Hawkeyes vs. Buckeyes!

Brian, Summer and Aubrey came over November 14th to watch the OSU v. Iowa game. It was a tense atmosphere (not) because Summer is an Iowa native and as you well know, Casey is an avid OSU fan. I would hope I don't have to tell you who won (OSU, by a nose, in overtime.)

Aubrey showing her Hawkeyes spirit and Mallory, in the only red thing she owns. Where is her Ohio State gear, Daddy?

Working on her football stance.

The child never had interest in a pacifier, but loves to put this toy one in her mouth (or that of her friends) ... and yes, in the other hand? A duck.

Aubrey was not exactly thrilled with the crown.

But it looks cute!

It was a fun day - always entertaining to get the girls together!

10.10.16 Sully & Ale's Wedding

The weekend after my cousin's wedding, Casey was the best man in his friend Mike Sullivan's wedding. Here's Sully, his parents, his brother and Casey waiting for Alejandra to come down the aisle. In this traditional Mexican wedding it's customary for the parents of the groom to stand at the alter to welcome the bride and her family.

During the ceremony, the couple's godparents presented them with "gifts" ... coins, a rosary, a bible and a lasso (shown below).

(and the pictures stop after the ceremony ... also, you'd think it would have occurred to me to get a picture of Casey and I with Sully and Ale.) The wedding was beautiful, the reception was quaint with GREAT food and entertaining company.

The bittersweet part of the day was that due to unforseen circumstances, we were unable to attend Casey's dad's last game as a high school football coach ... his last game of 40 years of coaching. His last game was supposed to be the following weekend except that team ended up forfeiting due to a teacher's strike. See the details here. We were thankful that Mallory got to join in the on the fun! Another end of an era!

Grandad's Football Game - 09.04

We got to go to Grandad's football game against Woodruff at the beginning of the month (timely post, no?) Here's the fun we had after Streator's WIN! Yay!

How will we ever say no to these big blue eyes??

Yay! The ducks scored a touchdown!

(You thought I was kidding about the duck obsession?)
Who knew pylons could be so much fun?

She appears to smile like a Kane!!

(If I was any good at all I would have gotten the score in this picture and probably should photoshop out that random guy's hand.)

What a fun night!!