Summer of A Thousand Vacations: Act IV - BYU vs UCLA

As you may be able to tell this post is way over due. A while back Matt kept telling his brother to find him a UCLA ticket and that he would drive out and go to the game. I thought to myself, like that is going to happen, that game is sold out, and the only tickets available one could purchase for over $100 a ticket. Well, the week of the game, Nathan called and said that some one in his group was actually not going to be able to attend the game and he had one extra ticket. That was enough for Matt so we made the trip. We arrived at my parents house late Friday night. Soon after Nathan and a few of his buddies arrived as well. The boys went downstairs and started playing XBox. They had so much fun on my parents projector that they played till 4:30am.

The next day as they were all leaving to head to Provo for the game, my generous little sister called and said that she had homework or what ever and I could use her ticket if I wanted. I was torn, can I take this ticket from her. My mom said don't worry about it and if she wants to give it to me, than take it. So I jumped in the car and off I went.

We don't need to dwell on the game much because we all know BYU Football is amazing, and that game was awesome, well at least the 2nd quarter was really exciting.


It was a fast trip, but fun none the less. Thanks to Kristin and Jamie for letting us have their tickets at no cost. (We will not tell them that they could have sold them for some good money)

If you look really hard, you might even be able to see the score in this picture.

Summer of A Thousand Vacations: Act III - Matt's High School Reunion

The week after our camping trip, was my 10 year high school reunion. So after a strenuous 3 day work week, we flew down to Houston for the weekend.

I will admit that I always enjoy going home. Even if my parents decide to retire somewhere else, Houston will always be home. The thick air, an Ultimate Cheeseburger & Milkshake at Jack In The Box, Blue Bell, and just being in the places that are so familiar. It happens when you spend 16+ years living there.

So we headed to the Salt Homestead, and enjoyed the afternoon with my parents. The it was off to a seminary reunion. It was good to see some of my friends that went through four years of early morning seminary together. We enjoyed cupcakes and updates from everyone in attendance and what they knew about other friends that couldn't be there. Thanks to Charlotte & Shannon for helping to arrange things. I hope that we can do this again at the next high school reunion, as it was the better of the two events for sure.

The next day was the high school reunion. It was at a posh hotel in the Galleria (the upscale shopping district in Houston). After wandering around the mall trying to find it, let's just say that I was underwhelmed at the attendance. For a class of 400+ kids, there were maybe 40 or so people in attendance. And the people there were predominantly the kids that were popular in high school. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed being there and seeing a few friends from HS, but there were only 4 or 5 people that I really hung out with in High School. I actually had a better time when we left the reunion and headed to a nearby bar with those 4-5. Good to know AFTER shelling out $130. My advice, make sure that the people that you want to see are going to go before you spend the money to go.

The next day we spent time with my parents, and headed back to Denver. It was a nice weekend, but I have conflicted feelings about doing it again.