Homecoming Week

This week was Homecoming for BYU! Heather and I had fun this weekend with some Homecoming activities.  First of all, on Friday night was the Homecoming football game.  It was a very intense game: we were down by 7 for most of it, then scored a touchdown and got the extra point to tie things up. The clock ran out a little after that, which meant we went into overtime.  The other team (Mississippi) went first, scoring 7 more points. We had to score at least 7 or else we'd lose. Then we got an awesome touchdown and the extra point, tying up the game again,  Double-overtime! We went first, and got a touchdown in our first play, throwing it to an open receiver who then ran it in. It was Mississippi's turn to try and tie it up again. They were 1st and 10, but we stopped them, driving them back. Their next play they threw it but we were there and knocked the ball right out of the reviewer's hands, with no pass interference, so no yellow card and the play stayed. We then drove them back again. So it was their 4th down, and they were about 9 yards from the first-down line and about 20 from the end zone. It was the last play. Everyone was one their feet and making as much noise as they could--Heather and I included. They snapped the ball, he looked for an open receiver, we rush him, he throws it--and we knock it out of the receiver's hands again with no pass interference! Game! We stopped them! We won!  Players began to rush the field in an exciting tide of rapture and exultation! Heather and I joined their ranks and we swarmed onto the field in a swell of fans as we poured into the stadium's field, rushing around the exhausted but triumphant football players.  Pictures below of us hanging out on the football field:

Also, one of the football players walked passed me and said, "Was up?" How cool is that!? Okay, you probably think it's really lame but i thought that it was super cool. I'm still gigging out about it. Anyway.

Because the game went into double overtime, we got home about a half hour after midnight. The next morning we tried to wake up early to go to the blue pancake breakfast they have every year. We barely managed to get to the one near campus plaza before they closed up shop. Yea free pancakes! After eating pancakes and drinking milk we headed the rest of the 20 feet to campus plaza where we sat down and watched the parade. Below are some pictures.  Also, Henry was super cute that morning and kept dancing to the music the parade provided. Below would be some super adorable videos, but I can't figure out how to do that yet. Here are some pictures.

After the parade we went home and had to quickly get ready to go to the BYU Spectacular. I had printed off the tickets beforehand but I might have, um, lost them. So we had to quickly drive up to the Wilk so that I could print off the tickets again and then we had to go and find parking and then we went into the Marriott Center. So it was my bad that we were a little bit late.  But singing in the Spectacular was none other than Gladys Night. Heather and I had a good time and enjoyed the music and dancing.

After the Spectacular we went home and picked up Henry from the babysitter's. Then all three of us took a nap. Then Heather and I woke up and got ready to go to the Homecoming dance. We went to the formal one which was held in the historic courthouse in Provo. Below are some pictures.

Then we went home and got there a little before midnight. And we had to wake up for 8:00 am church. :P It turned out that we forgot to set an alarm, but the Spirit woke me up. I dreamed that it was after 8 and I was still in bed and I freaked out, then actually woke up and looked at the clock (my phone, we use phones for clocks in our society) and saw it was 7:48 am. We barely managed to get there for the sacrament. Anyway, that was out fun weekend for Homecoming this last week.