So far the first two days of Spring term have been good. I have picked up the following tidbits of knowledge: 1. “We’ll do introductions first and then the syllabus because people are more important than things” – Doctrine and Covenants Professor. I LOVE this professor. She is such an amazing teacher that I spend…
Family
Summer Vacation!
We had a long weekend to squeeze in all of our summer activities – we made the most of it! Actually I should back up to how the weekend started. I had my last final was a presentation at 11 on Thursday. At 11 the teacher said that he would like to forgo the 12…
Sumo Bots
Andrew and Jessica had an interesting competition last fall. Their applied physics class ended with dividing into teams and building their own sumo bots. They had to do all of the wiring to get a working remote control destruction machine. Meet Andrew’s bot: Meet Jessica’s bot: Now you can watch them in action! In case you don’t watch…
Fiddle
This semester I played in a fiddle group. At the end of the semester we joined forces with the banjo class and arranged a number. Here is the end of semester concert. Enjoy!
Robots make our Lives Easier
Sometimes. We built a beautiful robot that made us waffles (us in this situation doesn’t mean Andrew and I, it means three other BYU students and myself). It is pretty cool actually, run with pneumatic cylinders all powered and controlled by a basic stamp, called a board of education (for those of you that are familiar with…
Breaking Glass
Finals week has always been one of my favorite as a college student. This phenomenon links back to my eight year old days when my mom read us the first Harry Potter. The description of their examinations seemed magical to me, just like everything else in the book. So final exams week is my chance each…
Back to the Beginning
Andrew and I had a wonderful honeymoon (although I was sick half of the time with some version of the flu) in Heber and Park City, but we were also excited to get back to Provo and set up our little apartment before school started. We took off right after the reception and had a very…
Up, Up, and Away!
At least that is what happened to our water bottle rockets and projectiles launched from the trebuchet we built so far this fall. Fortunately our solar car remained on the ground, but it did move the fastest in our class race!