Trip to Arizona

In December we took a little trip to Arizona... my boss gets season tickets to the Cardinals games and when we found out they'd be playing the Broncos, he offered to give those tickets to me. Of course, at the time (way back in August), I was totally excited about it and couldn't wait. Well, as their season has gone on (we've ended it at 4-12) and as our lives/finances have progressed, I was not as excited about going when the time came. The good thing about was that I got to see my Grandparents!! I haven't seen them since August and prior to that it had been a couple of years. I got to see their super nice house in Littlefield/Scenic and we drove up and saw the house they have for my mom - which is also way super nice.

One thing I will say for the University of Phoenix stadium; it was really really easy to get to, no crying whatsoever, and we had a parking pass so that part was really really easy too.

We had incredible seats again; we are getting so spoiled!! How's it going to be when we have to sit like normal people up in the nosebleeds at our next NFL game?

We drove for two days to see the Broncos get their butts absolutely kicked... we left after the 3rd quarter. There is always next season :(

Perfect Trip to Pueblo (Colorado)

This past weekend (although now a new weekend is upon us) we decided to take a trip to Pueblo, Colorado to visit Eric's best friend, Andy. The two have been best friends since elementary school and since Andy is about to ship out for his third tour since joining the army we wanted to run and see him again. It all began on a positive note with Foosa taking his normal position in the suitcase. We left the dogs at home this time and had various relatives come and stay with them.
After one heck of a long drive, we arrived at 3:30 in the morning - at that point I had been awake for nearly 24 hours. You can imagine my glee when we were lead into the room we would be staying in. I was speechless, part of it being tired like a crazy woman, and part of it being... well, pure bliss:

We decided at the last second to rent a car so we wouldn't be putting so many miles on the Subaru. The rental place was about to close and all they had was an SUV - which we didn't want to put gas in - or this:

It was pretty damn nice! It got better gas mileage than the Subaru and it was fast! I enjoyed driving this a lot. I've decided I definitely want something similar when we go to Canada for our honeymoon. It wasn't flashy looking or anything but was super fast; which I liked because it didn't attract attention from...certain parties... like a sports car might.

Here's Eric's friend Andy striking a goofy pose. The whole family is lots of fun.

The veteran couple was continually disgusted by our prodigous and frequent displays of affection - which many are. So Eric made them pose as though they were a newly wed couple. This is what we got.

If I knew how to rotate a picture, you'd be able to see this one much easier of the whole family...here is Andy, Tamara, Andra, Dylan and Eric - who was named after some guy they met one day.

Of course we can't be taking a trip to practically Denver and not come away with some spoils. Here are my newest jewelry acquisition- pink and Broncos!!

Here is the rest of our loot; the big Broncos container at back I got from Walmart to carry home all my Popeye's Red Beans and Rice which was fortunately located near Andy's house - they hadn't even heard of the place! Such a travesty. I was happy to show them the magical ways of the Red Beans and Rice. They also had a great selection of Bears stuff which pleased no one in particular. I don't even really know any Bears fans, we just picked up some random things to give away in case we ever meet one.

Go Utes and Broncos!

Eric and I went to the University of Utah game against TCU last night. It was an exciting game and they barely came away with a victory (13-10) in the last seconds... TCU's kicker missed two fairly close field goal attempts late in the 4th quarter. With barely 2 minutes left and the score at 6-10, the Utes had an amazing drive. It ended in the much needed touchdown, but it left TCU 47 seconds to give their kicker one last try to tie the game and send it into overtime. TCU was driving and making first downs.... at about their 35 yard line it was 3rd down and only 4 seconds to go. They went for it (probably because the kicker had missed the other field goals) with a long bomb. We intercepted and the game was over!!! Everyone rushed the field, I soooo love it when they do that.

Once again, sadly enough, this is the best picture of us.

I also found out that the Broncos won, coming back from a 13 point deficit behind the Browns. Cutler threw for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns! That sounds like an amazing game as well.

Best Pumpkin Carving Ever

Eat your heart out Charlie Brown.... (the Great Pumpkin people). Check out my master pumpkin carving skills, even Napolean Dynomite would be jealous.