Football & Family

Can you believe college football season is all but over? As many of you know, Michelle and I have always been big BYU football fans and always have bought season tickets. This year was no different, even though the commute is a lot longer from Syracuse and despite the fact that I'm in my last semester at the U. I guess that football games have been a significant tradition for our family, and the BYU-Utah games have been even more significant since they are always right around the time of our Anniversary. We were married during the U game in 2002, and I don't think that Ralph has forgiven me yet! :-)

There have been some fun memories associated with the "big game" and heading out for anniversary plans that night; including getting lost in a huge blizzard one year.

Well this year, we had no plans for going to the game until Cody & Jen got the hookup from his parents. I would like to take a quick moment and thank Cody's-Dad's-Boss. Thanks for making him work yesterday!

Yesterday as we were driving up to Rice Eccles Stadium, we remembered that 6 years earlier, the night before our anniversary, we went up to the same stadium to watch a football game. Greg was playing for the 4-A state championship, and hoping to give an anniversary present. After Greg and co. took care of business we had a nice meal with our parents, went home for the night and got married in the morning. What fun memories!

Well we couldn't think of anything more fun to do to celebrate our anniversary, than to go and be a little blue sunshine in a dark red storm. (okay honestly I could think of a couple more fun things, but this is a family-friendly blog). :-)

We had a great time! The crowd was very wild and everytime I walked anywhere I wasn't well received, but as the 3rd quarter was coming to a close, the crowd was quite silent and I think more than a few red fans were worried that some last minute herioics were going to ruin their night again. Well I suppose it wasn't meant to be and the night was Utah's. One great thing was that when the game was over, the crowd rushed the field and had a presentation, so we got out without any traffic problems and just drove right home. It was great. Well I guess we'll get them next year, go cougars!

I love you Michelle, thanks for being fabulous and being mine. These 6 years have been amazing!