Letters to Lyla and Lottie

After the glutenous celebration, we headed to Logan and spent the evening shopping and enjoying being in our old stomping grounds. We drove by campus in the evening. It brought back such fond memories to see the A shining brightly. I tried to convince Todd to make me a true Aggie but he wasn't havin it. We drove all around campus--it was rush week so people were out in droves. It made me miss those carefree days.

The next day we drove back to SLC where I was in meetings all day for work (more on that later). That evening we drove to S & S' provo cabin where we spent the rest of the weekend and Labor Day. We had a great time despite intermittent rain showers that attempted to spoil our fun:) Sunday morning I took Ty baby on the bike/walking trail that goes from Vivian Park to Bridal Veil Falls (if you're heading west). It was such a pretty walk--I had just intended on going a little ways but the more I walked the more I wanted to see the falls up close. Although I kinda scared everybody for being gone so long, it was worth the extra time:) I will say however, people on the trail were NOT friendly! I did the standard nod or hi to passers by and people just snubbed me and Ty baby. I couldn't tell if they didn't like dogs or my OBAMA t-shirt. Either way, way to go Utah County--way to make me like you more!!!!! It's a good thing it's pretty down your way cuz man you guys are bitches. Sunday afternoon we went through Heber to Kamas to see my friend Kays' new house! It was so good to see her and their beautiful new house. Ty also enjoyed playing with their spirited dog Sparky (who is about four of Ty but they play as if they're equals). Pictures are of the falls and the Jordonelle.

The Main Event. Season Kickoff!!! BYU, 41 Northern Iowa, 17. The game started rough for us! We left an hour early for a drive that typically takes 15 minutes. WELL--with 5 mins til kickoff we were still 15 blocks from our standard parking lot with no hope of the damn flag waving-mini vans to get a crackin. We ended up ditching the car a good 8 blocks from the stadium, hoofed it the rest of the way, and still missed the first 20 minutes of the game. Did I mention it was over 100 degrees which was just awesome since the following days were in the low 80's high 70's. All was not lost however, we found our new seats with no trouble---they're just one row up and a few seats over from last year AND are on the AISLE!! Much more roomy:) It was good to see the old season ticket holders from last year--there's the SUPER FAN- a single late thirties NERD who swore up a storm the one game last season that he got to his seat with only 30 mins before kickoff (note: swear words were mormon approved such as fetch, dag nabbit, and frickity frick) then there's the older father who brings his now grown sons and their wives, followed by our next-butt neighbors--the younger father who brings his little kiddies hoping to pass on his love for BYU football. Its fun to be apart of everyone's reasons for coming and family traditions. Too bad Superfan comes with a different person each time, presumably because they all get tired of him quoting stats from games in the early 70's. Anywho, after we stopped sweating and all we had a great game! Go Cougars!

We spent the rest of the weekend and Labor day at the Cabin. We had the standard tin foil dinners that were especially good and basically enjoyed being in the outdoors---and mostly watching it rain:)