Ever since we screamed ourselves silly at our friend's, the Lindsay's, home 3 years ago at the first Fiesta Bowl, an idea had been formulating in Bill's head. An idea that involved a loooong road trip, his only 11 year old son, a charter bus, lots of junk food, and the chance to watch his Boise State Broncos play in a nationally televised football game in person. After the BCS selection show, I didn't think he'd still want to go, I mean, BSU was paired with TCU - just like the previous year. Again. Disappointment reigned supreme with the two males in our household. Disgust, mini tantrums, yelling at the TV, hands thrown in the air - you get the gist. Aaaaaanyway, after a couple of weeks trying to decide if he really wanted to make the trip, Bill took the plunge, made sure Payton REALLY wanted to go, then paid some guy for game tickets and another guy for two bus tickets. The idea was really going to happen. The only thing that worried me was, "Who would take the pictures?" I mean, I am the only one who believes in pointing and shooting in this family, so I didn't think that there would be many photos to document this occasion.
I WAS WRONG!!!
Bill was a good boy. He took my camera. He took pictures. They were pretty good pictures considering I have one crappy camera. The following are the pictures he snapped while on he and Payton's grand adventure.
Pre-dawn fun just waiting to happen!
Adventure is out there! (On a loooong bus ride...)
I WAS WRONG!!!
Bill was a good boy. He took my camera. He took pictures. They were pretty good pictures considering I have one crappy camera. The following are the pictures he snapped while on he and Payton's grand adventure.
Pre-dawn fun just waiting to happen!
Adventure is out there! (On a loooong bus ride...)
Awww, I missed him while he was gone!
Da field. Da Team. Da Best!
You're going down, TCU. What is a horned frog anyway? Sheesh.
Tostitos and salsa on every chair in the stadium. That must have taken a.long.time.
Wook at does coot BSU fans! (Say that in a baby voice for full effect.)
Diggin' those BSU Bronco shorts!
No vegetables were eaten or harmed during the duration of this trip.
Bill's gettin' good with the self portrait taking!The trip went great - for the most part. The Broncos kicked some horned frog booty and my boys were able to be there to witness it! Loud. Very, very loud!
The bus ended up breaking down in Las Vegas, but Bill is an excellent hitchhiker and managed to find a ride back to Boise with a friendly attorney from Eagle. Thanks to Scott and his son for letting two extra Boiseans share your ride! (And thanks for not being a serial killer! Kisses!)
Good-bye, Phoenix. Until next year. They'll fly down then. Maybe I'll go with them... After all, someone has to take photos for memories!
5 comments:
Ok...I have to tell you that Brian and I were the ones putting out all of those orange pom poms the morning of the game. What a workout it was to run those stairs..20 thousand pom poms...I will post on my blog soon! Go broncos!!
Lisa Yeargain
I love it!!! Way to go Bill and Payton...seize the day! So many good memories and bonding between father and son...glad they went and had a good time.
(I'm glad to hear no vegetables were harmed during the adventure....you make me laugh)
I'm glad you didn't have to drive to Las Vegas to pick them up! I hope you and your girls had a fun "girls weekend" while they were gone!!
Nice! I love the 'no vegetables were harmed...' thing. So true! Trips like that mandate NO veggies! Glad they had a great time.
How fun for them to get out and bond at a fun game! Bryton loves looking at these pics of "peeton"!
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