Here we have an example of Cheryl's pet peeve: clever product names that aren't really clever AT ALL!

This one's for Belizabeth, my favorite roommate with an irrational fear of sharks, who will be here in TWO DAYS!!! Mr. Sharky's excited, are you?

Things you see when you know where to look on campus.

I got a haircut! Jealous?

Okay, maybe its just because I came across these at 5 in the morning but, they are scary. Not scary "Ah!" but scary "Uhhh...hmm...I...uhh...huh...gee....why?" Creeeee-py.

Speaking of standards, here's a guy who has none. Ponytail, wife-beater, his face. I wasn't even on a quest or anything. He just hit me like a water balloon to the windshield at 3:30 in the morning as you're driving your friend to her on-campus janitorial job...but thats another story.

So, Shlee! sent me on a quest to find the ugliest shoes at Shopko, a title that has already been given to those Airwalk garden clogs that are all the rage with nurses and people who like wearing styrofoam, so I found the second ugliest shoes. "But Cheryl," you say, "whats wrong with golden flowery things?" Nothing, unless you're freaking talking about shoes! Please! I have standards, people!

The cell 

Another shot of the jail 

The door and the bullet holes 

Statue with Carthage jail in the background 

Joseph and Hyrum statue in Carthage, Illinois. Sharon and I stopped by there on our way back, and by "stopped by" I mean "drove twenty miles in the opposite direction before turning around and backtracking." It was worth it, though. 

The carriage tour of Nauvoo 

Can't get enough o' that temple 

My mom is cooler than your mom 

Mom, I wouldn't take so many pictures of you if you didn't give me such a satisfying annoyed face every time. 

Amazing set-- they actually "built" the temple right onstage 

I want me a pioneer outfit real bad 

King Follett and guy 

Singing, dancing, and flag waving 

The Irish family 

Eric! 

Pageant! 

The Theurers were awesome enough to save us FRONT ROW SEATS for the pageant. They had to run off the stage and claim them right after the previous night's performance. 

Another gorgeous midwestern sunset 

View of the temple from the pageant grounds 

The Theurers 

Well if it isn't George Albert Smith, or at least my cousin dressed up as him! 

Uncle Jeff looking spiffy in his pageant wear.