BSU Baskefootball Game

Went to the BSU basketball game last night, along with over 10,000 other fans, to see the football team honored at halftime for their Fiesta Bowl victory. Thought it was humorous that it takes the other ball team and $3 tickets to sell out a basketball game, but hey, whatever works. There are normally only about 3000 fans at a regular basketball game - for good reason - they are not that good. I like coach Graham, but I thought he would have been able to build the team up more in the last few years instead of just having the same old free throw shooting problems...anyway they brought the trophy and the players out and the place just went crazy!

He's gonna kill me later

Who needs to go to the ballet when you've got one in your own living room? Cooper is going to kill me if he sees this picture when he's about 18 years old. That darn In-ter-net will be broke by then anyway so I don't think I have to worry too much.
Mia is the instructor with the notepad and Coop is the somewhat obedient student. But when the camera comes out, he always zips right over and stands just like that.

1 times 2 equals 4

One iPod Shuffle times Two sets of ear buds equals Four entertained kids. Hey, whatever works on a boring Saturday afternoon!

Frozen toes to go

Went to lunch and never came back. Ended up snowboarding with Roger up at Bogus instead. Was a beautiful day with no wind, but it was a tidy 5 degrees F. Totally frozen nose, but still better than going back to work.

Final 2006-'07 season BSU post (I promise)

A friend gave me a couple of excellent videos on BSU football yesterday, so I stuck them on that darn in-ter-net so I could share them with everybody else. They are both pretty long, but totally worth the wait (like most things in life).

Click here to see why the future is bright for BSU (Ian Johnson is a sophomore!). This video summarizes the 2006 season with highlights from each game.


Click here to see an agonizing compilation that starts with Zabransky's pick 6 at the end of the game and really conveys the uphill battle of the entire game. Ending of course with a proposal to the Head Cheerleader. Doesn't get much better than that for the little guy.

Congratulations to the AP#5 Broncos, the only unbeaten team of the 2006 season.

Mia and Cooper do the (iPod)Shuffle

The fact that they are both listening to the same song with different reactions speaks volumes about their two unique personalities. Or Coop is just a clown.

Rack it

Made major progress toward being Baja Ready this weekend with the addition of a Yakima roof rack to the Tacoma. I was a little nervous about drilling holes in that nice Leer shell, but amazingly I got through it with nary a mistake. Take note, Dad, that it actually does make a difference to have sharp (and straight) drill bits and a tape measur that had never been broken, discarded, found, and then 'fixed'.

That thing on top is the Loadwarrior basket, with the optional extender. The great thing about the raingutter towers and sideloader brackets is that when the rack is removed, all that's left is a little 6-inch by 1-inch strip of black metal bolted to the shell. This is important to Shanna because she doesn't like driving around looking like a 'neck....

Boise State wins out!

Unless you live in a cave, you've surely seen the following info, so this only applies to those of you that do: Unbelievably, Boise State has run the table for the first 13-0 season in history with a huge win over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. FOX Sports has a bunch of video here. One of the coolest things about the win is that we went toe to toe with OK and played square football right up until the end, then switched into trick play mode to come from behind for the win. What a great way to end a perfect season (literally).