Zoobies in Tulsa

There isn't too much to do here in the midwest so when we found out that BYU was playing Tulsa in Tulsa we jumped on the Mormon bandwagon and headed 3 hours south to Tulsa Oklahoma to watch our beloved Cougars play. Since we are wild and crazy we decided to go down a night early because the football team was having a devotional. There was no way of missing the chance of being that close to the team. I felt like the biggest groupie because the team's flight was late making them late to the devotional leaving us sitting in the church just singing hymns. I'm sure the next plan for stalling surely would have been putting our arms around the person next to us and swaying back and forth singing "We will be together forever some day," but the team finally made it. The devotional was actually really uplifting and we are very glad we went early. That was a positive experience, but the game, not so much. The Cougs lost!!! This is probably the only time I ever see my sweet husband show his emotions. He gets red hot with anger when they don't perform well. Oh well we had lots of fun!




We drove down and shared a room with the Oman's. It was a great experience. We chatted, laughed, became really familiar with Sarah's gas, and of course played games. We love the Oman's! Oh and sorry about the speeding ticket Jim :)


This is what Travis usually does with his spare time on trips.


This is what I usually do with my spare time on trips. I'm glad he loves me because i'm annoying.



Before the game there was a huge tail gaiting party for all the BYU alumni. I'm sure you are picturing casseroles and noodle salads, but you would be wrong. They had BBQ catered (people must be paying their tithing these days). We went to Tulsa with 6 other couples; a very fun group. You know its a very small Mormon world when you run into a bunch of old friends from college. Trav even ran into an old mission companion. It was quite the zoo just like BYU was back in the day.


Travis... you got some 'splaining to do, whose baby is that? Even though the Cougs lost, we got to hang out with our favorite midwestern twins. Sadie and Samantha. They were troopers through the whole night. (PS The man wearing the UTAH sweatshirt is their dad, but we don't claim him, he actually wore that to the BBQ in a sea of blue. He is an avid UTAH fan, but like I said there isn't a lot to do in the midwest so sometimes people will do anything for a road trip)

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Vampire Love?

So I have been reading a series about vampire romance... Yeah thats what I said... What? Who am I? I'm not usually one for supernatural at all but I got sucked in (pun intended). There is this craze going on in Utah, (and I guess everywhere else, all 3 books are on the NY times best sellers, so you may have probably heard about it), it is the Twilight series, by Stephanie Meyers. I read the first book called "Twilight" in 5 days and i'm nearing the end of the 2nd book (which wasn't available in paper back so I bought the hard cover- what did I tell ya, sucked right in) called "New Moon." I'm so sucked in that I even went to the authors web page and read everything to know about the books and the outtakes and everything. Don't tell Trav, but I think I have a crush on the main character who is a vampire, he is dead sexy (literally)! So I guess I can see how those crazy, dorky Harry Potter fans can get a little obsessed; ok i'm not that bad. I don't plan on dressing up like a vampire on opening night of the movie and waiting in line for hours... wait a second that could be kind of fun. Again who am I these days?


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Arrowhead

We have never lived in a city with an NFL team, so naturally we have become Chief's fans. Sure, I know what you're all saying right now. The Chief's are going to start sucking. Well, that may be true, but at least we got to go to Arrowhead stadium to see them take on the Dolphin's. The idea just worked for us, as it was a preseason game (MUCH cheaper than regular season) on a week night, and it just so happened that we would get to see Mr. John Beck in some of the only action he should see this season. Our friends were going, so we just couldn't pass up the opportunity.

So I got the tickets, Milli got us some stylish Chief's gettup, and we made the plans to go. Turns out, Milli had to work before the game, so we couldn't go early to watch Beck warm up. In fact, we were going to have to hurry to get there on time. I picked her up on the way to the game, and drove fast so I could get in line in the freeway. Traffic was bad. That was when some serious instincts kicked in. Slow traffic, get in the left lane, maybe it will go faster, right? No. Get in the right lane, take every exit, and then get back on. I think the freeway entrances and exits are designed for that specific purpose. It was cheap, I know, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I think I gained at least 20 minutes with my superior driving skills.

Finally, the freeway starts moving, and we approach the stadium. We wanted to park for free, outside the stadium parking lot, so I had to figure out how to get to a decent place. We took the exit to Arrowhead, and found ourselves on a one-way road directly into the stadium parking lot. As I frantically searched for a way out, I realized that there wasn't any. When I got to the rip off booth (22$ to park), I asked how to turn around. Turns out there wasn't any. I told them I didn't have the money to park and asked if I could drive through, but they wouldn't let me. Instead, they had to close the ripoff booth stop the traffic, and let me go out the way I came in.

Did I mention it was a one-way street we came in on? Well, for the next mile, I once again had to demonstrate my amazing driving abilities as I took on 3 lanes of crazy Chief's fans who were late to the game, flying around corners to get there on time. Needless to say it was a bit scary. We made it, though, and we finally found a place for a huge discount (we only paid 15$).

Convinced that I could not get into the place with 2 liters of gatorade stuffed down my pants (they were frisking everyone as they entered), I had to drink as much as I could without throwing up before we entered. We finally got there just in time for the teams to take the field.

During the game, Milli and I didn't mind the scary loud guy spitting on us from the row behind, because Beck played the whole second half and won the game for the Dolphins. But the best part of the game may have been the crazy drunk couple that sat to our right that would just not shut up! I love football.

Summer in KC

I know we have been huge slackers with the blog thingy so we decided to post one huge slide show of our summer so we wouldn't have to post 12 different ones and bore you to death. We have survived our first summer in Kansas City. We can officially say we are... official, living in every season that exists. Rumors are that Kansas city has the most rapid temperature spands in a year ranging from freezing your booty off to wanting to wear nothing. This summer we have done a ton (you will see below). We have discovered a couple of things here that we never had in Utah. 1) one word- chiggers! These are the most horrific creatures ever. I've never actually seen a chigger, just felt one. They are such as a mosquito, but 10 times more itchy and annoying. These creatures especially love biting parts of the body that have creases... not a good thing. 2) The humidity. When you are used to the dry heat, it can be a killer (literally, at one point there was a heat warning saying to keep pets and old people inside and away from the heat; it would suck to be an old dog) Sweat is a constant companion and I can't get away with not washing my hair as much... darn it! 3) The amazing BBQ's. Ok we knew before summer that KC was famous for BBQ, but we continued to delve into this heaven all summer long. For some reason it just tastes better here.
We have really enjoyed the summer, but are definitely looking forward to the Fall, they are beautiful here. Hope you enjoy the pics!
Milli

What didn't kill us made us stronger

In Fergie's new song "Big girls don't cry" one lyric is... "And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses its blanket..." well Utah we miss you in that same way. We also miss Erin and John like a... .... ... fat kid misses its donut? I had to post this picture because I just laugh at it everytime. Last year Trav, Erin, John and I had a brilliant idea to go to Moab and bike the famous slick rock. Being as smart as we are; we got there, spent the night in a tent, woke up when we felt like it around 8 am and decided to start our journey. Mind you it is the middle of July, we have the crappiest bikes possible (in fact John rode my dad's bike which had the clip-ins for special shoes and he didn't have the special shoes so just peddled on the tiny nub the whole time), and we start late in the day. Yeah, i'm gonna have to say it was one experience I can be happy with never doing again! After we were hours into trail, had run out of food and water, and were at the point of no return, I cried; literally. I think at one point everyone had their own little meltdown. The cool part about it was that going along the trail we would pass up "professionals" with their awesome, expensive bikes and they would be broken down, yet we had no technical difficulties the whole time. Someone must have been praying for us because we could have died! We miss you Jerin!

I thought this picture a good representation of how far we have come from Happy Valley. Who would have known that one day you would go to Kansas to get hotboxed? The Killers concert had it's share of pot smokers, and we happened to be nestled right in the middle of one group of really nice people, more than willing to share their toys with everyone around them. We were just 20 feet from the stage, how could we give up our place? We dealt with it for as long as possible (I think Milli more than dealt with it, she hasn't stopped talking about it since that night), and then left.