provo canyon!

today tayler, andrew, heather, and i took a sunday drive up the provo canyon to vivian park. it was a beautiful day! here are some highlights...

sundance!

friday night some friends and i went up to the chair lifts at sundance for the midnight ride. it was fun! i especially liked telling jokes to the random strangers in the opposing lift as we went up and down...

tayler, me, and andrew on the lift
some of the group--heather, quinn, andrew, katie, me, tayler, and lauren

happy birthday, quinn!

the group...aubry, ben, allie, tayler, scott, quinn, andrew, and heather
the birthday boy and me

potent potables!

a look at some of the randomness of this week...

tayler and i found a sweet swing in front of the miller apartments...

the cake that tayler and heather made for andrew's birthday
happy birthday, andrew!

opening socials!

last friday i went to the byu 1st stake opening social at helaman fields. it was themed "ward olympics." after some intense competition, my ward, the byu 164th ward, pulled out the first place victory. woot! woot!

here we are celebrating...
the ward...

on thursday we had our ward opening social/bonfire up at vivian park in provo canyon. it was a beautiful night and great to meet the new wardies. i love the byu 164th ward!
some of the ward...
more of the ward...
i love fall time in the canyon!

graduate school!

so, i started graduate shool this year...it's crazy busy, but i love it!

it's official...my undergraduate diploma finally arrived in the mail.
last thursday i went to the graduate studies welcome/orientation dinner. true to redd tradition, here is a picture of the dessert...it was delicious!
some of my cohort and me--nicole, cambrie, me alyssa, sarai, katie, cristi

i heart football!

last saturday marked the beginning of football season. the cougars started off strong with a 23-17 win over the washington huskies. let the good times begin again!

some ward football friends--jake, adam, ryan, lars, john, terrell, emily, kelsey
more ward football friends--terrell, spencer, johnny, becca
heather allen and me
the half-time show--coach lavell edwards invited all his all-american quarterbacks for a weekend reunion. some people you may have heard of--elder jeffrey r. holland, elder cecil o. samuelson, lavell edwards, steve young, ty detmer, jim mcmahon, and many more!
love it!