it's a love/hate thing...

when family comes to visit me.

i think i've posted about this before, so i apologize. but sometimes i think i'm the only person who is this emotional when family leaves. and to add to it, i've also been missing the fall season, one of my favorite seasons. no offense arizona, but i hate this time of year down here. this should be no surprise since i have missed "fall" 3 years in a row now, and i should be grateful since it has been cooling off recently. but 98 - 105 degrees isn't exactly what you call a nice fall day when it's almost october.

my parents came for a short visit. they came to church and had sunday dinner with us, we went to a much anticipated asu football game, went to dinner a couple times, i got to visit them at the beautiful phoenician (where they were staying a few nights) AND i got to go shopping with mom at fashion square, of course. it was wonderful. and as always, i was sad when they had to go. and am now currently depressed. j/k. maybe not depressed, just having myself a little pity party and homesick.

the other day i was thinking about where we're going to live for residency. so i started researching some of the different possibilities. i know this is down the road a bit, but really jeff will be applying for residency before we know it and we'll be living somewhere else for another 4 years. crazy to think about. while doing this, it started to sink in how long this journey really is. though i'm kind of excited to start another adventure and live somewhere new again, it doesn't make another 4 years any shorter or make being away from family any easier. so it added to my current homesickness.

so there's my two cents. i'm not asking for everyone to feel bad for me. it's just something i had to get off my chest. i have so much to be grateful for and i really have nothing to complain about. it's just part of me being my soppy ol' self. and i'll get over it soon. i hope.

on a lighter note, here's some pictures and a little bit about the game:

my wsu roots were showing a little bit and i was so excited, the stadium was huge. it put weber state to shame!

we were among the few who weren't in gold... we stood out just a little.

this is actually a horrible, greasy picture of me. (jeff looks great, of course.) but this is to show just how hot it was. we were literally melting! we'll have to go a little later next time when the temperature starts coming down, maybe october?

there were fireworks after every touch down, and they killed stanford, so we saw alot of them. we had a nice little fireworks show, it was fun. :)

forgive me, the following is about the asu cheerleaders. feel free to read on or skip this commentary if you would like.

some of you could care less, but because of my background it is my obligation to comment on the asu cheerleaders' performance. and here is what i thought of them: BOO!! they pretty much didn't do much of anything but shoulder sits. (however i will give them credit for having more modest uniforms.) my mom and i didn't see one basket toss, one pyramid or any individual partner stunting for that matter. and i was very disappointed to say the least. mainly because they took first place at nationals not too long ago, when i cheered at weber state. the students and mascot were easily more lively than they were. in fact, the students threw each other in the air when ever there was a touch down. it was kind of like a body surfing type thing at a concert, but just throwing them up and down! the number of times depending on the score - and the mascot did push ups. i'd never seen that before and it looked kind of fun!

despite my opinion of the cheer squad, it was so much fun and i would go again! thank you mom and dad for taking us! here is one last good shot:

so glad you could come, i love you and miss you like crazy. now come back!!