a fall football game...

Saturday morning I woke up to a call from my little brother Alex. He had an extra ticket to the Utes football game and was wondering if I wanted to come with him. Did he even really need to ask?! 

It was so much fun to go back to my Alma Mater and driving into Salt Lake City brought back a rush of memories. I drove by the spot where Trevor and I first met! Where he proposed, where we went to school and where we first lived together as husband as wife. Oh Salt Lake City and especially the University of Utah will always hold a special and dear place in my heart.

The trees were yellow, the weather was just brisk enough for a sweater and everyone was buzzing with excitement. If there is one thing the University of Utah knows how to do right, it is football. Swarms of red, tailgate parties, chants and cheers - a total experience!

Alex and I had hit up a tailgate party where Red Robin was providing all the food, and tons of prizes and games were being played. I won a Utes beanie and a flag that I was very excited about :) haha

The game was fun to watch with my brother and his friends, and we dominated - a landslide win of 49 - 6. The adrenaline was high, and it was just a perfect text book afternoon. Thanks Alex for thinking of me and inviting me - LOVE YOU! &Go UTES!

Utah Utes Bowl Game.

So as I posted earlier Justin got the whole family tickets to the University of Utah Utes Bowl Game against the Cal Bears. It was SO much fun! We all went out together and had dinner before hand, enjoyed the game.... WHICH WE WON :) We had great seats behind the end zone, enjoyed the fireworks show, and polished off the night with the classic hot dog. Great first night back in San Diego for our Christmas Break!

GO UTES!

Trevor, Alycia, and Laura Bush.

Well some cool news to report! As some of you know Trevor works at Senator Orrin Hatch's office, and I work in the administration department of the University of Utah Library. Well Monday October 26th was a big day for both me and Trevor because Laura Bush was speaking at the Women's Conference (also David Archuleta was going to speaking) held by Orrin Hatch, and The Library was having Laura Bush speak at the Library's rededication.

So Trevor thought he was going to be able to go to the women's conference but found out the day before he would have to work the front desk that day while everyone was out of the office for the Conference. I felt bad for him until I heard that he had, had the opportunity if he wanted to take a picture with David Archuleta, and with Laura Bush, but PASSED IT UP! I couldn't believe this when I heard him say it because why would you pass that up? Well as Trevor explained to me... "I am not some 16 year old teenage girl so why would I even be remotely interested in getting my picture taken with David Archuleta? And who is Laura Bush anyways? A PAST first lady who isn't important for anything more then that. Now if she had actually been a governor or senator or presidential candidate or something then that would matter to me."

ANYWAYS, crazy guy, I got the best seat in he house to see Laura Bush speak at the Library Rededication. J.W. Marriott Junior spoke on behave on his father's and family's contributions to the Library over the years and his speech really blew me away. It was my favorite of the whole day! The Marriott family is so cool. Anyways this rededication was a big deal! The Govenor spoke, the President of the University spoke, the head Librarian (my boss) spoke, J.W. Marriott Jr. Spoke and Laura Bush Spoke. The Senator Orrin Hatch was there, Elder M. Russell Ballard from the 12 apostles was there, and you can't forget all the mega rich family's that donate so much to Utah and Salt lake like the rest of the Marriott family, the Rice family, Eccles family etc etc. Do those names sound familiar, haha? Anyways alot of important people all over Utah came to this huge event. They talked a lot about how next to the Capitol the Library is the MOST expensive building in Utah. They took into account the type of materials that the Library holds, and important documents and history (I couldn't help but think about how OUR family history is in there. An original page of the Book of Mormon! I mean come one! and so much more) It was a really cool conference and I just people watched while I ate my food after. Once most of the people had left I went up on the stage with some friends I work with and sat in the Chairs where the speaker were. I sat in Laura Bush's seat (tried to soak up some of her DNA! :) haha) Then I went to the pulpit where they all spoke and had my friend take a picture. I took some pictures on my phone but they didn't turn out too well. A guy at the library we know had a really really nice camera and he took some pictures of me sitting in Laura's Seat and at the Pulpit (without the crazy lady in the way eating her food) So I will have to get those and put those pictures for you all to see later! It was a crazy time at the Library that whole week before and that day but it was so worth it! It was so far one of the coolest things I have been able to apart of :)

Stupid Lady Standing in front of my Pulpit (I will have to post the better picture when I get it!)

We had to wear Red and Black so I thought my outfit fit perfectly (I wore the dress I wore to Ben and Sharley's wedding!)

I was technically "working" while I was there So I had to wear my tag, but I really just got paid to sit and watch, and eat food after :) not too shabby!

READ ALL ABOUT IT:

Univerisy of Utah Library Rededication
http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/menuitem.350f2794f84fb3b29cf87354d1e916b9/?vgnextoid=d57170f8382e3210VgnVCM1000001c9e619bRCRD&vgnextchannel=75cf855fcfb62110VgnVCM1000001c9e619bRCRD

Senator Orrin Hatch: Women's Conference
http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=f1ff8eab-1b78-be3e-e057-c30807733800&Month=9&Year=2009&IsTextOnly=True

Dancing at the Capitol

So my sorority had a big holiday dance at the Salt Lake City Capitol Building, and it was so much fun. Trevor was my date. The building was gorgeous, it was all marble and gold leaf and murals! So much fun. After the dance we went to our Sorority Mother's house and made ginger bread cookies that looked like our dates!! We also played games, ate food and watched Elf. Great NIGHT!


I thought mine and Trevor's cookies looked great, i didn't even help him and he did such a good job on making my lace on the cookie haha I loved it! We didn't win the contest and i thought we should have...pssh. OH WELL!




Standing on those stairs next to Trevor dressed like that i felt like the first lady! haha FUN NIGHT!

The Holy War

Here is a picture of people ready to rush the field before the game was even over! People were even jumping out of the stadium seats onto the field, im sure someone broke something. the cops were trying to stop people but there were way too many people. Waiting in that line was worth it to watch and experience such a crazy game! But to be honest, i wished it had been more exciting, because it wasn't even close, it was a total blow out! UTAH UTES WON!!!! CREAMED is probably a better word. BYU was pretty upset, i had heard about the rivalry before but experiencing it was very different. A fist fight broke out right in front of me! We had great seats too really close to the field it was awesome!


A SEA OD RED! After the streets were full of red and the town again couldn't go to sleep, Winning this game was huge for two reasons, we beat BYU our biggest rivals also known as "The Holy War" and it meant we were still undefeated and would be going to the BCS Bowl!!! EXCITING times here in Salt Lake City.


Trevor missed the "turn around and smile memo" haha.

Camping out for the coveted game

So right after the TCU game me and Trevor felt spontaneous and decided to camp out in line for the coveted BYU vs. Utah game. When i say coveted, boy do I mean it. People were selling tickets for this game online for thousands of dollars. Because the game is at the Utah home field this year if you are a student you can wait in line and get two tickets for free! SCORE! I have always wanted to go to one of these games and i knew that this was my opportunity!


We were about the 5th tent from the beginning of the line, we were so lucky there ended up being hundreds of tents wrapping all around campus!!!


People got very creative for spending their time! haha we had alot of fun with all the people we met around us, but boy was it loooooong. I spent two nights and three days out there on the street and never left!


The Head Coach of the Utes team Kyle Whittingham along with some starting players from the team came with Pizza's to thank us for our support! I snagged a picture since i was one of the first in front of the line :)


FINALLY! we got our tickets! (i look horrible i know, no make up or shower for three days!) It was worth it though!!

TCU Game with Beta Girls

So tonight i went to my first ever Utah Football Game, and boy was it insane! I went with some girls from my sorority and we had a lot of fun. In the last two minutes the Utes beat the game, people had already started leaving and the game totally turned around it was one of THE most insane games i have ever been too! The streets were full of red and black and there was a huge after party and the whole town was awake celebrating!! Winning this game was a big deal to send us to the BCS Bowl.
Right after the game everyone started to rush the field and you can see here just the start, but the whole field was covered and it took forever to get out of there!

Me and Jessica Court having some hot chocolate in the freezing Utah weather!
Me and Elyse staying warm in our mittens, also getting nervous since the game was so close.