A Wonderful Weekend!

Great Weekends are Great!

Man you've gotta love a lazy weekend!

I had such a great weekend. It started with waking up Saturday morning, no one knows I came home the night before at 2 in the morning and just quietly crawled into bed. So when I get up in the morning, I got a pleasant reaction from every member of my family to the degree of:

WHERE DID YOU COME FROM???

Needless to say, it was a very satisfying moment.

I hung out with my family and Mackenzie for most of the day. We played a thrilling game of The Game of LIFE. Board games always get a little heated in my house. There's a trifle of yelling, maybe some name calling, alliances, betrayals, etc. This game, of course, was no different.

I didn't win, but I did get a cool million dollars while not compromising my standards. "Alex, will you leave your wife for me to help me pay off my debts?" Yes, I was asked that during the course of the game. No.

We concluded the night by playing Wii Party. If you haven't played it yet, do it. It is a blast. It's just a bunch of mini games comprised into party challenges. You do anything from chopping a carrot as fast as you can, to turning each other into zombies, to rocking a baby to sleep as fast as you can, and so on. Basically, it adds up to a crazy fun evening.

So along comes Sunday: The Christmas Program in Sacrament Meeting...

I have a love/hate relationship with playing the piano. I love playing in front of people...that sounds really self centered...but I get SO nervous when I play. My hands have little seizures right before I start playing. The song I played today was "O Holy Night" which in and of itself isn't bad, but when it's a Mormon Tabernacle Choir version, you know you're in trouble. I had a girl in my ward, Candace, help me with the song and it turned out very well. Then came the song I was really nervous about: Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Again, not a scary song unless you have to improvise and accompaniment WITH a key change between verses...yeah. It ended up being a lot better than I expected and i made it out of the Christmas Program unscathed. 

I ate dinner at home today. I love Sunday dinner at my house: Slow cooked roast beef, lots of mashed potatoes and gravy, salad...oh it's to die for. After that, I had some great conversations about different things with my dad and the rest of the family. I drove back to Provo where I find myself in my bed blogging. Tomorrow, it begins...Finals Week.

Stay tuned...

AMS