Tyler's Band Competition

Tyler and Brian after Tooele has marched

Tooele High Marching Band 2008

Tyler is somewhere in there!

The Tooele High School Marching Band travelled to St. George this weekend so we got to hang out with Tyler, my younger brother, who is a junior this year and plays the melophone during marching band season(he plays the French Horn and any other instrument that he wants to during the rest of the year). Brian also came along for the ride with my dad since Dad was chaperoning the band and had to drive down separately to haul all the equipment. Ryan and I had so much fun! Besides getting to see family, it was perfect weather and the band did great! Tooele placed 3rd overall in the 3A competition. We stayed late to watch the 4A and 5A bands as well, which includes the famous American Fork High School Band. They marched at the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade last year in New York City...and now I know why! I never played in the band, but I know just how dedicated they are to their "sport" (it really is a sport...they practice at 6am in the freezing weather and getting those formations just right...whew!). It's just amazing to watch and I'm so jealous of the talent that all those students have! What a great weekend!

Brian Comes Home

It was so much fun to see Brian again after two long years in the Philippines. We had a good weekend with him when he got home. After he got that 'missionary-in-the-headlights' look out of his eyes, we had a good time listening to his stories and looking at his pictures. This pictures is of my dad and all of my brothers in the chapel after sacrament meeting the Sunday after Brian's return. Apparently you aren't supposed to take pictures in the chapel...who knew! Oh well! It's such a cool picture with their white shirts lined up in a row, so I couldn't resist.

General Conference

I always love conference weekends. I worked all day yesterday, and I haven't quite gotten to watching the recordings of those 2 sessions yet, but I watched all day today! Now, normally, I'm ashamed to admit, I fall asleep during Sunday afternoon session, but I made it through this time! It was extremely helpful for me to take good notes. That really helped me focus. One of my favorite parts of the conference issue of the Ensign in November and May is seeing what the titles of my favorite talks end up being. I'm sure that you can find those titles if you look online or something, but I think it is much more fun to try and figure it out myself what the titles will be!!! Some, I think, should be pretty obvious, but there were a couple that were a little more obscure! I will have to see how many I actually get right. It did not feel like Sunday at all...probably because of the lack of stress that normally accompanies my Sundays...I loved it!

No News...

Just for an update...I promise to have some new posts with pics next week after Brian gets home, but for now, nothing much going on here! Love you all!