just kept putting it off and now I forgot. But there are somethings I remember. So here we go.

I saw this thing the other day that said:

1. Good grades
2. Social life
3. Adequate sleep

Pick 2.

Welcome to college.

So true.

The other day at dinner they were serving these cupcakes:



Doesn't it look just like the ones in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets film that Hermione uses to put Crabbe and Goyle to sleep? OK, not JUST like them, but similar! I just thought that was funny.

Tonight they had "Italian Night" in the cafeteria. They had cheezy Italian music playing, and stuff. The food was all out on a buffet style table all fancy, and it was WAY better than the food they normally serve! In true Lila fashion I took a picture of my dinner:


I forgot to take a picture until after I'd started eating my salad, though, so it looks rather depleted in this picture. Oh well.

Tomorrow I am performing for my voice studio class. I really hope it goes well!!!

blogging from my iPhone

I'm at dinner. Testing out my phone.


HISTORY EXAM PART III

I got a 50/50 for a perfect 100% on my history exam!!!

History Exam Part II

So, at 1:00 I had my History exam. The professor passed out the test, I got mine at about 1:02 or so. I was walking out of the classroom at 1:17. That's about 3 questions a minute. How insane is that?!

History Exam

I've got a history exam tomorrow, and I went to a review session today. I had fun highlighting stuff, and it made my notes look really pretty. Ha ha ha.



I just noticed that if you click on the picture and make it big, you can actually read my notes. That's kinda funny.

Forever Amber

I've had this old book in my possession for a while, and--- huh, probably should have taken a picture of it before I took the cover off... Anyway, I ripped off the old blue cover and drew pictures on it. The first is a picture of the dress that Amber wears at the beginning of the novel, and the back is the dress she wears at the end. In the beginning, she's just Amber St. Clare from Marygreen, in the end she's Amber Stanhope, Duchess of Ravenspur and mistress to King Charles. Takes place in England in the 1660s. Sorry the pictures are so bad quality, but I do what I can with an iPhone, which is still not activated....

60 Posts!!

Half of which have been in the last month, no doubt. Kind of backwards, no?

Here are some pictures of the campus here, mostly for mom, because... uh, because.


The clock tower during the day.



The clock tower at night.



Old Main, the oldest building on campus. Incidentally, the first building on campus.



Uh, whatever this is. It's the newest building, that's all I know.

There's this thing, I like to cal it the "Smart People" Shrine. Mom loves it. I didn't want to take pictures of ALL the smart people, so I just took pictures of the people I liked. Enjoy.


William Shakespeare



Albert Einstein



Thomas Jefferson



Leonardo da Vinci

Emma's Pirate Costume

Hey, Em, here's your costume.  It's your black boots, your skirt, the Jack Sparrow scarf from the Halloween box, the white eyelet shirt from Halloween box (or another white shirt), and mom's white bleached bandanna. Wear with random jewelry, lots of it.  And make ONE hoop earring maybe.  Here you go:

The Tony Award Winning Shakespearean Festival

Yeah, I pretty much live there. Here are pictures of it for you.



This is the ticket office, I assume.





These are the seats, from the outside.


I used to be able to go in through these gates:





But they were locked. So I went around the back of the theatre and used the stairs:




Honestly, there is no way to keep someone out of that theatre if they have a mind to get inside. I'm amazed it still looks so pretty, if anyone can get in. Here's some pictures of the stage.




I'm not sure what remodeling they're doing, it wasn't there last week.