Ham Radio

I got my ham radio license last Wednesday. They have the test once a month at the BYU Law Library. The test is very east, there were two 11 year old boys there and they passed. There are 500 questions that they pick 35 from. To study for it you just need to read over the 500 questions and then on the test they are exactly the same.

We have 2 handheld radios and Brian's car one. We talk with the BYU ham radio club every Thursday night at 9pm and Brian is the Net Manager which means he is the ruler of the radio for an hour and tells people when they can talk. So it is pretty fun to be able to talk on the radio and it is good for emergencies or even if we go hiking and get lost.

Snowshoeing

We went snowshoeing on Saturday. It was really fun because it has just snowed the day before. We walked on the Provo canyon river bike trail. The snow was nice and powdery. There was only a handful of runners and 1 or 2 other people snowshoeing. We got there early in the morning so the snow was great. We ended up walking total about 4 miles. It was really fun and quiet and looked peaceful with all the snow. We were careful not to walk under or near any ledges because of the avalanche warning. That is why we chose this place because it is not very close to any steep mountains and not very far up in the mountains. We both had a great time.

Our Future

Disney Dive Quest

Snow

There is a lot of snow here. Brian shoveled a little path to the car so we can walk outside without tall boots to keep our pants from getting wet. We have been wearing boots anyways. Brian says his feel like blankets on his feet. I am glad he is comfortable. It is supposed to snow for 2 weeks straight. I hope we can drive home to Washington safely for Christmas.

Christmas

This is our Christmas nativity. Brian's parents got it for us in Mexico, it is paper mache. The Santa on the temple is a starfish ornament that says Catalina on it. We are going to get an ornament every vacation we go on then our tree will show all the places we have been to. Brian put it on the temple picture and said that there is a new Moroni statue.

Thanksgiving & Catalina

For Thanksgiving Brian and I went to California to visit Brian's siblings and their families. We drove down Saturday and stayed at Jenna's house for a few days. It was fun hanging out with the kids and not having homework or studying to do.


On Monday we took a 1 hour boat ride to Catalina Island to go Scuba diving. We got there and dropped off our stuff at the hotel. Then we found some food to eat then off to Scuba diving. There is a dive park on the island that is protected from boats or fishing so there is a lot of fish and it was really cool to see something like that for the first time. I have only been diving in Utah's lakes. Here are a few pictures we got from the 4 times we went diving over the two days we were there. I just realized that these pictures of us have no fish in them, we saw tons I promise!


So we stayed at Catalina for 2 days because we found this good deal online that was $80 per person for the round trip boat ride, taxi to and from the hotel, hotel room for 1 night, and a tour of some sort. It was a really good deal because the boat is usually $60 by itself

On tuesday we went to a bus tour along the island's ridge so we got to see everything from up high. We saw some buffalo, mountains, and there was an airport at the end. The roads were very small and windy, it was really fun.

For dinner Tuesday we went to a seafood restaurant on the waterfront. Their crab was so good and Brian even ate some fish & chips.

So in the end we had a really fun time and Scuba diving was like nothing I have ever experienced before.

We stayed at Rees' house Wednesday to Saturday and Thanksgiving was fun, there were 12 adults and 12 kids so it was not formal at all, we had paper plates and just randomly ate anywhere we could find a seat. It was great.

We went to the $2 zoo on Friday with the family and that was fun. Brian and I also went to Target Friday morning to buy a Christmas present for Brett & Becky. It wasn't very busy at 9am and we ended up getting something that wasn't even on sale. Oh well.

Saturday we drove home and at about 6pm we ran into some snow in Cedar City. We tried driving through it for about an hour or so then decided to stop in Parowan for the night and were lucky we got a room at the only hotel in town that filled up fast. We got a pizza and watched Lost on Netflix online. It was fun but then we didn't get home until Sunday afternoon, at least Brian got out of giving a lesson at church.

So our trip to California was very fun, I liked the Scuba diving a lot and just not having to do school for a while. It was great.