The kids have discovered they have fun when we go to BYU basketball games, so they've looked forward to this game for a few weeks. We all had fun at the game, but it was quite a blowout and not all that exciting. More exciting was getting popcorn and waving wildly to try to capture attention to hopefully get a free t-shirt thrown their way. Morgan asked, "Dad, next time can we sit closer so that I can catch a t-shirt?" Ha-ha.
It was fun to coincidentally sit in front of Mark and Kim Bird, whom I know from my mission. Clayton enjoyed running into his friend and neighbor Nathan. It was also fun to see that six families from my ward that I know of were actually at the game. Yeah, that's what living in Utah County on BYU Basketball Family Night is all about: nosebleed tickets are only a dollar. The following little clip is about as exciting as the game got; listen carefully for Nathan's commentary at the end of the video:
On the way to the game, the kids all decided that after the game we should go to Jason's Deli for dinner. Being the mischievous daddy that I am, though, just to yank their chains, I decided to suggest that we go to a host of different restaurants. Morgan hit her breaking point, though, and exclaimed, "Oh come on. Let's just go to Jason's Deli." There was more of a plea in her voice than exasperation. I thought it was so funny that when we got to Jason's Deli, I asked her to do a redo; this is what we got:
In the end, on the family excite-o-meter, I think Jason's Deli beat out Cougar basketball this time around.
Grandpa Laurence finished restoring his '52 Hudson, and we got to take it for a spin. The kids all have a blast just sitting in it, opening and closing doors, holding onto the steering wheel, rolling windows up and down, and (of course) bouncing on the seats. I'm not too sure Grandpa likes that bouncing on the seats business!
