I had the opportunity to attend this years Blackout game vs. Oregon State. It was so much fun! Kristie had never been to a live college football game before, and this needed to be changed, what better game to attend then the blackout game?
Just before kickoff :)
We had pretty good seats!
One of the many sacks on Oregon State's QB :)
"haha, wait what....?!"
"Jerk! You took my picture?!"
3rd down jump!
We won 27-8! First Pac-12 win and I was there!
We even had a visit from some former Utes who have a bye week this week. Matt Asiata (front) and Shaky Smithson (back).
The game was really fun, and worth braving the cold to watch it live! (It wasn't nearly as cold as I thought it would be.)
and of course, you can't not see the football team singing Utah Man with the MUSS, you can only hear a few of the words, but it was awesome!
Sorry for the horrible quality, but it is from my phone.
As John Denver wrote in his song This Old Guitar;
"This old guitar taught me to sing a love song
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry
It introduced me to some friends of mine
And brightened up some days
It helped me make it through some lonely nights
Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night."
I first read this quote when it was over the door of my high school guitar teachers door. Since the time I first touched Willis, my acoustic guitar, (yes, I named my guitar I think it helps me appreciate it more) I have loved the guitar, especially the acoustic! It was during this class that I began to love country music. I mean really, what other genre has an emphasis on guitars both acoustic and electric that are pleasing to the ear the entire time. There are some songs out there that have amazing guitar solos such as Led Zepplin and "Stairway to Heaven" or Elton John and "Funeral for a Friend (Love lies bleeding)" which is one of my all-time favorites, more for the piano and guitar than the lyrics, but I do really love most, emphasis on most, of Elton John's music. Back to country music. I was introduced to Brad Paisley from my cousin and he immediately became one of my favorite country artists. As such, I was stoked when the song "This is Country Music" came out!
How true the lyrics are! His entire album "This is Country Music" is amazing! Granted like any album there a few songs that I would consider let downs, BUT overall it is a great album.
Best part of being able to play the guitar, is I get to watch videos like the above and pick them out on my guitar, make my own music from them and they almost always turn out much better than I expected!
As John Denver said, "What a friend to have on a cold and lonely night." Willis truly is one of my best friends, I sure am glad I invested in him those many years ago, I definitely wouldn't have the same love for music without him! :)
I know I'm biased but I really do believe that I have the best church calling, it may be due to the fact that I get to play all the time, but I think it's more or less due to the people I work with. You are guaranteed a smile whenever you are around them, and as Lindsay and I have discovered, we start to act like the high councilmen too...which of course always results in laughter. :) Here are a few picture from this last Tuesday at stake volleyball.
I mean really, how many callings let you eat cafe rio while reffing a volleyball game? If you look close in the background you can see that we got popsicles too!
See we do take it seriously sometimes...
Then not so much...
We even make faces at each other to keep things interesting.
Who could forget the high councilmen's daughters, the men I work with have awesome families, and I've had the pleasure to meet all but 4 of their kids.
My awesome roommate! :)
Another awesome roommate!
Sometimes we get confused while scoring and it takes two of us to keep things straight.
And yet, we still smile :)
I hope I get to keep this calling for a while *knock on wood* it really is the best! Thanks guys for making it a blast every week!
