Jazz Game!!!!!

Well, last Wednesday night I got a phone call from Stacey (calling from a suite at the Jazz/Hornets Game) she knows I am a huge Jazz fan, and was trying to rub it in a little, but all in good taste. I will be the first to admit that I was very jealous of my sister, but Friday night Jen's cousin (Allie) invited us to the Jazz/Piston game on Saturday. So right as introductions began, I called and returned the favor!! GO JAZZ!!!!

Introductions before the start of the game.

Warming up.

The opening tipoff!

Last but not least, their best player!

Babysitting

Friday was a day full of surprises for us. Matt works every other Friday, so yesterday was his day off. He had loads of homework to complete, and also wanted to put up our Christmas lights and finish painting the trim we repaired last week in our house. Anyway, our neighbor Mike works construction. He and Matt were at Home Depot yesterday getting some supplies and Mike asked Matt if he wanted to come help him finish up a job in American Fork. He said he would pay him an apprentice's wage. Who doesn't want a little extra cash, especially around the holidays? So...Matt went with him, and I think they had a lot of fun.

Anyway, on my way home from work Matt and Mike were busy putting up Christmas lights on Mike's house. I stopped to take a look at them and see how they were coming along. While I was there, Mike got a phone call from his wife, Andrea, saying she had been in a car accident. The accident happened pretty close to our house, so Mike hopped in his truck and we got in our car to go help. Unfortunately their 3 children had been in the car during the accident, so they were pretty scared. By the time we arrived on the scene a nurse had already come and taken them across the street to the hospital. Andrea was pretty shaken up. :( So, I stayed with her while she filled out paperwork and talked to the police while Mike and Matt went to check on the kids. Andrea's brother had also been in the car at the time and he was pretty cut up. Anyway...sorry about all the details...eventually Matt and I got to take the kids so the parents could get everything straightened out. So...we got to babysit 3 little girls- Lindsey (4), Holland (2), and Halle (6 weeks) for a few hours. They were so sweet and adorable! Lindsey walked into our house and said, "Oh my...your house is beautiful!" Ha ha ha! Isn't that cute? The girls had fun playing on Matt's banana chair while watching Cars and eating fruit roll-ups. It was a fun night for all of us! :)

Exciting News!

Ah!!!!!! It's almost been a month since our last post!!!! YIKES! What can I say, we've been so busy!? I kept procrastinating posting because I have all these fun pictures of birthdays, Nutcracker, etc. that I want to post. BUT...of course, they haven't been uploaded to the computer quite yet. So...more updates are coming.

Anyway, I got some super exciting news this week! It is DEFINITELY "blog worthy". Ha ha ha. On Wednesday at 5:30 pm I got a call from my little sister Stephanie. She is a Senior right now and is super active on her high school track team-- mostly doing hurdles. Yeah, I know, she's pretty amazing. How ANYONE can "leap" over those things blows my mind! Anyway. The University of Utah has been "recruiting" her for the past little while for their track team. They even gave her 8th row tickets to the BYU vs Utah football game!!!!!! I KNOW!!!! Jealous yet? Ok, back to the story. So she called me on Wednesday and said this, "Guess what!? The University of Utah just called me and said, 'Well Stephanie, the next step in our recruiting process is to make you an offer. If you join our track team we will pay for your tuition, books, and fees.'" In other words, my sister got a FULL RIDE scholarship to the U of U!!!!!!!! :) We are so so so excited! Congrats Steph! We are sad she won't be down in Provo to hang out with us...but she will kick some serious butt on Utah's track team! :D

Bored yet???

I think I am officially the worst blogger. Throughout the week I think, "Oh, I need to remember to blog about this!" Then days pass...and weeks pass...and by the time I get around to blogging (seems odd that I can use that as a verb- lol) either I have forgotten what I wanted to write about, or it has lost its excitement. I think I am better about posting on my brother's blog. Ha ha ha! Which..by the way, if you haven't checked it out...you should!!! eldermuelleck.blogspot.com

I guess while I am on here...I will ask for some help. I am in charge of Enrichment in my ward, and our next activity is pretty much a "Super Saturday" (but on Wednesday). We are doing a bunch of different crafts. One of them is the picture mat that goes around "The Living Christ". Has anybody made one of these before? If so...did you have a template or pattern to use when cutting out the pictures? I have found a few things online, but nothing that's super good info. Anyway...if anyone knows, I will GLADLY take some advice. :)

Well...I'm almost officially "old". Ha ha ha! It's kind of strange to stand back for a second and think about how far you have come. I always thought that by now I would be busy in grad school. So much for that idea, right? LOL! Lately I have been thinking back to all of the things I used to do, especially during this holiday season. I used to dance in the Nutcracker, play my violin in the mall in SLC, travel with my singing group and perform for different care centers, teach piano, help out on the Youth City Council, etc. Now I am kind of just blah. I practically live at work and my extracurricular activities center around cooking, cleaning my house, doing the shopping, folding laundry, etc. Have I become super boring...? Actually, don't answer that...ha ha ha! I don't want to know. At least I have an awesome husband that I LOVE hanging out with and spending time with! But, I really do want to try to get involved with my passion for music again. I wish I could start taking lessons again...especially voice lessons! I miss it! I used to teach a family in Mapleton while I was in school, but had to quit due to my work hours. I really miss teaching though. I think I may start looking for some students. :)

Well how was that for another boring post? Ha ha ha! :)

Weekend Spent on Big Paper

This last weekend I spent probably around fifteen total hours writing a ten page single spaced religion paper on a section from the Doctrine and Covenants. I had some good help from my beautiful wife, and I am happy to say that it is done and I am finished. If anyone wants to read a copy and let me know what they think about it that would be great, just shoot me an email (ingles22@gmail.com) and I will email you a copy. I want some feedback. Thanks

A great birthday gift from my AMAZING Wife!!

Last night I had a chance to go see some of my favorite bands with Jen. She got a great present for me taking me to the Rock Band Live tour and we got to enjoy our night. None of our pictures showed up well so I decided to post the video from youtube about it.

Happy October!

I am really slacking when it comes to posting on this blog...but, what a week it has been!!! After an awesome Conference weekend spent in the "villes", we celebrated Matt's birthday! It was on Monday, and such a fun day! I was really lucky to get off work early to celebrate with him. :) We opened presents and went out to dinner. I'm so blessed to have married such a sweet and amazing guy. Happy Birthday babe!

On Thursday, one of my roommates from freshman year, Sarah, got married. She happens to be the niece of Bronco Mendenhall, and the daughter-in-law of Pace Mannion. So, needless to say...the reception was a blast! Sarah was gorgeous, and it was so much fun to catch up with Erica and Jewell (two of my other roommates). We scoped out the reception to see if we would catch a glimpse of Bronco Mendenhall, but didn't see him anywhere. There was, however, a mechanical bull- ha ha ha! Matt had enough guts to talk to Pace Mannion. Thanks to his lead we were all able to go shake his hand. I was shocked at how kind and friendly he was! The reception was at a gorgeous house in Highland...so, after we went to visit Uncle Wolf and Aunt Julie. It was such a fun night!

Jenny, Darin, Bridger, and Wyatt all came down to Provo the next day (Friday) to visit the eye clinic where I work. They were so sweet to make the huge drive-- especially with two kids! After their visit with Dr. Haggard, we all went to Goodwood for lunch. I can't believe how grown up those boys are! They are such a sweet family, we miss them a bunch! I sure hope their new contacts are working out...

We also got our flu shots on Friday...yikes. I have never had one before, but it seems like a good thing to have since I work at a Dr.'s office. My work provides an optional shot for each employee and their spouse. So...Matt and I have some sore arms today. Hopefully it pays off, lol.

Well...I guess that finally brings me to today. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT SNOWED!!!!! EW! I am so grateful that I no longer have to walk to school in the snow...yay for being graduated! Anyway. Today is the BYU Homecoming football game. It has been fun to see the Y lit up all week on the mountain. We are so excited for the BYU vs. Utah game!!!

It is crazy to think that it's already October. It feels like we kind of skipped over Autumn this year. It went from super hot to freezing cold. Crazy Utah, ha ha ha! :) In November it will be one year since Jason left on his mission to Honduras. I started a blog of some pictures of him in Honduras...I figured it would be a fun and easy way to keep everyone posted and show off some fun pictures. :) His link is on my sidebar, or you can type in eldermuelleck.blogspot.com.