In case you haven't heard...

But if you've seen or talked to my Grandma Ruth in the last few weeks, you have. (She's the best word - getter - out - there I know:)

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!

August 4th is the due date. I'll let you know when we know if its a boy or a girl. It's funny because when I talk about "it" I say she and Wayne calls it the little guy, so we have to be sure to refer to it as "the little one". (Calling my baby IT just doesn't seem right. :) We'll be happy with either, but it will be exciting to see what we're having. I've already been told, "You're having a girl, I can just tell", and "I'm pretty sure you're having a Boy". Ha ha. Someone is going to be wrong.

Here's what Wayne sent out to his family to announce the news!

Suga Suga , da da da da da da

Can you believe I rode in a CAR over 3,500 miles for this?????

Oh I can!!! The trip was definitely worth it! I was just hoping that it was be a good game, I didn't know my wildest dreams would come true!!! It was such a fun game to be at, especially during the 1st quarter. I've never been so proud to be a UTE fan!

My brothers Rick and Ryan and I packed in the car around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon and got to Dallas, TX around 9:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. I only drove about an hour from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. and pretty much the rest of the time I watched the Office. (I only slept about an hour) By the end of the trip Rick was getting jealous that I was spending more time with Dwight than talking with him. It sure made the trip more bearable though. So we spent Thursday trying to recover from our drive and getting ready for the rest of the journey. Friday morning we left Dallas at 5:00 a.m. to make our 8 hour journey to New Orleans. I slept the first four, so that wasn't bad at all.

Here are some pictures of the swamps coming into New Orleans. It was weird because later on the roads were build over the canal on big cement pillars and then there was land/swamp on both sides.
When we first got to N.O. we had lunch with ours Aunt/Uncle & Cousins; Greg, Betty, Lexi, Lance, Colby & Tira. That was way fun to have them down there to cheer on the UTES with us. Here we all are at a Cajun Restaurant. It was packed with Alabama Fans that sang a chant that told us they were going to beat the "Hell out of us".


I really wanted to live up my experience there so I ordered Blackened Alligator Pasta. It was pretty good, pretty greasy. I felt like I was standing up for all those people who have been eaten or attacked by a Gator! Lexi really wanted to try the frog legs, so Greg ordered them for her, Holy cow though we didn't expect them to be so big. I just couldn't bring myself to try it, but good for everyone else who did! I wish I had a picture of Lexi's face while she ate it.


Then we spent a couple of hours walking around the city. We were so lucky to walk a couple of blocks of Bourbon Street. Yuck, we didn't go far enough into it to see too much riskay business, but it literally STANK!! It smelled like a combination of B.O., Poop, urine, alcohol and who knows what else. I couldn't stand it very long, but the minute we got out on a different road the smell went away.

But yea, I'm pretty sure there is no reason for me to go back to New Orleans unless we play in the Sugar Bowl again.

Our seats at the game were awesome. I've never had such a great view at a football game, and watched so intently. Here are some pictures of the game and what not...

Walking up to the Super Dome

Co-Worker Dari & I in our Get-Ups
"The Girls" - We cheered our little hearts out! Betty and I had the best Cheer. It worked both times we used it. Bama didn't score in when they were in the Red Zone both times. "Push em back, push em back, waaaay Back!". So good.

With about ten minutes left in the game, Alabama fans had left and it was easy to see who were Ute fans then.

Cool Indian Guy after the game.

After the game we drove an hour to Baton Rouge and stayed the night. We got up early to make our journey home. We drove all the way through, hitting a snow storm in New Mexico that set our pace back. We were in the car for 35 hours by the time we made it back to Salt Lake. Luckily I was able to talk Rick into stopping in Amarillo, TX to let us eat at our Dad's favorite steak house, THE BIG TEXAN. That was definitely the highlight of the trip home. We were able to witness a guy trying to eat a 72 oz, yes 72 OUNCE steak with side dishes in under an hour. If he did it, he got the meal free. If he didn't, it cost him $72.00. Yea, he DIDN'T finish it. He got about 2/3 of the way through the steak, and hadn't even touched the sides. I think it was because of the big mug of beer he drank with it. Think of all the room that took up in his stomach. But I guess you might need to be drunk to think you could eat all that...in one day, let alone one hour! Good times.

The display steak, yes its real. (I poked it)
See the dude to the left, chowing down, that's him.

Well we had a great trip, and it was definitely worth it. Thanks for a great football season UTES! Can't wait till next year. Now what am I going to post about??? Its a mystery.