Maybe I am too trusting...

I grew up in what I like to call small town Oregon. A place where you can go to the grocery store in your pjs and you usually run into someone you know. It was a small town where I felt safe in my home, safe out and about, safe running by myself. Growing up we never locked our house except for at night. We didn't lock our cars. I thought this was how everyday Americans lived. Then when I was in high school, and my parents decided that they better lock the doors, I was really put out. Why would we need to do such a thing. I thought of it more as a hassle then a safety precaution.

Then I moved to Happy Valley. Once again I felt safe and once again I didn't lock our car. I learned to lock the house, but not the car. Never did anything get stolen. Pretty good odds huh?

Then we moved to Alabama. Last week we bought a bike for me. $50 dollars... a pretty good deal. We only have one lock so Allen locked the bikes up together. They have been locked right outside our front window. Well today, Allen rode his bike to school and therefore took the lock. He asked me if I wanted the bike brought inside since it wouldn't have a lock. Who needs a lock. Isn't everybody like me? I have no desire to steal someone else's bike and property... why would anyone want to steal my bike and property. I told him I thought the bike would be just fine. Well, Allen got home tonight and asked if I did something with the bike. No I said I wasn't going to bring it inside. Well apparently some people aren't like me... some people do steal bikes. That is right. My bike that we bought last week was stolen. Allen said, "too bad they got a bike with a flat tire." I now realize I am no longer in small town Oregon. I am no longer in Happy Valley. I no longer feel that safe. I thought it was good to be trusting and hope for the good in people. Now I don't know what to think.

Weekend Trips

The Last couple o f weeks we have taken some weekend trips down to Florida. For Labor Day we went to the beach with our friends the Bertagnolli's. The waves weren't amazing, but it was still a white sand beach and warm water. It was fun to just play in the water most of the day. We did do a little reading since Allen hadn't finished Mocking Jay yet. We are finished with it now and we are still deciding if we liked the book. But as for the beach... we loved an oil spill free beach day down in the Gulf of Mexico!

And then yesterday we went down to Tallahassee for the BYU Florida State game. We lost, but I thought it was so much fun being with BYU fans at a live football game. We didn't play great, but the second quarter gave us something to cheer about. Since living down in the south people have asked me how I like the humidity. I have always said it isn't so bad but this is because I could be in AC most of the day. Well yesterday I decided that the humidity is hot and almost unbearable... especially when I am 7.5 months pregnant. Oh it was pretty uncomfortable. Luckily they let us take our camelback into the stadium and the consessions were nice enough to fill it up with ice again after I told them I was pregnant. I try not to use the pregnancy card, but yesterday I didn't feel bad about using it at all! We went to the game with our friends the Jensens who are also die hard BYU fans. Even if it is a rebuilding year, we still love our Cougars! We found that Florida fans were relatively kind and the concessions even gave their Mormon visitors a little gift....

Rise and Shout!

The Cougars are out along their trail to fame and glory! We love BYU. We are really happy that we have some friends out here that are true blue fans too. But as much as we think BYU is amazing and cougar fans are the best... they have nothing on Auburn's pre show tailgating party. Starting Thursday and Friday afternoon, people started setting up tents all over campus for their tailgating parties. The crowds were crazy. Cars were parked all over campus including on the grass (BYU would never let that happen.) We learned that the kids in the elementary schools are taught the Auburn Fight Song. This apparently is football country.

We heard that this was a small turn out. These are the tents by the stadium, but there were tents all over campus.

Most of the tents were Auburn Tents. You have to have Auburn gear to live here.

Well... even though the ward criticized our shirt choice we were more excited about the BYU game than the Auburn Game so we wore our BYU shirts to the Aburn tailgate. We were able to watch the exciting game with some other BYU die hards. This was one of the first BYU home games that I missed in 8 years. I guess I better get used to missing home games but I loved seeing the stadium and the mountains on TV.

Other news... Sabey Baby is growing. Here I am 29 weeks. We just have the football season left and our little one will be here.