park lane house

Monday, October 3, 2011

BYU vs. Utah State Football Game 9/30/11

Last Friday night we ventured to the LaVell Edwards Stadium at BYU to witness a rivalry football game. Utah State from Logan came to town to claim another victory over BYU. Last year we were in Logan watching the game and left really early because we got beat so badly. We were hoping that we could beat Utah State this time.

And we did. Final score 27-24. We scored at the 11th second left in the game in the 4th quarter. Sweet Victory.

Rod and Alex at the start of the game.

Beautiful mountains and a stadium packed with people.

Famous Robbie Bosco who was the quarterback at BYU in 1983-85.

Red Phone. I kept looking at it throughout the game. No calls were made to the White House or Kremlin or elsewhere. Who is at the other end of that line?

BYU flags were ran through the stadium every time BYU scored.

Cosmo, the mascot.

The beautiful Cougarettes.

Rod and Alex are all smiles after the sweet victory at the last second.

Rod and Alex on TV.

Rod pointing at the camera. So cool.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

MV High School Homecoming Dinner

Mountain View High School Homecoming was on Saturday. Alex had volunteered me to cook the Homecoming dinner for 14 couples....that's 28 people. He wanted it to be a 4-course dinner. As previously I have proved that I can't say "no" to my son. So, there I was, slaving over the stove all day since 7:30 on Saturday morning. I had a clear vision how this dinner was going to look like and taste like. The dinner was set to begin between 8pm and 8:30pm, which it did. Everything was ready by the time the 12 couples (2 couples went somewhere else) walked into the park. Rod had decorated the canopies and the tables so beautifully and it was such a pretty sight.

Everything turned out exactly like I visioned. The kids loved everything about it and they had a great time in our park. Luckily the weather was perfect (85 F), no mosquitos and the park sprinklers didn't come on in the middle of the dinner. Bonus!

Alex is dressed up and ready to go pick up his date, Emma Roden.

Handsome Alex.

Alex

The dinner is set before the sunset.

The canopies were glowing in the dark. So beautiful.

Luminarias showed the path to the dinner table.

Dinner is ready to begin.

The whole group arrived. Evy and Emma on the left. Alex and Bryce on the right.

An intimate moment.

First two courses: Caesar Salad and Chicken Soup (Alex's favorites)

Evy, Emma and Sam. Such beautiful girls.

Kevin/Stevin, Stevin/Kevin and Jake (Kevin and Stevin are twins and I can never tell them apart) and their dates.

Alec, Chris and Edgar and their dates.

Omar, Austin and Hogan and their dates.

Bryce, Alex and Tyler and their dates.

Emma and Alex

Friday, September 23, 2011

Homecoming Dance Answer from Emma

Homecoming Dance is tomorrow, Saturday night. Tradiotionally here in Utah, the boys ask girls to the dance in many various creative ways.

Alex's invitation to Emma was a poster that said "Now that you have walked the ground that I kissed on, will you go to Homecoming with me?". Emma's front porch and front lawn was covered with candy kisses.

Emma's answer to Alex says: "Hail" yes I will go with you!! Sorry for the delay (she took her sweet time with the answer...I think about 3 weeks. The poster was covered with pebbled ice (like hail). Very creative.

For the Saturday day date, the 24 person group of kids will first go tandem biking up the canyon, then at night, dinner at our house/park (who is cooking? ME) and then they go to the dance.

Junior in High School

There he is. Junior in High School.
Handsome as ever.
We love this boy.

Went To See About a Girl

*Disclaimer - We parents sometimes do silly or stupid things that greatly benefit our off-spring.

Last May when we were on our Caribbean cruise, we met Brittany, 24 who is a cousin of Courtney, 16. Brittany hung out during dinner times with the boys and got to know Alex. When Brittany went home, she spoke to her cousin Courtney about Alex and how great he is and she needs to get to know him. So Alex and Courtney started facebooking and texting, that led to a "relationship" on Facebook. They had never met but were now "dating".

Alex wanted to go see Courtney and he tried to find a way to go to Kentucky.

What we parents wouldn't do for our kids, right? RIGHT?

So...

Last Thursday night Alex and I flew to Cincinnati, OH on our way to Albany, Kentucky. Zija had a convention in Cincinnati last weekend so we bunked with Rod for the night. On Friday morning Alex and I drove about 3 hours to Albany, KY to Robbie and Amy Davis' house so we can hang out with Amy, Joe and John for the weekend. Robbie was at the Zija convention.

Courtney is from Somerset, KY, about an hour north from Albany. On Friday evening Brittany drove Courtney to the Davis' and Alex and Courtney met for the first time. The first meeting was awkward to say the least. There was a hug and then separation. I thought this "relationship" is not going to live past the internet. The whole evening seemed like Alex wasn't sure how to talk to Courtney or vice versa.

Towards the end of the night, they were snuggling on the couch.