Ohio State vs. Michigan State::

we had season football tickets - so we decided to take turns taking brody to the football games. tyson took brody to this game and it was my turn! brody LOVES football. and even more LOVES watching football! he will sit and watch an entire game. we find it quite amazing! i loved being able to take him! good thing i love football just as much as him! and we sure do love our buckeyes!!



before the game we went to the 'skull session'. it's pretty much a big pep rally where the marching band plays the entire half time show along with all the school songs. the football teams comes out and we get to cheer and get into the buckeye spirit! we love the marching band! brody is obsessed!







outside of the stadium before (every) home game, there are always tons of vendors with giveaways, food, and games! brody loves to try and kick a field goal! pretty darn sure, he is the cutest buckeye fan i know!



outside there is also an area where the cheerleaders do stunts and cheers before the game! and of course Brutus (our school mascot) is always out! Brody LOVESSSSSS Brutus!



brody and i made it into the stadium with plenty of time to kill. but it gave us time to look all around, watch the football team warm up and watch the marching band come out! when brody saw Brutus out on the field before the game started, he jumped out of my arms to start to run down to see him. good thing i am quick and caught my little bear and informed him, only Brutus got to be on the field and that we just get to wave and say hi from our seats! pretty sure he yelled 'Brutus i love you' like 20 times. haha!







don't mind that brody didn't want to miss a minute of the game!! seriously! i had to hold him the entire time - because everyone was standing! which is fine, that's what you do at a game! but i put him down on the bench one time to give him a drink of water and he was so mad at me for blocking his view of the game! needless to say i didnt do that again! and we just watched the game! :)



at half time we were losing (boo!) and in the end we lost the game (boo!)....but brody was even more upset at me for leaving the game! we left at half time, it was cold and freezing and ugh the losing was so bad! so we left and went and found tyson who was outside the stadium watching the game on the big screen. as mad as brody was at me for making him leave the game, he was thrilled to see his daddy! i do believe he was kinda grumpy too because he was tired. maybe just a little tired.........



oh my dear brody bear! i love you so! i love that we got to spend some time together just you and i, doing something we both love! and even though it would of been fun to have your daddy with us in the game. we still had a great time! thank you for cheering with me the entire time. and yelling 'go buckeyes'! thank you for being the cutest thing ever - and putting up with people asking if they can take a picture with YOU! you are amazing! i am sorry i blocked your view for all of 10.5 seconds to give you a drink of water and for making you leave at half time. but it was freezing and we were losing! i love that you love our buckeyes!! and i love you!!!

California Dream'in ::

sometimes, i joke to tyson about how if we had of gone to UC Santa Barbra for graduate school we could be playing in the sand all the time! but then i think about how much i love ohio and wouldn't trade a single day for one day at the ocean.

however, there are days in ohio where it's oh so hot and humid and sunny and sometimes i wish we weren't land locked and that the ocean was close. but even with no ocean, we still have sand...and on days that are hot and sunny and we can just go to the park and play in the sand!

...and play in the sand we did! back in October on an 80 degree afternoon. Brody was in sand heaven! scooping, building, pouring, digging all the sand till his hearts content! they call days like this 'indinan summer'. and even though being in california would be dreamy at times...i still wouldn't trade days like this for anything!

pumpkin patch ::

our attempt at going to the pumpkin patch didn't quite go as planned this year...they wouldn't take us to the pumpkin patch because we were the only ones at the patch (lame)....so we just played around! we did the maze, played in the kiddie area for a very long time, saw the animals and overall had an excellent time and on top of it....it was 75 degrees, clear blue skys and wonderfully sunny!





oh how i love this little boy of mine. and boy howdey he so doesn't want to hold still for the camera these days. ha! can you tell? it only takes like 50 shots to get one. but it definitely makes for some pretty funny memories. and let's be honest, when you get a little boy on a farm with animals, slides, dirt, tractors....you wouldn't want to be stopped for a picture either. so i have to give him credit for putting up with me!





we played in the corn box...just like a sand box...but with corn kernals. it's pretty much genius if you ask me.



petting the sheep. brody kept saying 'hi sheep hi' and blowing him kisses. i think the sheep was feel'in the love. and once again...oh the hay bail...well you can tell how he felt about it.



tyson seriously thought he was so funny for this pose. i am sure he will love me for posting it.





even though we didn't get to ride the tractor out to the pumpkin patch - it was still eventful and we really did have a great time!

it's a fall thing::

One thing that makes Ohio amazing is the Fall. It's without a doubt my most favorite season! just like that time i talked about it here. Watching summer come to an end and Fall slowly creeps in and changes everything. it's as if mother nature takes her magic wand and very slowly transform nature around us! it.is.beautiful! this year i especially took note of how amazing and beautiful our Fall was! we had some really warm days which is always a bonus when you know the doom of freezing cold weather is just around the corner! we always took full advantage of every warm day spending all our time outside!

dear ohio fall, i love you.

September :: Visitors

Back in September....yes September! my wonderful parents came to visit us! we had THE BEST TIME! and of course i wanted to get it documented. better late than never!



our first stop when they came was Campus and we hit up the Horseshoe (aka the football stadium).





brody and papa climbed way up to have a good view of everything!



We showed my parents one of brody's favorite friday night things to do! the High School football games! we have a high school just a block away from our house. And brody lovesssss to sit and watch the entire game!





and of course we hit up Jeni's ice cream! Yumm! Papa and grandma even bought brody his own ice cream cone! so fun!









we drove up to Sandusky Ohio and went to the #1 Amusement park in the Nation for a little roller coaster riding! We took turns and my parents would watch brody while we went on a ride and then my parents would go on a ride. Brody LOVED all the kid rides!





we hit up the Amish country - we went to Yoder's Amish Farm, ate at the Durdutchman and went to Heini's Cheese Factory! we also had a lovely adventure driving home and the main road was shut down and we had to detour and got lost! but no worries we finally found our way to the highway! good times!





we took them downtown to the Utopiary Gardens which are amazing and beauitful! and also to the replica of Columbus's Santa Maria.







and of course we went to the Zoo, which they loved!



of course besides seeing all the sites - we ate lots of yummy food! brody got loads of loves and attention from grandma and papa and we just loved having them be here with us!

Thanks for such a great week Grandma and Papa! We love you!!!