On December 3, our youth group went to a BYU Men's Basketball Game in the Delta Center. Rachel opted out of going, but Michael and Brian had a blast, even if they were in the nosebleeds.
For Christmas, we got Gabe tickets to go see the Utah Jazz play the Pistons, also in the Delta Center, on December 26. We took him out to dinner first, of course at Costa Vida. Uncle Shayne leant him this jersey to wear for the game.
We drove to the Salt Lake Central Train Station, parked the car, and caught the Trax to downtown. Gabe insisted on doing this when we were discussing downtown parking options because it had been a while since he rode the train.
The ride was quick, and then we went through security, went to the bathroom, and then we were in the Delta Center. We sprang for nicer seats (though Shayne says we got ripped off), and we had a great time.
At one point in the game, I asked Gabe if he wanted to go see if they had a decently priced t-shirt in the gift shop, and he jumped at the opportunity. He really loves getting new clothes. He decided to get a hat, which was the same price as a shirt. During the 3rd quarter, someone near us asked if Gabe wanted their boom sticks, and we gratefully accepted their offering, while I was blowing one of them up, the other slipped off my lap and went directly down a crack in the bleachers, landing in the great abyss. I felt bad, and Gabe did what he could with his one stick until someone noticed our plight and tracked down a second one.
We fully expected the Jazz to lose. Shayne told us that they are not good this year, so we were delighted to that they led for most of the game, by a pretty decent margin.
It got really close at the end, but the Jazz pulled it off at the last minute.
We made our way through the crowd to the Trax stop and laughed at how much easier it is to find a train in Salt Lake after all our European adventures.
We had so many flashbacks to being on trains in Europe, especially since Gabe was reading his kindle.
We had such a fun night with him!
The next day (December 27), BYU played Georgia Tech in the Pop Tarts Bowl. They started off pretty promisingly, and then Georgia Tech started into a pretty decent lead with back to back touchdowns, including one that happened due to BYU messing up catching the kick-off after their touchdown, so Georgia Tech got the ball right by the goal line and scored on their first drive. Michael couldn't handle it and left.
But then, those cardiac Cougars rallied and ended up winning the game by 4 points, but not before sending my heart-rate skyrocketing when Georgia Tech somehow got a first down on 4th and 15--a long bomb Hail Mary that got them in field goal range. Thankfully, we intercepted the ball in the end zone, and the game ended with the BYU Cougars being the Pop Tarts Bowl Champions.
It was a really fun way to end a really great season. And my heart-rate finally dropped back down.
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