First and Last

Yesterday, we went to the Aggie football game. I haven't been to very many football games while I've been to school up here, for obvious reasons if you follow college football at all. Corey was needed to sub for someone on the cannon crew and since this was the last game of season and the last game for me as a student, it was a good excuse for all of us to go. Nathan's first game and my last game (hence the title). They shoot (blanks, of course) each time Utah State scores and then do push ups in accordance with what the score is. I sat down by Corey so I wouldn't have to sit by myself up in the stands. Needless to say, I had to cover Nathan's ears and even then sometimes he still cried. I think it was more because he was tired and the littlest thing was upsetting him. The final score ended up being Utah State-47, New Mexico State-2. We actually won! It was really fun. I'd forgotten how fun football games can be! If I did the math right, Corey and the other cadets and Lt. Col. ended up doing around 230 push ups by the end of the game. And the coolest thing of all.....I GOT TO FIRE THE CANNON! I totally pulled cord while someone else held Nathan and covered his ears.

Here's Corey looking very tough. When he first turned around after I said his name, he was smiling. But, then when he saw I was taking a picture, he put on his serious face. Army boys...



Here's the push ups. Corey is the second one from the left in both pictures.



Nathan and I.



As you can tell, Nathan was a little tired. He did fall asleep for a little bit when Utah State didn't score for awhile so there were no cannons going off.