Game Day

Before I get into pictures of the game, here is how we found Jackson this morning. He is now spinning around in the crib. He loves his blankie at night. He is the cutest kid ever.

Dallas came up and painted a big U in my yard and Cory's yard. They look awesome and he did an even better job on his yard. Thanks Dallas for putting this lasting memory in our yard.
Jackie thought she would be funny and wear a BYU shirt and stand inside my U. Little did she know the joke would be on her later on. She was taking care of Jackson when the game was 24-10 and came back a little later and was a little shocked that it was 47-10.
Candice shoving her off the U.
Jackson playing with our neighbors boy Owen. Jackson and Owen are 2 of 5 boys born on our street this year. Can't wait until they can all play together.
And this is how the game went for us . . . . . . .
GO UTES!

UTAH-USC

This weekend we had to go to the Inaugural PAC-12 football game, since it had the University of Utah playing in it. We made a guys weekend out of it. Ryan and I left Thursday afternoon and got to Ventura at midnight. We stayed with our friends Spenny and Nellie. Friday morning I visited my old work and had fun talking to some friends.

Afterwards Ryan and I spent the day walking around the outlets and walking around on the beach. That night we had great Grilled Pizza, and then Ryan, Spenny, and I all went bowling. We had a great time.

Saturday morning we headed down the Pacific Coast Highway to Santa Monica. We rented some bikes and rode down to Venice Beach. Cory met us at the Pier and we went to lunch and then headed to the game.

I've now been to BYU, Utah St, Arizona St, University of Oregon, UCLA, and Notre Dame, by far I think this weekend was the best game day experience. We had a great time walking around campus and seeing all the tailgaters. We took pictures in front of the Coliseum and then headed to our seats.

We had great seats and everyone around us were really nice. The USC fans were great before, during, and after the game.
The band for USC was awesome and they played music non stop. After a while their fight song got a little much. The only complaint about the game was the cheerleader that screamed non stop into his microphone Beat the Utes. I think it was the only cheer he did.
From opening kickoff to the blocked field goal as time expired, the game was great. We went through many emotions but even though the Utes lost, I am so glad we went and couldn't be happier with the experience.
We had beautiful weather the whole game and the whole weekend.

Can't wait for future PAC 12 road trips.

Cottrell Family Pictures

We did family pictures with CJ's family last month. We went to Wheeler Farm and we got some great shots. Our neighbor took the pictures and did an awesome job. They really turned out so good and now we finally have a nice family picture hanging in our home. It only took us six months after Jackson being born for us to get one taken. I hope we do better in the future.

This was really funny watching them "laughing" for pictures. Goofy!

I absolutely love this picture of all the boys. What a good lookin' bunch!

Cute Girls

My Darling Little Boy!