Go BYU

Brianna, Alyssa and I had a nice girls day out attending the BYU-Idaho State football game.  It was a beautiful sunny day (hard to believe that it is mid-October, notice th short sleeve shirts) and a fun game.  BYU stole the show with a 56 to 3 win.  We enjoyed "football" food as we cheered and sang the BYU fight song over and over again.  It it such a great atmosphere to be in and Alyssa is seriously counting down the years until she will be a student there.  It excites me to think my girls can attend such a great school and be among so many great young adults.

Too bad the boys "had" to go golfing for their time together.  They really missed out. :)

"I Spy"

We woke this 3rd day of spring break to pouring rain. It was OK, the flowers seemed to be loving it. But then it all changed. The spring rain turned to winter snow with a vengeance.

However, we were not to be deterred. We had planned on going to BYU and go we did (although maybe a little bit slower than normal). We went to see an exhibit featuring Walter Wick. He is the creator of the "I Spy" books. My kids have always enjoyed his work and we have passed many a slow moment searching for hidden objects and solving the riddles within the puzzles of his books. His exhibit was on display at the Museum of Art at BYU.

It was neat to see his many photographs super enlarged and even some of the actual models he used when making his books. We were able to read explanations on how he created each picture and the inspiration behind it. We also saw some of his earlier work which featured enlarged photos of water in it's many forms. I personally liked the snowflakes which seemed only fitting on this day. We loved the art so much that we ended up buying his book entitled "Drop of Water".

Since we were in the Museum of Art there were other exhibits as well. We walked through a modern art type of exhibit that featured plastic bags, PVC pipe, trash, fluorescent lights, balloons and even duck sauce from a Chinese restaurant. It was quite strange and confirmed to me that "art" is so subjective. It prompted quite the discussion among the kids.

After exploring the rest of the Museum, we met up with Aunt Amberly who was on campus studying for finals. After showing her the highlights of the exhibits we went together to the bookstore to find a present for Grandpa Felix's birthday today. It was hard to choose from so many cougar options. After tasting some yummy fudge we settled down on the floor to skim through many amazing books. My kids love books and could have spent the whole day

there.

I finally got them out of there with the bribe of food from a restaurant. We couldn't come to an agreement so Alyssa and I got P.F. Changs to go and then swung through the drive up of good old McDonalds. We put the seats down in the van, spread out a blanket and had a picnic dinner right there in the car. Who doesn't love a good picnic and it was the perfect way to end such a great day.