Yearbook Flashback

Ross came in to work this morning with the newest website craze - www.yearbookyourself.com. Pretty simple concept - upload a picture of your face and then the program allows you to see yourself in yearbook photos from years gone by. Time to relive high school. Can you guess which picture is actually my yearbook photo? My favorite has to be 1984 - Classic!

Sunday Off

I don't get many Sundays off, as it usually is one of my busiest days. When General Conference rolls around though I take full advantage of a few hours at home. Today I chose to update the kids photo pages. It's only been about 6 months or so, but who's counting. Anyway, without further ado, I give you Kennedy and Alex.

Kennedy

Alex

Diary of a Red Sox Fan

It isn't often that lightening strikes twice in the same sports week. Last night it was the Utes pulling it out at the end, tonight it was the Red Sox turn. Boston is playing on the road in the ALDS this year. Normally I wouldn't worry about the Sox against the Angels, but we went 1-8 this year with Anaheim and they were the class of the American League this year. Still, Boston has won 10 straight games against the Halos - well, make that 11 straight games.

Boston went up 4-0 in the first inning tonight and really had the Angels on the ropes. Regardless, it was way to early in the game and Dice K has a way of keeping the opposition in the contest. Sure enough that's exactly what happened. By the end of the 8th inning, it was 5-5 and Angels were the team with momentum. We had one more turn at bat, with K-Rod (the man who set the MLB record for saves this season) on the mound.

We started out with a double from Big Papi and then seemed to run out of gas. It was up to J.D. Drew and he was down to two strikes. I turned to Tara and prophesied, "Here comes the strikeout." It was then that there was a crack of the bat and the ball disappeared into the center field bleachers. I guess I shouldn't give up on the Sox this time of year. 2004 changed everything for Boston, but I guess some old habits die hard for a pessimistic Sox fan. Let's just hope we can sweep the Angels and then repent for a terrible September against the Rays. GO SOX!!

Diary of a Ute Fan

It isn't often that a team, down eight with two minutes left in the game, comes back. It's even less frequent that Utah comes back when down in the 4th. Still, that's what happened tonight. Brian Johnson was terrible. If the Utes had lost it was all on him. With a fumble, an INT for a score, bad decisions, and zero offensive flow - Johnson was the MVP of game, for the Beavers...

I was on the phone with Chappo when Oregon St. scored their final touchdown to go up eight. We were commiserating the end of our perfect season and all hope was lost. The only bright spot was that it was 10:00 local time while Chappo was up after midnight watching the debacle. We ended our conversation hoping that the end would come quickly. Sure enough it did..

The Utes got the ball back and ran the two minute offense. Before you knew it we had throw the ball down field and were in scoring position. A quick pass over the middle and we were within two. After a penalty against the Beavers, the Utes found the endzone again for the two point conversion and the game was tied. I've seen this happen to the Utes countless times, but this was one time it was happening TO us!

The D stepped up on the ensuing Oregon St. possession and Utah got the ball back with less than a minute to play. With Louie Sakoda on our team you don't have to move the ball far to get in field goal position. Two more passes over the middle and the Utes were ready for a 41 yard kick. Up and Down!!!! The season still going, the BCS still a possibility, the Cougars still suck....

Finished

Our September project has finally come to an end as the calendar moved into October. One thing I know about Tara and myself is that when we start something, we finish it - quickly. The bathroom took us a week longer than I wanted. Isn't that always the case, projects cost twice as much and take twice as long as you think they should. Some of the hold ups included: plumbing that didn't quite fit together, a toilet flange that needed to be cut out, tile that wasn't completely level, grout that has some weaknesses, a mirror that needed some arranging, and so on. Still, in the end, the bathroom looks pretty nice and I want to thank everyone who helped us on this project. You're all invited for the grand reopening....