Karl's life at BVU

Hey family, I have good news and I have bad news.

The good news is I will be making regular Vlog entries. The bad news is that I won't have time to update them here everyday. I will post my first video here but it's up to you to find the other entries. You can easily accomplish this by searching my name on YouTube. I should be updating it every other day. Here is the first video.

Thanks

I am not sure how often everyone gets on the blog to check updates, and I guess it doesn't matter if you comment before Thanksgiving or after, since really it shouldn't take a holiday for us to give thanks. Anyway - I just thought it would be nice to share a short list of 5 things that we are thankful for. So...comment back! :)
1) Of course, loving, supportive, encouraging and FUN family. JAKEB and MM run this weekend!
2) really amazing friends, both new and old at college
3) very real mentors/role models. specifically, a 30-something staff member at BV that is an excellent life example and advice giver to me both in areas of academics and faith.
4) a car that runs. (friends have been having car troubles, and i am thankful that mine has been reliable)
5) peace in knowing that God has a plan for my life, no matter how stressed i might get about the future and where i will be next year.

the joys of music

I have just returned from a free Christian music festival called Lifelight; the weather was beautiful, the bands were entertaining, and I had lovely company for the entire weekend. All in all, I would say it was a good three days! I made the 2.5 hour with two of my classmates, and we had excellent bonding for all the time on the road. Also, Liz and her roommate took themselves, so we got to meet up with them at the festival. I'm not sure I can write a coherent entry with good transitions and interesting tidbits, so I am going to go ahead and make a bullet list of the top 6 things from the weekend. (not in any specific order...i can't pick a BEST..)
- getting lunch from Bagel Boys and dinner at Hu Hut
- practicing dance moves with Molly (liz's roommate)
- sneaking in the "employee entrance gate" to see the pool when we went to pick up my friend from work...and then mistaking a different lifeguard for my friend!
- sitting on the blanket talking with Sarah about the ethical issues medical schools ask about in applications/interviews and also talking about whether pediatric oncology is a profession Sarah can handle.
- rocking out to familiar songs
- laughing
just to name a few.