A Simple Man, A Single Man

***This was illegally posted. It was a draft written by Blaine that he felt was too boring to post. I took the liberty of putting it up for him. He can remove it if he feels so inclined

Sooooo........I felt really compelled to post as well, seeing as I've had some interesting things happen to me.

First, as the title of this post indicates, I am now a single man. Am I happy about that? Well, it's tough to say. There's definitely been a wide range of emotions associated with the breakup, but at the end of the day I think it was for the best.

On a marginally more cheery note, I was actively involved in these past midterm elections. See, at the beginning of the semester I very casually put my name on an email list for the BYU Democrats, and when I got an email for the first meeting I figured why not check it out? Since that first meeting I've become actively involved in the group and was even able to have all expenses paid trips to St. George and Las Vegas to do campaign work. Both trips were super fun and I was able to meet some of the very few Democrats who live out here. Needless to say, most of the work I did was in vain, seeing as Republicans pretty much dominated the elections, but I was able to work for (and shake hands with) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. So that's cool I guess.

Last but not least, my roommate, Trace Marriott (not one of THE Marriotts, but a relative. I have yet to seek deals on hotel fees, but it's on my to-do list) recently got his call to Argentina (Neuquen? I think? It's somewhere in southern Argentina) which means two things: He is now preparing for one of the most spiritually powerful experiences of his life; and, I'm going to get a new roommate. Am I totally bummed about this? Yes I am. Trace and I get along super well, he and our other roommate have had some really good times together (who, as a side note, is a 50 year old Baptist Korean whose wife and 2 children are still in Korea. Beat that) so I'm pretty irked that he'll be leaving.

Hello family,
 I figured it had been much too long since my last update. School is going very well. I think I am doing pretty well in most of my classes, although I can tell that I am starting to slack off as the semester comes to a close. I love my apartment and my roommates! I definitely like apartment life more then dorm life. Three of my roommates I met last year in the dorms and the other two are friends from back home. We all enjoy each others company and have yet to have any drama...knock on wood. Other things I am doing with my life.... I play soccer and volleyball intermirals right now. I am actually the captain of my volleyball team. I also just bought a pass to Sundance so I am very anxious for the snow to arrive so I can get on that mountain! Other then that, I am normally hanging out with my roommates or with Amy. Normally with Amy though. In fact many people have commented on the fact that Amy and I hang out a lot. We just love each other. I have accompanied her to many of her ward activities so a lot of people in her ward think that I am in there ward. Its like having two wards!!

 Alright, I know most of the above information is simply a bore to most people so lets cut the crap and get to the good stuff. The rumors were in fact true about the hook up. It happened to be with a friend from NY that I have always had a crush on. Nothing has happened with that since then however. We agreed to be friends and nothing more. I still hang out with him a lot without any awkwardness which is great! I have also gone on a couple dates with this one kid in my ward named Evan who I think is cool. I don't know if anything will happen with him though. Finally there is a kid in Amy's ward named Dan that I have a small crush on. The pictures are below are of Dan and Evan. Can we please have a poll on which one is cuter. It would be greatly appreciated. Keep in mind that if either of these two boys knew I was posting their picture on this blog it would make me look extremely creepy, so naturally this information is confidential.

xoxo Bryn

Dessert Night.

As mentioned before, Bryn Blaine and I (or two B's and an A) started an exclusive club known as Dessert Night. Each sunday night we get together and bake a new dessert of our hearts desire. The idea came about because sometimes Sunday's can seem a little long and we wanted to pass the time while enjoying each other's company. 

On the first night official dessert night we made chocolate chip cookies

 Next was golden gram bars. They were ehh....good but ehh....

We made homemade oreos which were a hit. They didn't last well the next day but the day of they were delish

Once october came we (and by we i mean I) wanted to get festive. We made pumpkin cookies with decorative halloween candies 

Blaine got too busy for us so Bryn and I were on our own. We made festive halloween brownies

Finally, Bryn and I slaved away making desserts for the big family halloween party. We made oreo truffles and cupcakes. 

I love our little tradition. It might not be every week (we all are getting a little busier as the semester goes on) but its still fun when we do it.

xoxo

Amy Lauren 

Ps. Krystal is preggo. 

Halloween Par-tay!!!

Bryn and i slaved in the kitchen for hours prepared oreo truffles and cupcakes. we were proud of our creations. 

The food was so delish!! i was so impressed with everyone and their creations

 Jordan and dane did so awesome with their decorating. i had decoration envy. Presentation is everything and they did fabulous.

 We had a sick dancing party. i throughly enjoyed myself. i feel that dancing is always appropriate

At the end we watched "Halloween". Dumbest. movie. ever. Let me give you the plot line. Little boy goes crazy and kills people. Little boy goes to prison for life. Little boys grows up, escapes from prison and kills people. The end.
Overall the party was a total success. i love time spent with the cousin.
Sorry this post was lame but people were threatening my life if i didn't post and i had to do it quick.