Last Saturday, we took the kids to the Weber State Basketball game vs. Montana, their big rivals. Sister Whetton, my visiting teacher/ Matthew's old nursery leader, offered us the tickets. Matthew was very excited to go. We arrived in the arena, and it took a bit of effort to pry Matthew away from the first portal to find our seats on the other side. We sat down, but didn't see Sister Whetton. After a few minutes she arrived with presents for the kids - a whale for Hannah and a basketball and M&M's for Matthew. She then said there were seats open by her. She guided us into one portal and went in another, which was very confusing, until we realized she was an usher for the game. She stood in the portal directing people to the seats. We were able to sit in seats right next to where she was standing and chat with her the whole game. Apparently, when we first arrived, Matthew had seen her in the portal, but we were trying to urge him to keep walking, telling him we had to find Sister Whetton. Pretty ironic.
The game went well. It was a super close game, but Weber State pulled it off in the end. Mark and I decided that the Weber State game was a perfect place to take kids. The tickets are cheap, the arena is small, so even the high seats have great views, the parking is extremely easy to get in and out. Matthew had a blast, and Hannah did well until the end. Before the game, we were practicing with Matthew to have him say "Go, Weber State," but he refused. Every time we would say "Weber State," he would say, "No, Ohio State." Haha. We had to settle with "Go, Wildcats!" And he loved watching the mascot, Waldo the Wildcat. Which presented a hilarious situation as Matthew would continually ask, "Where's Waldo?" We had loads of fun, and Matthew got tons of loot.
