Halloween

You've got to love Halloween. It's a day where you can dress up and no one ever really cares what you look like. I like it because I get to dress up at school. I am one of the few teachers that actually dresses up. Sometimes our faculty is lacking in the fun department, but oh well, I do my best. About a third of the kids dressed up. Also at school, during the last hour of school, the kids got out and we had a Halloween Dance and a movie. It wasn't too bad. Hopefully the students like it. Out student council, which I am the advisor for, does a good job of planning activities.

As you probably can see in the pictures, our whole family dresses up. I was Indiana Jones. My wife was a kitty, our oldest don was a dragon, and our youngest was a puppy dog. They were all so cute! Our oldest son loved going Trick-or-treating. This was the first year that he really relized what was going on. He got a lot of candy. Then when we got home, he loved answering the door and giving candy out to all the trick-or-treaters. It has been a fun day.

Body Worlds 3

Yesterday the Junior High took the student body to the Body Worlds 3 show up in Salt Lake. It was 10 hours worth of fun, 8 on a bus and 2 in the exhibit. I don't know if you have heard of Body Worlds, but it is a exhibit of real human bodies that have been plasticized. Some were split up a others you could see organs and stuff. It was all very interesting. I was really surprised at how well the kids behaved. Obviously some thought that it was good and interesting and others not so much. However, I think that it was a good experience for all involved.

BYU 7-1 & USU

Well, BYU won again and it was closer than it really should have been. I hope that they can really start to pull it together and finish the season strong. Unfortunately I was not able to go this game either and I had to send my wife in my place. I had to go up to USU in Logan and do a six hour lab for my grad school class. Not quite as fun, but sometimes that's the way it goes.

Nephews, Niece, and my Own

This past weekend, we had a few of our nephews and a niece down to our place. It was a fun weekend with several activities. This included fun and games in the back yard, Wii tournaments, picnics, and geocaching. It was a fun weekend and it always good to see famile. Here are some pics from the weekend.

BYU 6-1

Well, this past Thursday was an unfortunate loss for the BYU cougars. They had a horrible game and lost to TCU. Give credit to TCU, they did play well and held BYU in check. I do think it is unfortunate the BYU is in a non BCS conference. There would a little leway if they were. If they win out, they could still be ranked high enough, but due to the fact that are not in a BCS conference, it almost impossible to be able to get into a BCS bowl. There will be several teams from BCS conferences that will have one loss and still get into a major bowl. There really needs to be a better way to determine a national champion.

UEA

You've got to love being a teacher or student in Utah. Every year there is a small break for the UEA convention. So I never go, but it is nice to have a few extra days off. I wonder how many other states have a convention like this every year. Growing up in Colorado, I don't ever remember getting a few days off so our teachers could have a convention.

Chorus and Volleyball

On Tuesday night our school had a chorus concert and then they performed it again in front of the school on Wednesday. The picture is from the school concert. The theme was "A night of Broadway." They performed songs from many of the Broadway shows. The drama department also performed selected scenes from each of the Broadway shows. It was very well done. For a bunch of Junior High kids, they sounded excellent. The chorus teacher getting in the act.

Later that day, we had our annual faculty Vs. 9th grade volleyball game. Once again the 9th graders talked a lot of smack, thinking that they will beat the faculty, but once again, the faculty mopped the floor with the ninth graders, winning in three games. It's always fun to play with the faculty and against the ninth graders. Maybe one year they might be able to beat us, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

Hoodie Boy

We were upstate this weekend, one for the BYU game, and another for a baby blessing. Some of my wife's family got together and had dinner. I just though that this was a cute picture of my almost 8 month old son.

BYU 6-0

This was the coldest game of the year so far, but really not too bad. At least it didn't rain or snow on us. The good news of the game was that BYU is still undefeated, the bad news, they really didn't play all that great. They are going to need to clean some things up before TCU this Thursday. It is sort of funny that the week that BYU had a bye, they jumped in the polls 3-4 spots, but for the past two weeks when they have won (and other teams in front of them have lost) they have either dropped in the polls or remained the same. Very interesting. You can tell how the Mountain West Conference is viewed by the voters.

BYU 5-0

Last night BYU played Utah State and beat them 34-14. It was sort of funny to watch because there was a lot of chippiness going on. I guess that is what happens when you are ranked 7/8 in the nation and playing an instate team. Next up: Vs. New Mexico

Yellowbrush

Last weekend we went up to Yellowrush. That is where my in-laws spent plenty of time during the summer while herding sheep. It was a beautiful day to go. The weather was nice and the leaves were turning colors. It was good to have lunch up there and to take my parents-in-law as well.

Final Demise of the Escort

The escort is finally gone, but not without a little fun first.