Lonely, oh so Lonely.

Yes, that's right I am home alone this weekend! Brad decided to go up to the Green River with his dad and a couple of friends for a flyfishing weekend adventure. They left yesterday morning at 5:00 am and will get back tonight around 10 (I'm hoping!). Needless to say, it's really quiet around here! I spent my Friday night doing homework, watching a few Friends episodes, and going to the gym. I was one of 4 people in the gym, but that is to be expected on a Friday night. One of the girls there is dating Brad's friend, so I asked her what she was doing at the gym on a Friday night. Her response? "Lyn (her boy) is out of town." So apparently, working out is what girls do when they are alone, bored, and sick of doing homework!
We do have a bit of exciting news on the San Francisco front... we sat down last Sunday and decided to contact a Bishop from the area we have been looking at on the peninsula. So we pulled up LDS.org and put in San Mateo, CA. Well, the only thing that came up was a Tongan branch... hmmm that won't work. So then we put in San Bruno, CA which is really close, and all we got was a Spanish ward. Okay, this wasn't working out too well. Brad decided to call the Spanish ward anyways, and whoever answered the phone was able to give us the number of the building coordinator. About 3 calls later, we were talking with the Bishop's wife of a ward in Foster City, CA. They are in their early 30's and she was very nice and helpful to us- demanding that we move into their ward. She actually put us in contact with a woman in the ward who is an apartment manager for some apartments in Burlingame, CA. (It is still weird for us to hear people in 3 different cities say they are in the same ward. In Provo, the next block over is a different ward!) The woman was very helpful, sent us some pictures, and now we are pretty sure that's where we are going to sign!
The complex is in a great, safe location, it is close to the airport (for visitors!), it is a month-to-month situation (so no 1 year contract has to be agreed to), and most importantly-- we can afford it!! Rent will only be $950 a month for a one bedroom, compared to the $1400/month everything else has been. We are so excited!!!

Last home game of the season!

Go Cougars!
Last night was the final home basketball game of the season. That, coupled with the fact that Brad has an old mission buddy playing on the other team, made it quite easy for Brad and I to decide to go. (And it got me out of my night class 30 minutes early! WooHoo)

The game was great and entertaining, but I'd have to say my favorite part of the night was the halftime performance. You can't quite tell in the picture, but this was the entertainment- Junior Jazz basketball by some 8 year old boys. These boys were amazing! And from where we were sitting they looked more like there were the size of 4 or 5 year olds. The best part of their 5 minute game was the very first play by the white team: their "point guard" #4 dribbled the ball down the whole court and then hurled the ball sideways/over his head from the 3 point line. I was thinking "What is he doing"... but he proved me wrong and made the 3 pointer!! And they didn't even lower the basket at all! The entire crowd was cheering. It was great. #4 immediately became my favorite because not only did he look like my little brother Luke, but he also has "mad skills".

To top off the night our Cougars won-- keeping their home winning streak alive at 47 games. First in the nation! And after the game we got to go down and see Travis Bunker, Brad's mission buddy!

Here's a few pictures from the night!

The cute little boys!

Brad and I (ps- I chopped off my hair!)

Brad with a few friends, Travis, and President and Sister Sellers

The rest of our action-packed weekend!

On Saturday Brad and I both had early mornings, but he beat me. He was up at 5:30 am to go fly fishing with a couple of friends from the ward. They went to the Provo river and fished for about 4 hours. Besides it being bitter cold and Brad "wanting to cut off his hands for the first 2 hours", they had a great time!



(Brad caught 7 fish total, and I'm supposed to write that this wasn't the biggest one, but it was the only one they took a picture of! Boys and their fishing...)


I got up early (7:00 am- hey, on a Saturday that's early!) and studied for a test that I had to take. Then I went to a baby shower for an old roommate of mine and had a great time with friends that I don't get to see nearly as often as I would like.
On Sunday we went with Brad's family up to Garland, UT for the baby blessing of Candace's (Brad's cousin) baby Elizabeth. It was another early morning that started at 6:00 am but we had a great time, and the weather was beautiful which helped make the long car ride pass by quicker.

Brad and I are finally into March and graduation is quickly approaching! We were measured for our caps and gowns last week and only have 31 days of school left. I am getting anxious to finish, but still waiting to find out if I got into the Dental Hygiene Program. Cross your fingers!!

Dinner Date!

I have been wanting to make homemade pizzas for I don't know how long, and we finally did it on Friday! It started off a little rocky, with the pizza crust mix that I bought only making about half of what we needed, but I found a recipe in my cookbook that we used for the 2nd pizza. We did canadian bacon and pineapple pizza & a mushroom, sausage, onion, and red pepper pizza. They were so yummy and I think that I am addicted now. The second half of our stay-at-home date was to watch the Jazz play, but it was a stinker of a game so we put on a movie instead.