{Yes, another visitor and Ohio State vs. Wisconsin}::

we've been lucky to have so much family come to visit...and next it was my brother jeremy's turn to come have some fun! we were so happy he came to visit us and we had the best time!!

of course right after picking him up from the airport we headed straight to campus to show him the football stadium. ONLY because they close the gates to the public two days before home 'game days' and i wanted him to see what the stadium looked like empty and then what it would look like on the night of the football game. so of course we had our photo-op momments and then headed down to German Village for dinner where we are at Schdmits Sausage house. It was delish, jeremy loved it and we even enjoyed the live poka band, brody especially loved the music! it was pretty much rad!



we took a day and drove out the Amish to take him to Heini's cheese factory and the Amish farm. we did Heini's but the Amish farm was closed for the season (lame!)...so we continued on to do what we do best...eat! and eat we did! we had a yummy lunch at the Durdutchman and walked around the Amish grocrey store, which by the way is pretty amazing! and on top of all the good food, we got to enjoy the beautiful fall weather and colors!





we also took a few minutes downtown to hit up the replica of Columbus's Santa Maria...let's ohhhh and awwwweee shall we??



we ate breakfast at the North Star Cafe and Jeremy also joined us at our ward (church) Halloween party. He's the Army man (obviously!)



we of course had to get some pictures with Brutus...



and this little guy ADORES his Uncle Jeremy. and that's exactly what he calls him "Uncle Jeremy". Brody asks almost every other day for his "uncle jeremy". on as ide note: just the other day at the grocrey store brody's in the cart and all the sudden out of no where screams "uncle jeremy!!!!!!", "uncle jeremy come play!!!!!".



other mentionables that i didnt take pictures of (shocking i know), we also hit up COSI (our science museum), the ZOO, a few more tasty places to eat, a tour of campus, jeremy went and watch tyson teach. pretty sure we gave him the full Ohio State experience!

but most importantly...the best part of Jeremy's trip...was going to the OSU vs. Wisconsin game! This game was a heart attack waiting to happen! it was AWE-SOME!



We started the evening off by walking down to campus and hit'in up the SKULL session, we love our marching band...



after the SKULL session, jeremy and i headed out for some dinner. and brody and tyson headed home. it was brother sister bonding time at it's finest my friends. awe, did you just feel that big warm fuzzy! ;)

Like I said, this game was a heart attack waiting to happen...one minute we were ahead the next minute wisconsin ahead and then it was tied...it was crazyyyy! but in the end we WON! and everyone rushed the field...as did we! SO. MUCH. FUN. We cheered till we had no voices left! there is nothing better than a happy adrenaline rush! not only do we love our buckeyes...but jeremy does too!









Thank you for coming Brother! I love you so much and I am so happy you were able to come out and spend some much time with us! it was seriously so much fun! i wish i could press rewind and experience it all over again! in the words of brody "COME BACK...COME BACK"! youre the best and we love you!!and GO BUCKEYES!!!

THE END.

october highlights ::

welp, before i move forward and leave the month of october for good (about time, i know!) ...here are a few other highlights to a really great month...

we enjoyed really nice weather pretty much the entire month. it was lovely! we continued throughout the month with our weekly lunch dates with tyson. one of mine and brody's favorite things to do!







we of course enjoyed the changing colors that we just couldn't get enough of...





we went to Boo at the Zoo and brody got to trick or treat all around the zoo and scored some yummy treats, all while enjoying the animals!





we went to our Ward (Church) Halloween Party...
Woody, Buzz and Jesse...





Brody LOVED wearing his Buzz costume! he would do just about everything in it! LOVE this kid!!







on the day of Halloween my friend Caroline and I took our boys to the Pumpkin Patch...



and of course halloween night we had a blast! Brody did awesome trick or treating! they say "Happy Halloween" here instead of "trick or treat". So he'd say his Happys and end with his thank yous. it was quite cute! he sure was the cutest Buzz Lightyear!















we indeed had a wonderful month and a happy halloween!

{dead people and spooky fun}::

you read that right...dead people and spooky fun!

i couldn't wait for October 1st to come around so that i could put out our Grave Yard! I think it's perfect and adds just the perfect touch to the halloween spirit!



just like last year...we had our Annual Donut Halloween party!

here is the invite i designed and sent out, this years theme was Bats!



this years donuts turned out AWESOME! mmmmmmm....they were so good, my mouth is watering just thinking about it! i glazed the donuts in a maple glaze that tasted oh so good!

there were NONE left by the end of the party!



the table set-up...





last year we had a pinata...and this year we decided to let everyone fill up there own bag of candy! that was a huge hit! and even though the picture of the candy is blurry, it's the only one i took...so you get the idea...



tyson sat on the pouch in his Frankenstien costume and scared the jeebbers out of all our friends!



and of course we had our photo booth set up! this is by far my most favorite part and i am pretty sure everyone else has a good time too!







we had such a great time! and we are so glad for friends that like to come and party with us! i'm glad it's an annual thing! i'm already thinking up ideas for next year!

{crowthers come to town} ::

Tyson parents came for a visit a for a weekend in October and we had such a wonderful time!





we took them to campus and gave them a full tour! we hit up the library, the RPAC, Mirror Lake, Brutus and the Stadium, were just some of the highlights. Tyson's parents even went and watched Tyson teach his statistics class. good times!



and of course we ate good food and enjoyed yummy Jeni's ice cream! they loved it!





we took a trip out to the Amish country. we went to Heini's cheese factory and ate way too much cheese and then went to Yoder's amish farm. Brody loved all the kittens and animals at the farm!



we also went to the topiary gardens - which we love! it's always so beaultful! we had a good time walking around and feeding the ducks.



i love the 3 generation pictures! we get one with tyson, brody and his dad everytime we see them. it was such a fun weekend! it went much to fast - but we are so happy that mom and dad crow came to visit! thanks for coming! We love you!!