Go to the Mountains

How glorious a greeting 

the sun gives the mountains!

-John Muir

I took these pictures this last week in the morning. It seemed like such a day to "go tell it on the mountain". 

Or like Isaiah says, "Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord..." (Isaiah 2:3)

Mountains are a symbol of higher learning, taking on the challenges, stretching ourselves, and receiving inspiration as we draw near to Father.

The Lord has just been teaching "us of his ways" this past weekend. Conference was awesome! I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Tillery's in Sugar City. Briana came with me (I somehow managed to convince her to miss a weekend of doing homework:) We really enjoyed playing with Cody, McKay, Zayne, and Ruby. Ruby was in heaven. She loved having a girl friend around to talk to and with whom to do fun things. On Sunday when Heather came over (John's steady date), she had fun sharing her time between Heather and Briana. 

Saturday we had some "Waff-lets", or omelets made in a waffle maker. They are fun to make and fun to eat. I think Chrystal said we have Linda Lee to thank for that idea! Between the first and second sessions, we had Christian and Morgan Stratford over. It was fun to talk with them and catch up. They are both in marriage and family related majors. We had a nice array of snacks and appetizers to sample from including a cheese ball, chips and salsa, spinach artichoke dip, small pita pizzas, a relish tray, and more! 

Saturday evening John, Cody, and I got the chance to go to the Priesthood Session together. I really liked Elder Uchtdorf's talk. "All families are worth saving." I have been feeling like now, more than ever is the time to band together and be united. We all have hard things in life, we need to rely on each other and work to make our family a forever family. Sometimes that might mean asking for help, even if it is just, "Will you pray for us?" I don't feel like our family is closed, but I think that now is the time to be even more open and humble.

Saturday after Priesthood, we invited Breanna and Ethan Belnap over to play games, Heather and John were there as well. It was so funny to talk with them. They are both good jokers and very easy going. We played liar's dice. For the first few rounds, once we had collected 4 dice, one of the Tillery boys would jump in to play, so the odds of the dice rolling kept going back up. haha!

Sunday Briana was ecstatic to hear that there will be a temple built in the area of her mission in Brazil. Interestingly, Heather and Briana both served in Brazil (completely different parts), and they enjoyed talking about it. 

 My nutritional breakfast!

 "The Oneeders..." "Hey that's O-ned-ers!" Haha...

A couple of weeks ago, Briana and I went to an Argentine Asado! It was really good and really authentic. The guy who did the grilling was from Argentina. They had Argentine sausage, chimichurri, alfajores, argentine potato salad, etc. Definitely super fun! In Brazil, they do something similar, so Briana felt nostalgic and excited.

 Above is a piece of lamb. It was fun to try. 

My new haircut that I got from Dallin Anderson. It came with ice cream and a cookie. :)

 I have had some fun times with Katie and Dallin's family recently. I also saw Bryce and Cherie as well as Trenton and Amber, little Eks, and Lee. I also had dinner with Uncle Eksayne and Aunt Patty. They are so fun and kind.

Most important for last of course.

I won an intramural championship t-shirt.

I did a running program from Jan 1 to Mar 18 where I had to run 150 miles.

The sad part was that I got to my last week and I had about 40 miles left, so I went and ran about 8 miles each day. One day I ran less, so I ended up running 12 miles the morning of the 18th to reach my goal.

PS Here is a good BYU-I devotional about not being too proud. Ya'll should probably should listen to it after seeing me win this shirt. :)