I left work a little early Friday so that I could get
everything packed up so that we could leave for Athens as soon as the kids were
out of school. And that almost worked
:) By the time we got gas and got money
out, we ended up leaving at 4:30 as opposed to the 4:00 I was shooting for.
The drive down there was one of the worst drives I’ve ever
had. The traffic was horrible and we
were stop and go almost the whole way down there. But we finally got to John’s parents’ house
and Josh immediately went out to play baseball with Ryan, Mya and Aunt Mimi
while the rest of us went inside and ate dinner. We had a great night of just hanging out with
everyone!
Saturday morning we got up bright and early and prepared for
a long day :) I was a little worried because the weather was 28 degrees when I
got up, but thankfully, buy the time we got our spots for the homecoming
parade, it was sunny and a decent temperature with our jackets/sweatshirts
on. We were armed with hot chocolate and
enjoyed watching the kids play until the parade came by us.
After the parade, Kylie went back to the house with those
going back there, Josh went with Grandpa and Uncle Jim to the basketball team’s
practice, and John and I walked Colton around the campus a little bit. We met my dad and then headed down to
tailgate park. We went to the College of
Business tailgate tent and had a wonderful lunch. Then the boys all went down by the river and
threw the footballs that they had caught during the parade.
After that, we started walking over to the football stadium
for the game. I was going to walk Colton
around until he fell asleep so that he could get a nap in, while everyone went
in to the game. Luckily for me he fell
asleep on the short walk over to the stadium!
So they all went in to the game and my dad and I walked around with
Colton. I had a wonderful time walking
around campus and on the bike path and hanging out with my dad. Colton ended up getting about an hour nap,
which was great!
After the walk, I took Colton in to the game and we watched
the Bobcats continue their undefeated season.
Some of the football players are in my dad’s class, so at the end of the
game, we met them down at the gate and the boys got real OU towels and
wristbands :)
After the game, we quickly packed up our stuff and left
Athens. We were so beat! And even though we got home around 8:30, it
felt like it was midnight! John and Josh
watched a little bit of the Buckeye game and then everyone went to bed.
Sunday morning was church (it was our turn to teach in the
kids’ room), and then it was football time.
Thankfully, the weather was very warm for October. Unfortunately though, it was EXTREMELY
windy! But since it was warm, it was
definitely manageable. Ryan scored a
touchdown (after catching a long pass) and pulled two flags. Josh pulled lots of flags and scored a couple
of times. And the boys were proudly sporting the pink wristbands I had gotten them (per their request) so they could be like the pros and college teams that are wearing their pink things :)
After the games, we decided to go to the grocery store on
our way home so that we could be in for the night. Josh and Ryan went into the play area and the
rest of us quickly got everything we needed.
We went home, put the groceries away, and ate an early dinner (our new
Sunday normal since half of us never eat lunch because of football).
Then it was bath/shower time and relaxation time! The boys watched football (where Colton fell asleep on John since he had not had a nap all day), Kylie took a long bath and watched her shows while in the tub, Ryan went over and played at my mom’s house and I got the laundry done. It really was a nice way to end the weekend!
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