Birthday Weekend In Review

Ryan's birthday celebrations began Friday afternoon.  Ryan has been studying for his LEED GA exam for months.  He has taken a lot of practice exams, studied the material, had me quiz him on the material and been going to a study group at work to learn the material.  He was finally able to take his exam on Friday at 3:30 pm.  He had 2 hours to take the exam and I was was anxiously waiting for him to text me he had passed it.  I left work at 5:00 pm, went and got Nolan from pre-school and he still hadn't texted me.  I was beginning to think the news was bad and that is why he hadn't texted me yet.  I texted him and asked "So...." he immediately called back and said that he just turned his phone from having it off during the exam.  He did very well and had passed the exam.  You only needed to get 170 out of 200 and Ryan got a 192!  The score doesn't matter for passing purposes, but I was so proud of him for doing so well.  All that studying and hard work paid off! 

I picked him up from the U (where he was taking the test) and we headed straight to his work BBQ at Liberty park.  They were having Hire's burgers, chips, potato salad etc. along with games for the adults and kids.  We played Bocci ball, Nolan visited the fishing pond and we ran around the park trying to keep up with Nolan.  For dessert they had Creamies and when we let Nolan try it and at first he didn't like it but then when he was able to hold the creamie he loved it and we couldn't get it out of his hand.  He made such a mess and there was creamie all over him!  We stopped off at redbox to get a movie for after Nolan went to bed.  Ryan picked Sherlock Holmes 2 and it was pretty good - I was surprised that we were both able to stay awake!

Saturday morning we went to breakfast at Ruth's diner with his buddy Bryce from work.  We love going to Ruth's and this time it was especially enjoyable with the leaves changing colors all around us. 

At 3:00 pm we met up with all my family at the Salt Lake City Fair.  Who knew that the fair could cost $10 per person?! Yikes, well anyway we enjoyed it and Nolan loved seeing/petting the animals.  Ryan took Nolan down the giant slide and he loved it! 

We ate at Cafe Rio before heading off to the BYU/Utah game.  That game deserves a post all by itself, but it will have to fit in this one.   Before the game started when the Y players were running out on the field they had their flag people run out with them.  One of the flag people ran out and went right in the middle of the U and continued to wave his flag - I don't know why but that made me so mad.  Anyway, the energy that was in the stadium to start the game was so intense. Everyone was cheering and I was so glad that Utah scored first.  The score was tied going into halftime and I was so nervous.  Luckily, during the 3rd quarter we scored 17 points and I was a little less nervous at that point but still wanted us to score a few more times.  The end of the game is where everything gets crazy, the Y had caught up and the score was 24-21.  The Y had 3 different times to score at the end of the game.  Here is what an ESPN article had to say about the ending of the game, they say it a lot better than I could:

"Utah defensive tackle Star Lotulelei blocked Justin Sorensen's 51-yard attempt with 1 second remaining after the officials put time back on the clock following a third-down in completion.

The Cougars would get another shot, from 15 yards closer after the frenzied crowd prematurely rushed the field, and Utah was assessed a penalty.  Riley Stephenson's 36-yard attempt with no time left clanked off the left upright, sending the crowd back on the field for good to celebrate the upset."

What a game and it will be one that I will never forget!!!  Everyone was still in shock that we had won and were glad the refs didn't ruin it anymore for us.  We were so excited/drained from the game we couldn't fall asleep right as we got home.  We watched a few highlights on ESPN and PAC 12 network before attempting to go to bed. 

Sunday, we had Ryan's birthday meal at my parents with everyone.  Jared and Annie came over as well.  Ryan was spoiled with money, pink tampico and his favorite root beer.  Ryan's only request was that we didn't sing to him for his birthday - we couldn't let that happen and of course we ended up singing Happy Birthday to him.  :)  I love Sunday evenings with the fam.

Ryan had a great and busy birthday weekend!