Sunday, January 27, 2008

BYU Basketball Complete with Cosmo

I took the girls to their first BYU basketball game. They had Spanish Fork night where residents could get tickets for only $1. My friend Denise and I decided that it would be a good chance to find out whether or not our kids would enjoy the game (as opposed to paying full price for a ticket, only to find out the kids want to leave at half time). The girls and I got there about 35 minutes early, so we went down close to the court and watched the players warm up. It turns out the most exciting thing, however, is really when the cheerleaders come out to warm up! The girls really enjoyed watching all the cheering and dancing.

Just after half time, a guy sitting next to us saw Cosmo (the BYU mascot) at a nearby portal. He went and asked him to come to our portal. Brynne wasn't interested in seeing him, but I snapped the picture below of Morgan next to him. (Denise's son Zachary is the little face you see between Cosmo and Morgan, and her son Tyler is in the green shirt.) And notice Cosmo pointing at me?? I can't decide if he's trying to tell me my hair is sticking up or if he's saying "You are the woman!"

Morgan had some pretty memorable quotes during the game...
Just after BYU sunk a 3-pointer: "Wow! Did you see that cheerleader do a flip?"
As the players came out to warm up after half time: "Oh man! Are they going to play another game?" I guess I hadn't adequately described the idea of half-time.

We ended up leaving not quite half way through the second half. I thought they'd at least enjoyed it, but Morgan told me she wouldn't care to go to any more games. Brynne said she would like to, but that's probably because she had me hold her the whole time and that perk doesn't necessarily come free with every game! I had invited them to a football game a few months back also, but neither of them wanted to come. I'm beginning to get a bit worried. Where did I get girls that are actually girls? And who's going to get season tickets with me for all the sporting events? Lee, one more reason I can't wait for you to get home!!! :)

5 comments:

Dashley said...

Your blog was most entertaining! Or maybe I should say your girls are most entertaining! :) Loved the comments and I loved Brynne's braids! Just one more thing I have to say. "Hilary, you really are the woman!"

Denise said...

Sorry, dashley, but it doesn't sound as exciting from you as it does from Cosmo!

If you do come to another game, you'll have to make sure not to be early so you can spend that 35 minutes watching more of the game instead of warm-ups. :)

And as for sporting events, you always have the Brown family to join you -- my boys (especially Tyler) LOVED it!!!

Ann Marie said...

Don't tell Brynne but her really cute hair looks really, really red. Go cougar cheerleaders!

Hilary said...

excellent

Hilary said...

I got a little worried when I saw the comment I made above. The problem is that I didn't remember making that comment. Then I remembered that Bert, my grandmother who is visiting, was on my computer at that time the commnet was posted. I'm sure she typed "excellent". Whew! I thought I was loosing my mind! :)