Dating: Week 10 - Kite Making

This week I got asked out by a boy who I'd taken out a few weeks ago, Matt Gong.  He had a really creative plan: We were going to make kites and then go fly them.  Cute, huh?

We doubled with his roommate (another guy I've been on a date with.. lol), Conrad, and his date (and my friend) Riley.  We spent a couple hours making the kites.  It's harder than it may look!  All of us, except Matt, went for the "traditional" kite shape-- and we had a hard enough time with that!  They all turned out looking really cool.

Matt constructing his (much more ambitious) kite frame

Conrad and Riley in the building stage

Riley's finished product

Me and my kite

Matt and his kite (Optimus Prime face)

and Conrad's (it's in Russian)

We attempted to fly them and didn't have very much success.  We don't blame it completely on our kite-building skills (or lack thereof), because the real kite we had wouldn't fly very well either.  We'll blame it on the wind (or lack thereof), shall we?

I had a good time with good friends and think that's possibly one of the most original and creative dates I've been on!

WW Week 8

Week's loss: -1.3 lbs.
Total loss: -18 lbs.

Ups:
Running every morning.  It really helps to have someone to run with so there's some accountability. :)
My smaller clothes are fitting better and my bigger clothes are getting loose!

Downs:
I'm still eating out too much.
Need more fruits and veggies and water.

Dating: Week 9 - Divine Comedy

This week I asked out a good friend I've known in the ward for a little over a year now.  His name is Bryan and he is arguably one of those guys that every girl has a crush on at some point. :)  He also looks like he's perfectly carved out of wax.  Haha..

We went with a ton of people in my ward (who were also all mostly on dates) to see Divine Comedy on BYU campus.  They are my current favorite comedy group on campus.  They do all sorts of fun stuff.  You could search them on YouTube and find all sorts of videos, like this one:



The do a series of skits poking fun at BYU and Mormon culture (they are a little harsh on UVU, though).  It's great to laugh at our idiosyncrasies like that every once in a while.

Bryan was a great date!  He insisted on opening my car door when getting both in AND out of the car, which was something I'd never experienced before, so that was nice.  :)  He also, very seriously (and literally), made a list of my qualities as I talked about myself.  LOL, funny guy.  He also had a freak-out moment when he discovered that I'd never seen any of the Lord of the Rings movies, and stood up to tell everyone else in our group about it.  Silly, silly, silly.  We had a lot of fun.

Well, it's been 9 weeks and counting... stay tuned for the continuing dating saga!

WW Week 7

Week's loss: -4 lbs.
Total loss: -16.7 lbs.

Ups
Running every morning (this is probably the source of my loss this week)

Downs
Birthday dinner, brownies, cake, etc etc etc...
Eating out a lot

Ward Tubing Activity

Our ward does an annual tubing activity up at Soldier's Hollow in Midway.  They rent out the entire park for a couple hours and we go have fun with the slopes to ourselves.

Here are a few pictures of our adventures...

Waiting in line

Pretty Rachel

Brother and sisterly love...

Our friend Travis jumped in this picture :)