New Phone

So I'm really excited because I just decided the other day that I needed a new cell phone. I'd had my old one for just over 2 1/2 years (the same amount of time I've been home from my mission), and it just looked sad. Scott called it my dinosaur (although his is just as old... I think mine was outdated the day I got it, I just didn't know any better).This is it, a Samsung M520. It's not the top of the line, but it's pretty fun. It can easily surf the web (an option always included in our family plan, but I was never really capable of using), play music, watch videos, make videos, plus an "on demand" feature automatically shows you the weather and recent news when you scroll over it. It also gives you a list of all movie theaters in your city where you can find the listings, times, and descriptions of all movies playing. It also has a removable micro SD card that I can pop into my computer and download all of my music and pictures without having to do it through the web! Like I said. I'm pretty excited!

Tastebud Teaser

So I've been thinking about a really great post to write about the significance of family, but I haven't had more than 5 minutes to write... and that just wouldn't do it justice. I also hate it when people don't post things on their blog because, "hello!" don't they know I'm reading it... and I hate waiting. :)

Therefore, I decided to just post a couple of pictures of what I've been doing in my sculpture class. Scott and I signed up for this class because he wanted it for dexterity practice (pre-dental) and I just like art (and I can take it for free).

Our first project was wax casting. We made sculptures out of wax, attached them to a wax pole, and then dipped them in plaster and sand 8 times. The large plaster mass was then fired and the wax came out so they could replace it with bronze. I only have pictures of the wax sculptures because we just barely cut the bronze off of the pole last week and we still need to grind them down to make them look normal.


My golfing men.

Like father like son







Scott's amazing boat... one of the oars broke though when we were dipping it in plaster.






The next project was a metal one... I don't like working with metal, so my projects were kinda lame. Therefore, I'm not posting them. But I'll take pictures of the actual bronze sculptures when those are finished... and then the stone cutting project which should be pretty cool. I'm doing a peach half with the pit coming out. Kind of like this picture, only in stone. We'll see if I have any natural hidden talent.

You've Won!

These are probably the best words to come out of someone's mouth at 8:30 am after a night of shuffling around a store in a super sale. Last night at the BYU Bookstore's sale, there were several raffle boxes where you could win a mountain bike, a kayak, a set of scriptures, a hand puppet, or a cook book. I of course did not win the cooler prizes, but my faith in raffles was renewed! I always said that someone has to win, why can't it be me? I won the cook book, it's not bad, large pictures of each recipe, etc.

You can find it on the BYU bookstore's website: here

Ahh the joys of winning.