McNabb Family Memories: January 2012

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Where is our Winter Wonderland?

Okay...I know what you are thinking.....Lisa is complaining about no snow and lots of sunshine! I am not complaining. In fact, in my perfect world we are having a perfect winter. We got about 5 inches of snow 4 days before Christmas so we had a white Christmas and the kids got to play in the snow. Then it went away and we have had nothing but beautiful sunny skies. It was even 45 degrees today. We haven't had to bundle up in our hats, mittens and scarfs. But since we don't live in a perfect world, and I live with a farmer who knows how badly we need the snowpack for our crops this summer and also because we live in the country and depend on our well to have a good supply of water to water our lawn and flowers and to use in the house this summer....I am praying for snow. I would much rather have it now than in May or June. So, tonight when you say your prayers, remember to ask Heavenly Father to bless us with some snow. I know I will be.....Let it snow!

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

SUN BOWL BOUND

Utah went to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas this year. We played Georgia Tech. The game was on Dec. 31. We left the night of Dec. 26 so that we could enjoy all of the festivities. We stayed in the Marriott. Tuesday night we were in our room and I got a message from Facebook from one of my high school friends, Jalynne Almond Murry, that I haven't seen for over 25 years. She said, "We are in El Paso at the Marriott and saw that the Utah football team was staying here and wondered if you were here." What a small world. She and her husband live in East Texas and were going to Utah to visit her mom and had car problems and ended up spending the night in El Paso. I don't think that it was a coincidence. Bill and I visited with them for about 3 hours Tuesday night and then we ran into each other in the lobby the next day and spent another hour visiting. It was so much fun. Wish we lived closer so that we could spend more time together.

Austin would have just spent the days in the room watching bowl games but I had to get him out and give him some culture. (: We rented a car and drove around El Paso looking at the sites. We went to the mall and the outlet mall. Always a must on our trips! Thursday night, Kyle invited us to go to a Mexican Fiesta that was being held for the coaches and wives at the Museum in downtown El Paso. They had interesting exhibits, one on Norman Rockwell that I really liked. They served traditional mexican food and entrainment. We really enjoyed ourselves.

The best part of the trip was the game. The weather was perfect....66 degrees and sunshine. We played a close game for the first half. B.J. Thomas was the half time entertainment. Seeing Jalynne and then hearing him took me back a few years. It was fun to listen to all of the good ole songs. You could tell who was from that era.....they had their hands up and were waving them while all the youngsters had perplexed looks on their faces! We didn't have a very good 3rd quarter and found ourselves down by 2 touchdowns. We scored one and were down by 1. Georgia Tech had to punt on 4th down. It was a short kick and Griff ran it back 30 years to the Georgia Tech 25 yard line. His return set up the tying touchdown. We went into overtime. GT got the ball first and made a field goal. We scored a TD and won the game. It was awesome!

GO UTES!

Ole' High School buddies.....Jalynne and Me.....was it really 36 years ago????

This is where Austin would have liked to spend the week....

Griff on his awesome return.....GO GRIFF!

No Sleep and all work and play makes for a tired boy.....

We thought he would look good with this "spirit hat" on while he was sleeping.

Such a beautiful day and stadium

Austin and Whit ready to cheer on the Utes.

Loving the sunshine.....Go Griff!

SUNBOWL....

After every touchdown they shot off fireworks....red for Utah and gold for GT.

There's our favorite Ute....#16 Griff

Ready for the awesome punt return...

B. J. Thomas...:Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head

The Utes won 30-27.....Woohoo!

Griff with his teammates.

Griff talking to the reporters about his great return.

The presentation of the trophy.

So proud of Griff and happy to be there with him!

Merry Christmas Morning....

I love Christmas morning....the excitement and anticipation. We had almost everyone home for Christmas which was the best present I could ask for. We missed Kira, who came later in the morning and Grandma Seppi who went to Kurt's. This year Christmas fell on Sunday. We had church at 11 so we were able to open our presents, have breakfast and get to church on time. I am so grateful for the Savior and that we know that He lives. I am so grateful for the Gospel and that we have the ordinances and priesthood so that we can be families forever. FAMILY IS EVERYTHING!