BYU Basketball and Gift Making

For fun this winter, we bought some tickets to the BYU basketball games. The game we were looking the most forward to was Utah vs. BYU. We went to it last weekend and had a blast. My favorite part of the games is the beginning where they introduce the players. I took a video of it but of course, it won't load. So here is a youtube clip from a different game this season. Thankfully, we beat Utah.

 

This is the gift I made for my visiting teaching people. It was a lot of fun and actually pretty easy to make. I did feel sort of weird buying baby food jars only to dump out the food to make them.

Other than that, we are looking forward to visiting Wisconsin soon for the holiday. Also, Joseph and I finished up finals last week. I found out my professor wants me to work on publishing a paper I wrote for her class. Grad school is the best! If only the next 7 semesters can be the same!

Happenings around the Home

So we've been busy as always, which means I haven't updated our blog! Here are some highlights of the past few weeks.

We went to Joseph's brother's home for Thanksgiving. I made a really cool cheese ball and veggie platter but I forgot my camera. So his mom took pictures but I don't have them yet.You'll have to wait... but just know it was really awesome! We had a good Thanksgiving and I got the day off! Hooray! We slept in and watched the Macy's Day Parade. It was a good Thanksgiving.

The weekend after Thanksgiving, we went to Joe's parents and replaced the brake pads on our car. They've been squealing for a little bit so I finally complained enough to have them changed. The best part: I got to help. I took off the tires all by myself. Here is the evidence of it. Also, I took a picture of their cat that I like. His name is Whitey.

We also went to a BYU basketball game right before Thanksgiving but again, I forgot my camera. I predicted the score and I was only three points off! It was a pretty empty game, as in there were not many people there, so we got to sit closer. We got tickets for the Utah vs. BYU game this week so we're excited!

I also decorated our home with Christmas! We love our little Christmas tree and our pretty ornaments! We put our wreath, nativity, and lights too! I love Christmas decorations!

Yesterday, we went up to Sandy for the Festival of Trees, which is a huge fundraiser for Primary Children's Medical Center. Here is the recap of the best trees we saw.

There were about 5 Utah Ute Trees but only one BYU!

This tree was called Chemis-Tree. It was pretty cool.

We were surprised to see a Packer tree there but were quite happy!

The top of the tree!

Just a few more weeks until Christmas! And we're so blessed to be able to go to Wisconsin again!