Small Obsession.......BYU football

I have a small confession to make. I am obsessed with BYU football. Not like some people I know, but I do love the game and BYU. Ever since I was little, I can remember BYU football. LaVell Edwards was the Bishop of my mom and dad's ward when they attended BYU. Every year for Spring Break we went to Utah to visit family and would ALWAYS stop at BYU to see LaVell, the BYU bookstore, eat in the CougarEat and see Kristin and Kraig who were attending there. I remember going to the blue/white game in the now Practice Fields. I even met Ty Detmer in the Football offices. He autographed his Heisman photo for me. I still have it somewhere and had a Heisman poster of Ty and his trophy in my room. My dad would wake us (at least me) up to the Cougar Fight Song: "Rise and shout the Cougars are out....." (go ahead and sing along) I remember watching Bowl games at the Cartwrights (family friends - we would share holiday meals together and Twin Lakes) because we didn't have cable and cheering on the blue and white. Of my immediate family, there are a LOT of BYU grads - my mom and dad, 3 siblings and their spouses, Jeff and I and my nephew will attend BYU-I this fall. Of my siblings and spouses (including parents) 10 of 16 graduated from BYU.
 
I am however, not as obsessed as say my husband Jeff. His family is insanely crazy fans - well a few of them - Nathan, Jeff, a few cousins and uncles and Grandma Risenmay (Jeff's grandma). Also there are few friends of ours that are how do you say: well I'm not sure words can express the bizarre behavior exhibited by such friends during games.........ahem......Scott, Pete, John, Jake and a few others I know......but all in good fun right!? Well whatever, I won't get into how up and down they are when they watch a game......that would fill an entire book!


In honor of BYU, I have made a few items to show our loyalty (and really so Jeff will indulge my creative outlets...) - aside from buying season tickets while living in Provo, driving for games, and buying "fan" t-shirts after we moved to AZ. I've put together a few BYU items of our own. Enjoy and if you're a Ute fan.....well - we can still be friends. Just don't tell Jeff - that may be another story. :)

  This is in Lucas' room - made this when he was littler and painted his room before Abbey was born. It was a proud day for Jeff when I called him at work and Lucas (who was barely 2 at the time) was chanting "B-Y-U, B-Y-U, Gooooooo, Cougars!" Awwww........ :)

This is hanging outside our front door and was inspired by "JOY" signs we made at last year's Super Saturday.


My latest was this: I took our old lame mouse pad to a computer that we no longer use. This mouse pad is 8 1/2 years old - we got it when we were first married and bought our first computer which has since been replaced this year as well.  

 And turned it into a Masterpiece.....sort of. :) Fun huh!!?