BYU vs Wagner

My family all went to a BYU game together! I have never been to a game with my dad and I've never been able to go with 2 of my sisters. Now we just need to go to a game with all 3 sisters!

Matching shirts! 

We had a blast! It also helped that we won 70-6 haha!

BYU vs Nebraska

September 5, 2015 was the first BYU game of the season. We were playing Nebraska on the road and I will TOTALLY admit I had no hope for us winning the game. Nonetheless, it was BYU's first game of the season and I was SUPER excited!! Kaycee and I both got decked out in our BYU gear first thing in the morning and waited for the game to start. We didn't have cable yet (they came to install it a few days later) so we listened to the game on the radio. 

September 5th is a good day for BYU moments!  

The game was amazing and intense! Taysom Hill was injured and we had a true freshman (post mission) QB come in named Tanner Mangum. It came down to the final drive of the game ...

Seriously - I don't think I've EVER yelled that loud in a BYU game! Jake wasn't home and I was in Kaycee's room just after her nap and I'm sure I scared the heck out of her because I started jumping and screaming and couldn't breathe I was so excited!! 

She wasn't sure why I was so excited. And she's been going through a toothbrush and toothpaste phase - she LOVES carrying them around!  

Trying to stop screaming I was so excited!  

One of our players was so excited he hugged the ref - classic moment!  

You'd think that I had won the game based how excited I was! We went to dinner to celebrate and I wore a BYU shirt for probably 5 days in a row after that. So dang proud of our Cougars - what a fabulous way to start out the season!! 

Kaycee's 1st BYU Football Game {BYU vs Connecticut}

Yesterday was Kaycee's 1st BYU game! I dressed her for the day in some of her "normal" clothes but made sure to put her cute pink headband on!

After she woke up from her 2nd nap, it was nearly kick off and time to get dressed in her game time outfit! My mom got her a super cute BYU cheerleader uniform and I've been dying to put it on her! And then we had to take some pictures with mom and dad of course! 

She did pretty good and just watched the screen {she doesn't watch TV very often so when she gets the chance she is fascinated by it} until she started getting tired so we put her down for a short 3rd nap while we ate homemade pizza calzones {thank you Pinterest!}.  We woke her up in the 3rd quarter and she contently watched the rest of the game with us. She looked at me funny when I'd clap my hands or get excited but there wasn't any crying from my sudden loudness haha! She even let me lead her in the Cougar fight song and do the arm motions for the end, and she laughed when I helped her arms do the "storm trooper" after our defense made a big stop. We won 35-10! Hurray for introducing our cute cheerleader into the crazy fanaticism of BYU Football!

Kaycee's BYU Blanket

When I went to buy the fabric to make Kaycee's "main" blanket, I saw this BYU fabric and could not pass it up. She already has 3 different BYU outfits and a BYU receiving blanket, but I wanted her to have a good warm BYU blanket she could drag around the house with her when she's older. Sticking with her room theme and my all-time favorite color, I got pink fleece for the back.

One of my crazy cool goals was to make a blanket for Kaycee, and she is getting a blanket that I participated in, but I didn't make the whole thing. I don't have that satisfaction of looking at it knowing "I did that all by myself" so this blanket was a GREAT idea because I was able to do it by myself and because it didn't involve sewing, I know I will make another blanket like this again someday.

Monday night, while Jake was asleep, Max & I turned on "Castle" on TV and set out to make her blanket.

I think people think I'm being dramatic when I say Max always wants to be near me. I'm not - he's always RIGHT next to me. Here's the 2 fabrics I picked

Laid the fabric out and was getting ready to start cutting and he laid down right on top and got comfy. This blanket isn't for you Max!!

After I had tied the first side

All done! I tried to show the pink by flipping one side up. I love how it turned out!

Laid out on the floor, all done!

It took me less than 2 hours to do the whole thing, which I was surprised about. I was using pretty dull scissors, or it may have gone even faster. I love how it turned out, and I love the size - it'll be perfect for her to use as she grows. Can't wait to see her with it - only 10 more weeks until my due date!!

BYU vs Texas aKa pretty awesome weekend

I had a pretty stinkin' awesome weekend! Let's start with Friday.

Came home from work, picked up my handsome hubby and we went to get a foot long sandwich to share at Subway. Then we came home and Jake took out the driveline in the truck. It's been acting up a little bit, and making a lot of noise, so we want to fix it before it gets any worse. Jake found a place in Lehi that could fix it for pretty cheap, so he climbed underneath the truck and pulled it out.

Can I just say that I LOVE my mechanic husband?! SOOO awesome he can do stuff like this all by himself!

The driveline after it was out of the truck

We drove it in the Mazda and dropped it off at the shop, then went and visited with Kjell & Paige & Kjell's parents for a little bit. They are expecting their little girl ANY day now - we are so excited for them! Another friend for Kaycee :) Then we went to the Westlake game - click here to read about that, since I made a separate post about it.

Saturday morning I had to work for a few hours, but it went by fast. While I was at work, Jake cleaned up the house a little bit, which I TOTALLY appreciated. After I got off work, I went to Wal Mart and bought the stuff for Lizzy {my step sister's} birthday gift and for the Snickers salad I needed to take to the family part the next day. I also found some clearance clothes {clothes at Wal Mart - ghetto ya?} that were too good of a deal to pass up. I got Jake 2 swimsuits for Lake Powell that were $1.50 each, a pair of basketball shorts for me, since I keep taking Jake's, for $3, a pair of pajama pants for $3 and a dress to wear over my swimsuit in Lake Powell for $2. Score!!

I came home and we watched a little TV before Jake decided to take the Mazda to his parents house to rotate the tires. I tidied the house a little and then sat down to watch TV. Didn't take long before it was POURING rain outside. We got a flash flood warning, but it didn't rain hard enough in our area to cause concern so I just enjoyed the rain. On Jake's way home from his parents, he stopped and got me some soup from Kneaders with a loaf of Asiago bread, plus some pumpkin bread and an irish cream white hot chocolate. YUM!! He wanted some pizza, so he stopped at Pizza Hut and got some for him and then we had ourselves a feast.

 

Because it was raining so bad in Provo, the game got delayed by almost 2 hours. That's two games in a row that had a storm delay! The Mall in Provo turned into a lake - there was serious car damage and some people were canoeing through the parking lot. There was THAT much rain! The game finally started at 7 and we settled in to watch it.

And were STUNNED by how well we performed! Our defense was ROCKIN'. And our running game was INSANE. Like INSANE INSANE. Taysom Hill {our QB} ran for over 260 yards, the second most running yards by a QB in NCAA history! We shattered our running game record {over 500 yards total} and also shattered the Texas record of never letting another team run up that many yards against them. Texas hasn't lost to a non conference team on the road since 2000. Well, they lost on Saturday! Final score was 40-21. Seriously, SOOOO AWESOME!! We were screaming and hollering up a storm - good thing none of our neighbors complained haha!

Sunday we went to church and then I went to my parents house for Lizzy's birthday. I wasn't able to stay for very long before I had to leave for presidency meeting, but I got to bring my gift over and spend some time with everyone for a little bit. She asked for money since she has been having car problems, and rather than giving her a $20 I decided to break it down into change. I got some $1's, 2 $5's, quarters, $0.50 pieces and a few $1 coins. I put them in the chocolate box I got at Wal Mart and wrapped it up. Everybody said she loved it and loved how creative it was. Gotta love Pinterest!

After Presidency Meeting I saw Jake off to work and then laid down for the night with my Max. I sure love cuddling him. He is so obedient lately too - it's almost like a different dog. But he has all the good traits from before, now he is just cuddly and obedient. It's quite nice haha.

 

Overall, it was an AMAZING weekend. Cuddling on the couch with rain falling while having soup and hot chocolate. Watching BYU slaughter Texas. Spending time with family and with my favorite guy & puppy. It was just great. Love weekends like that!

Labor Day Weekend

Last weekend was Labor Day and it was VERY relaxing and awesome to have such a long weekend. Because I am working this Saturday for Faith, she switched me schedules so I got her usual day off, which is Tuesday, so I had a 4 day weekend! Like I said, it was VERY relaxing.

Friday after I got home from work, Jake & I spent some time together and then we called it a night early. I wasn't quite tired yet, so I took a nice long bath and finished reading "The Hunger Games" for the second time. I forgot how much I like these books! Last time I read them, I hauled through them and read them each in a day, the first two in one sitting each. I wanted to slow down this time and try to absorb more of them, so I made myself take about a week to read the first one. Finishing it while soaking in the tub was a nice way to start out my weekend!

Saturday was the first BYU game of the season. FINALLY!! BYU vs. Virginia. Kickoff was set for 1:30, so I spent some time in the morning finishing tidying the house. I started cleaning out Kaycee's room a few weeks ago and decided to get rid of a few things in there. We had an old coffee table that Faith came and got, and an old vacuum that we gave to my high school friend Kate. And we had this ADORABLE sign that my friend Cassie made me for Christmas in there, just waiting to be hung up. She made 3 sets for me, one that says "Family", one that says "Winter" and one that says "Wicked". Guess which seasons those last two are for. The "Family" one is for "off seasons" and I absolutely LOVE it. Just didn't ever get around to hanging it. Well, right before the game, Jake helped me hang it up! It looks awesome!!

Before

After! It looks SOO good!!

I also ran to the grocery store for some game day snacks right before kick off. I was introduced a few months ago to this AMAZING dip called Texas Caviar and Jake has been begging me to make it. During the 1st quarter, I finally made it and it turned out perfect - SOOO dang yummy!! After 1st quarter, there was a rain/lightning delay and they evacuated the stadium for safety reasons. Turned into a 2 ish hour delay. I took a nice nap while they showed other games on ESPNU, the channel the game was scheduled for. Finally, they started the game again!

Due to the delay, there was another game set to come on when the game "should" have ended, but because it was only the beginning of 3rd quarter, they moved our game to another channel and started showing this new game on ESPNU. They had announced that in Utah & Virginia, the game would stay on ESPNU. Well they lied. We lost the game and we were I was kinda freaking out, until we figured out the channel they moved it to was one that we had! Our neighbors, the Peterson's, have DirecTV and didn't have that channel, so we invited them to come watch the game with us. It was super fun having them over - they have 3 adorable boys, one of who{m} was in my nursery class. Bummer part was BYU lost, 19-16. We threw an interception in the last few minutes of the game and Virginia scored off of it. It was pretty sad, but there's another 11 games to watch this season so it's ok!

After the game was over, we drove up Provo Canyon to spend some time with Jake's family. It was nice and relaxing up there and we had a lot of fun sitting and talking about the fire with his parents and Aunt Sally & Uncle Chuck. Kaycee decided she didn't like the ride up the canyon though and I ended up throwing up as soon as we got there, and as soon as we got out of the canyon. She seriously does NOT like car rides!

Sunday we woke up and had a relaxed morning before church, since it doesn't start until 1. I was scheduled to teach Young Women's that day and although I knew what lesson I was teaching, I hadn't prepared my lesson yet. Fortunately, the lesson {on tithing} came together super fast and it worked out perfectly! I also had the chance to bear my testimony during Sacrament Meeting about our experience at the Temple and how grateful I am for the Holy Ghost. It was an amazing 3 hours of church.

After we were finished at church, we came home and changed our clothes, grabbed the Texas Caviar and headed back up the canyon. Dustin {Jake's older brother} and his new girlfriend Keeshia and her son Hunter were there too, so we got to spend some time with them, which was WAY fun! Mom made lasagna in the crock pot with salad and we had our Texas Caviar, which was a big hit. It was delicious. Afterwards, we roasted s'mores around the fire and just talked until Jake & I got tired and we headed back home.

Monday was a nice relaxing morning as well - I sure love relaxing mornings. And it was SOO nice getting to sleep with Jake, since he didn't have to go to work on Sunday night thanks to the Labor Day holiday. We just enjoyed spending time with each other and Max.

He sure seems to like his bed in the living room a lot more lately! He lays in there with his rawhide anytime we are in the same room as him

Later in the afternoon, our friends Andrew & Keeshia asked if we wanted to go golfing. Of course we said yes! They brought their little boy Robby, who is HORRIBLE birth control. I swear he is a big reason we started trying to get pregnant when we did. Andrew also had two of his brothers and their wives come too - John & Camrie {who are due anyday} and Charles & Bonnie with their little boy Joel. It was SUPER fun, since the guys golfed and the girls just talked in the golf carts. Keeshia is expecting too, she's 3 weeks behind me and we are all pretty sure it's a girl. Which would be AWESOME because I'm sure she and Kaycee will be best friends. We played the front 9 at the Ranches Golf Course. Although we have lived on the course for 2 years, it was the first time I got to ride around the course on a cart. SO much fun - can't wait to do it again!

The guys at the last hole

Robby wanted to play too - it was adorable. To make sure he didn't get hit, Jake picked him up and was talking to him for a few minutes. Made this girl's heart MELT - he's gonna be SUCH a good dad!

Finishing off their last hole

Love this guy

We all went to dinner together at La Fuente in American Fork, next to Denny's. It was really good - I highly recommend it! After we left the restaurant, Jake mentioned 3 times in less than 5 minutes how much he liked it. Apparently we'll be going back there!

After we got home from golfing, Jake needed to get some sleep for work and I didn't want to keep him up, so I took another bath. And read all of the second Hunger Games book "Catching Fire". Was up until 3 in the morning but I finished it. This is why I wanted to slow down on those books haha - I read them WAY too fast!

Tuesday I spent most of the morning in bed, since I was up so late, and then gave Max a hair cut. That turned out WAY too short. He looks like a little naked rat haha. But it's hair, it'll grow back thankfully. I was in charge of mutual activity that night, combined with the Young Men. We played water volleyball! I had a hard time finding water balloons and just ended up buying normal balloons, but they worked out perfect. It was super fun! Afterwards we had chocolate popsicles and then the kids played normal volleyball. It was really fun!

And that wraps up our awesome Labor Day weekend! It was a really fun one - and a good kickoff for September. This month is going to be AWESOME, thanks to a couple trips, painting Kaycee's room - stuff like that. And it's FALL! And football is here! It really will be an awesome month!!

Brynne & Blake's Graduation Ceremony

Last Thursday, my sister Brynne & her husband Blake were able to have their graduation commencement ceremony at BYU! The next day {Friday} they both were able to "walk" and receive the folder their diploma will sit in. The only bad news is that neither one of them is graduated yet... Blake will be graduating in December {only has 3 more classes left to take this semester} and Brynne will be graduating in April {she has 19 credits to take this semester, plus student teaching next spring}. BYU doesn't have a graduation ceremony in December, and as soon as Blake graduates they are willing to move pretty much anywhere for him to find a job, which means Brynne could potentially be doing her student teaching outside of Utah. So that they don't have to come back in the spring for graduation, they decided to walk now!



Graduates walking in

The family there to support them! Poppa drove in all the way from California for this!

Sure love this handsome guy

All the graduates sitting down

The board and president of the school, along with those graduating at the top of the class

Opening remarks from the school president Cecil B Samuelson

They had a really nice program and had Elder Ronald A. Rasband, senior president of the Quorum of the Seventy, come and speak. It was awesome! We were able to find Brynne & Blake among the crowd and wave to them, which was fun. After the ceremony, we met on the north east side of the building to take some pictures. Be prepared for lots of pictures!

The "graduates"!

Popper wanted to jump in a picture

Brynne & Poppa. He is very proud of her for being so close to graduating!

Brynne, Poppa & Blake

Our family

Popper photo-bombing Blake's family

Blake & Brynne with Blake's family {minus Ashley}

Up close & personal with Popper

Poppa resting in the school's wheel chair in between pictures with Jeannene

Parents with the graduates

My mom & Rick with Brynne & Blake {my dad had to work, so he wasn't able to come}

Mom & Rick with Brynne

They're "gah we aren't quite graduated yet"face

They're "but we are dang close!" face

Prepping for a jumping picture

They're really good at these pictures!

Thanks to all the cameras we had, they got to jump like 15 times haha

Awww

High five for being almost done

Brynne & Popper

Brynne & Jeannene

Brynne & me

Jake & Poppa

After we were finished taking pictures, Brynne & Blake went to take some pictures in front of the Cougar at the football stadium and then we all met at my parents house for an Italian feast - lasagna, spaghetti, salad & garlic bread with ice cream for dessert. It was SUPER good! Yay for Brynne & Blake being so close to graduating - here's to hoping Brynne survives this semester & Blake finds a job here in Utah!