Television

*Let me just comment that the reason for the sudden addition of new posts is the increased amount of time I now spend in front of computer. I went from zero to eight.

Don't we all love fall? I love fall weather. I love scarves, obsession from my mission. I love hot chocolate and tea, another obsession from my mission. And yes, I love Ute football. And this year my cousin, Coleman, is the kicker, which makes games even more exciting. I love trees and their changing leaves. I love Halloween. Who doesn't love to dress up and eat all the free candy they can get? I love butternut squash soup, however Mitch does not. When I was in college I loved fall for many reasons. The beginning of a new semester always brought excitement, Ute football, campus and Chi Omega Rush (slightly vain, I know). Now that my college days are long gone. I have a new found love in fall, TV. I am not ashamed to admit it. I love shows and I love them even more when I haven't seen them. Disclaimer #1: Did not have a TV through all of college. I had no idea what shows people loved. In fact, I didn't even know what 24 was. Awesome, right? Seriously, it was awesome.

After I got married I started having "my shows". I blame this on the fact that I moved to Minnesota where it is absolutely freezing outside and the most time I could cross country ski in one day was an hour. I also blame this on the fact that I Mitch and I seriously knew no one our first month there. So, now I am a person of shows.

My favorites include:

Tuesday Nights:

• NCIS, go ahead and laugh. But it's addicting. And yes, the show is made for old people.
• The Biggest Loser. I have only seen one entire season of this show, but every time I watch it I cry. I do love this show.
  
• Parenthood. I love this show for so many reasons. My good friend Megan got me hooked.
  

Wednesday Nights:

• Modern Family. I laugh every episode. Last year I had dance on this night, so I missed most of the episodes. But Mitch is obsessed.
• SVU. I used to love this show, but it's not on the top of my list.
  

Thursday Nights:

• 30 ROCK!! I love, love, love this show. It makes me laugh all the time. Mitch and I watched all the seasons on Netflix last winter and I am looking forward to watching the show on TV. And if you watch 30 Rock and NCIS, you will get all the NCIS jokes. They are sooooooooooooooooo funny!
  

Sunday Nights:

• Amazing Race. I have only seen one season. Megan also got me hooked to this show last year. And I love it. I might need Megan here to help me watch it again this year!
  

Others: (Yes, I even have an others column)

• Friday Night Lights. I can honestly say this is my favorite show I have ever watched. I am really sad it's over.
• Suits. It's on USA. I watch it online. And I really like it.
• Covert Affairs. So, I only actually saw about 1.5 episodes this year. But I do like it.
• Chicago Code. It used to be on Fox and was canceled in May. It was my favorite new show last year.
• SYTYCD! I have only seen three entire episodes. But I loved every minute of it. I can't wait to watch an entire season...one day.
• Debates. I know this doesn't actually count as a show. But aren't they so exciting? And election season is just about to start. Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I love politics. I even bought my first campaign button, it makes me so happy.
• Chopped. I have no idea what time or what day this show is on. But every time I watch I have a great desire to make something delicious to eat with random ingredients. This doesn't ever actually happen, but it's a great thought.

*Disclaimer #2. I don't actually ever sit down and watch any of these shows when they air on TV. Mitch and I basically have no time here. Between school, job #1, job #2, visitors and trying to prepare some kind of meal each night, I feel lucky if I get five minutes of alone time with Mitch. We end up eating dinner about 9:00 pm every night and going to bed at 1:00 am. My life currently has no structure. It's basically fabulous. Back to TV. I haven't watched any actual TV, except CNN...of course (it's always on in DC, everywhere you go), since moving here. I just find catch up time to go back and watch them online. I have an hour lunch break every day, I am way too cheap to go out to eat and I don't have a car at work. So, I watch shows.

Basic point I am making here...none.

Happy Wednesday!

Life.

I am missing...

Utah. Mountains. Rochester Fall. 512 3rd Street. Dance. Family. Punch. Dad. Mom. Simple life. Wood floors. Sweet Tango Apples. Friends. Chase. Megan. Rachel. DQ. Silver Lake Park. Grandmas. Hiking. Tuesday walks with Sarah P. Races. Utah Football.


I am loving...

New life. Work. Our home. My husband. My walk to work. My new running trail.

And my heart goes out to the Stevens Family who lost their oldest son on Tuesday night. Pray for them.

Run.

(Asics 2160, I love these shoes and just ordered a new pair.)

Why I run...

Last night after I came home from work, I went running. I usually try to squeeze running into every day of the week. I have this ultimate goal to exercise before work, I just have to come to terms with myself that it will NEVER happen. I was so good about waking up early in the summer to run and I just can't do it here. (Maybe that's because I am addicted to watching Friday Night Lights or the fact that the only time I get to see Mitch is at about 10:00 pm or that SJ K-ville is not with me.) Back to running. I love to run. Last night the sky was painted pink with the DC monuments in the background. The clouds were endless and the sunset was perfect. It was also cool enough to wear a long sleeve shirt while running, a true sign of fall. What do you think about when you run? Me, I think about dance. I choreograph dances while I run. Sometimes I even stop to see if the movement really works. I probably look like a crazy person out there dancing on the sidewalk with all my running clothes on, but I don't really care. I do love to run. I never win races and I am never the fastest one. But running soothes me. It makes me feel whole and happy. I love to run with others, it doesn't matter how fast or how slow, I just love to run. As for my music...Billy Joel, Bob Dillon, Tom Petty, Patty Griffin, basically anything that brings back memories goes on my shuffle. There are many days that I have to talk myself into running, and it takes all I have to go. But after the first thirty minutes, I forget that I didn't even want to run. As for running on a treadmill, I have a breakdown every time I get on the machine. Ok, not a serious breakdown, but I HATE it. Running becomes tedious and overwhelming. Which means, I only make it about thirty minutes on a treadmill and then I have to get off.

I just love to run. Happy running and a happy weekend to all of you.

I am proud to be an American.
My heart goes out to all who have suffered because of 9/11.
God bless America.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Mitch!
I love you so.
You make me happy every day.
And you make me laugh all the time.

Love.

S & P

BYU vs. Ole Miss

(Payton, Mitch, me and Kelly)

We went to the BYU/Ole Miss game last Saturday and got to visit Jeff and Kelly at the same time in Memphis. I loved every second of it. We ate delicious BBQ. Ole Miss fans are the nicest people I have ever met. And they dress-up for games. Don't worry I didn't cheer for BYU. We loved Memphis.

Summer - Alta

Nana and all her babies!! I love all their faces.

We love Abby and Clara!

Mitch and me.

Mitch and Tess.

The Alta Cabin is very special to the Henriod family and I feel lucky to be a part of it. We went to Alta and had the greatest time. We ate food, hiked and played. We LOVE ALTA!

Summer - California

Kimball Dean. He is the best boy.

Clara Bara. She is full of fire and life.

Tessa, she already is a beauty queen and loves Michael so much!

We went to visit Joel, Lindsay, Kimball, Clara and Tessa, Mitch's brother, in California right before we moved to DC. I love California, I could live there. We had the best time. We went to the beach, out to eat, to movies, shopping (I even enjoyed shopping) and to the symphony. Joel and Lindsay are the best hosts and we can't wait to go back. We miss them so much.

The Lake District

The Lake District is awesome. We walked/hiked around one of the lakes and loved every second. We stayed in a bed and breakfast right on the water. It was one of our last nights, a perfect way to end the trip.

More from St. Andrews

The beach where Chariots of Fire was filmed. There were horses running on the beach in the morning when we were running. It was basically magical.

The Old Course, Mitch was in Heaven.

Beautiful St. Andrews.

St. Andrews

These two pictures pretty much sum up St. Andrews.
Mitch played golf and I was his caddy.
This was our favorite part of the trip. We LOVED St. Andrews.

London

Mitch in front of Westminster Abbey, isn't his beard awesome!!

I have been meaning to document for months. We loved London! I could live there. There are so many places in London that bring such great memories to me. (I spent a summer there in college.) Mitch and I did most everything we wanted to do, we got to see Wicked! I loved it and so did Mitch.

I also took Mitch to see the Peter Pan Statue in Hyde Park (see below), my absolute favorite part of the park. We ate lots of Indian food, I honestly think that nothing beats the Bombay House. We went to museums, a lot of them. Mitch has an amazing memory and still remembers all the small, important details from his art history class in college. It was very nice to have him as a companion. We also went to see Lion King and we got lucky enough to sit in a box seat. Mitch's favorite part of London was the Churchill Museum, we spent all day in there. Overall, we loved London!

As of Late.

Life has been good to us. Lately we:

• Moved into our apartment. Our stuff barely fits. We love it.
• Celebrated Mitch's 28th birthday! More to come on that later.
• Went to Memphis. Loved being there with Jeff and Kelly.
• Went to the BYU/Ole Miss game. I tried my hardest to cheer for BYU and I just couldn't.
  
• Abby came and visited.

That's about it. Someday, hopefully soon, I will get around to puttin up some pictures.

And we are obsessed with Friday Night Lights. When I grow up I want to be Tami Taylor.

Happy Wednesday.