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I Just Can't Help Myself

Go Cougars!

Guess who went to the BYU/Oregon football game yesterday?

Yep, it was me.

Which is weird, because I don't really like football - at all, actually.

However, I had a great time. I do like the crowd (63,000 people!) and the excitement and the general splendor of football games. I just don't care much for the sport itself. 


It's just not exciting enough for me - and it's SO L-O-N-G! Give me basketball or hockey any day.

David and Jordan went too (of course) but David somehow won front row seats, so they quickly ditched me and his sister Kristen and we enjoyed the game from a little higher.

This was their view of the action:

And this was ours:

Not too bad. It was a fun game.

We Almost Died

A couple of weeks ago, Jordan and David humored me and we went out Spanish Fork canyon to do a few photos.

It's always good to have ridiculously good-looking people willing to model for you.

The lighting was a little weird. It was almost dark, so I had to go with a high ISO, large aperture and slow shutter speed which was a little tricky because I didn't take a tripod. Plus, the color of the trees was so vibrant that all the photos I took were either super yellow or super red. So, if it looks like Jordan and David have jaundice, that's why.

And, before the rumors start, they are not engaged. Just happily dating.

(Besides, they are both way too young for marriage. There's definitely no reason to rush).

So, the scary part of this whole experience is that pretty much the whole time we were there, we could hear people shooting high-powered rifles across the highway from us. We weren't worried because we assumed they were responsible and we weren't in any danger. Well, right after we took the photos by the gate, we were at Jordan's car so they could do a quick wardrobe change when a bullet whizzed right by our heads and hit the ground just behind us.

You have go to be kidding me!!

I'm sure (at least I hope) that no one was deliberately aiming for us, but one should be aware that bullets ricochet and shoot responsibly, for crying out loud! We quickly army crawled to the car and high-tailed it out of there.

Remember the time we almost got shot out the canyon?!

Geez.

Photo Shoot

Guess what? Fall is still in full swing around these parts.

And I couldn't be happier!

Here are some photos from a little hang out time with one of my favorite little families.

Beautiful family and beautiful mountains.

Crafty

I am completely obsessed with Halloween crafts this year. I originally wanted to make my own decorations to save money, but it turns out that it's actually more expensive to make them by the time you buy all the crap. Halloween has always been one of my favorite times of the year and decorating has been a big part of it, but I got a little carried away this year.

Here's my first project:

It's probably my favorite Halloween decoration in existence - and not because I came up with the idea because I totally stole it from some Google image I found, but because it's so dang cute! I absolutely hate spiders in real life, but how seriously adorable is this little guy?

And, I was hoping it would be just a couple of bucks to make, but no, closer to $20 because those stupid eyes are $3.99 a package and I had to buy 4 of them. Grrr...oh well, I'm still glad I made it.

Plus, the eyes glow in the dark which is a definite bonus.

Subway Art

Look what I just figured out how to do!

I made this for my baby sister's birthday. I hope she loves it!