Hey, hmmm my favorite smell is this candle called volcano. I can't really describe it. But it's really good! What's your favorite smell?
Interesting candle name
Yeah haha but its good! My wife showed it to me! So what smells do you like? Bacon?
Uh...you're not allowed to judge, but I lived in a more rural area so I smell that I'm fond of is cow manure... Haha though any kind of food smell is amazing Unless its squash soup That stuff is nasty
Haha that is cool! I mean I totally get it! It bring back memories! No judging here! I actually like squash. It's not my favorite, but it's not bad either. Where did you grow up again? I think I've talked with you before?
I mean I like squash, just not in soup form... I think so? I'm from NY Upstate
Oh haha thats funny. What is it about the soup form? Oh maybe not haha. But thats cool!
I don't know. It's just thick and chunky and awkwardness and weird textures Yeah. NY is pretty cool
Oh haha that is not the squash soup that I have had. Mine is smooth and creamy and delicious. I use butternut squash, is that the one you use?
I...think so? My mom is usually the one who made it, but she stopped after my sister and I sat at the table for a couple hours refusing to eat it...
haha that is funny. The fight of a mom. I'm kinda in that battle right now. Except my kid usually eats stuff. He just doesn't like a few things.
Oh man kids are the best. How old is he?
He is 6 months old almost 7 months! Seriously you are right. They are the best! So fun.
That is awesome! I used to babysit all the time back home. Though it was mostly them wrestling me instead of me sitting on them...
Yep they tend to do that. Kids have the best life. They just play and dont have to worry about anything. I mean have you ever seen a stressed kid? I haven't. Do you have little siblings or kids?
Kind of? Depends on what your'e definition of stressed means... Nah, I'm the youngest.
Haha like worried about the future. Oh sweet. What's it like being the youngest? I'm the oldest so I have no idea. There is a 15 year gap between me and the youngest, so it's like a totally different world to me.
Haha yeah there is an 18 year age gap between me and the oldest sibling and 5.5 years between me and the next youngest... Normal...? I guess?
So like did it feel like you were the only child at some point?
I was basically an only child for high school and most of middle school...so yeah
Thats what I hear. But hey thats pretty cool! Did you like being the youngest?
Yeah it's OK. You get a lot of hand me downs and such. Lots of expectations, footprints to fill
Yeah thats true. See, I have to like set the example though so that can be stressful. What do your siblings do? Like the oldest is probably like what, over 30? They probably all have jobs and families and stuff.
Kind of yeah. The oldest kind of recently got divorced...they had two kids. She was a PR major and he used to work for Disneyland. The second oldest is an elementary teacher and she married a guy in medical school
Oh I'm sorry to hear that. That is always unfortunate. Oh thats cool. How long has he been in medical school?
They don't have kids yet. And the third is here at BYU in here senior year for mechanical engineering.
Oh sweet! I'm a senior too!
Yeah...it was weird, and they're being really private and weird about it... I think he's in his last year of medical school
And then you are next? So you have 3 siblings?
Yeppers
Sweet. So what are you up to tonight? I'm just simultaneously studying and chatting haha.
Basically me. And watching Black Panther
Oh nice. I've never seen that. Is it pretty good?
Definitely. My family are big Marvel fans. Mostly my dad though.
Yeah haha. I like the movies but mostly just for special effects. The stories are just a little boring sometimes. Like the plot I mean.
Yeah, marvel movies are starting to reeeaallly predictable. Which is kind of frustrating but at this point we're jsut watching them to say we've seen them and still be part of the marvel group They're good for general action and humor
Yeah that is true. You want to be in the club. I really like the movies with good stories. Like The Greatest Showman. What kind of TV shows do you like? I'm currently really into this show called the Good Doctor. Have you seen it? It's about this doctor who is autistic and have savants syndrome so he is like super smart.
Yeesss Greatest Showman. Great song to belt out to. TV shows? Studio C...Avatar the last airbender, stranger things...some random cooking shows
Totally right! Haha thats awesome! I love all those shows! What cooking shows do you watch? Our favorites are Master Chef and Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
One of my sisters introduced me to one called Zumbos? Some Australian dessert competition
Haha interesting. I've never heard of that one. Is it on Food network? Or some other channel?
Uh...netflix...
Yeah haha. But like food network is on netflix too haha. But anyway, did you dress up for halloween?
Yep. I was an elf. Like a Middle Earth elf
Thats sweet! Are you a big fan of the Lord of the Rings?
Yes! Mostly. I've really tried reading the books because I really do like reading, but LOTR is one of those books that's extremely hard to get through My cousins and I used to have LOTR marathons with the extended versions
Haha that is awesome. I love those movie marathon memories. We used to do the same with Harry Potter. But recently, I haven't like Harry Potter that much. But Lord of the Rings is really good. I should go back and watch them again. It's been a while.
The movie marathons were always paired with midnight In N Out runs Best times.
Yeah that sounds awesome. I do go out much late at night anymore, but those were definitely good times.
Introduce your son to movie marathons and french fries!
Haha yeah maybe when he is older! Right now all he can eat is milk and soft foods! But yeah I'm super excited for when my kids are older and I can show them how to party. Babies are fun but I can't wait till we can all talk and laugh together and just like enjoy spending time together. So how is the movie coming?
Pretty great. All my roommates are basically partying But i'm perfectly fine with chilling at home And watching movies And eating food
Yeah thats good. I am totally fine with chilling at home too and watching movies. Who needs parties anyways. And food is always a good idea. What is your favorite kind of food?
Right? Uh...carbs...? Bread and noodles
Haha those are the best! And pizza. And donuts and cookies.
YES all the carbs And Thanksgiving food
Thanksgiving food is the best. My favorite is stuffing and mashed potatoes and pie. I can't wait for thanksgiving to come this year!
Oh man mashed potatoes. And turkey. And gravy. Apple pie. Sweet potatoes. Corn STUFFING
I can tell you are very passionate about this.
Hey Thanksgiving food is something you can't go half baked on
Very true. You have to go ALL OUT. What about Christmas? Better than thanksgiving or no? Strictly talking about food. Because I mean Christmas is better overall. But just the food considered, which one would be better?
I mean...Thanksgiving is kind of all about food...doesn't have any religious connections. But Christmas means traditional Christmas ham, the way my grandfather made it And my parents just got one of those fancy hotel flippy waffle makers So christmas just got a lot better
Very interesting. The chritmas traditions vary a lot. OOOOOhhhhhh those things are the best! Yeah I would say so! We always make cinnamon rolls on christmas morning. Or I guess my parents do. Now that I have my own family I guess we need to decide what our tradition is going to be. But waffles is a good one. Maybe we'll go with that.
I think the tradition is kind of having no tradition until the ham for dinner, we all just scrounge
Haha that is a good way to do it. Do you guys have any other family traditions that you like? Vacations? games? weird things?
Uh...we always go to CA for the summer. And during the winter we see who can whitewash our dad
I love california! What are you favorite things to do there? And what does whitewash mean?
Hanging with my grandparents really. They're house is the best and the cook the best Asian food ever. Haha whitewash means that you push them in the snow and cover them in snow...thus whitewashing them
Asian food is the best! Seriously never a bad time for it. Oh I get it. Whitewashing. Sounds fun! We don't really have any of those traditions, like funny weird ones. But I'd like to have some of them in my family when we are older!
Heck yeah! Like eating the ears off the chocolate bunnies during Easter!
That sounds really funny! See I just want to have a lot of those funny things and like inside jokes and stuff.
Nah, they'll happen. Those kinds of things just happen naturally
I know they will but the funny thing is that I can't really remember any of those moments growing up. I feel like my wife has those memories but I dont
Aw cool! What kind of memories/traditions does she have?
Well, they used to have family dance parties all the time. And planking contests. They always went to the dunes to go riding and they played volleyball a lot together. They would always go to vegas too. But like her dad would say (holding a basketball) "alright kids, if I make this shot we are going to vegas in the morning!"
Woah planking contests! She is fit! And dune riding! Haha sounds like my dad...except was the result was that he got to go inside and sleep
Yeah haha they are a very active family! thats funny! Dune riding is the best! I went with them once and I can't wait to go back!
Meh there are so many things that I want to do here in UT. Dune riding, snowboarding, ziplining, etc....
yeah totally me too! I just wish school didn't get in the way. There are a ton of fun things to do here! Like I haven't even scratched the surface. Do you think you'll stay in Utah after school or move back to New York? And what were you studying again?
No idea! Just'll let it take me wherever I guess. i'm game fro exploring new places I'm in the Editinga nd publishing major
That's kind of the boat I am in too, letting life take me where  ever. I applied to dental schools and so I am waiting to hear back. That will determine where we live. That's really neat. I don't think I know anyone in the publishing major! What kind of classes do you take?
Yeah the major is new for this year. Mostly ELANG and LING classes, a couple of DIGHT classes
Oh I didn't know that! That sounds super interesting. So are you wanting to write books or what kind of publishing are you wanting to get into after graduating? A lot of my extended family have written books! Mostly my grandpa My cousin actually just wrote a futuristic  fiction book that sounds pretty interesting. My wife and I have always wanted to create a cookbook We are really big foodies! One of my favorite dishes is a Mushroom, onion, and Swiss cheese smothered chicken. We just made it up last week and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it! My wife usually does the cooking and makes up these amazing recipes and I do most of the baking. I really love to bake probably because I really enjoy science. I guess you kind of have to enjoy science when you are taking so many science classes. Dental school has pretty strict science requirements. Did you have to take any science classes for your generals? If so, what was your favorite? My favorite science class so far has been physics! It is just so fun and I just feel Like it is pretty easy for me to understand. Surprisingly enough, I have two professors for that class. It's a couple! I have never had a class like that before! Have you ever had a couple teach any of your classes? I was curious, so I just looked up how much BYU professors earn and it's actually really good! If both husband and wife are Professor, they make quite a good living. I don't know why I was curious. I've never even thought about becoming a professor. But maybe someday it would be pretty rewarding to be able to give back and teach at a denta School. My cousin's husband is going to school to be a professor of the Spanish language. Actually I think he actually wants to teach Professors how to teach the language. It is a pretty cool concept. They are living in Minnesota right now and just had there fourth child. Our babies are 6 months apart. I wish they lived closer so we could have play dates. It's kind of sad because all of my son's cousins live in a different state. I am really hoping we can go to dental school in Arizona where all of our family lives. Are you there? Alright gotta go
Ah sorry I gotta go! Sorry I just kind of left that hanging...