Flashlght

This is Brian's and my project number two for our Mechanical Engineering Graphics class. We were supposed to use our disc shooter and make it parametric (add equations to the dimensions so you can just change one thing and you get different sizes as shown) but that would've been insanely hard and crazy! So in the end we took the easy way out and just made the flashlight parametric since this flashlight is very easy, not many curves. It is due today and we are almost done, we just need to print everything out and turn it in. It has taken quite a while and we have been working on it constantly for the past two weeks. So if you want a Laura and Brian original call now and it will only be five payments of $5.99.

Salt Lake

Brian and I went to Salt Lake yesterday. It was really fun.

We went to the Hogle zoo which wasn't as good as the woodland park in Seattle but it was great. We saw all kinds of animals like Giraffes (my favorite), Lions, Monkeys, Snakes, Frogs, Cougars, Penguins, Elephants, Bunnies, and all kinds of animals. It was pretty cold but we dressed warm.

This really cool lion drinking fountain at the zoo was so cool but they had already turned off the water for the winter so it didn't work. But I got to stick my head in a lion's mouth.

Brian at "Grandma's House" in "China". I'm not sure what he's wearing but he plays the drum pretty well.

After the zoo we went to temple square and saw the Joseph smith movie in the legacy theater. That movie is so good, I love it! Then we took a tour of the conference center, that place is huge and the roof is cool. I like all the paintings and everything. Then we went to the tabernacle which was tiny but the sister missionaries did a cool thing. They spoke from the pulpit and did a pin drop test and we could hear it from the back row without any microphones. It was pretty awesome.

We ate dinner at applebees which is a classic restaurant that is good anytime even though Brian had never been there. The food was really good and we did get that spinach and artichoke dip that everyone loves.

Then we went and saw Madagascar Escape 2 Africa which is a hilarious movie. If you liked #1 I would recommend seeing #2. It is funny. The whole thing about it is that they build an airplane to try and get back to New York but it crash lands and they end up in Africa and Alex the lion finds his long lost parents. They think it's a great place but then things go wrong and in the end it's all better and they stay in Africa.

I found this person on a bike on the sidewalk on our way to the trolley. It reminded me of the bike racks back home at 4 corners that look like bikes. Oh yeah, and the trolley was so fun, it was kinda like a monorail but cooler. It was free too so we rode it a bunch of times just for fun. It was exciting.

Disc Shooter

It's done! Brian and I finished our Project for Mechanical Engineering Graphics today. We made a disc shooter. It was such a fun project and I'm happy with how it turned out.

Two Times Tuesday

So today is Tuesday. I watched the devotional which was pretty good, I liked the First Counselor of the Presiding Bishopric that spoke. I ate lunch and watched it at Brian's house which is way more comfortable than the seats at the Marriott Center. I finally had a real lunch today. I've been needing to buy food and I did so now I had a PB&J, String Cheese, Granola Bar, and Cheez-Its. I loved it! After classes Brian came over to work on our Disc Shooter. It is coming along well and the hard part is over. Yeay! So that's it for Tuesday. Oh yeah, and It's election day today also, I wonder who is going to win.

Sat-ur-day, what a day, groovin' all week with you

Yesterday I went to the temple for the first time since I've been here because I just got my recommend. It was really fun; I went with Sara and Heather.
We came back and picked up Becky and went to IHOP for breakfast which was so delicious.
Then we went to Cold stone because I had to owe them Ice-Cream. We got in there and sampled so many flavors the lady that worked there gave us this weird look like if we were going to order anything or not :)
Brian came over to work on our Mechanical Engineering Graphics class project. We're making a disc shooter. We worked on it for 3 hours and didn't get much done. It was kinda frustrating but we figured out a bunch of things.
Brian and I went and played croquet with his roommate and his girlfriend. It was so fun, partly because it was dark and that we kept hitting each others' balls away. I actually did pretty well considering I've never really played croquet for reals.
So yesterday was a pretty fun day, and BYU won their football game which is a plus.