Save Thanksgiving!

My boss said something to me that other day that i completely agree with. He said he wants to petition to save Thanksgiving. He says that he really likes Thanksgiving and is sick of it being overshadowed by Christmas. I mean, people took down Halloween decorations and next thing you know, there are a billion Santa's everywhere already! I love thanksgiving! It's my favorite holiday! This year i really got a full one too! Thursday we celebrated with my mom, then Friday we went to my dad and stepmom's, then Saturday it was off to Mike's parents. Not to mention Friday night was a grizz game and Saturday night was a jazz game. It was a full weekend! But seriously people! Can we decorate for Thanksgiving or Fall in November and leave the Christmas decorations for the month of December? It only seems fair!

Here are some pics..

My mom, me & Zeidyn

Mike & me

Twilight

As if I thought I couldn't like Twilight anymore from just reading the books over and over, the movie has me completely obsessed! I've seen it twice. It's wonderfully wonderful! I really want to see it again and again. I'm looking for a reason to see it again! I haven't been this crazy since i was in like junior high and titanic came out. I LOVE IT! So.. if anyone wants to go to the movies, let me know, it just gets better the more i see it!

Utes Win! 48-24

GO UTES! 12-0
Amy and i have had season tickets to the U football for 2 seasons now. The first season we were at the north end zone which was fun but you can't really see anything at the opposite end of the field. This year she wanted tickets at the end of a row and i wanted seats on the east side of the stadium so the sun would be on us for the longest amount of time possible. (cus it gets dang cold and the sunshine helps!) So we ended up in section 31 clear up on row 56. It was pretty good, a few REALLY warm games (which i enjoyed) but today when we got there it put us surrounded by people wearing blue. This ruined my spirit before the game even began. The worst part was that the tall kid who sat next to me was the biggest asshole ever! I thought to myself "this is why i hate BYU!" every call was unfair to this kid, and everytime our kicker was up he'd yell "break his leg" or "break his arm" when there was a pass thrown. Don't get me wrong, i like a good rivalry but to wish the other players to be hurt is just bad sportsmanship and bad karma i think. The one that really pushed me over the edge what when he yelled "heck yes". Seriously. "HECK YES". I was 2 seconds away from punching him in the face. Dont worry, sweet justice was just around the corner. One blue spectator from behind me says at the end of the third quarter "the utes havn't scored at all this half!" then we bust loose and kill them! Most interseptions i've ever seen in one game! And then, in the blink of an eye, the blue-wearing persons were gone. Now i can't be too negative, some of them were very nice and congratulated us on the win as they were leaving. But i know we'll make damn sure that we never are in a section again that any blue fans out number red fans! We tailgated this game too, which was a blast!

It was a great game though. Utes win 48-24. So go Utes! Here are some pics.

this was a cake at the tailgate party

Kam picking Am's teeth. Don't worry, its a bonding ritual, like when monkeys pick at each other. This will only bring them closer together :)

This kid was riding around the tailgate lot, he certainly was getting lots of attention..

Gotta drink red drinks!

Me and Am


Me, Am, Todd, my Mom & Kam. cheers!

Me, Am & Kam at the game.

(I'm still quite certain that Amy never gets cold..)


The fans rushing the field.

(Notice the hat in front of me, one of the few that stayed until the end)

GO UTES! (sorry to BSU fans, i know our win messed up your bowl game)

The Holy War...

There are about 20 people that work in my office and when it comes to Utah vs. BYU we are strongly divided. We always have a "tail gate party" the week of the big game. We all bring red or blue foods to share and dress up. Here are some pics..








Jess and me


Judy and me



This is what we think of the Y!


Jess, Layne, me & Joanna




Dr Hansen was one of the biggest BYU fans in our office. Janine says that she decorated our ENTIRE office blue in his memory.. I think she'd have done it anyway. In any case he is missed, especially during football season!

Hockey

Mike bought us season tickets to the Grizzlies this year. I'm not as into hockey as he is but it is fun to watch! It's fast paced and has lots of action and fights.. and the new coach is HOT! and we sit on row 10 just behind their bench so we can see him the whole time :) but i really do watch the game too! Friday was their "pink in the rink" game to support breast cancer awareness so they have the ice all pink and wear pink jerseys that they auction off after the game. This was actually a pretty good game too, they were tied and went to a sudden death overtime which ended in a tie as well so it came to a shoot out and we won!

Go Utes! 10-0

November 6 was the Utes vs. TCU game. It was one of those games that have you at the end of your seat the entire fourth quarter! We trailed TCU 3 to 10 almost the whole game then by the hair of our teeth pulled off the win in the last minutes of the game. All i can say is that i froze my ass off so a win certainly made it worth it!


This is our "black out" game, we were all suppose to wear black, this is why you see hardly any red..


I had on long johns and 2 pairs of socks under my jeans, a tank top, 2 shirts, 2 jackets, a coat, mittens, a hat, hand and toe warmers. Amy had on a turtle neck, fleece jacket, some fuzzy kind of pants, and a pair of my mittens... who looks colder? It makes no sense! I don't think she ever gets cold!

The fans rushing the field.

Happy Halloween!

Todd (& my mom) always grow the best pumpkin patch each year. Todd brought me this pumpkin this year, it's 65 pounds! I couldn't even pick it up. So Mike hauled it in the house for me and onto the counter and i started carving.. this took me the entire evening but i finally finished! Mike was worried about it getting smashed so we kept it in the back yard. I just want to see the little emo high school kid who tries to pick up my pumpkin, i doubt they'd get it very far if they could even pick it up at all!

Ando was Dogzilla

Jaime & Pete's Wedding

My step sister Jaime got married last weekend to Pete. They were married at a counrty club in Cedar Hills. It was decorated so so cute! And it was great weather. Congrats to Jaime and Pete! Here are some pics...

My Mom and step dad Todd. One of the wedding colors was brown. They don't usually wear brown, and NEVER wear matching clothes. :)


Me and Mike


Aimee (& baby Mckaus), Cody, Me & Mike

Oddly enough i have no pics of the bride and groom.. They looked good too though. :)