Catching Up Post 2: Trip to Oklahoma

For years we have been hearing about this awesome tailgate party on the campus of OSU.  We decided a year ago that we needed to experience it first hand.  I really didn't want to see KU play OSU, but the weekend that worked out best for us just happened to be the KU game.  Ah well.  At least we didn't have to think too hard about what we were going to wear.

In order to actually go to the game, we drove from Ohio to Oklahoma in one day.  This was a highly successful trip due to the little man on my right.  He sat next to Molly and entertained her and gave her things to chew on so that our stops were minimal.  When he wasn't being "super-kid", he was watching "The Empire Strikes Back".  Molly doing her impersonation of "Godzilla"

And here is William making up, I am sure, an elaborate story concerning trains that probably fall off the bridge.  All voices  performed by William T. Buschelman.

The tailgating event was pretty amazing.  I was wiped out by the end and I only ate.  A lot.  These guys are pros and are able to put up a canopy tent in less than 5 minutes.  I've never actually done this, but I'm pretty sure it would take a lot longer and a few therapy sessions.

The real reason we wanted to tailgate...

Uncle Brian showing Will the correct form for rolling down an incline.

A lovely family picture.  For some reason, William insisted on having his arm around me.

Innocent Molly does not know what was about to happen to her team...

By this point we had told Dom that we were going into the stadium about 5 different times.  He showed quite a bit of patience as we went from tailgate to tailgate.  But, by the end, he was ready to get to his seats.

The game was pretty dismal for us Jayhawks.  I won't go into it here, but let it be known that we are not just fair weather fans.

A much happier occasion was celebrating Dom's 5th birthday with family.  Since I made Brian keep his hat on for both shots of the table, I felt it was only right to show them both here.

Dom with his first set of gifts.

A brilliant gift from his Aunt Megan and Uncle Stephen.

Everything unwrapped.  Quite the haul.  And I'm happy to say that all of these gifts are used and used often.

The above picture is special for a couple of reasons.  First, it is lovely to see the boys and Molly around their grandma.  Second, I was taking a nap.  The memory of which is still lovely.

The first time I got to play Sorry with Dominic.  I played this game a lot with my cousins growing up.  It was a treat to play with Dom and teach him the correct way of saying "Sorry".  You know, the way that sounds like you really aren't Sorry...

 Ok, I just spent 5 minutes trying to get these three pictures where I wanted them, and I'm not messing with them anymore.  Eric's dad is a retired Colonel and the above are all the patches, scarves, and name plates from 28 years on active duty with the Air Force.  Quite the legacy.  And Liz was with him the whole way.  The picture above that is also quite the legacy.  Our three kids are very lucky to have the grandparents that they do.


One final story from this trip.  Friday afternoon was beautiful.  We played a little touch football.  Well, it was suppose to be touch.  Will preferred to tackle.  It did not matter what position he was playing, whether he was on offense or defense, or if the play was dead, he would locate his older brother and bring him down.  His mission was simple :    
 GET DOMINIC!!