Camping

Don't worry, our fire was perfect
 by the end of the night.

We went camping a couple of weeks ago with Ali and Alex to Shenandoah National Park.  It was so fun and I should have taken more pictures, but I didn't.  We hiked, camped, went to the apple festival, ate the most delicious tin foil dinners (the secret is red cabbage) and had the perfect campfire, thanks to everyone but me, while eating smores.  It was the perfect way to celebrate fall.

Our tent.  It's so cute, right?

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!

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.