Ideas for tonight?

Sorry I haven't updated you on my life in a while, but I promise there isn't anything exciting going on. I do need help though. I am in charge of Family Home Evening tonight and it's going to be close to about 25 people. Any ideas for an activity?

Insane Week + Tagged!

It has been an insane week for more reasons than one, but it's all boring stuff so I won't bore you with it. However Brianne tagged me so here I go:

Three things I love (besides my family...that's a given!)
1. Mint cookies and cream ice cream
2. Watching the stars on super clear nights when I'm in the middle of nowhere so there are no lights around to take away from the beauty
3. Christmas time

Three things I did today:
1. Homework
2. Watched half of The Emperor's New Groove
3. Went to church

Three things I would love to do eventually:
1. Graduate and pass the NCLEX
2. Own a big screen TV
3. Travel the world visiting as many temples as I can along the way

Three things I could not live without (besides my family ... that's a given):
1. The gospel
2. Garlic
3. My roommates

Three things that scare me:
1. Alligators
2. Getting a progressive terminal illness
3. Tim Burton

You're tagged if you want to be =]

Soaking up the Sun

This weekend I had some major soaking up the sun, but it snowed here, so just run with the metaphor. Friday I slept 11 hours :) I love not setting an alarm clock for that one day of the week. It's awesome! Saturday I did do some homework in the morning but only for a little bit however it was a very productive little bit. Saturday afternoon was the football game. We played against New Mexico which should have been a gimme-game but our defense must have had some bad burritos or something for lunch because they just were not playing up to snuff. This was the first game all season that BYU has actually been behind. NM scored the first field goal to come ahead 3-0. We ended up beating them 21-3, but we really should have played better. Good news of the game: two of our touchdowns were scored in the end zone that I sit in, FINALLY! The whole season the team's been scoring down on the other end of the field, yesterday was good though. The game was also great because it was cold out and it finally felt like fall, actually it was more like winter. But it was the first game I came home to drink hot chocolate instead of apply aloe vera. The football game this upcoming week is on Thursday night so it's going to be difficult to catch, but I'm going to try. The deeper we get into the season to more confidence I have that we'll make it into a BCS bowl. A friend of mine made a good point yesterday: If Utah and BYU are both ranked in the top 10, and both undefeated, the winner of that game OUGHT to play in the BCS championship bowl. Undefeated and in the top 10, it's only fair. We're ranked 9 right now and Utah is 14. Saturday night I watched Walle with some good friends. I hadn't seen it yet but I really liked it! I recommend it. After Walle I migrated to another friend's house and we watched Hercules. She had a bunch of people over and that was fun. Afterwards we sat down at her kitchen table where they had started a puzzle and Kim and I talked for about two and half hours while working on the puzzle. It was great! I miss having downtime.

Happy Halloweird!!

To my readers in Connecticut

The post previous to this, now applies to my friends and family in Connecticut. The Supreme Court ruled today the homosexual couples MUST be granted the right to marry. In November we have the opportunity to take a step toward reversing this ruling, but it is going to be difficult. Odds are working against those in support of upholding the traditional marriage institution. In the election, I invite everyone to vote YES for a Constitutional Convention. If this passes, Connecticut residents will have the ability to vote on amendments to our state's Constitution. This opportunity only presents itself once every 20 years! Why some may ask is this important if homosexuals already have all the rights and privileges of a married coupled?

Taken from www.preservingmarriage.org:
1) Over time, greater acceptance of nontraditional marriage will be demanded of all people. This could impact the ability of any religion to teach and practice its beliefs.
2) If gay marriage remains legal, public schools will put it on equal footing with traditional marriage. Children will likely receive “age appropriate” information about sexual relations within heterosexual and homosexual marriages.
3) The court’s decision will inevitably lead to conflicts with religious liberty and free speech rights. Society will become more and more hostile to traditional beliefs about marriage and family.

PLEASE spread the word to neighbors and friends about this important vote so that the voice of the people in Connecticut will be heard and the divine institution of marriage can be preserved.

A helpful website: http://www.ctfamily.org/convention.html

To my readers in California

You may have already seen the ads running for the campaign to support Proposition 8 in your state. To my family and other readers in California, I ask you to please register to vote, and vote YES to proposition 8 to preserve the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman!



preservingmarriage.org

General Conference

This weekend was the 178th annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was AWESOME!!! Every stake in the world gets sent tickets to these proceedings but obviously some of the tickets go unused because those stake members are too far away to attend in Salt Lake. Connecticut is one such place. I got tickets from my home stake sent here to Utah so I was able to attend conference in the Conference Center on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The church's website has uploaded the entirety of the October 2008 conference, you can even go to a specific talk or song. Go take a look, rewatch a talk each day. On the tab that says "other videos" they have uploaded last April's conference, the General Relief Society broadcast from a couple weeks ago, the Young Women's broadcast, a video about President's Monson's life, and lots of other great stuff. It's so awesome to be able to rewatch it all right away! I love technology!

Watch here!