Christmasy Temple Square!

Let me just say that I have not been as excited for the Christmas season as much as this year!

It probably just has to do with the fact that I'm away from home right now.

The sight of anything Christmas gets me so happy!

LIK and I took a trip up to SLC to visit Aunt Christine and see Temple Square!

I love, love, love this picture.

This mini nativity scene is on the reflection pool.

Gorgeous.

I hope these pictures bring you some joy and get you a little more excited for the celebration of our Savior's birth!

Just to Prove the Awesomeness of My Bro

There were three and a half of us eating Thanksgiving dinner together... Kris, Leslie, me, and Isaac.

Kristopher made four pies.

Coconut cream, apple, cherry, and pumpkin.

How was your Thanksgiving?

But Who's Counting?

Two weeks, to the hour exactly until

....

I AM HOME!!!

Vacay with Isaac & Fam

BYUI students get the whole week of Thanksgiving off. It is fantastic. So, I came down to stay with Kris, Leslie, and Isaac. It has been a blast; thankfully, it has been relaxing at the same time. Isaac is awesome! He has a ridiculous amount of character and is just super happy. I've only captured a small amount of hilarious things that he has done, so I hope you enjoy.

1st video: what you don't do while babysitting. Afterwards he ran to the door and kept saying "Dada?" and eventually started crying.

2nd video: Kris had put him in the Christmas tree box and brought him to Leslie and I guess he really liked being in the box...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are having an amazing start to the Christmas season!! Play that Christmas music (we are)!!

Dr. MLK Jr. Incredible Letter

For my Farewell to Art class we cover a ton of history. The reading for tomorrow concerned the Civil Rights Movement. We've all heard a ton about MLK Jr. and his well-known speeches, but I guess I have never realized just how incredible and brilliant of a man he was. We had to read a ten page letter of his for tomorrow and it was so worth it. I don't know if anyone will read this (which I highly, highly encourage), so for now I am posting this for when I someday look back on my schooling and learning.

This letter was in response to a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen entitled "A Call for Unity." In it the clergymen agreed that social injustices existed, but argued that the battle against racial segregation should be fought solely in the courts, not in the streets.

It is truly inspiring and deserving of some pondering. I hope to be able to apply this to our world now. I also wish to apply it to me personally: how I treat people, my ability to work for greater causes, and to not sit idly by.