For my brothers

http://www.shirtsmyway.com/articles/different-ways-how-to-tie-a-tie-knots.php

Into the woods.

I saw it for the first time on Broadway when I was in high school. Uncle Brent took me. And I loved it. I remember just laughing and laughing. Every now and again there would be a moment of seriousness but you would forget it the next moment because you'd be laughing.
I recently watched it again in the theater. It was good. Different. And darker. The lighting was darker. the costumes were darker.  The acting a little more serious. The singing beautiful. It was like whoever produced it didn't want you to miss the point. 
The whole thing is singing. Anyway I still have the songs in my head. 

There are giants in the skyyyy. . . 

Update or date up

First off thanks to those that gave me your thoughts on marriage they have been very insightful. Second off to those that haven't emailed me your thoughts I anxiously await them. I plan on complying some thoughts on marriage and I think it would be cool to also have the stories of all the married folk on how they met and how they eventually got married.

Alright now a little bit about me. Ya pronto me caso solo tengo que econtrar la mujer correcta. Okay if you don't know what I just said don't worry about it too much. I am currently taking Chemistry, Biology, Econ 150, and Preparing for eternal marriage.

i am on a walley ball team this semester. We had our first game last week, We did okay. It was our first time playing together as a team. I had a sweet block and there was some good saves and some really close volleys. We will probably do better this week even though we haven't practiced. Hmmm...

Anyway I am still single and i still like pringles.

Small update

Love you guys

John

hilarious!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOfy5LDpEHo

I've watched it 15 times and it gets funnier every time.

Y.O.G.U.R.T. is concocted!

YES, Only Girls United at a Retreat Together!

This is the theme for a Sisters Retreat we are planning for March.  We're looking at Mar 13th through the 15th or thereabouts.  We can adjust the days on either side as we wish.  We want to have them on the years we aren't doing CREAM or ROME.  (And btw if anyone can think of an acronym that fits with Greece or Paris or something to connect with ROME.  But I am partial to the dairy theme, I mean we're raisedondairy, right?)

This first retreat will be at Mary's.  We want to rotate between sisters' houses and do some project at each ones when we meet.  Plus we want to have fun, silly and relaxing time too.  So we need every girls input!  We need to coordinate flights.  Linda Lee has offered to transport anyone from the Denver airport, as she will be driving through Denver on her way to Mary's.   We know it is somewhat last minute so don't feel super obligated or anything.  We will have another one in 2017.  We'll figure out whose turn when we have our reunion this year which I think FETA is a proposed name for that one.  :)  Love you!

Shorter the better

BYU animation is well known and respected. When I was at BYU taking math classes, I always noticed a large 8 foot statue of Po from Kung Fu Panda. At first I wondered why it was there, but come to find out, a BYU graduate designed the original Po and the math building is connected to the department where you can go into computer animation. There have been many BYU graduates who have worked on big films including some for Pixar. While at BYU students often make fantastic short films.



Recently BYU animation released all the animated short films that they have done. Eliza and I have had a great time watching them. You can watch them at https://animation.byu.edu/. Just click on "See Our Short Films". 

Long overdue

A couple of months ago, some of the people in my dental class and I created an ultimate frisbee team. The season was great and the tournament was even better. From start to finish, it was exciting, energizing, and excellent.

The first game I showed up and met the team. It was nice to meet people from my dental class outside of school. I quickly tried to learn everyone's names so I could call out to them and tell them good job on the field. The serious players on the team tried to assess the quality of our team and asked everyone how well they played. I said I had played some but that I couldn't be a handler. The handler has to be an excellent frisbee thrower. He or she has to be able to hit people in stride and throw the long bomb,  My throwing skills just aren't up to par. The game got started and I waited my turn to come in. We had 4 subs for a 7-man team as long as everyone showed up. After a few scores, mostly for our team, I went in. It felt good to run and chase something in the air. I caught a few passes, made a couple throws, and intercepted a couple passes from the other team. By the end of the game, my teammates were excited to have me on the team, and I was excited to be a member of the team.

Our team had 7 boys and 4 girls. Three of the girls were short and petite, but athletic and fast at the same time. The fourth girl was tall and dominate. She could catch anything thrown her way. The boys were in a similar arrangement. Most of the boys were athletic and ranging in size but there was one that was tall and could jump to the sky to block anything and catch anything. Although we had a couple stars, it took everybody on the team. We played together and won together. Every team we played was made up of all boys. Sometimes our small girls got pushed around a bit, and sometimes our tall girl pushed the other team around a bit, but through the thick and thin of it all, we showed that we were the better team. The scoreboard always liked us more.

We ended the regular season undefeated. There were a couple of challenging teams, but the final scores always seem to end heavily in our favor. It was time for the tournament. It was time to win a championship. The first couple games were mostly uneventful. There were the usual all-boy-teams that we easily handled. Our girls teaching the other team how frisbee is really played. Then came championship night. There were four teams left in the tournament. At the end of the night, only one would leave a champion.

The semifinal game came first. This was a team we had played before. During the regular season, they had been the biggest challenge for us even though the final score was still 10-2. They had a new player who was tall and fast. The first half turned out to be a dog fight. We were leading 4-2 with only minute left in the half. Somehow they managed to score to pull within one. Starting out the second half with only a one point lead was a little nerve racking, but we gave it all we got. Our defense shut them down and we kept on scoring. I think the final score ended up as 8-4. It was time for the finals.

The team we played in the finals was the winner of the other semifinal match that was happening the same time as ours. Just as we were finishing up our semifinal match we noticed that there hadn't been a game happening. One of the teams hadn't shown up so the team we were to meet in the finals was fully rested and ready to win. We were tired. We had pulled out all the stops to win the last game. Personally, I was a little worried. I've been a couple championship games and it is not fun to lose. It is also no fun to be at a disadvantage. It was game time! We got out there and played. We had to rotate through our subs a little more, but we were there to win. Once again, just before half time we were up. The score was 4-3.  Once again, the other team managed to score. Taking a tie into halftime was a little discouraging because we had played a great half. But we knew we could do it. With the second half starting and the championship on the line, we all did a hundred push-ups. This was an intimidation strategy. Actually, we just kept playing hard. We scored one to start the second half. I was in and decided to run the whole length of the field. Unfortunately I was a foot short of the touchdown. Fortunately, one of the girls ran the whole length too. Easy pass to her. We scored again. At one point, all our girls were in. They couldn't stop us. We scored again. We believed in ourselves. We were going to win. Near the end I asked the ref how much time was left. He said five minutes. Then he asked me what the score was, I said 9-4. Ten seconds later I heard him yell out, "Two minutes left." I guess he believed in us too.  Time ran out and we were made the champions.

After the win we had to have a team dinner. Hosted by the Ericksons, we had delicious Navajo Tacos. We also were given our shirts by our captain who had something kind to say about all of us. With a little Clue-cha-phone and some laughs we finished off a great time and a great season.

Although we didn't use spam, it does look tasty!