Football, Friends, and Family

This was a great weekend! Friday night the family had the opportunity to attend the BYU fireside. I have never been to one of those before and it was so neat! We heard a couple of BYU players speak then about 50 to 60 of the players that were there all stood and sang "We'll Bring the World his Truth." AWESOME! We then heard Holly Mendenhaul speak followed by Coach Mendenhaul. What a great man! It was great to hear him speak. After they were done speaking the kids were able to get a few autographs....Max Hall (quarterback) and the Coach were top priority!
Saturday was of course prepartation time for the BIG GAME. Let me just say.....
GO COUGARS!!!!!!!!!! What a great game. No - we didn't get tickets...we totally should have! We watched it at home with some friends - where I could do all the yelling and pacing I wanted!!!
Saturday and Sunday we were able to spend some time with Ricks brother and his wife. We love when Craig and Sheri come to visit! They came for the big BYU/OU game. Sheri and I had a chance to hit the important places (Sam Moon and Charming Charlies) while the boys went golfing! To get around, they rented a "sweet" camero! Rick had WAY to much fun driving it. I'm surprised he didn't get a few tickets just test driving it! Jordan was sure to let us know how cool it would be if she could have a car like this. Keep dreamin babe!!!
We were also able to visit with our good friends....The Loveless'. We actually bought their house when they moved to Utah 3 years ago. It was great to see them. They are visiting because their son Braeden and his team, Bingham played in the Big High School game at Cowboys Stadium. We also had some other friends stop by, The Hafens. It was so much fun to see them! We had a little "reunion"!
Monday started bright and early! We headed to Cowboys Stadium for Braedens game. Braeden is the kicker and he is amazing!!! At least I can say, "I knew him when!" The camera zoomed in on him when he was kicking. His face was up close on the big screen!
We were super excited to see him play and also see the stadium. We parked right in front of the ticket gates and sat in the first (bottom)section. We figure that will never happen again, if we get the chance to go back to the stadium! The stadium was amazing. The huge TV screen goes from one 20 yd line to the other. It's pretty spectacular. We had so much fun being there with friends and cheering Braeden on. Being from Texas, Braeden had quite the fan section!!






Chase was excited because he got a Cowboys cup to add to his collection of cups. He also thought it was pretty cool that the bathrooms didn't have towel dispensers. Instead they had "cloth-like" towels folded and stacked on the counter with a silver cowboy star on it. Wow, no wonder why the stadium cost so much! :) After the game we spent the rest of the day with mom and dad and my cousins. It's so nice to have family and beable to just have fun and hang out. Dad BBQ'd, we played cards (a Bills family "must.") and the kids were sure to get in a good swim. Dad's birthday was last week, so since we were all together we decided to celebrate. The big 64!!! I know, the cake isn't very beautiful, but it was SUPER YUMMY!!!
Fun weekend!!!! Now back to school!!! I still don't think I have adjusted out of summer mode yet. Maybe this week, I will realize summer is over, bedtimes need to be earlier, and life is getting busy!