ENGAGEMENT PICTURES

Sorry that I have been a total slacker on updating this thing ha ha. Emily and I went to Houston this past week took our engagement pictures and planned a bunch of the wedding. This is what we have so far: our colors orange, pink, with black and white as accent colors. The place of the reception which will be at an outdoor pavilion and you can go to this link and see pictures of it at this link PAVILION. We took our engagement pictures here and we just love the layout and how it looks. Emily and I are figuring out center pieces, food for the reception her bouquet and all that other fun stuff. I think we are having a 4 tier cake and the cake will be chocolate and either lemon or strawberry. Things are moving along and here are some of my favorite engagement pictures that we took...enjoy!

BYU vs Utah Game

Emily and I all week were debating about trying to sell our tickets or not. We finally decided to just go and enjoy ourselves because the next time it will be at BYU will be in two years when we will both be seniors and on our last leg of school. Our seats were not bad on the 10 yard line on the east bleachers about 20 rows from the top. We came out hot and it felt good, but then the start of the second half BYU looked flat and that was not good. Emily and I both got scared but we went into OT and I was pretty excited for that. Utah kicked a field goal to go ahead by three. We then got the ball and on our second play Max Hall threw an amazing pass to George who basically walked it in for the touchdown and the win. GO BYU!!!!!!

This shirt is so fitting ha ha ha

Wearing the powder blue jerseys in commemoration of our last National Championship 25 years ago

Emily and I on the field after the game

The scoreboard reads 26-23 BYU!!!

On the field congratulating the players and going crazy

It was a joyous occasion

BUSINESS SCHOOL

I found out on Wednesday that I got accepted into the Marriott Business School of Management. I will be emphasizing in Finance. I am so excited and thank you to everyone for helping with my essay and giving me some needed advice. I appreciate everything that ya'll have done. From what I have heard the Finance program is comparable in hardness to the Accounting program so I am excited about that. It is a two year degree so I will be done in December 2011 but Emily I think will be done in April 2012 so I might hold off on graduation so we can walk together. I start classes next semester, and I meet with a graduation counselor in the business program on Monday. I am so excited and thank you for the prayers and thoughts.

Inside the business building

I AM ENGAGED!!!

I am ENGAGED!!! To some in my family that is a huge surprise ha ha ha. I asked Emily yesterday November 14th at roughly 3:00 pm. I had her do an Amazing Race type format around campus. She went from classroom to classroom that had some kind of significance. It all started after she got home from her Chemistry review she jumped into the shower to get ready for the day. I walked over to her apartment and talked to her roommates and told them to read Emily her first clue when she gets out of the shower. Her first clue said she had one hour to get ready for the day. Once she got ready she had to figure out the clue of where she was heading next.
Her roommate dropped her off on campus and Emily headed to her Anatomy/Molecular Biology classroom. Our mutual friend was there that said Anatomy 101 on the board. Emily played the game Operation with Amber and every bone or organ that Emily pulled out she had to say something interesting about that body part.
Emily then headed to her old German classroom where she had to put together a How-To that was randomly drawn. Her How-To was "How to write in cursive." She then had a German noun, verb, and adjective that she had to incorporate into her How-To. Her noun was boa constrictor, verb was to kiss, and her adjective was odorless. She did a great job from what I was told.
She then headed to her Chemistry classroom where my good friends Adam and Caleb were waiting with my little brother Wes. Caleb, Wes, and Emily were all contestants and Adam was the game show host. They played a game that is a mix between Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Jeopardy. Whomever won the game got a free meal to their favorite fast-food restaurant. Emily won...of course and I was kind of disappointed in Wes but it is all good ha ha ha.
Then Emily headed to her Book of Mormon classroom where her sister and brother-in-law were waiting. She had to act out her favorite Book of Mormon story and had to incorporate the props that her sister brought and she used her brother-in-law as one of the characters.
She ended in the classroom that we first met last semester in Calculus. I had written up a math problem that she had to do while I was hiding in the seats. As she tried to figure it out I popped out of the seats and went up there and talked to her. I then told her how much I loved her and then dropped down on one knee and asked her to marry me. She said yes and we are now engaged ha ha!!!

This was in the room with Amber and Emily having to play the game Operation.

Emily in her old German classroom dong her How-To

Adam as the game show host.

Adam again as the game show host.

From left to right: Caleb, Emily, Wes, and Adam.

Emily with her sister Elizabeth and her bro-in-law Chuck.

Me talking to Emily.

Putting the ring on her finger as I ask her.

She said, YES!!!!

Pictures

BYU vs FSU football game we were three rows from the top

BYU vs FSU football game

BYU vs CSU football game we were on the East Bleachers

On our drive up to the park where we did our hike

I was going for a serious picture but it did not turn out like I wanted it too but still a funny picture nonetheless.

Another picture of the drive up Provo Canyon

I AM HORRIBLE

Oh man I am horrible at updating this thing and I apologize to everyone that reads this or takes a look at it from time to time. Life is super busy with all of my classes, work, and spending as much time as possible with Emily. There has been a lot that has happened since school started, and I will do my best at recapping and putting up pictures. I feel bad about calling family and talking to them and letting them know what is going on in my life. I truly am sorry, it is not because I do not want to talk to my family it just has been so busy and hectic that I feel I have no time to do anything.

To start things off Emily and I got the All Sports Pass here at BYU, it means that we get to go to basically any sporting event for a flat fee that we payed in the beginning of August. We have gone to the FSU and CSU football games and the FSU game was very disappointing but the CSU game was exciting during the first quarter. We have had good seats for the most part for the games, they rotate every home football game so it is like Christmas every week when we find out where we are going to be sitting.

Emily's family came out for the CSU football game because it was family weekend and that was a lot of fun. We did not do a whole lot of studying which was nice. We went to a family dinner that was put on for the parents and the kids on Friday night and then on Saturday before the football game we went to a tailgate at the Hinckley Center. The weather was beautiful and amazing and everyone had a great time. Saturday morning we all went on a hike in Provo Canyon and it was so gorgeous I could not help myself in taking pictures.

Classes are going well, as most of you know I am taking German. I have always wanted to take German in high school but the teacher was not very good so I took French instead which was a big mistake looking back on it. German is fun because Emily is in 2nd year German so she helps me speak properly and with my grammar. What I find so hard is trying to learn grammar of another language when I do not understand or get English grammar ha ha. I am able to put together simple sentences and we are talking right now in the present tense so it is not too bad. Every 2 weeks we either have a quiz or a test and every 2 weeks we have a Rollenspiel, role play, with our professor. My teacher is cool he served his mission in Germany and our teacher is another student we do not actually get a professor teaching us till we hit the 300 level classes.

My other classes are going great I love my Doctrine and Covenants class I learn so much about that amazing set of scripture that I am going to treasure for a life-time. My math class is intense our teacher teaches us more on how to read a math book than actually lecturing us on how to do calculus. HEPE is going well, hard to get to class some days especially when it is pouring down rain at 8:00 am. Economics is going well, I have my first test on Tuesday and Wednesday and I am pretty nervous for it because my teacher is intense and I heard his tests are extremely hard so we will see how that goes. Next semester I am taking the next Calculus class, second half D&C, German 102, and a class with Emily and probably one more class.

Work is going well, I feel like I work so much but it is good because I need the money especially since I am saving for a ring ha ha. That is still weird to say some days, to think that I am actually going to be engaged soon, but I am excited for it though. That is about everything that is happening in my life and I am sorry again that I do not update this blog better I apologize and will do better I promise.

Wes's Homecoming

Wes my little brother came home from his mission last Friday. His homecoming was definitely good it had been almost four years since we last saw each other. When I said goodbye to Wes I told him I did not want to see him for four years because I wanted him on his mission before I came home. He served an honorable two year mission in Concepcion Chile. When he walked off the plane he kept commenting on how big everyone had gotten and he looks at me and goes, "You have gotten smaller!" We both had a good laugh over that. It was good seeing Wes and hearing about his experiences that he had in Chile. My favorite was how he described electric showers. Wes also sounded like a latino for the first couple of days and we all had a good laugh listening to his english and his grammar. He is an amazing guy and it is very nice having him home. I do not think he understands just how much I look up to him and admire him. If you looked at us side by side you would say Wes was the older sibling and I would agree with that statement. The way he acts and holds himself is something that I have always admired about him. He truly is an amazing younger brother and when I think of Wes I am always drawn to the story of Nephi in the Book of Mormon. I love him very much and I am grateful that we will be at school together this upcoming year so we can hang out and so I can finally see him play baseball in almost five years. Another cool part with Wes coming home was the opportunity of seeing all of my nieces and nephews. I love all of them and this trip was the first time that Luke actually came to me when I called him and he gave me a hug. Luke is Cari's son and he is the cutest kid ever with his sweet hair. Anyways enjoy the pictures. We also golfed at Deer Creek which was pretty sweet and I hit the ball pretty well for the first time in over a year.

Tristan and I

Me with all the nieces and nephews (L-R Ryan, Kate, Addi, Alicia, Lily, and Luke)

Wes golfing, man I am a good photographer the ball is still in the shot

My first hug with Wes in almost 4 years