We got lucky this week: our friends James and Olga offered us their tickets to see Real Salt Lake play Colorado Rapid (that's Major League Soccer, by the way). At first we were a little dubious because the game would be at the same time as BYU v. TCU, and we would not get home until far past Abby's bed time. James reassured us that Abby would be free and that BYU would be down by three touchdowns before the Real game even started....and he was right. (but let's not dwell on that...)
The Real game was a blast. Because it was a little chilly, the
temperature hovering in the low forties, we bundled up in sweatshirts and jackets, and Abby snuggled in to her snowsuit, just a couple inches too large, but definitely warm enough. As luck would have it, the tickets put us on the half field mark, just two rows up. The people around us put the "fan" back into "fanatic" and Abby learned a few words that we had never taught her...and that we quickly untaught her, again, as we left. (That's
her on the left, checking out the fans behind us.)
Thanks, James and Olga! We're fans, ourselves, now. Next time we go, we're thinking we want to sit with the guys who were beating the drum behind the goal. Maybe we'll even come in face paint.
Meet Daniel and Brittany
The challenge that began with "Have a nice life, Daniel Burton" is progressing with favorable results. Surviving and thriving on lively discussions about books, Abby, or the post-grad school world, the Burtons show signs of excellent health and familial success.
Dan and Britt met on a hot July 4th in 2005. Shortly after inviting her to join him for a panoramic view of the Independence Day fireworks, and not long after her denial, Daniel and Britt agreed to break the ice over ice cream. They soon realized that they were both book geeks, decided a permanent union was worth evaluating, and were married just over a year later on another beautiful July day.
After graduating with a law degree from both he and Brittany's alma mater's rival, Daniel is corporate counsel at the Woodbury Corporation, a commercial real estate management and development company in Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, and far more interestingly, Brittany is raising a new generation of Burtons as full-time mother and family creative director. Abby is two and a half, and #2 is on the way, with arrival expected in late June of 2011. The Burtons look forward to many years of exploring canyons, creeks, and mountain tops, swapping novels, notes, and ideas, and enjoying great discussions about people, politics, and their family.
Daniel and Brittany are both graduates of the 2002 class of Brigham Young University. Abby is gunning to graduate from diapers, sooner than later.
We got lucky this week: our friends James and Olga offered us their tickets to see Real Salt Lake play Colorado Rapid (that's Major League Soccer, by the way). At first we were a little dubious because the game would be at the same time as BYU v. TCU, and we would not get home until far past Abby's bed time. James reassured us that Abby would be free and that BYU would be down by three touchdowns before the Real game even started....and he was right. (but let's not dwell on that...)
temperature hovering in the low forties, we bundled up in sweatshirts and jackets, and Abby snuggled in to her snowsuit, just a couple inches too large, but definitely warm enough. As luck would have it, the tickets put us on the half field mark, just two rows up. The people around us put the "fan" back into "fanatic" and Abby learned a few words that we had never taught her...and that we quickly untaught her, again, as we left. (That's 
her on the left, checking out the fans behind us.)
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Looks like tons-o-fun and pretty cold too. Also, all the pics in the previous post are ADORABLE!!! Abby is soooooo cute.
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