Andrew's Game

My nephew Andrew plays football for Southern Utah University which is about 3 hours from Salt Lake, but last weekend they played at Weber State in Ogden so we were able to go watch his game.

Andrew is #93. He's always been tall, but when you go to college to play they seriously bulk you up. He is huge! (In a good way, not in a fat, blobby way.)

A guy Steve coaches high school football with has tickets for up in the box (that you can see on the opposite side of the field). He had 3 extra tickets for Steve, Alex and I, so when we first got there we were up in the nice warm box where we dined on  free brownies and lemonade. But then I figured we'd better go mingle with the "little people" to show them that we still know how to keep it real. Totally kidding!

Stephenie and her cousins had a sleepover the night before and then went to the game together. I love that they are not just cousins, but also buddies.

 

I absolutely love this adorable picture of Andrew and Alex, I could just look at it all day.

It was nice that the team was able to visit with friends and family after the game before heading back.

Andrew and Uncle Steve have always had a special bond through their love of sports, topped off now by the commonality of both having played college football.

 My brother Eric and his gorgeous family.

We have a family joke that no matter where Steve goes, he will run into an old friend. It really made his day that he was able to watch 3 young men play that he coached back in his Kearns High days. Karl plays for Weber and Fatu and Toa play for SUU. He also coached Sa, the young lady in basketball at Kearns.

We're really proud of Andrew and all he's accomplished. He's really grown up to be a fine young man. (Wow, that statement just made me sound really old!!)