Come Listen To Living Prophets

Mormons have been in the media quite a bit lately with the election and other events taking place in the country and around the world. With all of the questions surrounding what members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints really believe, watching General Conference would be a great missionary tool, where you can let President Monson and the Apostles do the talking. I am so grateful to have a prophet to help lead, direct, and warn me, and to testify of the reality and divinity of a living Savior, Jesus Christ. Just like in Biblical times, we need a prophet.
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NCUR 2012

I volunteered for a bit today for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. It was a very fun and...interesting experience. Fun in regards to registering students from all over the place: Nepal, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Truman (wherever that is), and so on. There will be 3,200 students presenting their research from all over the country. The interesting part was the professors: there were some very odd ducks. Several people had registered incorrectly by putting their last name in the first name field and vice versa. There were two professors that I worked with in particular that were livid that their name tags were #1 "Not in the correct place of their last name." #2 Incorrectly printed. BECAUSE THEY REGISTERED WRONG. I told one gentleman that he must have typed his name in the opposite fields and his response was "That is impossible, I registered myself. I don't make mistakes." We found his card in my section since his first name was Mark and I was on M-P, he was incredulous and said that he simply must get a new one printed because he didn't want to be referred to as Udzella for the entirety of the conference. I told him that with a first name like Mark, he would probably be ok, while in my head I was thinking how grateful I was that I never had a professor that ignorant. Can you imagine having to argue an incorrect test question with someone who never makes mistakes? All in all it was fun though, there were students there who I am fairly certain had never been on a plane before coming to this Conference. There was another guy from back East who wanted to know if we had any "free trails that allow you to walk on the mountain" when we said to just walk up behind the campus to one of the three trailheads he was shocked, even more so when we told him that the trails were free and that technically you could hike where you wanted, on the mountain.

Take from the Rich

There were quite a few 'funnies' at church today. Our lesson for the 7 year olds was on preparing for baptism. I asked the bishop to come in and talk to the kids about baptism and a little about what to expect at their interview. What followed was a pretty entertaining discussion with the present 7 year olds. At one point the bishop talked about being honest and never commiting crimes. He asked if anyone had been to jail. Somehow the conversation turned when one of the girl's hands shot up in the air and said "Well sometimes it is ok like if you take from the rich to give to the poor." Bishop talked about how we shouldn't steal from anyone, but the girl stayed firm in her love of Robin Hood. The other one took place in sacrament. A couple talked about faith and both mentioned that they will be getting sealed in the temple this year. The girl got teary because she was so happy. Her counterpart mentioned it as follows: "Like my wife mentioned, we will be getting sealed for time and all eternity later this year......That's like......long."

Last Day

Today was my last presentation and my next to the last day of my Masters program. It has been a great experience. I will miss arguing over whether or not ultrasound or nuclear medicine would be the best option, or stressing over a bazillion and one presentations, late night chats on Wimba, or homemade how to's on Youtube for stats, figuring out which labs do what, understanding all of the new jargon with information systems, lots of papers, and our random lunch destinations between classes. Today being our last lunch opportunity together, we ALL went to Chuck-a-Rama, an old lady came up and asked what so many young people were doing at such a large table (table seated for 23). I told her that we were finishing up our Masters degree this week and had a large lunch break. Before the end of our meal together we had several of the early lunching elderly congraulating us and telling us way to go as we served up our salads and enchiladas. It was a lot of fun to be together and I couldn't have asked for a better group to go through this program with.

Real Salt Lake 2012

Last night was the Real Salt Lake Home Opener for the 2012 Season. It was such a fun night with JD, Sye, and Miranda. We started at Ganesh, which was delicious as always, and then went to the game. They had fireworks, cheering, new players, and the team looks so good this year. They won 2-0 against New York. It was definate bonus to see Thierry Henry play as well. He is nearing the end of his football career, but the Frenchman still has some impressive ball handling skills. He played for and was captain of one of my favorite football clubs in England: Arsenal. While the weather forcast said we would be getting soaked, we were just misted at the beginning of the game and the rest of the night was clear. It was a fantastic way to spend St. Patricks and wrap up Spring break.

Believe Real Salt Lake

If you believe then just stand up on your feet.

And shout it out Real!

Here at the riot the battle hymn's begun

We're here for RSL!

Twin Falls

JD and I had a wonderful Spring Break Adventure: Twin Falls Idaho. We loved attending the temple there-so pretty! We were inspired to go and see some of the waterfalls in the area. The single running fall of Twin Falls was ok, but Shoshone Falls was spectacular. We missed out on the petrified watermelon patch, another time I guess. I love road trips. I love being with my best friend, talking about whatever such as deciding whether or not hills are mountains, memories, or where we are going to school, and future decorating ideas. It was a fantastic day.

Prayer Rocks

Our primary lesson was on prayer this week and I have the nasty habit of waiting until the morning of to get everything together to teach our 7 year old class. This Sunday was the perfect storm of being Daylight Savings and 9:00 church=bad combo. I found myself at the Ogden River Walkway about 20 minutes before church digging through river bed rocks for my class. Mind you I was fully dressed in my church clothes and Sunday shoes. I told the class how much I loved them and told them the tale of getting their rocks for proof. One kid's response: "Did anyone see you?!?" Another kid's: "We get to keep these rocks!?!?" Answers: No, no one saw me. Yes, yes you get to keep the rocks you just decorated with metallic sharpies.

What will you be wearing?

I couldn't help but take a picture of this poster I found on the door to a beauty supply store. I have loved the marketing for this movie: crazy, creepy, and cool. What will you be wearing to the opening ceremonies? I am torn between Lux and Lush District 1 and Electrify District 5.

March

Jeremiah's

Emily is home for Spring Break and we have been having a lot of fun with her. Sunday we painted toenails and discussed deep and important questions such as "what would you do if you had 24 hours to spend $45,000?"-serious enough to use a calculater to track spending.

This morning we met at Christie's latest peanut-free restaurant that she can eat at without too much fear: Jeremiah's. It was so fun eating our delicious meals and having fun together, it will stink when Em goes back to the land of antelope and cowboys.

After a delightful breakfast we went to the BDO Outlet one of the most interesting places in Ogden. We all left with a little something, all of which was very random. It was a super way to spend the morning before heading off to a long afternoon of work. Not sure what my life would be like with my awesome, 'quirky', sisters.

You are APPROVED

Approval is a wonderful thing. I like when people like the work that I have done or feel I am competent enough to do or get something. In today's case I got a very important approval without having to make a single change: Institutional Review Board approval. This means my research for my thesis has officially begun. So for all you radiology people out there: PLEASE TAKE MY SURVEY!!!!! https:://surveymonkey.com/s/msrsmasters It is the big event that lasts all the month of March. Share with your other radiological friends.