Our "Cowboys" Experience

So the weekend before Thanksgiving we went to Dallas to watch the Cowboys take on the San Francisco 49ers. I gave these tickets to Kade back in August for his birthday. We arrived in Dallas Friday night and picked up our awesome rental car. We thought for $11 a day we were going to get a piece of crap car but luck was on our side and we ended up with a brand new 08 Ford Mustang! Saturday we went and toured Dallas, we went to the Zoo, and then found a sports bar and watched the University of Utah crush BYU, it was a beautiful game! On Sunday we headed to Texas Stadium pretty early because we had heard that if you are not on the road at least 2 hours before the game, you won't get there in time. On our way to Texas Stadium Intro of the Cowboys Can't forget those Cheerleaders! The game was awesome! The Cowboys played one of their best games this season. One thing I can say is that you don't mess with Texas football fans, they are crazy, loyal, and funny. I had waited until game day to buy me a Cowboys shirt and up until I got one I felt so out of place. Everyone was in Cowboys attire from head to toe. We had gone to IHOP before and even the employees at IHOP were decked out. I felt much better once I got into the spirit. We had awesome seats and the people next to us were a lot of fun and were the high five type of fans. Anytime the Cowboys did anything they high fived everyone. The Cowboys won of course and beat the 49ers 35-22. I am not the hugest football fan but I will say going to an NFL game has now become an addiction. I told Kade that I want to see every team in the NFL at least once. He of course didn't say no and is all for it. Once the game was over I took Kade to Fort Worth to the Stock Yards where Red Bull holds their X-Fighters event. We ate dinner, went into some tourist shops and then went back to the hotel. Monday we got to tour Texas Stadium. We saw inside some of the suites, where the Cowboy Cheerleaders tryout, the teams locker room, and then of course we got to walk down on the field. The teams lockroom It was a really fun weekend and something that just might need to turn into a tradition.

Happy Halloween

Ok, so I am only 5 days late posting this but its better to be late then never. Halloween was a lot of fun. The day before, Kimber and I went to Teri and my mom's school to participate in the Halloween parade and party. We went to Teri's school first where Kimber and Katie both rode in the wagon while Teri, who dressed up as a penguin, pulled them around the school and through the auditorium where all the parents were. Teri hasn't given me the pictures yet of her in her costume but I will get one somehow and you can all see her wonderful penguin costume. Next we went to my mom's school where Kimber got lots of suckers and lots of attention from all the students. As you can see Kimber was a pumpkin this year and she loved her costume and didn't even mind the hat. On Halloween night we went trick-or-treating of course and at first Kimber wasn’t sure on what to do but as soon as people held out their bowl of candy she was all over that. She would either take a big handful or take one piece and place in her pumpkin bucket and then turn back and take another piece. People where nice enough to let her take two. We lasted for about a half hour and that is when her bucket was getting too heavy to carry. We then went to some friends houses to say hi and then finished the night off at Wingers for some dinner. Hope all had a great Halloween, on to Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Red Bull Soap Box

Last week I had the opportunity to go to Red Bull Soap Box. This event is where people built soap box cars and raced them down a steep hill. This was held at Red Rocks in Colorado. I got out there a few days early to help out with the Wiiing Team Invasion, just like I did with X Fighters, but this event didn't have as many Wiiing Team Members to keep track of. It was still late nights but they were spent on the scenic cruiser, otherwise known as the party bus. The first night we were there they had a kick-off party at the Burton Show room that was a lot of fun and for the first time some of the girls got to try the new Cola from Red Bull. There was of course dancing, food, and a good time. The rest of the time was spent working and having fun. We went to Ft. Collins to CSU and sampled on campus to get people excited about the event, then at nights we had a few girls on the scenic cruiser dancing and passing out Red Bull to those that came on the bus to hangout. The day of the event I was in charge of the Wreckage Alley. That meant that I had to keep a clear path from where the soap box race finished to where the cars were then carried to a pit area, otherwise known as the "Wreckage Alley." This wasn't a bad job. I got to see the race and kept people entertained by yelling at other people who wouldn't move out of the way. This is one of the soap boxes that participated As you can see I found time to take my picture in this "Red Bull" soap box. The winner of the race was the team called "Save Ferris." The soap box car took after the red sports car in Ferris Bueller's Day off. People do a small skit at the top of the ramp and they were all dressed up as the characters on the movie and then they kicked the car down the ramp. The funny thing is they kicked it so it went backwards and they made it look like no one was in the car. When it got so the bottom it came to a perfect stop and out of almost no where a guy gets out of it dressed as the mechanic. However, the most exciting part was a fight that broke out between a girl and guy where the girl threw her beer on the guy, the guy punched the girl. This girl was ready to kill this guy. The guy took off and the cops calmed the girl down. I tell ya, never a dull moment at a Red Bull event. Again, just like X Fighters, I had 4 of my own WTMs there. They worked so hard, drove 10 hours in the Red Bull MINIs, and from what I heard everyone LOVED the Utah girls. They also made sure that I let lose every once in a while as well...thanks girls! I have to say that this event was probably the best I have been to so far. Everyday was a new adventure and the laughter hardly ever stopped.