Road to the BCS

No one thought that Utah was going to ever make it into the BCS again. But they did it!! We wouldn't miss this event for the world.


Our first state line we crossed was Arizona.


Then we crossed into Nevada...


...and back into Arizona.


While we were in Arizona we stayed with my aunt and uncle and their family for 2 nights.


Sammy. Dad had so much fun taking pictures of the boys. Me and Steph must be boring :(


Steph showing off her hockey skills. (Not that she really has any) :P


Me and Steph with the boys.


Then we continued our journey into New Mexico...


...Through Texas (it is the 2nd biggest state) we stayed there two nights in San Antonio.


Finally we reached our destination... Lousiana!


Pictures in front of the Mississippi River


Grandpa kicking a field goal. Sadly, it didn't go in.


Allstate was hosting a fan fest in New Orleans and we went and had a ton of fun and got lots of FREE stuff!!


The coolest thing would have to the be the kazoo contest. Utah fans vs. Alabama fans. Each side got the chance to play their school's fight song. I have to say we did better but the dude from the Allstate commercials called it a tie!! Utah totally won. But we got free way nice polos with the Allsate Sugar Bowl on them.


Our picture with the Sugar Bowl Champion Trophy!!


While we were at the fan fest all of the sudden the Utah football team showed up and since we didn't get to go to the fan fest during the summer because we were in Disneyland, we had to get our picture with out favorite players. #11 Paul Kruger. He is amazing. His grandma and Grandma Aldridge and Grandpa Hardy went to school with her at Granite High. His grandma and my grandma still keep in touch so he's the special one to us.


#35 Louis Sakoda or King Louis. He is everyone's favorite kicker. Who would have thought the kicker would be the most famous player on the team?


The following day we went to the D-Day Museum. Steph thought it was horrible. It felt like school according to her.


Later that day we went on a steamboat down the Mississippi River.


That night there was a pep rally at the Marriot which was pretty awesome. There were thousands of fans there.


The morning of the Sugar Bowl we went on a Katrina Tour and saw the 9th Ward and other places that were hit hard during Katrina.


We just had to get our picture taken with the way cute Gingerbread man as we were trying to kill time while we were waiting for 5 so we could get into the game.


Me and Steph in front of the Super Dome. A funny thing that happened was that these Alabama fans wanted a picture with some Utah fans in front of the stadium and we got one with them. They probably deleted it after the game :)


We had amazing seats for the game. We were on the second row on the second level which wasn't really that high up. So cool!!


The coin toss


Kick off


End of the 1st quarter


End of 2nd quarter


End of the 3rd quarter


Final score!


We knew we were going to win all along. No doubt in mind!


I wish they would have let us run onto the field so it was just the team and cheerleaders.


Even though New Orleans was way far away... Over 11,000 Utah fans showed up to witness the best bowl game of the year.


Celebration time!! Undefeated, BCS Busters x2, Mountain West Conference Champions, and we beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.


Trophy presentation


We finished #2 in the nation. Which is retarded as Stephanie say. In the hearts of all Utah fans they are #1!!


The day after the bowl game we started our trip back home. We crossed back across the nothingness of Texas.


Early the last morning, We crossed into New Mexico.


Our last stop was four corners and finally we were back in Utah! It made all those hours in the car worth while.

Wow it's been forever. I better start catching up!

POWDERPUFF
Every year at Riverton we have a Powder Puff competition during Homecoming Week.



I was on the Light Blue team and I was known as Utah because I wore Utah shirts to every practice :) They still call me that when we see teammates in the hall. Anyways, my team made it all the way to the championships but sadly we lost.

GIRL'S PREF
In November, Riverton had their Girl's Pref 'Island Night'.



I went with my friend Ryan.



We went with my friend, Alyssa and her date, Peter.

These are some more pictures...





SILVER RUSH
The biggest event at Riverton is our charity drive called Siler Rush. It brings the school together and although we aren't the 'rich' school we kick Alta's butt every year. Every year our school has raised more money than the past year. Last year we raise around 80,000 dollars to give to the Women's Domestic Violence Center.
This year the SBO's chose to raise money for the Family Crisis Center.I was involved in a lot of the activities we do to raise money. Since I'm a FBLA officer this year I 'got' to carol at grocery stores to collect money. Another thing we do every day after school is odd jobs. We go to different neighborhoods and ask if there is any job we can do for a donation.



We did things such as wrap presents...



And shoveling

No one believed that we could raise more money than we did last year because of the economy but the truth was revealed the day before Christmas break.



Somehow we pulled together and raised 2,000 more than last year.

CHRISTMAS EVE
Every year we go to Grandma & Grandpa Aldridge's house on Christmas Eve and open presents.



Grandma likes to give each of the grandkids a mystery present cause every year we get pajamas and cereal. This year I got Mater and the Ghostlight. Steph got frysauce.



Steph got some Utah pj's and right when you open them up you have to go put them on!

CHRISTMAS DAY


Me and Steph. I mean seriously who wants to wake up early on Christmas even though it was already 8.



Both Steph and I got some pencils with football players on them and you can actually play fooze ball with them!



My major Christmas present was my class ring.



Me eating some Doritos I got for Christmas. I was hungry!!



Steph got some most wanted slippers.



We also both received awesome quilts. Thanks Grandma!!



As a family we received the Wii Fit. Sadly, the power went out and we couldn't use it for 5 hours.

Well I have finally reached the end of the pictures so far. Look for our Sugar Bowl trip, which hopefully I can post soon. I'm waiting for the rest of the pictures and then I will begin sorting through the millions that were taken :)