nostalgia

While visiting my family for Thanksgiving, I decided to finally go through and organize the closet in my old room. It's become an ever-filling resting spot for various objects that I've accumulated in life and have since ignored. There were your typical things like old clothes, shoes, spare buttons, dance costumes, art supplies, prom dresses, etc. But there were some particularly random things too that are worth noting:

- My ACT scores (quickly threw those away)
- My study abroad backpack that still had a ticket to Windsor Castle inside and some great skipping rocks from a beach in Ireland.
- A scorecard from a game of Laser tag (I remember holding onto this because I ranked eighth place and I was proud of that)
- Pictures from almost every jr. high and high school dance I went to (wow)
- A bag from Florence that I regretted immediately after purchasing but probably won't throw away because hey, it's from Florence
- Bizarre wedding presents that I didn't know what to do with (still don't)
- My Dock Martin sandals that I treasured in 7th grade and I suppose felt deserved to stick around for eleven years (Don't worry they're gone now)
- The "Boot" I wore when I broke my foot Senior year of high school. That's gone too.
- Millions of T-shirts and sweatshirts from every organization I was ever a part of in high school and college (By the way, what do you people do with all of these, throw them away? I've heard of some Chi Omegas making quilts out of them or something. Anyone done that? Any other ideas, or should I just trash them?)
- My EFY notebook
- Collectors buttons from the 2002 Olympics
- and a paper mache animal that I think was supposed to be a squirrel

Finding all of these items and reflecting back over the years made me realize how long it's really been since Jr. high and high school and even college- so weird. I also realized how awful I am at staying in touch with people. It's crazy how at some stages of your life, certain people are your greatest friends and years later you have no idea what they're up to. I promise I'll work on that.

Chicken Police

This is the best video I've seen in a while. Chicken police break up a bunny fight and walk off like a couple of bad a's.

answer me this...

What would you do for a Klondike bar?

fall pictures

I took these a few weeks ago. It's been a while since I've taken portraits and I was a little rusty. Good thing these kids were patient and exceptionally cute.

a jewel from the past

Last night Bret and I were discussing Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (why? well that's another story) so we decided to look it up on YouTube where we stumbled on this gem of a clip.

If you were a lover of the show and you'd like to relive the good old days, or if you simply want to kill ten minutes of your time while at work, then I recommend that you watch it yourself. There's a particularly impressive display of African geography knowledge, but my favorite part would have to be when Rockapella sings "The Warrant" during the memory game part. They just don't make them like they used to.

Dancing the World, part 1

As promised, this is the first of many dances showcased of our adventures around the world. It was recorded just over a year ago at the Grand Teton National Park on our Honeymoon.



P.S. Laura is the most wonderful person in the world.

October Recap

October is one of my very favorite months. I love the leaves, candy, conference, soup, kids in costumes and an excuse to wear scarves and boots everyday. Too bad it's over.

A rainy day of Conference with the Rigbys


Gardner Village with the Scotts (Megan calls this the paparazzi picture).
A little hocus pocus


Brig's birthday celebration at the Haunted Village.A cupcake delight (thanks for the pics Caitlin!)
Bret and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary at one of my favorite places, Midway, UT. It's a quaint and peaceful little town, not to mention beautiful in the fall. We had a fun time riding around the valley on bikes and stopping at all the local stores. We stayed at a cute bed and breakfast, Johnson Mill, which I highly recommend to anyone looking for a getaway that's not so far away at all.



Top of Memorial Hill

Johnson Mill Bed and Breakfast



The Smarts on Halloween.

The Scotts (I got you babe)

Our love is like a storybook story
(I should never be a blonde).