Lisa Nicole with her group of high school friends outside the Bonefish Grill before the Homecoming dance! Nothing beats getting dressed up and all fancy for a fun night with friends! Lisa and her friend Katherine arrived in style driven in a Lexus sedan owned by friends of ours that were willing to play Chaffeur for the night! What fun memories Lisa will have!
Lisa Nicole's Junior year at Baker has proven to be a very fun one! Homecoming floats, parades, dances and more! Getting ready for the dance was half the fun! Starting around four hours earlier we primped, curled, pressed, and got lots of big smiles from the results!
Robert Anae and I both grew up in Laie. He now coaches for BYU and came over to say hello while we were meeting with the players. He was excited to learn that Lisa wants to attend BYU in a few years and asked her to come by to see him when she gets there. Would she just die if got to work with the team???? Hmmmmm....maybe some kind of assistant or something like that? 
At the end of every BYU game the players do the HAKA which is a Maori chant done by the warriors. The polynesian players on the team teach the other players the chant and they do it before heading into the locker rooms. It was fun to see it done live after the Tulane game!
Picture of the field from the endzone as we walked intot he Louisiana Superdome. I had never been in the superdome or anything similar. The New Orleans Saints play all their home games here and it was also the site where thousands of refugees stayed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 
The BYU semi truck carrying all the equipment and heading back to Provo! What I wouldn't give for a semi like that to help us with our cross country moves! Hmmmm...I wonder if they have any on ebay????
Okay...so this picture is a little weird, but it was one of my favorites from the day. We were a little confused in the bathrooms as to how to get the water to come out so we could wash our hands. We finally figured out that it was activated by a lever that we could push with our feet. We had to wait until the coast was clear to get this pic but we couldn't pass up the chance!
Nothing could've topped this day better than an ALL ACCESS PASS and entry to where the players and the media were lined up after the game! Lisa was in heaven! And has the pictures to prove it! 
Seats on the 50 yard line right behind the BYU bench were the BEST seats in the house! We couldn't have asked for a better view! One thing we did notice was the cushioned seats. We weren't expecting those! I was thinking for sure I'd need a pillow for my back, but these seats were actually quite comfortable! I guess I was impressed. I was expecting metal hard back seats like all the other stadiums I had ever been in!
Arnold and I posing for a pic down by the field. Its not often Arnold gets to do these kinds of fun things with us, but we lucked out on this day! Although overtime was offered to him... he turned it down. Glad he didn't miss out on all the fun! It was a fantastic day of surprises for Lisa!
Tom Holmoe is the Athletic director for BYU and after the game he waved us down to the field for a visit! It was so good to meet him and hear how his son was adjusting to life back at home! Erik Holmoe served several months in our Ward as a missionary for the Florida Tallahassee Mission before returning home a few months ago! What a fun thing for us to meet his dad and be able to visit with him while we was in town! After finding out what an avid fan Lisa was he put an All Access pass around her neck and took her on a personal tour introducing her to the players and showing her around! What I wouldn't have given for the chance to go with her!
Lisa got to talk to Erik Holmoe on the phone while we were visiting with his dad at the game! You can totally see the excitement in her eyes! She was in BYU blue heaven! If she wasn't completely convinced that she was going to be a future cougar at BYU in a couple of years... this experience probably cemented that decision for GOOD! (Yay! We couldn't be more pleased!)
Proof positive that BYU won the game! And what a high scoring game it was! I attribute it to the fact that I told Arnold that there was this old college tradition of kissing the person sitting next to you after your team scores any points! I sure got a lot of kisses during the game and for Arnold that was HUGE! He not big of public displays of affection so I was in HEAVEN!!!!
After picking up Lisa from taking her early morning ACT test we surprised her with tickets to the BYU vs. Tulane Football game in New Orleans, LA for her 17th birthday! During the two hour drive there we painted her face and decked her out in all BYU blue!!! What a fun way to spend the day together as a family! 
