So the 13th, and last Tuesday BYU had our first Men's basketball games. I'm in the pep band, so I got the opportunity to go and cheer on the cougars! It was lots of fun and we won both of those games. I haven't paid any attention to away games, so I don't know their record, but apparently we've always done really well each year. We'll see how well they do this year! Hopefully we'll get a nice long trip for NCAA playoffs.
We played Air Force in football yesterday. It was a brutal beginning as BYU totally dominated, but later on there were some horrible calls and Air Force got some points on the board. But we won. The Air Force Drum and Bugle Corp came and performed at the game as well. It was fun to see them perform, as we don't really get the chance to watch any other bands perform ever. They played Brazil by Frank Sinatra (I think. They had some trouble playing over the percussion, as there was a small front ensemble consisting of an electric bass, electric drum set, and a couple of other electric drums.) Good game.
Friday, we went and helped a family move out of their house into a new apartment that's still in the ward. We have been trying to do service each week and this was our opportunity this week. As we were helping them load up their stuff, we realized how much stuff it's possible to live without. They had tons of just random chairs, sports equipment (including snowboards, golf clubs, lacrosse rackets (or whatever you call them), etc etc), tv, a California king bed with head and foot boards, a ginormous couch, lots and lots of lamps, a treadmill, a ping pong table. We are very very grateful for how easy we've been able to forget about so many luxuries that we could have. We have a tiny apartment with not a whole lot of stuff in it, but we are extremely happy and we always can find things to do together that don't cost money, and don't need much room for.
Tonight, we got invited over by our home teachers for dinner, along with the other couple they home taught. We had burritos/nachos. It was very delicious and lots of fun to hang out with some families from the ward. For our lesson this month we watched "From the Mouth of Babes"; a movie asking questions to kids about the gospel. Our favorite quote from it was "Q: Where do good people go? A: Heaven Q: What happens to bad people? A: They get spanked!" lol such a cute movie with so many cute little kids.
We got a package from Mama M this week full of stuff to prepare for our first homemade Thanksgiving feast this Thursday! She even included ingredients for gumdrop turkeys (of which Brittany ate one before she knew what they were for, but that's ok!). It's my favorite time of year from now til December because of so many family traditions that I remember. I look forward to creating new ones, and combining old ones with Brittany and discovering what our family enjoys. So many new things to look forward to being married.
Today was the second rehearsal of the BYU 93rd Ward Choir under the direction of yours truly. This week went much better, as we actually had a piece that was written for SATB. The women appreciated that. Still working on getting people out to sing, but I'm planning on emailing the ward. There's also rumors of callings going out to folks to be in the choir. I think I'm starting to feel more comfortable as I get to know the capabilities of those in the ward. For our Christmas program we'll be singing While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks arranged by Sally DeFord, and The First Noel/Jesus Once of Humble Birth arranged by David A. Zabriskie. I wanted to sing a quartet that I sang years ago in Stake Youth Fireside called "Mary's Joseph" but apparently that sacrament meeting is going to be full of other people singing and talking. Apparently though, we go do service at an old folk's home that they said we could sing at, but there's no piano there. We'll see how everything works out.
Anyway, life's good. 'SGood. Recipe from this week is homemade chicken nuggets. We got this recipe out of Mary's gift to Brittany. We really enjoyed it, and it was super easy. Love yall
~Chris and Brittany
5 chicken breasts, boned and skinned
2 cu dry bread crumbs (we used Italian flavored)
1 1/2 tsp paprika (we used seasoning salt)
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1/2 cu milk
2 tsp butter or oil (really, just enough to fry the chicken in)
Cut up the chicken breasts into bite size pieces. Mix the dry ingredients in a ziploc and set aside. Beat the egg in another bowl and add the milk to it. Dip the chicken into the egg, and then put it in the ziploc and cover with the breading. Heat the oil in the frying pan and fry the chicken until it's done.
The chicken came out really juicy. We used only 3 chicken breasts, and that along with some steamed broccoli filled the two of us up, though I ate a little too much. lol It was really good!
kbye
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