Ring Dance Official Photo

Oh.MY. FRIGGIN. GOSH! After much labor and pain I figured out how to save this picture to my computer. WE only got real pictures of course... so I had to scan it using my printer which wasn't too bad but it took FOREVER to figure out how to save it and where it got saved and all that good stuff b/c HP saved it to the HP thing and I dunno......but here it is......I hope you all like it. This is us holding his ring and the barrel is filled with wather from the seven seas and water from the severn river and he had to dip it in there before he could wear his ring. Well.."legally." It is just tradition and that's what they do there at the Naval Academy.

Ring Dance

OK so I got back from Annapolis on Tuesday night. The trip was fun but I am glad to be back. We went to Baltimore Harbour on Friday night and Saturday and Sunday morning was spent in Habourtowne, a city next to St. Michaels, 'the city that fooled the brittish!" I had never heard of it before but for those of you who were wondering back in the day (when the brittish were coming) they were bombing citys and stuff so the town got together and they were like HEY! we don't want to be bombed. what should we do...and some cookie( not a litteral cookie but someone there) said hey! why don't we take all the lanterns from out of the city and hang them in the forest behind us and then it will look like THAT is where the city is....so thus the city of St. Michaels set out tkaing all the lanterns from their house and haning them in the woods behind them and that night....BOOM! BANG! POWEY! The forest got destroyed but the city of ST. Michaels was safe. THREE CHEERS FOR ST MICHAELS...HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY! haha ok i am not going to do the third cheer i am just being stupid. so.....here are some pictures from my trip.
Tyler and I at dinner before Ring DanceWalking across the Bridge to the Ring dance on Red Carpet!
Huge Rings at Ring Dance Tyler and I getting ready to watch the Blue Angels perform above us.
A lot of the Brigade of Midshipmen outside of Bancroft Hall for a bell ringing ceremony.

Much Randomness

Well, finals are FINALLY over. Sorry I hardly ever post b/c I don't know my password. It is saved onto my laptop and sometimes I forget how to get to the page where it is saved. But... alas...I am posting again. Well.......the past few weeks have been full of ups and downs. As I previously said finals are over. I know I have one B so far but I am still waiting on grades from my other classes to post. In the meantime I have been up to some small adventures. My friend Ben took me to a Bee's game a few weeks back in leiu of the Astros.....it doesn't really seem like it's even but he did what he could. It really was a ton of fun just to go and watch a baseball game. I do miss my Astros though! Speaking of Houston sports FREAK! I am soooooooooo annoyed and sad that the friggin JAZZ beat the ROCKETS and at home no less!!!! I mean I am not a huge basketball fan but I HATE THE JAZZ and moving here didn't make me like them anymore. UGH! ok...but now that that is off my chest...for Family Home Evening my ward went hiking up Ensign Peak. Benjamin and I. Me and Randy.You can actually see the stadium, the Huntsman center, Campus and my apartment if you squint and know what you are looking for! The stadium is the thing in the center of the picture and there are two brick tall things a little bit apart from each other. I wish I could circle it. I bet a dollar no one can really see it. haha. but it's there!

You can also see other views from Ensign Peak HERE.
And then just because I really liked this picture this is from a place right below Ensign Peak. I am telling you...Utah is BEAUTIFUL!!

What else what else. Oh yes...my friend Randy took me to the shooting range about two weeks back. Just to prove it...Yeah... I am a decent shot. I could stand a lot more practice but I could still get ya even without it.....so don't make me mad!!! ; )
OK let's see what else. I got flowers at work the other day. They were so darling!

Also, Scott & Julie Christiansen had a TEXAS reunion for all the League City people that now live in Utah. There are a lot more than you would think in this immediate area although a lot didn't show up because of the time of year. School and such.... but here is a picture of Jessie Storm ( well she hasn't been a Storm for about 10 years but still....) and Sarah Trahan (same story, I don't know thier married names) and Angela Arnett -Stone. Little Lindsay Christiansen is sitting in Jessie's lap and that is Sarah's son. Cute huh!?!?!And that would be me and Emmy. I love that girl!!!