Update

So it's been 4 months, and I have not much to show for it. I am still just working away and trying to stay active. I did get accepted by the Utah Board of Education to teach PE or health. However finding a job teaching that is not an easy task. I hope to find one, and to coach. And take night classes so I can teach biology also. But, I would have to find a job first, so we'll see. My cousin gets back from her mission on wednesday and it made me start thinking about the past year and a half and all the people i've come into contact with and who have had an effect on my life whether it be positive or negative. And I am really grateful for having so many good friends. I'm going to start the next step up of p90x possibly this week. Not sure yet, I'll be playing a ton of sports this summer, and I'm supposedly supposed to be training for another half marathon so we'll see if I have enough energy to do all that.

One exciting thing, which may not be exciting to anyone but me, I beat my boss on "the beeper" and got $100 for it. Its a pretty awesome feeling to say I've got the highest score :)

New Life, New Challenges (or old ones i'm still working on)

So It's a new year, and I've made some pretty lofty goals for this year.

~Write on my blog at least once a month.
~Start and finish p90x-I'm doing good so far, but man is it hard.
~Finally figure everything out so I can start my teaching certification program.
~Keep my room clean for more than a week at a time.
~Eat healthier for dinner and take the leftovers for lunch.
~Skydive
~Carve at least 3 pumpkins

Just to name a few. If you have anymore suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

Shirt #2!!!!

I've done it again! Another Intramural championship under my belt! This time in flag football!

I'm still in soccer for this semester, and I'm way excited. I've wanted soccer for the past 6 years, and I really think we have a good chance this team Go 69th ward!

Tis the Season!

So the end of the year is fastly (and yes that is a word I can use) approaching us. Which means a couple of things, first off Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I love this time of year because of what it does to people. People seem to be a lot nicer. People are more willing to give, and more willing to receive. More willing to say thank you. It just makes me happy. I love that we get to have 2 months every year to devote to being thankful and to giving to other people. And let's be honest, who doesn't love listening to Christmas music and the great feeling that brings!
This is random, and probably doesn't make sense, but the moral of the story is, I LOVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR!!

Update

As usual it's been a while, so here is what i've been up to.

I ran a half marathon, and I only had to walk once, and only one month after getting my gallbladder out. I think I'll probably run another one at the end of the summer, and get a better time!
I played in 4 intramural sports, and of course got out of the tournament right before the final. Don't get me started on this, we really should have one. But I am planning on playing at least 2 sports this summer, so I'm looking to win another shirt this year.
I went with my family to California for a week.

Natalie and Ali on the beach.

Michael and me with Bob

Michael with his usual nutritious breakfast

Ali styling the hat of the trip

Natalie's glasses broke the first day, and by the looks of this picture Rachel doesn't approve.

Bekah and Michael playing in the water. The sunset was amazing.
Shamu and friends. (Isn't this a great picture? My skills are improving looks like:) )The family waiting at line to go safari through Africa. Notice Ali's upside down sunglasses. :)Natalie and Ali petting the animals.
Ali and me on the 'up and down'
Michael chillin' in the casino.

So that is about it. Hope you enjoyed!

Music

For those of you who know me, you know that I have a love for music. Whether it be playing my guitar and singing. Singing and dancing to something. Or just listening to it. I love music.
There is so much music out there, and I like just about all of it. One awesome thing about music, well it's awesome and can also be well not so awesome is it can change your mood in just a few seconds. It's amazing that listening to happy songs can make you happy, and listening to depressing songs can totally ruin your day. Along with that, the music they put on movies totally can make or break the movie. I don't know if anyone has noticed this, but in scary movies when the person is looking through the house, or some intense part of the movie, the music totally makes it scary or intense. If they just had the video going without the music, the movie wouldn't be that scary. Isn't that amazing? It's cool how songs can relate so much to your life, sometimes when you can't quite explain something, you can find a song that someone else has already written out that fits your thoughts or emotions or whatever. Awesome, yeah?
In correlation to this, I just want to give props to my mother for making me/letting me take piano lessons growing up. I didn't always enjoy my teacher, in fact my favorite piano teacher i only had for a couple of months and now he is brother-in-law, but I learned a lot from piano. more than just music. And I'm glad that I could learn that, so that I could teach myself the guitar. And so that I can sing in choirs.

Conclusion:
I LOVE MUSIC!!!!

Intramurals

So it is time again for intramurals, and I am so excited. After winning that shirt last year, I'm hoping for at least 2 repeats this summer. I have like 7 chances to win one. So let's hope it works out for me.
Intramurals is one of the great things about living in a BYU ward still. Pick up games are always fun, but with intramurals you are always at least 95% sure that you will have a game to play with full teams. There are a few downsides to intramurals however, one being that not all of the refs, umps, etc are good. In fact, many of them are quite terrible. Now I know it can be difficult to ref or ump, I've done both in my life, but seriously, at least listen to what the players have to say. Especially in intramurals where the rules are always strange and something is always bound to go wrong or be misunderstood.
In the end though, intramurals are just fun. It's fun to play sports with other people who want to play. It's nice to run hard, kick hard, swing hard, throw hard, whatever your sport of choice may be. Intramurals is one way to do that. So for all you who enjoy a little healthy competition and a good sweat. Sign up. It's game time!