Burley Homecoming 2010

Last weekend was Burley's homecoming, so Brandt and I decided to make a trip home to watch my brother Zach in action. Though we weren't able to pull off the win against Wood River, it was still a lot of fun. We got to catch up with some friends from high school while at the game and cheer on the ol' alma mater. Good times were had by all :) Here are some pics of our festivities over the weekend.

 Go #33!

 Sammy and Brandt enjoying the game. Sam was being weird as usual.

 I have to give a shout out to the Burley Bobcat Band. For a high school band, I think they are AMAZING! When Sammy came up to Idaho Falls to visit us a few weeks ago, the three of us went to an Idaho Falls high school football game, and their band was so sad (bless their little hearts). Seriously, for a 5A school, their band was pathetic - maybe no more than 15 kids at the most. They played well, but it was sad how few there were of them. I think Burley's band has gotten smaller over the last several years, which makes me sad, but they are still one of the larger high school bands that I know of. I hope the enthusiasm for Burley Band never dies out because I LOVE it!

 Me, Brandt, Momma, Jill, and Nada enjoying the game

 On Saturday, Brandt took Rex for a run, and nearly killed the poor dog. Brandt said that 5 minutes into the run, Rex had met his max and was lagging behind. Eventually Brandt just let him off the leash so he could go at his own pace. When they got back, Rex just plopped on the grass and didn't move for over an hour. Poor thing :)

 This is Rex and Sadie. Sadie is the newest member of the family. She normally just stayed at Bryan's work at night since she is his work dog and helps him on the farm. Bryan got a new job a couple of weeks ago and he was afraid to leave her at the new ranch by herself at night where she wasn't familiar with anything, so now she comes home with him at night. She's a pretty dog and very sweet. (This was taken a few minutes after Rex and Brandt's run - Rex looks terribly tired!)

Sam, me, Zach, Syd, and Brandt right before Zach left on Saturday night to go to the Homecoming Dance.

I wanted to get some pics of Zach in his getup before he left - so I told him to go GQ-it up on the wall. He didn't get it. First he started laughing, then he got a little braver and gave me a pose, by the third shot he nailed it. What a hottie :)

My brace face would fit right in at the dance don't ya think?

Since Zach was at the dance, the rest of us didn't want to just sit at home, so we went to JB's for dinner. 
Yes, we know how to party.

After dinner we came home and played "5 Crowns". I snapped this pic of Brandt when he fell off his chair laughing so hard at a comment Sydney made about an elephant. I didn't get what was so funny, but I got a kick out of Brandt's reaction to it. This was around midnight, which is WAY past our usual bedtime, so maybe that's what made whatever Sydney said so funny. He cracks me up.

We had a great weekend. On the way home, we stopped by Brandt's grandparent's house so we could visit with Grandpa Manning. He hasn't been doing very well lately and Brandt wanted to see him. He gave us a few smiles while we were there. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures, but it was great to see them.