Going to football games together

 Hard to believe, but Jamesy-boy had not yet been to a college football game! For a few years he wasn't interested or I didn't have tickets or pandemic nonsense was happening or whatever reason kept him from experiencing LaVell Edwards Stadium and watching his mom "Rise and Shout." Or going to Rice-Eccles and singing "Utah Man" with his dad.

I was given two tickets from the BYU communications office in a great section on Oct. 28 against East Carolina. It was a little chilly but not bad at all. The only rough part was that we had to keep climbing over people to go to the bathroom, to get a snack, to go get a refill after his drink spilled, etc. People were really nice around us.

Cosmo the Cougar came out of a coffin for a Halloween dance and I made sure to show James some of my own dance moves to the music. He's not old enough to be embarrassed by me like his older brothers.

The older brothers had let him know all about Cougar Tails, the long maple donut only available at BYU sporting events. 

He was a big fan.

We left in the 4th quarter to beat the traffic. The long drive there and back was not ideal, and neither was BYU's loss, but I was really impressed by James's patience and good naturedness. Max kept asking me how James did, as in, "Explain again how he was so good!"

Meanwhile, Ben was invited to a a couple BYU games with his friend Jackson, including this overtime win against Baylor on Sept. 26.

Ben babysits for our bishop, who gave him his two tickets to a Utah home game against Stanford on Nov. 12. Ben brought his friend Tommy (who must be cold here? haha) and they saw a big win. JB and Papa have season tickets together and the boys were able to sit near them. Ben borrowed that Utah hat. I claim him as my one child who is a true-blue BYU fan.

My brother Peter won two Utah tickets from his work and was so kind to gift them to us for the Nov. 5 game against Arizona. Andrew and Max went and moved closer to JB and Papa in empty seats by them. 

Rainy weather is almost as bad as cold, snowy weather for a football game but it is all about the gear. And you feel warm and cozy inside when your team is winning, like they were.

On Sept. 10 Papa was out of town, so Max went with JB and saw a big win against SUU. 

That was back in the sunny days in Salt Lake City -- it's cold now!