TRUE BLUE!!!

One of the reasons Darren was so excited to move back to Cache Valley was so that we could go to ALL the Aggie games! Yes…we are football season ticket holders despite the fact that the Aggies are just not that good! It is good wholesome family fun, and I enjoy football too, so I can't complain...at least not yet! When the temperatures start dropping, I might not be so happy about it! So, the last few weeks, much of our time has been devoted to Aggie football! GO AGGIES!

Darren and Logan both attended the opening Blue and White scrimmage. Rylee and I were really sick that day, and Darren had been sick earlier, but I guess it wasn’t enough to keep him away! Logan had a blast playing on all the blowup toys and seeing Big Blue and cheering for the Aggies, but his favorite part was running on the football field! Now he thinks he should be able to run on the field after every game and gets upset when he can't.

Before the first home game of the season, they had some fun family festivities on campus. The kids loved climbing on this giant tractor and Logan thought it was fun to do the Aggie football toss and run all over the Quad.

Rylee showing us some dance moves!

They were both also fascinated with the water fountain on campus and Rylee loved the flowers. We tried REALLY hard to get some pictures on the A, but they weren’t too cooperative!

So, the first 2 games of the season were quite different…. Game 1 was against the U. This game is known as “The Battle of The Brothers”. In Darren’s family, this is pretty true since almost all of his brothers have gone to the U. They all came up for the game. We were a little outnumbered by all the red!We went to dinner first and then headed to the game. My kids were so happy that their cousin Parker was there to play with - even if he cheered for the wrong team!Darren’s dad went for a neutral look – I thought he was pretty funny in his Utah shirt and USU hat!

Logan's very favorite part of the game is when the players come out and we sing the fight song! He LOVES it and was going crazy jumping up and down and clapping and singing along! He LOVES anytime they play the fight song or The Scotsman. He tired himself out before the game even started! Go Aggies, Hey! Hey! Hey!

Rylee likes to clap for the Aggies just like Brother!

We scored first, but there wasn’t much to cheer about after that for the Aggie fans! The final score ended up being 58-10 and if the Utes didn’t fumble the punts so many times, we might not have scored at all! Arent' my little Aggie fans cute?We somehow managed to spill 4 or 5 Diet Cokes all over the bleachers during the game, so I’m sure the people in front of us really appreciated that! Logan does great at the games once he has a snow cone! I think I am the only one excited to see Big Blue in this photo! Rylee is TERRIFIED of Big Blue! She spends most of the games looking for him just so she knows that he is not too close! She says "Big Blue?" and holds up her hands like "where is he?" It is very cute! Just don't let him get TOO close!

Game 2 was a much different story – It was called “The Pillowfight of the Week” since it was against Idaho, who is also listed as one of the worst 10 teams in college football right along with the Aggies! The first half was pretty rough for both teams, but the Aggies dominated the second half and came away with a VICTORY!!! Yes, that is right…the Aggies won a game! And not only did they win, they scored 42 points – Who knew the Aggies could do that? That also puts them on top of the Conference standings…for now… The kids LOVE the games and had so much fun with our friends, the Sanders and their cute boys Spencer and Dallin. It looked like were were going to get rained on, but it only rained a little bit. It would start and I would get all of our rain gear on, and then it would stop and warm up so I would have to take it off, and then it would start again. Rylee loves to wear her Princess poncho!

Here are the kids in between the rain when the sun came out. Don't they look cool in their shades?

Rylee loves to cheer and both kids thought that the railings were great fun to play on – I was pretty stressed about Rylee. I was worried she might fall through or try and climb all the way to the top, but we made it to the end of the game without any accidents.

Rylee giving a Go Aggies cheer! So cute!

Logan blowing on his whistle like a coach! He thought that was so cool!

Rylee LOVES to pose for me!

I was so happy that my old roomie Amy was there and I was able to see her, and we saw our friends the Olsons. We always love going to the games, but it was definitely more fun to win this week!

We also went to an Aggie volleyball game tonight. It was so much fun and Logan and Rylee both really liked it! Logan was watching pretty intensely...Logan was really excited to go and liked saying "Bump, Set, Spike" and cheering for the Kills! Rylee was so happy to have her very own chair! She loves that for some reason. She also liked watching everyone - especially the cheerleaders. The kids were also very excited that Aunt Vanessa came along with us!Big Blue tried to play Peek-A-Boo with Rylee for awhile, but she was NOT amused! In fact, she was terrified! Logan was happy to see Big Blue and give him a five!The Aggies dominated the first game against Nevada, but then almost lost the match! It was pretty intense, but they ended up winning! Yeah Aggies!

In other football news, we have also attended a few High school football games. Yes…just going to College is not enough for us! We have been to watch Sky View High School twice. Darren’s business partner is a big booster for them and is always bugging us to go. Sky View is really good, and the kids actually think it is pretty fun! High school football is pretty big here in Cache Valley and to get seats you have to go DAYS (yes...I said DAYS) in advance! It is crazy - I have never seen anything like it! People go days before the game and duct tape their blankets to the bleachers - I guess that is a sign you live in a small town!Logan is happy as long as he has a snow cone there and Rylee is quite interested in all the people, especially the cheerleaders and dancers. She even started touching her toes throughout the game -just like the cheerleaders do - We may be in trouble! Rylee was even chanting "ky Vue" (Sky View) and "Go, Go, Go" and "Get Him!" by the end of the game! This week was Homecoming and was a fun game. When the game was over, Logan told us he wanted to meet a football player. Luckily, we bumped into one on our way out, and he was the player who scored all the touchdowns. He was really cute and talked to Logan and gave him five which totally made Logan's day! Sky View is the high school our children will most likely go to if we stay here, so I guess we might as well start cheering for them, right?

We have also been to 2 Northridge Sophomore games to watch Uncle Jeff. The kids think it is so fun to watch Uncle Jeff in his football gear. He started off the season as the 3rd string QB, but has since changed to Wide Receiver and Free Safety. He didn’t get to play too much in the games we went to, but in his game on Thursday he played almost every play! We were bummed we missed it! Way to go Jeff!

This post turned out much longer than I planned it to, but that usually happens with me. There will probably be lots more posts of Aggie sports to come, since that is how we spend lots of our family time. We are excited for this week's game against BYU! We have lots of family and friends coming up to watch the game with us, so that should be fun! We are a little nervous about the score - BYU hasn't let anyone score on them for 2 weeks, so we could be in trouble! After the USC-Oregon State game this week though, who knows? Anything can happen! No matter how many we lose by though, we will still love our Aggies!!! Utah State, Hey! Aggies All the Way!