Hey everyone. I just wanted to check in and let everyone know about the new mormon.org. It is pretty cool and it gives you a chance to make a profile and answer some basic questions about our beliefs.
I went ahead and made a profile there. You can all see it here http://mormon.org/me/1QM3-eng/Mitchell. I would definitely encourage each of you to go and make one too! It's a great way to share your testimony online!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
New Arrival!
Miles and Kendra had a baby boy, Owen Kyle Wright, on April 30 (I think that's right). He weighed 8lbs 1 oz and is 19.5 inches long. Congratulations!
The Saga of My Ear
As most of you know, I have found a new love recently, and that love is called ultimate frisbee. I am currently playing on a team for BYU intramurals as well as a team for the Orem City Frisbee League. The saga of my ear begins during a BYU intramural game...
We were playing a ward team (ward teams have a stigma of not being very good) and we were winning 11-2, with the game being done once one team reaches 12 points. The opposing team had the frisbee and their handler hucked the frisbee down the field. The frisbee was floating high and slowly dropping. I was playing deep defense and started sprinting towards where the disc would come down. The opposing team had two players standing there and I knew that I had to stop them from getting the disc. I sprinted in and jumped and came crashing to the ground in a tangle of bodies. I felt my head get hit pretty hard, but I was going to get up and finish out the game. As I stood up, I felt a little dizzy and decided it would be better if I went and sat on the sideline.
As I sat down on the grass I started to feel something trickle down the side of my neck. I put my hand onto my neck to see what it was, and as I pulled my hand and looked at it, I saw blood on my hand. Apparently, I had been elbowed in the head by my teammate as we all fell and it had split the back of my ear open. I went and asked the supervisors (BYU employees) if they had any gauze and they gave me some and made me fill out some forms saying that they weren't liable and blah blah blah. I got a ride home from my teammate/old roommate and thought that maybe the bleeding would stop. After a little while it didn't, so I called my dad (who luckily happened to be in town at the time) and asked him to come pick me up and take me to the emergency room.
I got seven stitches in my ear and had to sit out from a few frisbee games and a soccer game, but things are all healed now.
And now, for pictures!
This is while we were waiting for the doctor to come take a look at my ear. We had washed the blood of twice already, but the ear was still bleeding!
This is the pre-cleaning shot of my ear. You can't really get a good look because I wasn't numbed up yet and it hurt to be moving my ear all around.
This is right after the guy cleaned out my ear. You can see where I split my ear and even the cartilage!
I got to wear a bandage like this for the next 10 days. Very exciting and a lot of weird looks!
All in all, this was not an enjoyable experience! Everything is good now though!
We were playing a ward team (ward teams have a stigma of not being very good) and we were winning 11-2, with the game being done once one team reaches 12 points. The opposing team had the frisbee and their handler hucked the frisbee down the field. The frisbee was floating high and slowly dropping. I was playing deep defense and started sprinting towards where the disc would come down. The opposing team had two players standing there and I knew that I had to stop them from getting the disc. I sprinted in and jumped and came crashing to the ground in a tangle of bodies. I felt my head get hit pretty hard, but I was going to get up and finish out the game. As I stood up, I felt a little dizzy and decided it would be better if I went and sat on the sideline.
As I sat down on the grass I started to feel something trickle down the side of my neck. I put my hand onto my neck to see what it was, and as I pulled my hand and looked at it, I saw blood on my hand. Apparently, I had been elbowed in the head by my teammate as we all fell and it had split the back of my ear open. I went and asked the supervisors (BYU employees) if they had any gauze and they gave me some and made me fill out some forms saying that they weren't liable and blah blah blah. I got a ride home from my teammate/old roommate and thought that maybe the bleeding would stop. After a little while it didn't, so I called my dad (who luckily happened to be in town at the time) and asked him to come pick me up and take me to the emergency room.
I got seven stitches in my ear and had to sit out from a few frisbee games and a soccer game, but things are all healed now.
And now, for pictures!
This is while we were waiting for the doctor to come take a look at my ear. We had washed the blood of twice already, but the ear was still bleeding!
This is the pre-cleaning shot of my ear. You can't really get a good look because I wasn't numbed up yet and it hurt to be moving my ear all around.
This is right after the guy cleaned out my ear. You can see where I split my ear and even the cartilage!
I got to wear a bandage like this for the next 10 days. Very exciting and a lot of weird looks!
All in all, this was not an enjoyable experience! Everything is good now though!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wintery Wonderland
Now that things are beginning to slow down I finally have some time to update everybody! And since my big news and event took place over the busy holiday many of you were not able to attend....no doubt I still love you....so here it is.
Towards the end of October me and Collin got engaged. After two months of planning and anticipating we were sealed on December 29th in the Draper Utah Temple. That morning started out a little hectic as a frantically tried to find my temple recommend. Needless to say it was not found and I ended up having to call my bishop for a new one just hours before I was suppose to be at the temple. Once that was taken care of Annelise did my hair and because we were all behind schedule we scurried around trying to get ready then rushed off to the temple. To my surprise it ended up snowing all morning and the low clouds made it impossible to see the temple. After driving up and down numerous streets we finally found the it. Nearly everyone was already there and I was rushed off to the dressing room to change into my temple clothes. The sealing was further delayed because one of my brothers was missing. I thought Nathan had gone touring the temple but come to find out Tyler and Annelise had also become lost trying to find their way to the temple. However when the time came to enter the sealing room its was great to see all mine and Collin's family there waiting for us.
Afterwards was picture time....definitely not the highlight of the day. Other than the fact that is was freezing and snowing, we were outside for over an hour taking pictures running back into the temple every fifteen minutes or so to warm up before the next round of photos. Finally I made Collin tell the guy taking pictures that we were done. Everyone was really good sports about taking picture although by the next week at our reception in Ely Nathan would have no more of it....however I don't blame him. By the time we left the temple the snow was coming down pretty heavily and traffic on the freeway was really slow. We held an Open House in West Jordan that night but because of the weather and bad traffic many were not able to make it. However it was blast and we had a good crowd show up.
We've been married now for about a month and a half and are enjoying life. We live in a cozy basement apartment on the corner of 900 E and 300 S. Collin is attending UVU studying Psychology and I have finally chosen a major and started it this semester in Public Health!
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