bowling for life!

Brad and I are in a bowling league with another couple, our friends Scott and Nicole. Together we are the amazing bowling team of "Spare Me". We even made shirts. We improved slightly over last week's numbers (we were ranked 4th from last, but two teams didn't even show up) so we are looking to get better every week. Nicole is our dark horse, she'll kick the trash out of most guys in know! Good times to come...

President Hinckley

I suppose it's the selfishness in me but I am really going to miss President Hinckley. I completely agree that this was his time and he is now enjoying the grandest of reunions with his wife, but I'm really going to miss him waving that cane whenever he entered and exited the Conference Center.

I took a religion class at BYU studying the lives of LDS prophets since 1901 and we spent about half the semester on Gordon B. Hinckley. As part of the class I had to read Go Forward With Faith (President Hinckley's biography) and I absolutely loved every page. It contains the most amazing stories and renewed my faith in not only President Hinckley but in the positions of modern day Prophets and Apostles. I'm sad he's gone but I'm also really excited for the church and the amazing groundwork that President Hinckley has put in to place for the coming years.

So I was reading what the national newspapers had to say about President Hinckley's death because I am amused at the way they word things and some of the factual errors they get wrong. The most interesting is that the Associated Press (it's the major source that many everyday newspapers get their articles from) is reporting that President Hinckley was the longest serving President of the church. Excuse me? Brigham Young, 29 years? Heber J. Grant 27 years? I checked on both lds.org and wikipedia to see how easy that information was to find and it took me maybe 2 minutes... maybe they got confused because he's the longest serving apostle (I don't even know if that is true)? Reporters are always good for a laugh when it comes to reporting on the church :)

it's time for an update

Seven Months:

Brad and I have been married just over seven months and a few weeks ago we ate the cake topper to Brad’s groom’s cake. We sang “Bear Down” as we cut it, and although Brad said it tasted good Bridget had a few respectful bites before she threw hers out (freezer burn is not her kind of scrumptious).

Our biggest news:

We are 98% sure that we are going to UIC. So it looks like come the end of July we will be moving our way to Chicago. We will be Midwesterners for the next four years at least.

Christmas Summary:

We had a wonderful Christmas with Bridget’s Mom here in Utah. Brad got two weeks off of school and Bridget took a few days off of work. With Brad pulling all nighters the last few weeks of Fall semester it was a much needed break. We received way too many presents, we were definitely spoiled this year! Our favorite presents were the Sonicare Toothbrushes (for the future oral surgeon family) and the large gift card to Café Rio (for the currently poor college family). Both have been used nearly daily, ha ha. Here is a summary of how we spent our Christmas day. This is Brad sleeping through brunch…

A few fun things we’ve done:

Before Christmas we went to see the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Choir with our friends Kristin and Kristi. It definitely put us in the Christmas mood! The day after Christmas we went to see the Dallas Mavericks play the Utah Jazz (Bridget survived a verbal assault by an intoxicated Jazz fun, real classy Utah). The tickets were a great Christmas present from Bridget’s mom even if the Mavs lost. We also went with our friends Amber and Matt to see the Utah Flash (the D league team for the Jazz and Celtics that play at UVSC). We got excellent court side tickets through Matt and sat a few chairs down from the team. Here is a picture of Bridget’s favorite player James Lang, she nicknamed him Knuckle-Crusha because he looks like a football player (he’s 6.10 and 285 lbs!!!). Funny story: One of the players named Aleksandar Urgrinoski from Croatia winked at Brad, gave him the rock and also pointed at him at the end of the game. We are hoping he just thought we were in a position to give him some type of an endorsement deal, ahem.

With just a matter of months left here in Utah we are trying to get out and do more so we went and saw the Young Ambassador’s at BYU. The Broadway numbers were the best, Brad said performances of Wicked were almost as good (visually and vocally) to the professional version!

New Years Resolution:

Keep the blog updated better :)

BEST OF 2007: music

Since Brad has next to no interest in music this countdown is pretty much all from Bridget. The best songs were impossible to compile! After much obsessing this is what I came up with. Sorry!


Best female songs (no order)
Sara Bareilles – Love Song
Beyonce – Irreplaceable
Meiko – Reasons to Love
Tegan & Sarah – Call it Off
Feist – 1234
Alisha Keys – No One
Ingrid Michaelson – Keep Breathing
Fergie – Klumsy
Regina Spektor – On The Radio
Paramore – Misery Business

Best male songs (no order)
Muse – Starlight
Justin Timberlake – Love Stoned
The Shins – Phantom Limb
Maroon5 – Won’t Go Home Without You
Guster – Satellite
Angels and Airwaves – Everything’s Magic
Mika – Happy Ending
OneRepublic – Apologize (although I’m sick of this song, I still have to give it props)

Best cover of their own song
Rihanna – Umbrella (acoustic version)

Inexplicably addictive songs (no order)
Miley Cyrus – See You Again
Elliott Yamin – Wait For You

Best Use of a Song in a Commercial
Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am

Best music by the worst person
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (I’m sorry her album is awesome!)

Worst thing to happen to music…
Heidi Montag recording an album. (Come on! Was she trying to write herself into some SNL skits?)

The only music that Brad and I still agree on…
Michael Buble

Favorite Album I Bought This Year…
Colbie Caillet – Coco