A Mix Of News

Alright guys, I hope ya'll haven't given up on me with these blogs. Sorry for the lateness, I have kind of lost my groove in keeping up with these, but I will try to get better. Well, as the title appears on this blog, I have a mixture of news from the month of October up to now to fill, so be prepared, I will try my best to remember everything that has happened from then to now.

Well, October was filled with fun and adventure. To start off my Fall Break week, I had the pleasure of having mom, Esther, Tom and later Dad come down to see me. It was great fun to see them all, especially Esther whom I hadn't see since Christmas and Tom whom I hadn't seen for about three months. It was great to catch up with him and spend some time with them all. Mom, Tom and Esther came down to pick me up on a Friday and we drove straight down to Las Vegas for a showing of "Love" which was a Cirque Du Soleil production done to the music of the Beatles songs. It was amazing! I have never really been a big Beatles fan, but that night, I think that I officially became a fan. After the show, we got to have a backstage tour. My mom knew one of the girls that was in the show, and she ended up giving us the tour. It was so neat to see how much effort it takes to make a show like that happen. It was incredible! That night we ended up staying at a hotel called the Imperial Palace. I have to say that Vegas was incredible. Driving up to the city, you could see the lights from it for miles. The one thing that I hated is having to walk the streets with people passing out "cards" and also having to walk through the casinos in the hotels. It was pretty crazy. The next day, we just explored a little bit of the city. We went to the Paris section of the city, where we went to the top of the Eiffel Tower (not the real one of course). It's half the size of the actual one in Paris. It was pretty cool. After that, we ate at an amazing french buffet place and enjoyed crepes among other things. It was great. We didn't get to see as much as we wanted because we had to make it back to St. George to catch another show that night at the Tuacahn Theater to see Aida. The play is about a slave girl named Aida, who ends up working for a prince who ends up falling in love with her. It was a musical and it was really good. I enjoyed it. That night, we stayed at a hotel not too far from campus, and went to my ward to go to church. After church, we had to drop off Esther at the airport because she had to get back to Provo. She had a couple of tests the next day that she had to study for, so she had to leave early. After dropping Esther off, we went to a restaurant that one of my aunts recommended for my mom to try. My uncle had designed the restaurant. It was called Anazasi (or something like that). It was amazing. They had steaks that they brought out that were cooked on hot rocks. You got to eat them as they were cooking on the rocks. Tom and I both had filet steaks. As an appetizer we had cheese fondou with two different kinds of cheese fondous. It was all delicious and a great place to go, and a restaurant that I would go to again. The next day we went for an adventure to Zion National Park. It was all breathtaking to see all the different canyons. Tom ended up taking all the pictures for me, and maybe I can try to put some on here. It was fun to go on some of the trails and see some sites of the canyons. So it was a fun weekend.

This month really started this past weekend. My bishop had seven extra tickets that he gave to one of my friends to invite people from the ward, so she ended up inviting one of her friends and me to go see The Five Browns at the Tuacahn Theater. They are a family of three brothers and two sisters who all play the piano. The stage had five pianos and they all played famous pieces that they had composed for five people to play together. It was a fun concert and a good way to start off the weekend. Then saturday I decided to do something adventurous and different. I had been wanting to get a haircut for a long time because my hair was just looking like a mess, so I ventured out to find a haircutting place and finally decided to get a haircut. I found a place nearby that was actually pretty cheap, and when I say cheap, I mean that the price for my haircut ended up being a dollar. Now that's what I call cheap. I ended up getting it cut shorter than I have ever had it cut and surprisingly, it doesn't look too bad. I actually like it a lot. Sunday was Stake Conference. It was broadcasted, which I don't ever remember having Stake Conference broadcasted before, but it was great to hear from some of the leaders of the church.

Well, those are all the highlights of the couple of months. Next week, I get to go observe a school again for one of my classes. This time I will get to observe a middle school. It should be interesting. I can kind of already feel that I'm not going to like observing a middle school than I did observing an elementary school, but who knows, I might be surprised. We'll have to see. I have really enjoyed taking all of these education classes. It's fun to actually learn about something that you are interested in and something that will one day be your career. It's been fun forming my own opinions about teaching and deciding how I'm going to teach. I love it. Well, I am excited to see some of you in the next couple of weeks for Thanksgiving. I hope that you all have a great couple of weeks and I will see some of you guys soon! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!