catching up

basically, my life is a catch-up game. i feel like i'm always trying to catch up, and blogging is just added to that list.
we're not the best at taking pictures, so that doesn't help with our blogging, they're nice because there worth 1,000 words, so then i don't have to write as much:)
for thanksgiving we were lucky enough to see Mike's parents, and David & Eliza and family, in Park City before heading to nice, warm, sunny California. We got to enjoy a nice pancake breakfast with them (and Lindsey, Josh and Ella) and then headed on a plane to the weather i miss! it was fun being with my parents and Neal. we went and saw The Blind Side, which we loved!! highly recommend that movie. it was great, clean, and left you feeling good inside. not many movies fit that any more. we also got to help cook thanksgiving. Mike's highlight was the fact that my mom didn't let a single meal go by without being delicious, not even breakfast.
last weekend my cousin Kari got us tickets to go to the Christmas devotional. it was wonderful! the choir and the orchestra sounded phenomenal, and of course the talks were touching as always. i really liked the story about the business man who gave up his plane ticket to a young boy who wanted to see his family for the last time before being shipped off to war.

now i'll let Mike tell about his exciting life.....
Some people think intramural soccer is a matter of life or death, I think that's silly... it's much more important than that.
So this past week we played in the intramural soccer championship. The tournament is double elimination and we had to beat the team twice. Last Tuesday we played them and came away with a 6-1 victory. Then the very next night we played them again to win it all and we won 3-1. It was another amazing year and I love playing with team. We've won the league two years in a row and thanks to the fact that most of our team is either in graduate school or just taking 5 years to get their undergraduate degree we should have another run at it next year. Here are some pictures of the team:

Us in our championship shirts

And me with my number one fan