I am a Cougar!

I am a true blue, through and through BYU cougar. This year we've got all-sports passes and have really gotten to appreciate the football season for all of its beauty. I love it.

Lavell Edwards stadium on a beautiful day with blue skies and snow-capped mountains.

Football friends.

Touchdowns.

Adorable BYU babies sitting directly in the row in front of you. Yes, I'm that creeper who took a picture of someone's baby at the football game. Hey, I've got to take pictures of somebody's baby until I have one of my own!

Navy blue.

This girl studying with her textbook in the middle of the game? Hardcore much?

Wearing short sleeves and rainbows.

Go Cougars!

When the power goes out...

At approximately 6:50 a.m. today, I was in my shower minding my own business, reveling in the good workout I'd just had at the gym, and thinking about the wonderfully rainy day ahead when all of a sudden everything went dark. Our power went out and I was quite abruptly in darkness. As you will remember, I was still in the shower.

Realization of the day: I am not a fan of this whole "shower in complete darkness" concept.

For some reason, I felt like I was in some kind of horror film and I was going to get attacked in the shower by some stranger of the night who had cut the lines and broken into our house. Admittedly, my thoughts were a little on the dramatic side. Thankfully, I survived the experience and I was able to get myself dressed, hair done, makeup applied, and lunch made without the use of even a flashlight. New talents I never knew I had.

May your Monday be brighter than mine! Happy Monday!

Pumpkin Dinner

For Halloween, I wanted to make something fun and different. What better way to celebrate Halloween than to cook lasagna INSIDE of a pumpkin!? We invited friends over and had a feast. It was tasty, and although a little time-consuming, it was delicious! We also served it with butternut squash soup, homemade french bread, salad, and chips/dip. Yum. The recipe for sugar pumpkin lasagna is from one of my favorite food blogs- The Crepes of Wrath.

Halloween= family+friends+ food

What more could I ever want?

A Myer Family Weekend

Over Halloween weekend, we were lucky to have both of my sisters and my Dad to share it with! Riley is going to school here at BYU right now so we get to see her all the time (and her new joined-at-the-hip best friend "boy Riley"). McKenna flew up for the weekend and my dad worked out a way to layover in Salt Lake for a day on his way home from a business trip in Washington D.C. Activities for the weekend:

Halloween Half Marathon (see previous post)

Malawi's Pizza- a new restaurant in the Riverwoods...we would highly recommend it. Their slogan is, "Pizza with a Purpose"- they donate a meal to Africa each time they sell a pizza. Plus, everything they cook is fresh and they pride themselves on selling health pizza. Whole wheat crust even!

A trip to Grandpa Peter's house. They are doing all sorts of remodeling and it looks awesome! They are even building a room on the top of their house that has a glass ceiling. Gotta love my Grandpa.
Plus he has all sorts of treasures in his basement... nude sculptures and Life magazines from the beginning of time.

I love family weekends!

This is Halloween.

We ran a half marathon today. It was awesome. We all survived- Chad and I crossed the finish line in two hours and my dad in 1 hour and 23 minutes. We can't compare ourselves to him, it's just the way it is. It was a beautiful day and the perfect way to celebrate Halloween! So many people were dressed up in all sorts of costumes, so next year we will definitely plan on dressing up.

My dad crossing the finish line. I know he looks angry, but he really is a happy person. He was cranking.

... and then he ran back to run in with Chad and I. Don't judge us for being on the lower end of attractive. It happens.

Our support crew.

Halloween would definitely not be complete without some good pumpkin carving with friends.

He was the cutest pumpkin.

Happy Halloween!