food, football and a plan

national championship day finally came, a day long anticipated at our house.  we were glad this year to have a solid oregon team to cheer for since the auburn program didn't really appeal to us.  evan brought four friends up from byu, we had other friends drop by, some to say good-bye to thomas, mitch johnson and his dad chris came and my brother matt and his wife celeste came for part of the game.  we had yummy chocolate and cheese fondue, chicken wings, chips and dip and banana slush.  i believe a great time was had by all, even though the ducks lost to the tigers in the last few seconds.  sam kept saying how sad he was that this was the last college football game of the year.  but for me that means baseball is around the corner.

evan's mission call is supposed to come tomorrow.  it's all i think about.  craig pointed out last night how much the place you go on your mission can change your whole life.  look at what craig has done with his japanese.  i know evan will go to the place he's supposed to go, but it's such a huge thing, i can't wait to see where it will be.

helam heimuli, evan's good friend, is already in the mtc, but his mom called yesterday and reminded us that she works at the post office.  she wants thomas to be able to see where evan is going before he has to go to the mtc at 1:00 tomorrow, so she offered to bring the call up in the morning by 7:00 a.m.  but evan can't make it up here until tomorrow night and he wants the rest of his friends and family to see him open his call, so evan came up with a plan.  thomas is going to open evan's call in the morning, see where evan is going and then tape the call back up.  he will go to the mtc and be able to tell all the b-town kids where evan is going and we will all find out tomorrow night with evan.  hopefully it all works.