THE HOLY WAR

Yes, we are what you would call a “split marriage”. When it comes down to BYU versus Utah it’s probably the one thing we just can’t seem to agree. This seems to be a common theme with a few of our friends as well where the husband is a Ute and the wife is a Cougar (not the kind you’re thinking of dirty mind). So naturally Desmond becomes the deciding factor and this year we received the perfect gift from our friend Paula at Ray Quinney & Nebeker. She handmade this awesome sweater for little Desmond.

  

We got together at the Bodell’s house with some friends to watch the big game. However, as you may know the game this year was a lot different compared to previous years when it has come down to the last second. Utah pretty much blew past the mistake prone Cougars by a score of 54-10. At least one of us was happy! Anyway, if you want to see highlights from the game go here:

Highlights of the Utah vs BYU football game 2011

Colton insists on putting a few more things up here to rub it in and rightfully so…..

    

VEGAS GETAWAY WITH THE 305 BOYS

Colton took a well deserved getaway to Las Vegas after a busy summer semester up at the U. He was joined by our good friend Luke and they headed down to meet up with some friends Colton had met online. We joked that Luke was there for protection just in case the strangers turned out to be serial killers. Actually the friends that Colton was going to meet were from Miami (area code 305) and they were meeting Colton in Vegas for a national flag football tournament that they were competing in.

 

He had a great time with his buddies Ossie, Danny and Luke! Colton got hooked up with another one of his deals and was given 3 nights for free at the Wynn right on the strip. In the evenings they would compete in the flag football tournament which lasted 2 days and which they ended up winning! Duh Winning! Him and Luke golfed quite a bit while they were down there and ate some amazing food! They also managed to go see the show “Jabbawockeez” which they said was quote “insane”. We’ve seen many shows down in Vegas so this one is a must see if you’re down there. In the end, they had an amazing time and he made sure to take lots of pictures to make us jealous.

     

 

Oh did we mention that Colton and Luke stopped and hiked Angels Landing and the Narrows at Zions National Park on the way home. Rub it in, jerks…..

  

UTAH vs NOTRE DAME

Colton traveled to Minnesota for work the other weekend. He even got to spend a whole day at the Mall of America right by the airport. So jealous! Anyway after the trip they caught a flight to Chicago and made the drive from there to South Bend, Indiana to watch the Utes take on Notre Dame. As we all know the game didn’t turn out too well for the Utes but Colton loved the trip anyway. He said the football tradition there is really cool and it was a lot of fun being able to go to the game. Utah vs BYU next!!!! This is probably the 1 thing we fight about. haha

LABOR DAY WEEKEND

We wanted to a bunch of things over Labor Day weekend, all of which fell through. We planned a boating trip with friends but then the boat was sold. We tried to plan a camping trip but that fell through as well. We then tried a trip to Vegas but the hotel we wanted to stay at had no availability for the promotion. So we settled for a nice weekend enjoying good ol Utah! Colton was exceptionally happy since his Utes beat Pitt on Thursday night. Saturday morning Colton’s Dad invited us to go to the BYU home opener against Washington. He found some great seats online at the last minute so with nothing planned we gladly accepted. Mandy had a great time cheering with Lorenzo and Jeanne. Colton enjoyed the game too and even wore a blue shirt (no BYU logo of course because that’s just “too far”). BYU ended up winning! We had a great time at the game. Thanks Lorenzo!

                 

Since we had the day off Monday we decided to take a scenic hike and enjoy the good weather with our good neighbors, the Mateers. Mandy planned an awesome hike that took us up Big Cottonwood Canyon where we started from the Brighton Ski Resort and it took us up to 3 beautiful lakes along the way. It was a great hike! Colton even was able to try out the “steadicam” for the first time and compiled a little video of the trip.

Here are a few photos from the hike as well. Enjoy!

 

 

More Photos From the Hike