Sunday, March 30, 2014

Merry-Go-Round


After the BYU-BSU game, we went to the house we were staying at, which was near the point of the mountain.

It was a fairly new, pretty nice house.



This is the main living room upstairs, where many of the kids spent much time playing video games.



The kitchen.



The theater room in the basement, where the teenagers hung out mostly, annoying the younger kids by not letting them in. They also slept here.



The walk-in closet in the master bedroom had an air mattress on the floor. That's where I crashed.



Being near the point of the mountain, we had a good view of the hang gliders and parasailers in the morning.





Saturday morning went to Lagoon. I hadn't been since I was little, going with Grandpa Dean. I don't know if it's changed a lot or if I just don't remember anything about it. Probably both.





Daniel mostly roamed around with the other kids his age -- a flock of free-range teenagers.



They have some pretty large roller coasters, but having ridden some world class stuff in Japan, Daniel wasn't all that impressed.






I mostly wandered around taking pictures.






They also had some really big stuff, like the slingshot that shoots you hundreds of feet up...



And a gigantic swing that pulls you way up in the air and then lets you go.



Being right before Halloween, there were a lot of spook alley type attractions set up (which I avoided), and people in costume running around scaring people. They also had a Halloween-ish themed band playing.



We stayed until it was fairly late and cold. It was pretty at night, too.

 



Sunday morning we packed up, got ready for church, and headed out. We stopped in Willard and went to church there before pointing the caravan back to Boise.


Friday, January 24, 2014

Anybody's game


On October 25, Daniel and I headed down to Provo with a bunch of people from our ward to watch Boise State play BYU. It was kind of an informal YM activity -- I think the entire Teachers quorum but one was on the trip, plus several other people from the ward.

The trip down was mostly uneventful except for a flat tire on one of the vehicles right about Ogden. While the tire was being fixed some of us went into town and got lunch/dinner at In-N-Out, then we got back on our way.



The traffic started getting really heavy as we got off the freeway in Orem. It was amazing how many Idaho cars with BSU flags there were. A lot of people drove down to see the game.

We drove right to the stadium, parked, and headed into the game.



This was Daniel's first college football game, and the first time I've been since I was at BYU.



Buster Bronco was there working the crowd.



The marching band plays the BYU fight song while the ESPN guy interviews somebody (another ESPN guy?) on camera.



A big Y.



The Broncos take the field.



Daniel is excited.



A big stadium full of people.



It was nice of the special events staff to wear BSU colors. A year earlier this would have been Rachel.



Looking over the crowd toward Rock Canyon.



These guy kept running around the field with the giant flags.



A big stadium full of people, after it got dark.



I'm not sure I ever figured out the point of this giant tent-like enclosure they built during one of the breaks, but it was kind of cool.



After the game we met up with J.J., a friend from Tokyo who's a BYU student now.



Finally, here are some random football photos.


  
 

   

 


It was fun. I think Daniel enjoyed it.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Girls play


This is a bit out of order, but the week of Homecoming Lisa also played in the annual "Powder Puff" football game. Here are a few photos...

Hanging out on the sidelines.




The game was on a Wednesday evening, so it became our ward's combined Young Men / Young Women activity. Daniel is on the back row on the right, Yumiko on the second row from the front on the left.


Lisa on the field, getting ready for action.




The football flies past; most of the YM/YW aren't watching.



Charging into action!







The girls on the sidelines were really getting into it.

 


Halftime huddle.



In the game again for another set of plays.



Chasing down the ball.



Subbing out.  She had fun playing.



A few bonus photos...





Good job, Lisa!