{ #byu50 }

This week was a pretty exciting one for our family (more specifically, me)  😏

Every year the BYU football program does a contest called BYU 50 - they take one of the authentic football helmets for that season to each of the fifty states and "drop it" somewhere for a fan to find. 

They let you know which city the helmet will be dropped in, and a time frame for the drop.  In order to win you have to be the first person to show up - in BYU gear.  I was pretty excited when I found out the drop would happen in Sioux Falls this year - BYU has a pretty big fan base all over the nation, but it's not so huge out here so I figured this year was our best shot. 

We don't know Sioux Falls all that well yet but the past few weeks I have been trying to remember notable landmarks or places the box might be dropped.  Mario and Holly were awesome and agreed to help us on our stake out - which was a 2 hour time period where we were just waiting for them to post the picture. Pretty awesome friends right there! 

Mike guessed where the box was going to be dropped about ten minutes before we left to go to our stake outs.  His assignment was sculpture walk - an area downtown where they artists put up different sculptures each year.  He was flipping through pictures on the website of the sculptures that are out right now, and saw there was one of a cougar.  So he was basically parked right next to the statue when the picture was sent out!  

This was the photo they sent out just before we claimed our prize! 

Here we are in our five minutes of fame on the BYU twitter page :)  Nothing makes me happier than seeing all my boys dressed in blue (and winning a sweet helmet at the same time!)

I was pretty excited

Here is a picture of the whole crew who came out to try to win the helmet (including the Pinedos, who were in it for us - like I said, some amazing friends!)

Now this week it's time for some actual football to start - I am pretty excited.  Rise & Shout!