To All Our Adoring Fans

We're sorry about yesterday. Blogging on the Sabbath may be against the Honor Code. We're not taking any chances with our salvation.

So, we went to church at noon. It was like a bag of jelly bellys. Why? There were many flavors. One girl told us all that her family loves hunting and she had a stuffed antelope in her room at home that she herself shot. The fifteen couture girls from Mesa, Arizona thought this was very sad. Another girl chose to share her love of duct tape with the Relief Society. A boy from Arkansas compared McDonalds and the church in his testimony. There was a rivalry between North and South California over the podium. We also took pictures for our Ward Menu, did not fast because we didn't know we were supposed to, and got taught our Relief Society lesson by a lady who seemed extremely nervous. But we enjoyed it. Sincerely.

Later that night we had our first ward mixer. We have really improved our mingling skills since being here. BYU changes a person. We made an effort to meet everyone there. When we thought we got everyone, new faces would appear. Nametags actually added to the awkwardness since we could no longer ask people's names. Eventually, we ended up with Hiram's nametag. Lisa wore it and it made her feel smart. We scanned it and our purple ten wrist band. Scanning is the new facebook.

After our ward mixer we celebrated our first ever Helaman Halls visiting hours. Get this: 7:00 to 9:00 on Sundays and Wednesdays, not only can we go into boys' halls, but we can go into their rooms...with the door open. We went to find Joseph to get our picture signed, but he wasn't home. So, we found ourselves alone in a boy's dorm. We felt like we were demolishing the honor code just by being in that building. Luckily an R.A. told us he was glad we were there because it makes them look cooler. The third floor Merrill crew was pretty hospitable. We met a Texan who showed us a giant Texas flag he was trying to hang up in his window along with his break away basketball hoop and his pull up bar.

After visiting hours we had a floor meeting. Some good bonding was done. We also got rape whistles for our key chains, which should really help out a lot.

We went to bed, then woke up.