Jimmermania...

This man's name comes up in conversation in the Moody household daily...Jimmer Fredette. You would be surprised how often that conversation includes 2 1/2 year old Eliza. We could possibly blame Grandma for the beginning of Jimmermania in our home. A couple years ago we went to Portland to watch a BYU/Portland basketball game. We thought it would be fun to support our alma mater. On our way home we kept teasing mom about how much she liked the then freshman guy named Jimmer...what a silly name! Little did we know how infamous that name would become.

We've gotten quite a kick out of Eliza's infatuation with Jimmer...she is her daddy's girl. Here are a few of the Jimmer conversations we've had with Eliza:

~ When Daddy plays with Eliza he is Jax and she is Jimmer...always.

~ One Saturday Eliza was put down for her nap while Daddy was listening to a basketball game. When she woke up the first thing she said was "Daddy, did Jimmer win?" When she was told yes her next question was, "Did he play good?"

~ Often after waking up, when we ask Eliza what she has dreamt about, it's "Jimmer and Jax!"

~ When Darran was watching basketball one day (not a BYU game) Eliza saw what was on TV and asked him if one of the players was Jimmer.

~ When Darran went to Las Vegas for the MWC tournament Eliza was pretty sure that he was bringing Jimmer back with him. She was a little disappointed when daddy came home without him.

~ Darran left again for a day in Utah and over the phone Eliza asked if he saw Jimmer.

We're excited Jimmermania has continued on this long. We'll be sad when it ends...hopefully that's not tonight. GO GOUGS!

Go, go, go!

I'm Jimmer!