GO Utes! And Utah State! And anyone who isn't BYU!

I just read my sister in law's latest post about how much she loves her Cougars, so I feel a need to balance out the universe and mention what a huge UTE fan I am!! And I know how some of you Cougar fans feel, like all Utah fans are crude, crazy, rebellious people who couldn't be good Mormons because all good Mormons go to BYU. I sort of thought that growing up, Dad took us to a BYU/Utah football game in Provo and after Utah won, their fans pulled out cigars and thermoses full of beer to celebrate, right there in the stadium! I was so mad we lost (yes I did start out a BYU fan) and so mad that they would do those terrible things on campus, I thought all Utes were the devil. Then I became one! And I LOVED going to that beautiful school, where so many prophets had gone before (wink wink, hehe), and where I got a great education and met wonderful, amazing friends that I'll have forever. Anyway, just feel like rambling this morning. I'm not as anti-byu as is sounds, I have a brother that goes there and my parents did too, but I'm just a bigger Ute fan.

So, last weekend Christine's team (Utah State) played in a tournament at my old alma mater and I was so excited to go! They played Utah Friday night, and Tyler was working so Cole and I took the trip down by ourselves. It was really weird to be there with my baby, but it felt as home-y and wonderful as ever. I believe there is no better place to play volleyball in the world than Crimson Court!

Christine's team lost to Utah in 3, :( , but it was fun to watch and cheer for her. It was confusing to me at first to cheer against my Utes, so I tried cheering for both teams in the first game. But family won out and by the 2nd game I was only cheering for Utah State! I only know a couple of the Utah girls now, because I'm such an old timer, so it didn't feel to weird to cheer against them. And Christine did awesome! She got some amazing digs and passed really well. I love watching her play, and I have to remind myself that she's only a sophomore. She's much better now than I was my soph year!


I'm so glad mom had the idea to take this picture! Swoop was walking around during the game, and he came by our row and we waved at him. Mom says, "Have him hold Cole!" so we did, and Cole didn't cry. He didn't really look at the huge, scary bird with the gigantic beak though, or he may have. By the way, they really need to wash that bird suit. It smells just like it did 5 years ago, only with 5 more years of stank on it.
After the game, just waiting for all the people in the gym to leave so we can go home too! It's a family joke, after games we always just talk and visit, and it seems like we're always the last ones to leave :)

Cole was pretty worn out after the game from all that cheering! This is what he looked like when we got home.
The next day, Utah State played Purdue who was ranked #16 in the nation, and we won in 5!!! It was SUCH a great game and again, Christine amazed me with her crazy libero skills. It was fun watching with mom and Tegan.
Auntie Christine after the game.
Cole was excited about the big upset too.
Heading out the second day, we had the football orphans with us (just kidding Jenn! Park and Jenn went to the BYU football game so mom was watching the boys), and Jackson wanted to help me carry baby Cole. Although carrying it that way and keeping his little hand on it made it a long, arm-tiring walk to the car, it was so cute he wanted to help!

Once we got outside, Josh decided he wanted to help too. This was an even more awkward way to carry a big baby.
I just thought these were cute, Cole likes helping with the laundry! Look how long he's getting! I just broke out the 3-6 month clothes yesterday and he fits in the 6 month stuff pretty good! Definitely length-wise, he's just not quite as wide as they are. He also moved up to size 2 diapers this week! He's a growing boy!