My family has always been huge boise fans. Last year Brian and I were able to go the the Fiesta Bowl with Brian's family and it was AMAZING! Unfortunately things didn't work out our way this year with a loss to Nevada leading to nothing more but the MAACO Las Vegas Bowl. True fans don't die with a single loss! Once again Trent and Cheri get us tickets and we head to Vegas. My parents were very sad that they couldn't go. We head to Filer the Friday before the game and spent the weekend there. Brian went Snow-Biking and us girls did some errands while the rest of the guys took the kids to a movie. That night we had Prime Rib. I have never had Prime Rib as good as what his sisters make... EVER. Sunday after church Brian and I and Steph and Clint load up the truck and head out of town for vegas! Boise State here we come!! It rained and blew so hard the entire way there! We make it to Vegas around midnight and we are so tired we hit the can fast! Well, without giving you a play by play of our time in Vegas, all I am going to say is R.A.I.N... It rained the ENTIRE time we were there. It wasn't just a light rain. It was a full out monsoon! Streets were flooded. Parking lots were flooded. Flash flood warnings on the radio every ten minutes... It was crazy!! Wednesday, game day, came around and it was raining as hard as it had all week. We were a little worried. we bought some blue ponchos just in case Monday morning and it was a good thing because every store in the state of Nevada seemed to be out! We thought we had allowed plenty of time to get to the game. We were wrong. Take note Las Vegas, TRAFFIC CONTROL!!! It took us and hour and twenty minutes to go 1.7 miles. Traffic was awful! We missed the fireworks and fly by by some really special airplane according to Brian... Everyone hopped out of the truck and started to run the last half a mile. The parking lots at the stadium were so mucky and messy they had a lot of things blocked off. We turned between two cement barriers and parked in the middle of this messy parking lot and we hauled to the gate. We only missed the first couple minutes of the game but we were soooo mad. Lets just say the game started with half the people it should have. There was still a ten mile traffic jam just waiting to get there as well. Lets just say we went off-roading and the 4-wheel drive came in handy to getting us out of traffic fast on the way home :).
We headed home from Vegas on Thursday and drove back to Filer and back on home to Sugar City. The next morning, Christmas Eve, we have a tradition to go to breakfast for my cousins birthday. We got up and went to that and spent the day at my grandma's in Idaho Falls and then had a wonderful dinner, program and gift exchange.
We spent the night at my parents so we could have Christmas with them. WE, the 20 yr olds had to wake the 11yr old up at eight! That is a first. We had a great christmas. We truly were spoiled!
Brian got:
Boots
Shoes
Fruit Snacks...economy sized box!
Slippers
Clothes
Socks for church and winter weather
Magazine Sub.
The List goes on and on!
Me:
Watch
Rolling Pin
Rice Bags
A Coat
Jewelry
Jeans... that don't currently fit anymore after all the holiday eating... :(
The list goes on and on!
We had a great holiday and look forward to what the new year will bring!
