This past weekend we went to Arlington, Texas to see the BYU Cougars play!!! Blake was able to get work off early on Friday. Once he arrived home around 12 PM, we left about an hour later for our 6 hour drive. Blake's Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy Clifton live in Plano, so we stayed with them. We had such a GREAT time. Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy have their 3 grandkids living with them and they are all close to our girl's ages, so our girls were in heaven. Blake's brother flew in for the event, so we met up with him and Uncle Bob, Aunt Kathy, the grandkids and Douglas (Blake's cousin) and his fiance for dinner at Scottie P's--a hamburger joint. It was Delicious! Blake and I had stopped for gas on the way home and told them we would meet up with them at their house. When we arrived at their house, no one was home. We just figured that they had stopped somewhere. So we unloaded our things on their steps and waited... and waited. After a while I insisted that Blake call them. After some proding he called, and sure enough--there was a problem. We had been waiting at the WRONG house!!
Once we arrived at the right house, we got the girls down to bed and then talked into the wee hours of the night. The next day Blake and Trevor used their handy skills to help around the house. Blake fixed their broken mailbox and Trevor fixed some cabinets and did some repair work in the bathrooms. I got to go to the store with Aunt Kathy and the three girls.
Saturday night, we left our girls with the Clifton's and went to the game located at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium (SO Cool!!). Aparently Kelsey taught all the kids to dance while we were gone. Mylee did acrobatics in the port-a-crib by climbing out onto the nightstand and dancing around when she should have been going to sleep. Kelsey also showed off her swimming skills in the bathtub, showing Uncle Bob that she could blow bubbles underneath the water and so forth. As for Blake, Trevor, and I. Well, what can I say!! We were in one of the coolest stadiums ever--indoor, air-conditioned (whew!!), with the biggest television screen I had ever seen--AND our BYU Cougars beat the #3 Oklahoma Sooners! Let me tell you, we were proud to be cougar fans.
Our seats were in the middle of a sea of Sooner fans, but we didn't let our voices go unheard. Luckily there was a couple that were BYU fans that sat next to us. So there were us 5 cheering for the Cougars in the midst of a bunch of frustrated Sooner fans. Sam Bradford's injury was unfortnate of course. Blake was already diagnosing his problem before they pulled him off the field. He examined the way the team doctors were holding his arm and how they treated it when they put him on the table to be examined. He even called one of his chiefs (another BYU fan, watching from home) to discuss the diagnosis. Their diagnosis matched what reports have been confirming--go Dr. Blake!
Overall the Oklahoma fans were very nice as we walked out of the stadium. One man sitting next to us that had had a few too many drinks was a little upset with us, but his family was quick to apologize for his comments. After the win, the side of the stadium where most of the BYU fans were, stayed and cheered with their team. The players were living up the moment and boy did they deserve it.
It took us 2 hours to get out of the stadium and game traffic before we were on our way. There was even a wreck that happened right in front of us in the stadium parking lot! When we got home, the Clifton's filled us in on the night and we stayed up until 1:30 A.M. talking.
The next morning we went to a local ward and then the Clifton's fixed us a yummy lunch before we dropped Trevor off at the airport. It was a great weekend!
We're number 1!!
Blake and his brother Trevor, the stadium lit up in the background
Mylee (2), Cassidy(5), Kelsey(4.5), Cassandra(2.5), Denny(4) 