OSU/USC Game

Justin flew out to LA this weekend to go to the big OSU vs. USC game. He met my brother-in-law Eric (who is a huge USC fan) out there and they teamed up for the game. One doning the scarlet and gray buckeye gear the other decked out in his USC Trojans. They probably looked quite the couple. They went to ESPN game day where their photos made it onto the ESPN web page (photos to come on our blog). Then they did a bit of tailgating before the big game. Unfortunatly OSU got trampled over, but Justin still had fun and came home with a smile on his face. He's already talking about next years OSU/USC match-up game and Ohio States come back. Let's just get through this season first!

Labor Day Weekend

We had a nice Labor Day weekend hanging out as a family.


We tarted out by going to a baseball game on Saturday night. Cedar Rapids has a minor league "farm team" for the California Angels. We had hot dogs and ice-cream, and then after the game they had fireworks. Lots of fun.
The photos were taken at the beginning of the night before the kids had ice-cream all over their clothes and they were all happy with smiles on their faces!
Here is Justin on his new tractor. Believe it or not, this is the first time that I have ever seen him mow the lawn.....we've never lived anywhere that didn't have an association who maintained the lawn. The kids were sooooooo excited to ride on it! As you can see Cam is on Justin's lap "driving". I thought the tractor was cute because it's orange.
The kids were riding their bikes and wearing their PJ's, patiently waiting for their turn to ride the tractor.















On Monday we went to a lake about half an hour away from here that has boating and beaches and we hung out there for awhile. The kids loved it, but I refused to get into the water past my ankles. If I can't clearly see through the water, then I'm not getting in! Unforunatly I don't have any photos of it. Next time I'll remember my camera.