AKA: Yello, Bunjun, Hot Avocado
Birthday: November 29

I first met Ben at a New Years Eve party. He was extremely quiet and I wasn't entirely sure what to think of him. Our friendship first started some months later when he and his brother spoke with me on the stairs behind the institute one night during ward prayer. There was a connection then and we have been friends ever since.

Ben has a fabulous sarcastic sense of humor. Whenever I am with him I find myself laughing (especially at myself, since he finds great joy in making fun of me!). We share a love of photography, which has found us up canyons, downtown at Temple Square and other various locations through out the valley. One time we went to the rail yard to take pictures of the trains and were almost arrested. We laughed pretty hard over that one. We have shared our love of music with each other and Ben has introduced me to some of my favorite bands including Counting Crows and Dashboard Confessional. (Plus he does a mean Bono impression while trying to get a particular stupid song stuck in my head!) We share a love of the Tracy's Peanut Butter Cup Sundae at Leatherby's and of Lumberjack Sandwiches.

My friendship with Ben has taught me a lot about compromising and exploring all that the world has to offer. It was with Ben that I finally was able to see the Phantom of the Opera for the first time. I could not imagine having shared that experience with anyone else. He even humored me and wore the pink tie that I bought him! We had a huge water fight through out his house and almost ruined his brother's missionary picture that was hanging on the hall wall.

He has the worst memory, but he always remembers the things that truly count. He has a hard time expressing his feelings but when he does I am grateful because I know that they are sincere. I consider Ben one of my best friends and I couldn't imagine the world without him.