Go Cougars!

This past weekend was a lot of fun. Saturday we went to the BYU vs. UNLV game. Dustin's been wanting to go to one all season and we finally got tickets. The weather was perfect, we had great seats and our Cougs didn't let us down. The night before the game we went to Macey's and found some BYU hoodies so we could show our school pride. You can sort of see them in the first picture.

Our New Looks!

What do ya think?
Ha ha! Give it a try... dailymakeover.com

Great New Website

Dustin and I were getting ready to read scriptures and we went to lds.org to pull up the scriptures but got side tracked to this new website that the church has put out. We looked around and read President Hinckley's talk about the Savior. It was really really good. This website has tons of good talks testimonies from prophets and apostles. I'm excited to explore it more! Here's the link... jesuschrist.lds.org

UPDATE!

Well it's about time for an update. I have just had a total block on what to write about. Life around here has been pretty 'blah' for the past week or so. Dustin and I both caught a nasty little bug that came in with the cold weather. It knocked both of us down for about a week. We have watched lots of movies and taken lots of long naps. It's been nice to spend so much time together even if we didn't feel 100%.

This last Wednesday all the girls got together and made Halloween care packages for all of Dustin's family that was affected by the hurricane. There were socks and books for the kids, pencils and school supplies, vitamins and common cold medicine, stuffed animals and TONS of candy! People brought over bags of candy and we dumped it all in one giant pile to mix it up. It was CRAZY!!! The pile probably stood almost a foot high in the middle and was about three feet in diameter. The air around it smelled so sweet and my little niece Lexi thought she had died and gone to heaven. Ha ha. She helped me fill a couple of bags but then she started grabbing handfuls of the pixi sticks. It was pretty funny. The families down there have been kind of stopped as far as progress goes. The insurance adjusters are dragging their feet and they can't fix anything until they come assess the damage. Luckily for our family they have other places to stay.

Fall break, UEA weekend was yesterday and today. I just love holidays from school! All day yesterday I was thinking that today was Sunday and my weekend was half over but it's only Friday! That's the best feeling. We are going to see Into the Woods at the Hale Center Theater in Salt Lake tonight and I'm really excited. I haven't seen this play since I was in Elementary School and I really liked it then.

Totally Free!

So there is this website that is giving away 24 purses within 24 hours. All you have to is go to handbagplanet.com and give them your e-mail address. It's on October 15th and there are some cute bags!

Finally! Good TV Again!

Well, it's Tuesday Night which means "Halo Night" around our house. Dustin's parents bought all the boys x-box 360's for Christmas and they get together every Tuesday night at our house to play Halo for a few hours. (Don't worry... I tell them all what big nerds they are all the time) haha. Usually some of the girls will get together and watch a chick flick or scrapbook or do something girly but that didn't work tonight. So while I lay here, thinking about falling asleep, watching 6 grown men play video games I thought I would blog!

So we just got cable last week. It's been pretty exciting. We didn't have TV the first year we were married, just movies. Then we got basic cable (basic channels and Discovery). Then we bought an antenna but when we moved it didn't work so now we have crazy cable. We have movies on demand and like 100 channels and it can be a BIG waste of time. As Dustin said in his last post, he's been obsessed with CNN and I've been watching Gilmore Girls again. There are a few shows that we just can't live without which is why we got cable just in time for all the season premier's. Here are our top 5 favorite shows...

Number 5 - Dancing with the Stars You've just gotta love it!

Number 4 - The Bachelor I know it's kind of cheezy but we just love the drama and trying to convince the bachelor who to choose (although they have NEVER picked the ones we wanted)

Number 3 - Survivor This show really makes Dustin want to see if he's man enough to rough it in the wilderness. Me...no way! I'll just watch!

Number 2 - Lost This is where me and Dustin will definitely differ on number one and number two placements. If this were Dustin writing, Lost would be number one. Lost is just so crazy because it has all these crazy twists that you NEVER would expect. You should watch if you haven't tried it out yet!

And ... Drumroll please ... Number 1 - Grey's Anatomy!!! My teacher friend Amber totally got me hooked on this show when she let me borrow the first two seasons a few years ago. I just love this show! I'm kind of bummed that Amber isn't teaching this year because we would always pow-wow the day after an episode and now I have no one to talk to. I'm so excited for this season because Derek and Meredith might get back together! But after the last episode I just hope Christina didn't talk her out of it! ha ha. I'm telling you, you've got to watch it! It's got all the drama of a soap opera but better acting and it's funny too! I can't believe that I have to wait two weeks for the next episode. Oh yeah, and there is a spin off Private Practice that took Addison to California. It's pretty good and it's kind of like double dose Grey's Anatomy!

So that's that! Our favorite T.V. shows. What are yours?

fall...appropriate

What better word for what's happening these days...fall. Fall apart, fall out, fall down, fall in, fall with just about any preposition behind it. You fall-owing me? A trip up Provo Canyon to see the leaves changing colors today was a healthy reminder of the good side of this season, but the world's getting kinda crazy out there lately. Sorry - I know everybody likes to read about little vacations, baby diapers, and heart felt hubby/wifey testimonials, but I (Dustin) feel like singing a different song on this one. I gotta blame it on an overdose of AM radio and the CNN channel this past week. I think I'm learning a little bit more about politics though.

McCain isn't an ideal candidate for our next president, and his running mate is almost enough reason for a staunch republican to vote for a democrat. However, Obama frightens me...I'm not sure America is ready for his radical game plan. I'm amazed by three things: 1)politicians who are more concerned about securing their seat in office than fulfilling their present responsibilities in the public positions they hold. 2)the fragility of our economy because of oil dependence and out of control debt. 3)the battle that rages between democrats and republicans on Washington hill. I'll spare you the details, because you probably stopped reading after I said there would be no fluffy stuff on this post. I'll just say that life could very possibly be drastically different in the next few years. It would be interesting to see what happens if the dollar melts and our entire income/credit system gets turned upside down. I'm not preaching doomsday or anything, but I'll be very surprised if the economy stabilizes anytime soon. Can't say that I'm really super afraid...many of us need a good taste of what 97% of the world's population lives like on a daily basis. I mean that not having credit cards, pantries full of food, steady jobs, or thousands of dollars in the bank to get by on wouldn't necessarily be the end of the world. If smiley Levi Vasquez in Peru can feed his 9 kids every day where the average wage is less than $150 a month, maybe we could learn a little humility by experiencing the same financial environment.

I just got back from Texas where I helped clean up some of hurricane Ike's aftermath. Talk about a mess! Flood waters pack a nasty punch. It's incredible how much devastation comes with 5 feet of water in a home. Not to mention the critters that move into your house when you're not there anymore. In one day, we killed 4 poisonous snakes inside my uncle Tater's house. The following day, my cousin brought over the alligator they had found in their daughter's closet while cleaning out the 2 feet of mud throughout the house. I never really understood how bad of a situation it is when your house floods. All furniture, pictures, sheetrock, electrical wiring, cabinets, insulation, paperwork, and myriad other things that get wet become garbage. The houses had to be gutted down to the studs and dried out to battle mold and mildew. To think that we almost moved down to Bridge City a few months ago makes me kinda glad that it didn't work out. = ) There's still a buttload of work to be done down there, so go help if you get a chance. Ike might be viewed as a reminder that in 24 hours time our comfort, riches, and even a roof to sleep under can be wiped out.

It's all good though! Reggae music is cool. Mustaches are not..a menos que estes en Mexico!