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stuff i've done lately

2011-08-01T20:53:00.000-07:00

Long time no blog. but as for this summer has been a fun one. after reffing part of the summer i had a break and then got to teach at my summer camp again. teaching american high school students chinese is always an adventure. below is a bad picture of our night market we did. basically a chinese themed carnival. we all had a blast.

here is a picture of a few of the kids doing a karaoke performance.

other than teaching i have been filling my time with basically anything i want. i have spent as much time as i can in the out doors and with friends. this is us hiking the Y.

here is a pic of us at Stewart falls. this has been my favorite hike so far. beautiful water falls and green forests to walk through.

at the moment i am at Cd'A visiting family. when i return from my short trip i will have a little less than a month to continue what is probably my last free living summer. if anyone has any suggestions on how i can use my time the best please let me know. :)

Blizzard 2010

2010-11-24T11:35:00.001-08:00

Starting Saturday the news reports were saying nothing about the enormous blizzard that was going to hit with a vengeance Tuesday. As Tuesday drew closer the weather men started warning everyone to stay inside and cancel any travel plans.

Finally Tuesday came and businesses and Schools made plans. BYU, UVU, and USU all closed their doors at 3:00 pm. giving people time to get inside before the snow and wind was supposed to hit at 4:00 pm.

I hunkered down got some hot chocolate and waited by the window to see the fireworks( so to speak).

As you can see from the pictures below, the Blizzard was everything they said it would be :)

Just look at the amount of snow that we were hit with. I don't know about you but i'm glad i stayed inside. piles of snow this high should be left alone while we are safe inside.

I mean look. the Grass is almost half way covered. BYU was smart to cancel all the night classes.

And look. the water on the pool cover has ice floating in it. That is too cold to go outside. If there is ice in that water than imagine what would be on the roads. It is a good thing that some restaurants closed early so we wouldn't be tempted to go outside and drive on them :)

All i know is i won't forget this storm for a long long time.

a New home after going Home for a needed break

2010-08-28T12:48:00.000-07:00

I wanted to put these pictures after the ones of my trip home but blog spot had another plan. So here it is. This is my room (slightly organized) it is hard to get a good angle on it but it is the biggest room in the apartment and the closet is about a foot longer, so i like it.
here is the kitchen, which has a lot more counter space than my last one, so i am happy. and the picture didn't turn out that well, but the pantry is about three times bigger than my last place as well :)

Here is the living room. you can see that the mini-fridge is in use. it has gone from my fridge for food and stuff, like it was in my last apartment, and has gone back to a soda dispenser :) unfortunately i am the only person in the apartment who has a TV, thanks again to Matt, so i don't have a TV in the room. it is ok though, i'm fine :)

Before i moved into my new palace I was fortunate enough to have a little over a week to go home and relax. I left the hot, dry, brown, and ugly Utah. I arrived to the beautiful, luscious, GREEN, and beautiful Coeur d' Alene Idaho. Lets just say it was nice to look out the window and be pleased with what i see again.

I spent as much time as i could catching up with family and securing my "favorite Uncle" status. (which i'm proud to say is extremely secure :)

Another great thing about being home is i was able to get my tinkering fix in. I can't say how much i miss building things and having projects. i missed the shop and this trip gave me my fix.
because Grant took the corn hole set he built with him the Coeur 'd Alene house was in need of another. So i went to work. I didn't think to take pictures until I was done building but here is the process from there.

After they were assembled we went to the painting process.
Mom and i agreed that they corn hole set had to remind us of home. So we put a "Mom" touch to them :)

the bags are rubber ducks and real ducks. and the corn hole boards are ponds and grass (where ducks like to hang out ;)

back by popular demand

2010-06-14T16:15:00.000-07:00

The last few weeks i have had multiple independent people ask me when i am doing my, "Chocolate fest", which is what people have started calling it.(ps, no idea why it is partly underlined, and i can't fix it, weird). I usually only do my dessert night the night before finals week, but these people were kind enough to remind me that spring term finals were the coming week.

So not to disappoint the masses i decided that, even though i am not taking classes, those that are needed the break. so i started baking.

so, the first time i did this in Provo, i had left overs for about a week, and that is with all of my roommates helping me eat them. the second time about they lasted about a day. well, i guess the word was out because an hour and a half after i opened my doors all i had left was about three rice crispy treats and two brownies. everyone got to eat and all were happy, which is what matters.

i would be incredibly ungrateful if i didn't thank Nikki again for her toffee cheese cake recipe . it is always the first to go at these parties, and also the most talked about item. it has made me a famous cook and everyone talks about it. i try to give you the credit when i can. thank you so so much!!!

FYI

2010-03-05T19:16:00.000-08:00

Well, yet another drama full experience. Just so you know, Nikki and i are no longer dating. to make a long story short, I have recently found out that she had been lying about some pretty important things. And when i asked about why she did her answer was she didn't want to lose me. which is always a good reason to lie (insert sarcastic tone).
But hey look on the bright side, at least there is no chance of having two nikkis in the family, that would have been confusing.

The Glass is half full

2010-02-23T12:14:00.000-08:00

So, for those of you that don't know Provo is big about parking. There are many parking lots that are strict about where and when you can park. Well, i was at Nikki's place and i parked in a visitor's spot. This particular spot was only available for four hours at a time.

Well, i thought that i would be able to hear the tow truck coming and move. This, unfortunately was not the case. five and a half hours later i came out to see an empty parking space instead of my car. The good news is that the towing company is one building down the street.

So i called the company and walked down and waited for the man to come give me my car. it ended up costing more than i care to share. As i talked to the guy that towed my truck he tried to cheer me up. He admitted that my car was the hardest he has ever tried to tow. A combination of the small size of my parking space and the fact that my E-brake was on, made it so it took him a half an hour to hook up my car instead of the normal five minutes.

So to sum up, i did have to pay for my mistake, but at least i annoyed the guy that towed my car :)

Ps. Some of you know that there is a new girl in my life. Her name is Nikki (Damon said he approved of the name). and in response to some request below there is a picture of the my beautiful girl. Enjoy

Just for fun

2009-11-14T15:45:00.000-08:00

My boss asked us to pick the best ten things that someone has said to us this season. i thought some of you might enjoy it as well. So in no particular order, here they are:

Hey she fixed my wedgie
Its the playoffs, don't call that
HE'S TOUCHING ME!!
His pants came down, isn't that a penalty?
Hey, can you tell them to stop throwing my flag on the ground?
After a girl's team punts: Kicking team: what happens when i touch it? Receiving team: i don't know, can i touch it? Kicking team: you pick it up and i'll pull your flag. Receiving team: deal.
He he's wearing a white shirt too. Make him put on a different shirt.
How come every time i hit him you call a foul on me?
A gril asked me: if we decline the penalty can we get the ball? I answered: The penalty is on you. So no, you can't decline.
I asked: Do you want offense, defense or differ. She asked: What does offense mean?

hoped you enjoyed them ;)

New experience

2009-10-04T19:25:00.001-07:00

Well, i have to say that things turned out pretty well. Granted, being a waiter payed really well but i was tired of it. So when i came here, to Provo, i vowed not to work in the food industry. I was scared that it wouldn't work out but i stayed the course. And i hit the jack pot!!

I love being a ref! i don't have any pictures of me working because, well, why would i?

This is me in my jacket. the jacket is amazing! and this picture doesn't due it justice.

this is my shirt. i like it too. i also got a yellow flag, ball marker, and two whistles, which i get to keep ;) ( i know it is a little nerdy, but so am it).

To give you a taste of why i love it, i was reffing girls flag football. girl on team A was running with the ball. Girl on team B reaches for her flag and pulls, getting a little bit of Team A girl's shorts. Team A girl stands up and says, "OOOO, she fixed my wedgie". i laughed my head off.

anyway, i am having a blast. go me!!!

about every 15 years or so

2009-07-23T16:00:00.000-07:00

So it has been a long time since i have blogged. i am sorry for that but the main reason is i don't take my camera to most places. here are some of the few pics i have managed to take

this is the view from my apartment. it is much better during sunset but it doesn't show up on the picture.

this is the view from the "Y". it is a steep hike, but fun.

this is the Manti temple:) i agree with Damon, the inside is the most beautiful i have seen. it feels very very homey

Now for the news :) i don't know if you remember about 15 years ago i won that thing from the dentist. it was the nativity thing that turned around when you light the candles. well, it has been 15 years and i haven't won anything since then.

But not any more. there was a carnival during the fourth of July called freedom days. there was a guy there that had a clip board. he told me if i wrote down my name and number and i might win an Wii.

then i got a call this morning saying i beat out a few thousand people and won!!!!!!! i actually won something again. check it out.

we had an extra tv in the apartment. so i set them up side by side. so i can play and watch tv. it is sweet. i got a num chuck and Wii sports. not bad for taking ten seconds to write my name and number down.

but now it means i have to wait another fifteen years to get something else. but it seems it is getting better and better, so maybe i'll win a car or something ;)

about time i guess

2009-06-08T11:31:00.000-07:00

Well, I've been here for a couple of weeks now so i guess it is about time i post some pics of the new place.

above is the living room. not that big, yes, but the couches are really comfortable. and at the moment, it just being me in the apartment, plenty of space. we'll see how it works when there are six of us.

this is my room. on the other side is another bed but i couldn't get an angle where it showed all of it. i like it enough, but I'm only in there when i sleep. that will also probably change when i get roommates.

this is the kitchen. better than my last one for sure. it has a dish washer and a disposal. i love the disposal!!!!!! it also has more counter space then my last place which makes things easier :)

now for a shout out for my wonderful sister in law. Liz took me shopping for new close before she and G left for Ohio. these shoes are just one of the many things she picked out for me. these shoes alone have gotten over ten compliments. everyday i am hearing things like "great shoes" or "i love that shirt". and i tell them all. "thank my sister in law, she picked them out for me". so i just like to give credit to the one that deserves it. Thanks Liz :)

upon request

2009-05-24T13:57:00.001-07:00

if you read the previous post you will see what these pictures are about. i had more pictures of the fire and was told that i should post them. so here they are. i hope you enjoy :)

a proper send off for an OLD "friend"

2009-05-21T23:44:00.000-07:00

Well, i have told some if not all of you what i was planning on doing, but i did it. it was an amazing time. we took the old couch up to the mountains and burned it :) so here are the pictures from this great send off.

we set it up. on top is my uniform from chili's. (it was my last day today). on the bottom left are my shoes from work. and stuffed in the cushions are papers from school.

the moment of truth. Dan and i both lit one spot. we had to take this picture fast because it caught on fire fast :)

i ran away fight after this one.

and now what was left.

what was once a couch that supported us for years is now a pile of ash. it was old (older than me i think) and it was long past it's time. but i am very grateful it gave me one more night of fun. i had a blast

A Bummer but not a big deal

2009-04-29T19:24:00.000-07:00

Well, i got news from the MTC and i will not be working there. I was partially recommended both times and that didn't do it. apparently there are two departments, one that does the hiring and the other that does the evals. the one that does the evals has no idea what positions need filled. either way, they said i was good just not what they were looking for.

I am disappointed but not crushed. i am not worried about finding a job somewhere else. it is summer and a lot of people go home.

I ask only one thing. please don't call or write any sympathetic messages. no, "it's their loss", or, "I'm sorry", or, anything like that. it is nothing personal i just hate things like that. it doesn't help and i just think it is annoying. sorry :)

trip and update

2009-04-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

I was also able to go and see some of the family this weekend. it was nice to see everyone and hang out.

This is a picture of Grant dressing Mom. she didn't like this dress but Grant really did. honestly it kind of scared Dad and i that Grant was having such a fun time picking out dresses.

this is us eating the best lunch ever!! all you can eat meat :) my kind of fun.

Just to update you all. i have decided to move to Provo May 23rd. i don't know about the Mtc yet but i think i need to get going. wish me luck :)

do over

2009-04-16T20:27:00.000-07:00

so, you all know that i went down to provo and did a teaching evaluation. once i was over with the evaluation they told me that they would email me with the results. there were three possible results: 1. they want me to come in for an interview. 2. they aren't sure and would like me to do another teaching demonstration. 3. they don't want me.
so i got the email and it is number 2. this means that i need to schedule another teaching eval. and hope i get it better this time.
i'll be honest, i was pretty bumbed that it won't be as fast as i wanted. so i will reschedule and try again.
if i don't do better they won't let me try a third time. so i would love your prayers :)

thanks
D

finally, something to report

2009-02-26T11:08:00.000-08:00

First i need to recognize and praise my lovely, wonderful, intelligent older sister Mandy. i have recently needed to write some essays for my BYU application and scholarships. as many of you probably know, i am not good at that sort of thing. so i turned to my hero, Mandy, to come to my rescue. And, being the amazing charitable person that she is, she did just that. i will always love her for what she has done for me :) and for who she is :)

Ok, on to what the pictures are of. There is a show, "Top chief". my roommate Dan is really into it and has passed that interest on to me. so for the last few months we have met at a friends house and have watched it as a group, every Wednesday. yesterday was the final episode this season. So we decided to have a little competition of our own. we all made a little something and brought it to eat before the show.

This is just a shot of some of us setting up before the big dinner.

in the back you will see two pans. in them are turtles with mom's seven minute icing on them, (i thought they were amazing!!!) i also made one of Niki's toffee cheese cakes, it you can see that.

There were a lot of really good food. after we all had had as much as we could fit, we all decided that there was no way we could pick a winner. so we all won :)

as for the show, it was good. the person i wanted to lose lost :) i say that because i didn't care who won as long as he lost. That sounds kind of bad but it is true.

the moral of the story is, good food makes any good thing great!!!

good news :) !!!!!!!

2009-01-29T10:16:00.000-08:00

Dear Darren,

The Admissions Committee is delighted to inform you that you have been admitted to Brigham Young University to begin Fall 2009. Through your preparation and personal achievements you have distinguished yourself from a very strong group of applicants. We believe you will make a positive contribution to the BYU community. It is a great pleasure to welcome you to our campus to pursue your educational goals.

i have to admit i was a little nervous that i wasn't going to get in, but i am happy i did. so it is official, i will, somewhat hesitantly, spend many of my next years in the city of provo UT.

i still have to wait about a month or so before i can start applying for the job at the MTC. so i have no idea when i will be moving to provo. but i do know that i will be there in August at the latest.

A Whole lot of nothin

2009-01-21T15:57:00.000-08:00

Well, i have noticed that it has been a long time since i have added to this thing. there is a really good reason for that. the reason is simple: there is nothing to report.

let me tell you what the last few weeks have consisted of.

Monday- wake up 7:30 am to to physics at 8, return home at 9, sleep until 10:30, get ready and go to work, come home from work go to bed

Tuesday- wake up at 7:00 am, get ready got to school, come home at 2:20 pm, do homework and other things until 5 pm, write book/ re-write book till 6, institute till 7:30 pm, then volleyball till 9:30, go home eat and then sleep.

Wednesday and Friday are same as Monday

Thursday- like Tuesday but no institute, instead insert hanging out with friends

sat- my only day off, sleep till at least noon, wake up and do errands, then hang out with Friends

Sunday- wake up at 7:20 am get ready, go to ward council at 8 am, church at 9:30 (teach every third Sunday) go home eat, watch football, then play cards with friends,

and repeat:

sounds exciting doesn't it!!! well, now you have it. any questions?

the best thing to do

2008-12-15T12:27:00.000-08:00

Well, it is the week of finals. this is the week where most people freak out over test that are 50% of their grade. they spend all week with there noses in a book hoping to suck up all the information they can.

in a case like this there is only one thing to do, EAT SUGAR!!! i decided that the Sunday night before finals week we should do what we can do to get our minds off the impending doom. so, when i got off work Saturday i started baking. i made Blond brownies with chocolate chips, turtles, toffee cheese cake, and pudding cookies. i also bought one of those big things of cookies and cream ice cream. Dan also made a cheese cake.

We had about fifteen people over all wanting to take our minds off anything we didn't want to think about. we ate, and ate and ate :) it was a wonderful day that i would only hope could happen over and over.

so it did it's job. we all had a few hours to take our minds off whatever horrible tests our teacher could come up with. but alas it is over now and we are in the thick of it all. all i can hope for is that Mom has plenty of SUGAR SWEETS waiting for me when i get home for the holidays. that way i can have something to take my mind off what i would have just went through :)

Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T20:55:00.000-08:00

I wanted to put these pictures in a different order but it wasn't working. so this is what you get.

I stayed home this year. i had three of my friends over for dinner, the ones that weren't going to their homes. It was a blast!! we had good food and then played a game called "Scrooples". it is kind of like true colors. i liked it.

of course, it wouldn't be the holidays without my cheese in a can!! one of my friends was a little nervous to try it. she said it looked weird. then after she got up the courage, she ate almost half a can herself. she then agreed that it was a holiday must!!

this is my wonderful bird:) i was told by one of the guys that was over that i cooked better then his mom did. that means i am amazing (or his mom is really bad).

i wanted to take a picture of all the food but i forgot. we were too hungry to wait :)

all in all it was a good holiday. granted it would have been better if all the family was together but that is becoming a more and more rare thing these days. i am happy i got to talk to most of you though.

for that night i went and saw "Transporter 3". a new tradition for me, i saw a movie last year. it was really good, i recommend it.

my mom is better than your mom

2008-11-05T10:06:00.000-08:00

before anyone complains that i was sent this and you weren't, just remember that i appreciate it more than you ever would :)

Yes, my wonderful mother sent me this amazing package. it arrived today loaded with wonder gifts.
my mom knows me so well. these little treats will bring joy to my life for weeks to come( yes weeks. i am not as bad as i once was).
so i feel it is my duty to let everyone know how absolutely amazing she is and publicly thank her.

Thanks Mom!!!!!!!!!!

They call me bullet proof

2008-10-30T23:06:00.000-07:00

First, you need a little history to understand. In high school i had a nick name. they called me Bullet Proof. they called me that because i always seemed to be able to get out of trouble. Sometimes the "Heat" would land on someone else instead.

If some of you remember a few months ago, i was told to go to the police station because someone said i ran a stop sign (but there is no stop sign at that intersection). anyway, the cop ended up giving the ticket to my friend because he fit the description better.
so it happened again. i was on my way home from lava hot springs. i was passing a very slow truck in the short part of the road that had two lanes (for passing). the cop turned on it's lights and pulled me over for going 71 in a 55. he took my license and stuff and walked away. when he came back he explained that he was only going to give me a warning because i had a perfect driving record. if it wasn't perfect he said i would have gotten a ticket :)

so i escape again!! i have to say, i like my life.

PS. i did knock on wood.

once apon a time

2008-10-09T21:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, so i have told you all that i am finished writing my book. Well, i am sorry but i am not ready to let people read it yet. It just feels a little weird still to put it out there.
I have sent a copy to Mandy, but that is because i trust her to proof read it. i have asked her not to tell anyone about it, because i don't want her to spoil it for the time when you do get to read it.
I am, right now, researching agents and will soon send out things called "query letters" to see if any of them are interested in representing me.
i really don't have any expectations of getting this thing published because i know how hard it is and i don't even know if i am a good writer.
i will keep you posted.

not much but it's fun

2008-10-06T15:03:00.001-07:00

well, not much has been going on for the last few weeks. the only thing to report is that i went to Utah and saw some mission buddies. these pictures are of me playing some game called "Scrum". it is fun and kind of a contact sport.

the rest of the pictures are blurry because we were running around. so this is the best i have.
the only other think i can think of to tell you is that i finished writing my book. i am looking to see what i should do next. i think i will start writing the next book in a few weeks.

thanks for reading. until next time.

one man's bad news was my good :)

2008-09-18T15:07:00.001-07:00

So, below is a picture of Dan's car. I don't know if you can tell but the bumper on the right side is no longer connected to the rest of the car. If you can tell the car is parked a little too far into the ally next to our apartment. What happened is one of our friends, Camron, came over to drop off an ax so we can have a bonfire. and when he was leaving he took the corner too much.

The good news is that i spent the last half an hour putting the bumper back on the car. it was a lot of fun for me (another puzzle to put together). Dan didn't like how happy i was but he did like the fact that the bumper is no longer hanging off the car.
So the moral of the story is, i am glad i was parked in the other spot next to our house :)

question

2008-09-07T21:08:00.000-07:00

ok, i have asked this before but i did not get an answer. so i will try it again. what is the "Tagged" thing that goes on? how does one "tag" another person? how does one know he is "tagged"? i want to know! please let me know :)

summer came to an end

2008-08-22T12:57:00.001-07:00

Well, it was a fun summer but unfortunately it has come to an end. I tried to take advantage of the time that i had. as you already know i have gone fishing with Dan a lot. this fish was the big one of the night last night. Apparently fish like to eat shrimp.

We had many poker nights. it was fun. most of the time it took hours to get a winner.

this is a picture of me becoming the winner. needless to say i get to be the winner a lot :)

school is coming and that means that nights like these won't be happening as often. hopefully i will be able to squeeze them in every so often though.

i am taking twelve credits and am working five shifts a week. this is the semester that i am taking all the classes i don't want to take. so i am probably not going to like it. don't expect me to want to talk about it.

here fishy fishy fishy

2008-07-23T13:37:00.000-07:00

so i haven't been up to much lately. i have worked a lot but i have been trying to fit play time in.

Dan and i have gone fishing a few times. the first couple of times we forgot a camera. that was a bummer because we caught one that was bigger than this one. this one was good too.

these were only the ones i caught in the last half hour of us fishing. we decided to keep a few and take a picture. these are Carp so the fish and game wants us to kill them. so we don't mind throwing them away.

PS. if Cristy is reading this i would like to point out that the rest of the family is keeping up with their blogs. you have some catching up to do :)

its called love

2008-07-06T21:51:00.000-07:00

It's called a love sac:) this is the newest edition to my bachelor bad. i do believe that this is my favorite part. it even beats the mini fridge.
this is me enjoying the love of the love sac. as you can see it is a very large sac. if any of you would like to come and share the love, you are welcome :)

same ol' same ol'

2008-06-23T23:17:00.000-07:00

i figured that i needed to post something because i haven't done that in a while. i am still up to the same stuff. i am working a lot, but i always make time to play. here you see me slamming the beautiful tim tams that my wonderful sister Mandy provided me.
i spend most of my time hanging out and eating the great food that my roommate makes me. this last Sunday we had his home made pizza, (my favorite is the one with BBQ sauce instead of the regular with the grilled chicken)
So to sum it up, life is good. i can't wait to see you all at the wedding.
love you all.

probably not permanent

2008-05-21T23:37:00.000-07:00

So, i have been throwing this idea back and forth for a while now. i have had my beard and mustache for over a year now. not that i am board with it or anything, i just wanted a little break. i thought you all would like to see the process. what good is before and after shots when you can have in between:)
like the sole patch?
well, this is the finished product. yes it is a shocker! this is the only way to take years off you face:)
but don't get your hopes up, it is probably not a permanent change. i will most likely be back to my harry self in a week or so.

two years

2008-05-19T12:39:00.000-07:00

today is my two year mark. i have been home from hong kong for as long as i was there now. it is weird for me to think that it has been that long since i have been back. it seems like yesterday that i was ridding in the subway.

i have had a blast in these last two years though. i have loved getting to know all of you brothers and sisters now that we are all "grown up". i love that we always take the opportunity to see each other when we get it. even thought we live far way we are still close. these last two years have taught me just as much as the ones before.

it's nice to look back at the mish. but i like what i see coming for the next two years:)

do me a favor

2008-05-01T14:35:00.001-07:00

this is a picture from my mission, but i have always liked it. so here is whats up. i am now single. it is along story but in short we had a different idea on things. i think it is a good thing because i was going nuts. i feel a lot better now.
not to sound bad or anything, but i would appreciate it if no one called me and asked if i was ok. i am. i just don't like talking about any of this stuff. thank you.

talk to you all later.

i like fire

2008-04-23T20:36:00.000-07:00

today was a momentous occasion. we decided to retire our tower of soda. but we couldn't without taking a picture for posterity's sake.
that entire tower fit into this little box. it took about 15 minutes to break them all down. the final count was 78 boxes, three of which were 24 cases. that makes for a grand total of 960 cans of soda since we moved down here.
to keep with the momentous occasion feel we decided to add to the ward bonfire. it was a lucky thing that we did because it had been raining and the wood was wet. the 76 boxes burning helped dry it out.
in the end we are out of boxes and the fire was saved:) our apartment looks a little different, and it will take some getting used to.
just so you know we haven't decided if we are going to start another tower. i will keep you informed.

nothing to report

2008-04-20T20:23:00.000-07:00

i have been told that i need to update my blog. the problem is that i really don't have anything to report.
i am still going to school and working. both are going as well as i could hope, even though both are necessary evils.
if you have any questions please ask. that Will allow me more material to blog about.
for instance i have a question. what is this "tag" thing i sometimes read about on other blogs? how does it work?

another little vacation

2008-04-09T11:28:00.001-07:00

this weekend i had the opportunity to go to another mission reunion:) i got to see a lot of old companions that i didn't think were going to make it. so that was great:)
i know most of the people looking at this blog have no idea who these people are but they are important to me. so there:)
i also had the chance to go out to lunch with Grant for my B-Day:) it was amazing. we went to a Brazilian BBQ. i ate to my hearts content. i love celebrating with food. it is the best way!!
thanks again to all that called and sent stuff for my big day. i love you all!!!!!!!!

so she met the family

2008-03-28T15:35:00.001-07:00

Well, I took the girl to meet the family. but of course I forgot to take my camera to most of the places where i went. So i didn't get that many pictures. so here are some of the good ones i got.

i did bring some tim tams and we slammed:).

So, just for the record Brittany wasn't scared with our strange family. Surprisingly she thought we were normal and actually nice. so good job everyone on putting forth the good face:)

OK for real, it was really fun seeing everyone, even though it wasn't for very long. i am just hoping that next time we can have more time.

PS. so what did you think of Brittany?

2008-03-13T13:27:00.000-07:00

OK, i have heard that there has been a few stories that may have been exaggerated. I have heard that some people think that i shot myself in the head. So i decided that i should set the record straight.

I decided to go shooting with Dan and a few friends from church. we were shooting at clay pigeons and water bottles. well, i kind of knelt down to aim at a water bottle about 100 yards away. and right before i pulled the trigger my leg slipped on and i fell forward a little. so the gun fired it recoiled and the scope hit me in the head.

it was bleeding pretty good and we didn't have anything to stop it. so we used the leg part of Dan's sock.

we went to a clinic and got stitches. i believe the count was 8 stitches.

so there you have it. yes i am an idiot, and i know how dumb that was. but hey, chicks dig scars!!!........... right?

the bachalor pad!!!!!!

2008-03-05T11:03:00.000-08:00

i have decided that people should have the privilege to see the wonderful place that i call home. so to start, the above picture is my room. notice the amazing organizational skills:)

this is the gourmet kitchen. this is where the magic happens people:)

this is our Master bath. We aren't sure why they decided to paint it purple any yellow though. i think they let their little girl pick the colors:)

this is the living room. Notice the couch that has 9 lives. it might be on it's last leg but it is still comfortable:) PS. it's bigger than Grant's living room, ha ha ha.

this is our pride and joy. these are all the boxes from all the pop we have bought since we moved in. we call it the tower!!! it is almost as tall as Dan now:)

well, now that you have seen my place i hope you will come and visit some day. then you will see it isn't as bad as you think.

my day to day life

2008-03-03T11:31:00.001-08:00

Well, i have been told that i don't talk much about my life. Some have said that i don't offer any details myself, i only respond to questions. So here is my attempt to show everyone what my life consists of.

First school. i am currently taking 12 credits. my classes are Bio 102, soc. 101, chinese 102 and PE. School is going great! this semester is actually easy, which i am taking advantage of. My goal is to eventually get my degree in Chinese and become a professor. Of course that will be a while.

Now friends. I live with my best friend Dan See. We have a blast together. We spend most of our time together playing pool or going bowling. The times that we are not doing those activities we are doing something that involves food. Both Dan and i have a motto, "live isn't worth it, if you aren't eating good!" So we often have dinner parties where he cooks and we eat well!!!!!!

Now work. I work at Chili's as a waiter. It's good for now. My schedule is good for school and my bosses give me what i want so i like it.

Now the girl. i have a girlfriend named Brittany. We don't live in the same city. So we see each other on the week ends. That too is going well. we get along great and laugh a lot!! She is Amazing!!

The rest of my life consists of Home work and dinking around on my computer. I write sometimes, which relaxes me. But for the most part i am happy, which is the most important part.

Well, if anybody wants to know more just ask and I'll try to answer.

my girl

2008-02-26T13:30:00.001-08:00

So, this is my first attempt of a blog, so here it goes. This is my grilfriend Britany Swainston. We have an interesting story. We met about three years ago in hong kong. We served together as missionaries for a little over a year. We were good friends on our missions but i never really thought of her as anything other than a friend.
Well we both got off our missions and kept in touch. So we saw each other everyonce in a while when we were the other's neck of the woods. After having a chance to just hang out with her outside a missionary enviroment i started to notice how amazing she was. I started to hope that our relationship could be more than friends.
Then, durring christmas break, i realized that i didn't live that far from her and asked her if she wanted to meet up durring the break. She agreed and we planed to meet on a thursday at 8:00 pm after she got off work.
We went to subway and then to see "Alvin and the chipmunks" then we went back to her house and talked. We ended up talking for over five hours. Durring those five hours we ended up holding hands. It was a great day. We both had a blast. When i left to come back home we had decided to meet back up in pocatello two and a half weeks later. She was going to go to Hong Kong on vacation and wouldn't be back untill then.
So for two weeks i wondered if that night would turn into something more. Well, she got back and we reconfirmed our date. She showed up and i made breakfast. The first few minutes both of us were unsure of what to do. I think that we both didn't want to make the other uncomfortable. Well, i got fed up with being in limbo so i took her hand and and said, "this is better." She smiled and that was it. We had a wonderful day. We went to lava hot spirngs, out to eat, and back to my place for a tim tam slam.
Ever sence then we have seen eachother every week. life is good!!

hello to all

2008-02-25T22:23:00.000-08:00

I have decided to start using this thing. so expect me to join the blog world. I hope you enjoy.