Conference weekend!

General Conference was this weekend, and some HUGE announcements were made that will change my life and the lives of others forever. It was announced that young men can now leave for their missions once they are 18 and have graduated from high school, instead of when they are 19. But something that has an even greater impact on me, is that young women can now leave on their missions at age 19 instead of 21. That change was monumental! There are going to be so many more sister missionaries now, since that announcement has been made. For me personally, this means that I will probably serve a mission, when I had previously thought that I wouldn't ever serve one. The news of this also spurred some funny responses that were seen all over facebook.

They crack me up! And to be completely honest, they might be at least partially true. Conference was great though, and it will definitely be something that we all will remember.

Long before Conference though, we got our garden ready for winter. This entailed harvesting all of the food, and tearing out all the plants. We had to pick so many tomatoes prematurely, which left us with a huge box of green tomatoes. These will be made into delicious tomatillo salsa. Yes, they aren't truly tomatillos, but we didn't plant any this year so they will have to do.

I wasn't kidding when I said that it was a huge box! The salsa will be good though!

Wednesday was one of the best days this week. I got my senior parking pass during fifth period that day. So I went from this pass,

to this beautiful pass.

I feel so lucky! The 49th spot is the last senior parking spot, so I barely got a spot. I know that I will really enjoy the benefits of having this spot that is much closer to the school than I would have otherwise, especially since the weather is getting colder. Needless to say, Wednesday was a day of rejoicing for all of us seniors who were fortunate enough to get these passes.

Let's not forget about those wonderful Friday night High School football games. This last Friday was the rivalry game against University High School: the Greasy Pig. I got to take pictures of the game and halftime show at this event, which was pretty cool, but not the first time that I have done something like this. The referees were so picky, and were yelling at everyone that were on the sidelines. Even those of us with special privileges like the press pass that I had and the coaches were yelled at. It was a tad bit ridiculous. At any other game that I have taken pictures at, this has never happened before.

I love stadium lights when you have a good camera! The moon was also gorgeous that night.

It was so unbelievably cold at the game though! I was not super smart, and didn't bring a jacket or gloves. I was wearing a long sleeved shirt, but it didn't really cut it. Luckily, Ashleigh and Connor came to watch the game, and I chatted with them a little bit after half time before the game started again. Connor insisted that I wear his leather gloves, and even though they were huge (the fingers were and inch too long for one), they probably saved my fingers, and I was to thankful for them. Thank you guys so much!

I know that neither of you really liked this picture, but it looks just fine to me! I am honestly so blessed to have the two of you as my friends. I got some pretty good pictures of the actual game and the band and marching band at half time, but I am saving those as a surprise for the yearbook. I also got a few good crowd and cheerleader shots, but those aren't usually as cool as the other ones. The best part? We owned! We crushed U-HI 47-14. We were expected to win, but the score was still a little humorous.