Another Change

So that whole spiritual idea didn't seem to be so hot among readers, so I've decided to make this a "Destination of Diverse Discussion" so I'll talk about anything and everything I want to. Kind of how it used to be, but hopefully more interesting.

Now regarding the game Saturday, (because I'm assuming you are all waiting for me to comment about it) it stunk. The only thing I'll say about the actual football game is that any Utah fan who thinks that BYU was absolutely crushed just because of the score is kidding themselves. If you're honest, that game was much closer than 48-24, our defense really did what it needed to do so that our offense had a chance to win the game.

The offense didn't deliver.

And it sucked.

But enough about that. Life goes on. I think. I hope.

My extended family is coming this week for a big Thanksgiving bash. I'm psyched, it's going to be a blast. Anyway, if I don't post until thursday: HAPPY STUFF YOUR FACE DAY. and don't forget to thank your Heavenly Father for how richly blessed you are. I know that I don't do it enough, and I think we can all thank him more often for how abundantly we are blessed.

And now I'll leave you with the drumline's motto this past marching season:

Don't suck.

Another Thought

Last Fast Sunday I was thinking about kind of the same thing as I posted about last time. My main thought, however, was that it would have been really cool if Heavenly Father had put me in the perfect situation so that I could have been Nephi's right hand man, or best friends with Captain Moroni, or lived in a cave with Mormon or Moroni. As I was thinking though, I realized that I am extremely lucky to have the people around me that I do.

My parents are amazing examples to me. I have incredible uncles and aunts who I look up to with so much respect and I have awesome friends and other extended family who are such an inspiration to me as well. I'm close to my Grandma and Grandfather and feel that missing my other Grandparents is a blessing, because I have to have faith that I can meet my Grandma and will see my Grandpa again someday. An besides that, it has also brought the nilsen side of my family closer together.

I have amazing priest advisors and an amazing bishop. I have gotten to be somewhat close to a brother in my ward who was just called to the stake presidency as well as our new stake president. My siblings have blessed me in many ways by not only helping me learn life lessons with them in our home, but just being friends that I'll love forever.

So, in the end, I'm glad that I live when I do, because living in a cave couldn't be all that great, no matter who is there with you. :)

Change in Blog Theme

I was thinking today. I've been really sick of the world lately. Sometimes I get frustrated that we live in the most wicked days the world has ever seen. There is so much filth all around us and quite frankly, it sucks. So far, this blog to date has been a place for me to tell you about my life, fill out surveys, talk about byu, and post my story, but for now, I want it to be a place where I can talk about churchy stuff. I'm not saying that every post will be solely churchy stuff, like I might post about my life once in a while, participate in a tag or two, and probably mention byu more than you want to hear about it, but for the most part, I want this to be my own little spiritual sanctuary. So for my first thought:

The other day I was feeling like life was getting too hard. Not to the point that I'm suicidal or anything even in that realm, but I was just feeling what I stated above: living in these times sucks. So I said a little prayer that as I read my scriptures I would receive a little motivation, a little boost as to why this was all worth it. I already knew the answer, but I thought that it was a valid topic to dedicate my scripture study to. The first scripture I read was Mosiah 14:3-5.

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

That's why it's worth it. Because he wants us to return home so much that he was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities and I know that with his stripes we can be healed.

And that is my thought of the day :)

Tag

1 OF YOUR NICKNAMES: B3 Bomber (drumline thing)

2 DREAM CARS: 1976 white corvette, yellow retro camaro

3 FAVORITE COLORS: Blue, green, and orange,

4 FAVORITE SPORTS(if any): soccer, football, basketball, indoor soccer

5 FAVORITE BOOKS: harry potter series, the firm, runaway jury, princess bride (yes, the book), bleachers

6 FAVORITE MOVIES: Princess bride, batman begins, batman the dark knight, miracle, sixth sense, remember the titans,

7 FAVORITE FOODS: six dollar burgers, roast, steak, manicotti, poppy seed chicken, sunday chicken, tacos (preferably beef),

8 FAVORITE SONGS: Tomorrow is today, summer highland falls, meant to live, kernkraft 400, better together, bubble toes, faithfully, my girl

9 FAVORITE STORES TO SHOP AT: are there that many stores? lets see, DI, the apple store, scoreboards sports, dicks (haha), carls jr. (lol), DI, scoreboard, did I say DI?, DI

10 DESIRED VACATION SPOTS: England, rio de janeiro, florida, california, europe all around, bahamas, idk, europe should cover it.

Quiz TIme

So my dad has his 40th birthday party a week or so ago. My mom had me make a BYU quiz because byu was the theme of the party. So, since I don't really have time to post anything else, I'll post my quiz. I know there are a few people who already know the answers, so I'm sorry that this is kinda lame for you, but I don't really have time for anything else.

Cool, Complicated, Quiz of Cougar Comprehension

1) What year did BYU go undefeated and win the National Championship?



2) Who is the only BYU player to win the Heisman Trophy and what year did he win it?



3) How many BYU quarterbacks have won the Davey O’brien award? (Extra credit if you can name them)



4) What BYU player won the Doak Walker award?



5) Which generally overlooked BYU quarterback passed for more career yards than Steve Young (hint: the first 5 are: Detmer, Beck, McMahon, Bosco, Walsh. Steve Young is 7th, who is sixth?)



6) From the stretch of 1978-1984 BYU played in the same bowl game every year, what bowl was it?



7) Who gained the most all-purpose, yards in their career for BYU?



8) Who gained the most all-purpose yards in a single season for BYU? What season was it?



9) What receiver caught the most passes in their career for BYU?



10) Tie breaker (if needed): How many yards did Ty Detmer throw for in his career? (try to be the closest)