Football Season! What is the deal?

Okay so football season - Ute football season - has begun!!! As you can tell we are big fans in our house!!! Yet I am asking myself that same question again!!! What is the deal with men - or my husband - and football? And I am honestly curious! Okay, so besides the obvious male aggressiveness displayed amongst the fans of the game - as well as being a part of something big . . . a fan club? Well in any case, it is an "Event" that lasts for 5 months +.


Scott was extremely siked for Conrad's 2 year olds birthday (Sept. 14th) - yesterday! We decided to have a Utah theme. Scott said - "I love planning a kid's birthday when they're not old enough to care what the theme is!" It was fun. I made a Ute symbol cake and decorated the house with black and red steamers and white and red balloons. Conrad's favorite part was the "boons" - balloons. We were excited to have Scott's family join us for some "pidat" - pizza - and cake and ice cream.

It was really fun making the cake! I love decorating cakes - it is a little secret passion of mine, that I have been able to slowly develop - thanks to the early instruction from my mama, when I was a teenager. Someday I will take a course and decorate cakes as a side gig for weddings, birthdays, and such. (Just a little dream of mine).

Here is Conrad trying to blow out the cake! What a funny kid! He would do a small blow, without blowing the candle out, and then stand back with his arms folded with a face of confidence! Hilarious!

Soooo, back to the football season . . . I have decided that I must accept the fact that I lose a large part of my husband September through January, every year. What is the deal? I love my wonderful husband with all my heart - well it goes way beyond even that - and I do know that College Football, well I should say UofU Football has been a part of him since he was a kid. Yet, it still baffles me every year, the intense conversations that occur between Scott and other football lovers. Most of the conversations I see usually happen between Scott and his dad, or friendly banter with Uncle Jordan ;) a BYU lover. Sometimes I think Scott hates the Cougars more that he loves the Utes - or maybe its the BYU fans he dislikes. Yet, my hubby has a lot of emotion and passion for the Utes game and in the past has been viewed as possibly on the verge of, dare I say, unhealthy? He is getting better - a little less attached, you could say. It's actually sort of funny - all the hoop-la! Hee hee!

Yes, and now the kids are being brought up in this tradition :) - with mom's semi-failed attempts to delude the intensity of it. Scott has now taught our kids to "love the Utes and hate the Cougars." Aunt Marie did point out to me that "hate" is a very strong word for a 4 1/2 year old to use - which I completely agree, and have yet to discuss this with my wonderful hubby. Aside from that thought, the recent cheers and chants heard in my house lately (mostly on game day) go something like this:


Scott: "Who do we love!!?"


Hana: "The Utes!"


Scott: "Yeah! And who do we hate!!?"


Hana: "The Cougars!"


Scott: "Yeah!!!"


Followed by high-fives and more chants of "Go Utes! Go Utes!"

It is pretty funny to see dainty Hana get into it so much!


And can you just guess how much Scott loves that? He also loves it now that Conrad is saying "Oots!" (Utes). He points to the new Utes poster Scott put up and says "Oots!" Cutie!
Fun Fun!!! Football season - game days- the spirit of it all! It is pretty fun! Yet - I am sure, reading this, you can sense the conflict I have about it! It is really fun, the first couple months, and then there is a point in the season that it starts to get a little long! ;)


So I still ask - laughing and shaking my head with question - What is the deal?