First Solo Pie Expedition

First of all, I've never made an entire pie, from scratch on my own. So I decided to make a pie or two for the Relief Society Broadcast. It was fun, and a learning experience. Of course, if I were being completely honest, I'd admit that I called my mom about 100 times for advice and help (thank you for that, by the way), but ultimately... I did the actual baking. I am so proud of myself!! Granted, I forgot to turn down the heat from 400 to 350, but I think my apple pie turned out some what decently. And my banana cream is runny, but still looks yummy. So now I have the experience under my belt and I can learn from my mistakes.

Here is the play by play of my pie-ing experience:

Rock Climbing Date

Last night I had another date, this time with a second year med student named Brent Betts. When I first met Brent I thought he was super attractive and he smelled really really amazing. I've had a small crush on him for awhile. About two weeks ago he came to our game night where we got to know each other better. The very next day he surprised me by asking me to go rock climbing with him sometime. I said yes, obviously, and so last night we went. I'm really out of shape because I haven't climbed or consistently worked out since about May, but it was really fun. After we climbed we went to downtown Manayunk and ate at a small pizzeria called The Couch Tomato and then we went to another place and got some really yummy ice cream. I especially loved that there was never a lack of conversation. Brent is the kind of guy who is easy going and can talk about everything and anything. It made it easier for me to open up and talk, because I've lost that skill a lot over the past few months. I had a blast, and I think he did too, which is the more important part. Hopefully, we can do something again before I move back to Utah. We'll see what happens, and I'll keep you all posted :)

Philly Flyers Date

A few months ago Annette's bishop wanted me to meet his son, Eric. At first, I wasn't super impressed. I thought, "Oh, nice guy. Cool that he's in my branch." But then he started coming to Family Home Evening. Now, I'm the FHE Assistant which essentially means I plan it every week and make sure people come and know what we're doing, etc. I was glad that Eric came because FHE had been suffering for numbers when I first took over. Then he did something kind of unexpected. Eric taught in Priesthood and told all the men that it was their priesthood duty to go to FHE. I was very impressed and grateful that he would put that in his lesson. Anyway, after these few weeks I've become better friends with Eric and even flirted with him (not like that's hard for me to do). This last Tuesday he had tickets to a Flyers game and invited me to go with him. I had so much fun. I haven't been to a hockey game since the 2002 Olympics so I was excited to go. It turned out that he had Club Box seats, which basically means we had a private little bar shared with only 20 other people (not that we drink) and we had really nice, cushy seats. It was way fun! I'm looking forward to getting to know Eric better. I think he could be a really good friend (not necessarily a "good" friend, thank you very much).


I didn't get any pictures of the date, but this is the Flyers' logo.

Phillies v. Mets

Yesterday we went to a Phillies game. We were super late, it rained, I spilled my drink on myself... twice, and we lost. But over all I had a blast. It was a really fun experience. I haven't been to a baseball game since we went to a Red Sox game 7 years ago, so I'm glad I got to go to this one. It was pretty intense. We were up 9-8 when out of nowhere the Mets hit a home run, bringing not one, but two people in, giving them the winning points. We didn't recover, which is unfortunate, but it was still good times.

Pictures That Were Going to be Posted, but Just Never Quite Made It...

I have done about a billion different things, planning on blogging them later. Unfortunately, I never did. So this is my tribute to a few of the pictures I've taken with my blog in mind.

Parrots from the Philadelphia Zoo

An old bomb dropper. Dad probably knows what it is, but I don't remember its name.

The excitement of yard sales

Mt. Timpanogos

Filling a room with balloons for a dance-answer

Pink day. Pink hat, shirt and even shoes

Sawing wood in Mexico

Me and Cameron and the Mountain Bowl Game, supporting Snow College

Family at the USU game last Thanksgiving

I know it's random, and there is no rhyme or reason to it. But I do actually do things, and I do actually have a life. In case of doubt, here is my proof :)

Beach Time

Last week some friends from my branch took a trip to Ocean City, NJ. There were maybe thirty of us there, and it was so much fun. The weather was perfect! It was sunny, the water was cool (which wasn't nice until after our soccer game) and we had some shade when needed. We played frisbee, soccer, freeze tag in the water and we swam, ate lunch and did some shopping. I made new friends, said goodbye to a few who were moving, and played with the rest. Even the full week of peeling face and shoulders was worth the fun I had.

Dave and Chris

Me and Justin

Update

Don't worry, I'm still alive. All I do however, is work and watch Lost with my friend Dave. So, there isn't much to post on, but have no fears for I am not dead.