BYU vs Texas/ Trip to Utah

We lasted 2 and a half weeks before making our next trip back to Utah! Long time! ;) We flew in for BYU Texas football game. Bryson's parents are both from Texas so it was a fun game to go to. We went to dinner before and as we came out, we noticed some nasty clouds. We left University mall and it took us over an hour to get down the hill to BYU. Game traffic and we got stuck in a HUGE storm. The game was postponed 2 hours and the rain flooded down. We finally got into the game and in our seats. BYU KILLED Texas. Really bad. It was fun to be with family and watch the cougars play. Our seats were a little high and it was a trek taking Lily potty every so often. I was contracting like crazy! The game got over pretty late and the kids were out super fast. We put them straight to bed. Akoy was confused the next morning when he was in the clothes from the previous day. 

Before we flew out we celebrated Lily's birthday. We had a cake and sang Happy Birthday. I also made her a birthday video that we watched while we ate cake. It was a quick celebration! (but her only cake!) It was a very quick trip but good to see family! We were able to squeeze a birthday party for Akoy's friend, my cousins homecoming, studying and lot of family time. 

We were lucky enough to get an extra seat on both flights. It made things so much easier with Lily and my 32 week belly. This was Lily's last free flight :( 

Our 6 AM flight

Anyone else kids drive each other crazy? They kept saying "YOU" for no reason and getting mad at each other. So glad we have a mini van where they can't touch each other! 

Loved spending time with grandpa!

Go Cougars!

Out cold

Out cold

Snuggle time

On the way back home

Chicago

Sorry if you follow me on instagram and you have already seen most of these but had to save for our blog book. 

We just got back from a quick trip to Chicago. We went to the Notre Dame vs. BYU game yesterday. It was a SUPER quick trip but with Bryson schedule that was all we could do. We also went to celebrate Bryson's dads 52nd birthday!  We had so much fun and Akoy cried as we entered our Apartment complex because he wanted to go to the hotel!

We left Friday afternoon and got into Chicago around 6:30 after a super long taxi ride in the plane. We literately taxi-ed longer than the actual 50 minute (second leg) flight. We had a short layover in Minneapolis.  Akoy and Lily went to Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana all with in 34 hours! We decided to start 'rating' our kids on the flight 1-10(best). First leg 1 hr 30: Akoy-8. He was fairly good but kept bugging Bryson. Lily 6. She mostly watched Mickey Mouse. Second Leg flight 55 min... taxi.. longer: Akoy 6. Lily 3. Both flights we barely missed drinks. We just got stuck in the middle and didn't have time to get one. Akoy really wanted a sprite. I ended up asking the lady when she was right behind us to just give him one. He was so sad on the last flight. The kids were so excited to finally see Grandma, Grandpa and Bronson.

LOVES watching Mickey Mouse

He got this on Monday and saved it all week for the plane ride! He ate all three packs with in 20 min. 

What?

We went to Rain Forest Cafe to celebrate Keith's birthday!

That night was terrible. Lily didn't get a good nap and ended up falling asleep on Bryson's shoulders! We literately carried her to the crib and just took off her pants. She was out cold. until 3. She wouldn't sleep in the pack n play. I think she just wanted milk but we didn't have any. I tried sleeping with her but she would just lay there, never actually falling asleep. Just kept moving to a different position. Finally around 5 Bryson spanked (not really hard) her and we put her in her pj's. Then slept great! Just a hard couple hours. I think this night taught her how to sleep on me. She would never fall asleep for me anywhere! It could also be from being so tired but she went to sleep on me at the game and both flights. It was so nice for her to just lay down on my chest and sleep!



Notre Dame was an hour and a half away in South Bend, Indiana. We walked around the campus and it was so pretty! All the buildings were old but very good looking. When we entered the stadium we found out Lily needed a ticket (the people at BYU told Kelley she didn't need one). Some guy behind us just gave us one. He wouldn't let Bryson pay for it either. All the Notre Dame fans were super nice and friendly. Especially genuine. The game was SOOO close. Made for a good game though! We held up really well against Notre Dame.

Game Faces!

If you look at the score- we were winning for a majority of the game. Then Touchdown Jesus! ha

Touch down Jesus

We ran into Bryson's cousin Greg!

Family in front of Touchdown Jesus. We missed the rest of the family!

Yummy popcorn!

Touchdown!

We got back late and had to wake up at 4 in order to catch our flights. It was a short trip but well worth it. I wish we could have spent longer in Chicago but it was fun to drive by place. Beautiful city but gave me anxiety like crazy! I hate traffic! Flight home: Akoy-10 Lily-10. both slept the entire time! Second leg: Akoy 9- just played with his blanket and was so excited to get a drink. Lily 10- Feel asleep at take off. slept until we were 2 minutes away from home! Even through all the transferring  Tired girl. THEN went down for a nap an hour later which gives me time to blog! :)

This trip came at a perfect time! A short get away helps clear the mind and get ready to conquer the next week! :)  I might need a vacation this weekend too... anyone up for one?!

Funny story! So apparently (which we knew but forgot!) we flew out of Omaha and flew into Lincoln... After realizing everything at the airport in Chicago we had our friend Cassidy to pick us up and we will have to go to Omaha to get our car tomorrow! Crazy! oops!

Long hair!

4 am changing.. he slept through it all!

I want to see my tattoos

Pass or keep away from Lily?

Second leg on the way home! Out cold!

So happy about sprite and cookies! First out of 4 flights!

BYU Basketball Game

A couple days after traveling to Utah we attended a BYU basketball game with the Gregory family. It was a lot of fun as usual. BYU barely lost. Akoy had a lot of fun playing with his cousins and grandparents. The grandparents gave in and bought the kids popcorn to share. (p.s. our target is turning their food place into a starbucks and a lady told me they might not have popcorn anymore! Akoy is going to die)  Lily actually enjoyed watching the game. I ran into a student that I student taught. It was weird she was already in High School. Where did that time go? It was such a close game. BYU barely lost. We had little pom pom things on our chair and Akoy loved waving them and cheering "Go Cougars!" This continued every time he saw the pom poms during the trip until we finally threw them away.

Afterwards we headed up to Fashion Place mall and had dinner at The Brio. It's a nicer restaurant, and lugging 4 kids in had me worried, but the restaurant was really good about it. They let the kids make their own pizza's and then were able to watch them cook in the brick oven. Most of the dinner Akoy just wanted to sit on Grandma's lap. 

BYU vs Creighton and such...

A few days ago we had the chance to see the BYU basketball team play Creighton up in Omaha. We went up with a few friends and had a blast! The game stayed pretty close the whole time. Of course BYU won! Which made for an even better night! It was fun to see other "BYU" fans or basically other mormons.
Something different they did, was allow the team to come back on the floor and meet the fans. Bryson wanted to say hi to Jackson Emery because they grew up in the same area, but there was a little crowd and their coach didn't let them stay out long. Akoy did pretty good throughout the game, only a couple moments! :) Oh, and he had his first taste of beer... oops. We weren't watching as we were listening to the players talk afterwords, and someone else let us know that Akoy had picked up a leftover cup and was trying to get the last few drops out. Oh, well! What can you do?!

We had our friend Lydia over the other day. Some cute pictures of them together. There is a reason he doesn't have pants on. {Even though, normally he doesn't have pants on when it is just us.} However in this certain circumstance, these little kids remembered some chocolate pretzels in the bathroom. When I was on the phone they decided they wanted some. Somehow.. (I'm not sure how) Akoy stood in the toilet bowl, trying to climb up higher. The bottom part of his pants were wet, one leg slightly higher (from the deeper part of the bowl) No where else was wet. I don't know how he got in and out without other parts of his pants getting wet. I wish so bad, that I could have seen how they did this.  I later got the treats for them but got a good laugh at trying different strategies of two toddlers getting some sugar.

Oh, and neither of them actually like water in bottles, but because it was on the floor, both of them wanted it. Kinda funny how that works.

how cute is this kid???

He loves to play in the bathroom/shower A LOT. It is starting to be a problem. He always gets wet from the leftover water in the shower and he plays with the toilet a lot. These particular pictures were the result of the blow dryer. He thinks it's so funny. I love his facial expressions.

When we transition Akoy into a toddler bed {which won't be for awhile} I am going to go with a sports theme. I already have his bedding and Bryson is going to build his bed. This process was going to be put into effect sooner with the need for the crib, but now we won't need it for awhile longer. But it least I already have the stuff.  I decided to make Akoy some boxes to put stuff it that matched. Right now they are just sitting in his closet with random stuff in them, but after the transion they will look awesome in his room! I love how they turned out! All I did was mod podge fabric to a diaper box! Brilliant idea for diaper boxes!