Some time ago, I promised JJ I would take him to see a football game at both Brigham Young University (Dad's alma mater) and Utah State University (mom's alma mater). Due to our soccer schedules, I couldn't get tickets until November games. Last night (Nov. 10) we went to the BYU/Idaho game. CM wanted to go and so after discussing the matter with The Writer, I bought tickets for our family (except for NW). At the time I bought them, a time had not been announced. I was hoping for an afternoon game but no such luck. The game was scheduled for 8:15 PM. I knew NW would not enjoy the noise, and I was sure it would be cold, so I arranged for him to stay overnight with a friend. We dropped NW off with our friend then drove down to Provo. We got some dinner then went to the game. It was a lot of fun. A little overwhelming for AD, I think, but he had a good time.
One thing that you get to see at a live game that you don't see on TV is the halftime show. It's really too bad because the bands do a great job. I've heard some college halftime shows are *really* good. But fans don't get to see them because the sports talking heads (otherwise known as commentators) spend the entire time analyzing the first half and talking about what the team that's ahead has to do to stay ahead in the second half. They also talk about what the team that's behind has to do to try to win. They also talk about other games that are going on at the same time or they talk about hot games that were shown earlier. Or they talk about hot games that will be played later. Whatever. It's all a bunch of hot air to me and I wish we'd get to see the halftime shows instead.
Anyway. Even though it was below freezing (about 25 degrees), we dressed warmly and took blankets. We had a great time together and we are all looking forward to seeing the USU game, which incidentally, will be against the same Idaho team. I wonder if USU will beat Idaho as badly as BYU beat Idaho last night (final score was 52-13).
My children really enjoy being at home. I am grateful for that. I am sure there's a time in the not-so-distant future when we'll hardly see the two older kids because they'll be so busy with school, extracurricular activities, church activities and friends. I don't worry too much about them liking being at home so much because they do have friends at school and they do have their sports, and they do have fun with church friends. So I will cherish the time we have as a family while we have it.
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