I Love Kayaking

This is not my new Kayak (I should have it Wednesday), nor is it on a river but in the pool... but it still makes me excited so i thought i'd post the pictures

I'm about to launch into the pool - one of the guys in the club was nice enough to let me borrow his boat and gear for a bit. This boat was too small and i liked my paddle better...

heres me (with my paddle) trying to do a stern squirt  (where my boat is vertical).
As soon as i get my new boat i'll post pictures and then more when i get to go for the first time!

I Gotta Apron!

So i have wanted an apron for a long time, but they always seemed so expensive whenever i remembered to try to buy one. On my mission i wanted it to keep my nice clothes from getting dirty when i made meals, and now at home i cook alot and also work at the MTC, so i still wear church clothes regularly.

so... there is this awesome girl in my ward, Lindsay Nelson, who does lots of crafts. She made her whole apartment aprons. So i got her some fabric (stuff that was relatively manly in case she put some girly frills, which she did) and she made one for me. I feel pretty legit

Arizona Trip!

So this is late, but i have been busy out of my mind. But, better late than never i always used to say!

Over the three-day Presidents' Day Weekend i traveled to Arizona. It was wonderful to see everyone (that i could) from my mission. I didn't have enough time to even spend with all of them, let alone get any pictures, so the only pictures I've got are from the drive home.
Just a bit of the stunning Arizona/Southern Utah landscape!

Lake Tahoe Road Trip!

Well, This last 3 day weekend (from Martin Luther King Jr. day) I went on a road to Tahoe with Harrison Douglass, Sarah Whittier, and Kristen Milligan. Sarah had the hookups with the hotel (so that translates to "free"), and Kristen had hookups with Sugarbowl Ski resort (also "free"). It was a long drive (9 hours or so) but we had much dancing and music and fun that made it not seem too bad.

our trip begins with the two heroines of the story: Kristen and Sarah (Sarah's the one driving in the picture)

You probably also noticed our trip mascot, a little Russian (from Ukraine, however) nesting doll that we affectionately named "Katinka Ingabogovinanana" (if you haven't watched it it's from Zoolander)

and by the way she will be featured in many more of our pictures, so just look out for her (kindof like "where's waldo?"

And now for the heroes, quickly devouring circus animal cookie things.

When Saturday finally came around, we went to the north side of Tahoe to go ski Sugarbowl

Here is the fantastic view from the top of the highest lift in Sugarbowl. Both pictures i didn't move where i was standing, the one above is to the left and then the bottom picture i rotated right.

As you can tell, it was a gorgeous day!

Just Sarah, Harry, and I were able to ski. Kristen broke her leg not long ago, so she spent Saturday visiting friends that she knew when she lived in Truckee. Harry is in the green & brown, Sarah - white jacket, and I am the guy in the bright yellow helmet (not visible in this picture...)

Are you supposed to be looking for Katinka?

A good view of Donner Lake

it was really warm (like 45 or something like that) and so i had to take off my outer shell. Even then i was pretty warm 

yeah....we're cool, and we don't care who knows

Katinka decided to hit the slopes with us, she's pretty intense like that

This is a pretty picture as well as shows you the condition of the snow. It was pretty wet (a fact that was helped by the warm weather) but it had rained earlier that week and then froze, so it had a thin layer of ice in parts, which you can see the light reflecting off it here

Me just chilling on the chairlift...

The ski bums. (a cool fact, it's neat to see my hand holding the camera in my goggles, and then see me holding the camera in Harry's goggles. If Sarah had reflective goggles it would be even cooler...

yep, can't have a trip without a picture where it looks like something is growing out of your head. (also this is the only one with me and the sign. the kid we asked to take the picture only got us, he cut off the sign out of the picture... thanks man)

Sunday after church we went to a park alongside Lake Tahoe, both to make ourselves lunch, and enjoy the beauties of the Lake. It was interesting being on a beach of snow

With such a beautiful dock scene, I had to get one of my silhouette staring off into the lake

Harrison. Looking pretty Jim - as usual

Here's the entire crew - it was a pretty fun trip

but as in all road trip weekends, this one had to end. So we'll send you off with a picture of Katinka and the sunset of our trip to Tahoe

My second District

Heres some pics with my second district
Going to Alabama and either New mexico or Nevada - i'm spacing as to which right now...

My first MTC district!

I began working at the MTC last semester, around October/November. In November I got my first district of Elders. Half (about) were headed to the Birmingham Alabama Mission, the others to the Anchorage Alaska Mission. They were awesome, and it was a wonderful experience to teach them. Here's a couple pictures from our last day

As of right now there about a month into their missions already (they left in December)

Alec's new adventures in Devonshire 15

So here are some random pictures that chronicle my new life as a BYU student staying in Devonshire 15:

just to show a little bit of the people and the apartment

I am Alec

This is Tanner Jones, my apart-mate

This is Bennett Forbes, Tanner's room-mate and my other apart-mate

This is not my room-mate, (don't worry mom) I don't have a new picture of Trammell Cox yet, 

but i'll post one later

This is Erin Griffey jokingly crossing our infamous Dev 15 "chastity line"

 In Devonshire 15, WE COOK LIKE MEN!

 (for those that are curious that is creamy corn and potato soup - Thanks Ben for the cookbook[s]!)

 Here are two parts of our apartment - we have a Colorado flag (the 3 others are from Denver)

and a garden statue saint to hold our keys and change

So now you have a taste of Dev 15!