The HUNT

As many people know, this week is the deer hunt. For any of those who don't know, the Petersen Family are 'die hard" hunters. They don't really care if they get anything, they go out everyday looking for deer, but they don't mind if they don't shoot anything - they just LOVE the outdoors. It's been a family tradition for about 60 years and will probably keep going as long as there are mountains to call home for a week. Deer Camp is quite the extravagant event. They really know to live up there in the hills. They all like to think that they 'rough' it for a week but heaven knows that they don't. They have quite the camp. It's really fun for the whole family and even the little ones can enjoy it because every tent is heated. Well, Brett has taken off for a week and left me a widow (someone has to stay home and be responsible). I don't mind because I get a lot done when it's just me at home but I sure do miss him. It's the longest we will have ever been apart - all for 'the hunt'. And when he returns - NO MORE BEARD! He's been growing it for 3 months and I almost don't remember him without a beard. He started going it early for 'the hunt' this year and soon 'the hunt' will be over and there will be no more beard. I will have to say that I do have mixed emotions about this. I have quite enjoyed the beard and will be sad to see it go but will once again have my husband back and not some mountain man.

I did get the opportunity to head up to Deer Camp last night and spend the night. We had a great time. Great food, great company, and a great time. I just wanted you all to be able to experience just a little bit of Deer Camp, especially my mother-in-law (who never makes it up to deer camp), to be able to know the true joy of her husband while he is away. He is taking a shower, with HOT water in the shower tent (I must say that it is quite nice - Craig said it's better than The Hilton). You can't really see anything in the video but the beautiful noises that you will hear are hilarious! If you look close you can see the silhouette of the shower tent and the light illuminating the tent. Make sure the volume is turned up...

This would explain where Brett gets his wonderful singing habits from. To see exactly what I'm talking about click here. Scroll down to the post: Brett loves Suma!! and watch the video.
This is a picture of us at Deer Camp, enjoying the fire.
Check out my sweet beanie – I think I’m going to wear it to school every day.
We were playing in the fire and were throwing ash in the air. I was able to snatch this picture of it. We thought it was pretty sweet and thought you’d all enjoy it too. If you look at it close it looks like a ball of hair on fire – kinda cool.

Go Aggies! Go!

As many of you know, the epic battle between the BYU Cougars and the USU Aggies took place last Friday night. With the Ags being ranked 116th in the nation (if you aren't aware, that's almost the very bottom...) and the Cougs being ranked 8th, we all thought it was going to be a blow out, that is everyone except for my dear husband, who says he'll never lose faith in his Ags even if they are at rock bottom. Luckily for me it shows just how faithful he is. Anyway, back to that game...
Brett's sister Natalie and her husband, Greg, attended BYU and are quite the BYU fans (needless to say, they are the outcasts of the family). All of Greg's family are huge BYU fans so we have a friendly family rivally between us all and Nat put a poll on her blog to see who Garrett should cheer for at the game. Sadly, BYU won, but of course, not without cheap play. Natalie and Garrett did attend the game and sat with Aggie fans and they both cheered for the Aggies. Here are just a few pictures of Garrett at the game (notice that he is extremely happy in the USU shirt and as soon as we put the BYU hat on him he started bawling) This kid knows what's up.

The Aggies put up a dang good fight against the Cougs and scored WAY more points then probably anyone thought they would. We only scored 14 but if they would've had one more play they would have scored another one. We got the job done and made them drop in rankings to 9th. :) WAY TO GO AGGIES!

Brett sported this shirt to the game... We loved it! His boss made a whole bunch of them and gave one to Brett. The school also made some that said "YBU" on the front and on the back it said: "Win or lose, you still live in Provo." Unfortunately, I did not get a picture.

Even with all the good things that have been previously mentioned this is my favorite... Anyone who knows the fans at Utah State knows that they always have something crazy going on. For example, no one likes to place USU Basketball at home because it's always SO loud in there and the fans are always taunting the other players. The Dee Glen Smith Spectrum is ranked as one of the hardest places to play in the nation, and it's all thanks to the fans. Our football standium would probably be up there too but it's hard to cheer for a team that isn't as good as they could be. Ok, so I'll get down from my soap box and tell you my #1 favorite thing from the game: It was this sign, which reads, "BYU - keeping ugly girls out of Utah State since 1888" and I couldn't agree more! Go Aggies!