Pocatello or Bust!

The football team had a tournament in Pocatello, Idaho on August 29th so we drove up there (about 3 hours) to see Landon play.

They played in this indoor stadium at Idaho State University, which turned out to be incredibly hot and muggy. We had sweat dripping down our backs just from watching the game. Ugh.

Our game was the top game of the day and we played the Highland Rams of Pocatello (they won State last year).

It was exciting to see Landon (#55) all suited up with his team.

 I love it when they run out with the Caveman club (bat type thing) and the school flags.

Landon plays Left Guard on Offense, so he has to protect the quarterback from the big defensive lineman of the other team.

Are rare shot of his face, since he's usually too far away to really see in detail.

Landon weighs 250, so that means the guy on him was even bigger!

Every time the other team would kick off they would send this dog out to retrieve the tee after the play. We'd never seen that happen before and found it quite endearing.

After being evenly matched most of the game they beat us 28-21. Our boys were crushed. This didn't count toward our regular season record though and they were a super tough team so we're hoping we're in good shape for this year's season.

Good game, good game, good game, good game.

Busted Outing Sort Of

We were on Fall Break since last Thursday (it has been glorious) but Monday was our last day off and I really wanted to take advantage of the Fall goodness going on outside before it turns into winter woe.

Landon opted to spend the day with a friend, so Whitney and I drove up to Sundance to ride the ski lift and take in the surroundings. But it turns out that yesterday was the last day to do that!!! Aargh! I didn't even know there was a last day to do that! It was a crushing blow for sure (I even had a coupon) but I tried to rally our spirits by walking around and taking pictures.

Whitney was less than thrilled about the walking around aspect of things. I don't know how she's immune to such beautiful surroundings, but she kind of was.

She perked up a lot when she got to climb down on the rocks by the freezing brook. She liked to put a leaf in the water and watch it float away. I actually got this photo of her from a distance when she turned to look at me (i.e., she wasn't posing on purpose).

Even though we were there past prime foliage coloring, it was still beautiful, especially up close.

I love how the macro setting blurs the background.

Childlike no?

I have a thing with blue skies and fluffy white clouds.

I love this one.

After leaving Sundance we drove to Heber to get shakes at Granny's only to find that it was closed for the season #$@!. So I kept driving and we ended up in Park City. It was beautiful up there, their Aspens were in prime gold (and yet I have not photos).

We eventually stopped at Kneaders to get dessert, a Napolean for Whitney and a Boston Cream Cupcake for me.

We got some fun items at T.J. Maxx and drove home, good heavens it felt like a road trip!