The Rose Bowl

 We had the amazing opportunity to go to the Rose Bowl this year, thanks to Craig's parents.  University of Utah won the Pac12 and was selected to go to the Rose Bowl.  Stan being a UofU alumni started trying to make plans as soon as he heard.  He was able to get 5 tickets. Craig and Mark were able to go, but the other brothers weren't, so that meant that Paige and I got to tag along.  Going to the Rose Bowl was definitely on both mine and Craig's bucket list and being able to go and cheer on one of our favorite teams made it even better.  It was a really quick trip, but it was so worth it.  Luckily my mom was able to watch the kids for us and we flew out New Year's Eve into LA.  We were actually driving to the hotel as all the fireworks started going off all over the city.  We woke up Saturday morning and got a quick workout in and ate some breakfast and then we were off to Pasadena.  After finding parking and walking about a mile to the stadium we had a little time to kill and just take it all in.  After a stroll around the stadium and the sea of red (both teams are red and white) we realized it was about 85% Utah fans.  It was a really exciting game with a lot of points scored, but sadly we did not leave with a victory.  Ohio State took home the W, but it was still a once in a lifetime experience.  After making it back to the car after the game we headed to Mel's Drive-in for dinner and then back to the hotel because we were up early Sunday morning to fly back home.  What a fun way to start off the New Year!  We will never forget this awesome day!!

The kids celebrating New Years with Grandma and cousins