Bad blogger...

I've been a very bad blogger over the past couple of months. I only posted 1 or so in October and only 1 in November. I promise to be better at blogging in the month of December and into next year. 2011....I can't believe it's almost a new year already!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!

Wordless Wednesday {stud muffin}

Flashback Friday

Flashback to the 2009 football season...Nebraska lost the Big 12 championship game against Texas by 1 point. Nebraska was ahead by 2 points when the game clock expired...or so we thought. Mack Brown had the previous play reviewed and the officials ruled there was 1 second left on the clock when the ball went out of bounds. The Longhorns were in field goal range, they kicked and it was good. It was probably the biggest let down I had ever witnessed in my lifetime...we were all on such a huge high thinking Nebraska had just beat the #2 team in the country, taking them out of the National Championship race.

This Saturday the Huskers take on Texas...this time Nebraska is going into the game ranked #5, while, for the first time in over 10 years, Texas is not ranked in the top 25. We are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the game. Even with the odds in Nebraska's favor, Texas is never an easy opponent. You better believe that Jon, his whole family and thousands of Nebraska fans will be cheering hard this Saturday!!

Gooooooooo Big Red! Beat Texas!!!

Need a little inspiration!

I have really been slacking on blogging lately...I have sort of ran out of inspiration! Hopefully, I can come up with some new and exciting subjects to blog about. All in all, life is going good and Barrett is growing fast. He's so sweet and has a great personality. I have taught him how to do the "boom-chicka-boom" song. At the end he says "uh huh, oh yeah, one more time, mommy's style". We just got his Halloween costume last night. He is Buzz Lightyear (or in his words, Buzz Light Here) this year. The costume is beyond adorable on him. Our nephew, Lucas is dressing as Woody...it'll be fun to have a little theme in our group of trick-or-treaters. I just wish there was a way to get our niece, Taylor to dress as Jesse and our other newphew, Isiah could be some other Toy Story character...perhaps Bullseye or the Prospector. That would be perfect, but I think Taylor and Isiah are way to cool for Toy Story Halloween costumes since they are 10 and 12!

Nebraska doesn't have a game until this next Thursday evening. It's weird to have a Saturday that doesn't involve an exciting Husker game. We will actually be in Hermiston when the game is on. On our way to my cousins wedding in Nampa, ID. Barrett is the ring bearer in the wedding. I am getting pretty excited to see him all dressed up in a suit...let's just hope he 'performs'! My niece, Elle will be the flower girl...so hopefully having her to 'perform' with will make Barrett a little more relaxed.

I guess we always have things going on in our lives I just haven't known what to write about. Soon we'll be going to the pumpkin patch, carving pumpkins, trick-or-treating, etc...that should provide lots of new pictures to post!

Wordless Wednesday {Husker Football Game}

Flashback Friday {September 2007}

This is a flashback to almost 3 years ago exactly. It was 4 football seasons ago and my first ever trip to Nebraska. I do have family that lives in Nebraska but I had never been there myself. I was about 8 weeks pregnant at the time. Although, I never got sick with my pregnancy I did get a little "pukey" feeling on one of the flights there. The first flight was fine but the second we were flying in a small prop airplane and there was a bit of turbulence. I didn't know if I was going to survive the flight without losing my lunch...but, I made it! After that I just had to deal with my father-in-laws some times jerky driving. Since I was pregnant and not feeling the best I was lucky enough to be able to sit shot gun in the rental car.

We made our way to Lincoln, NE for my first Husker home game experience. I had heard Jon talk about how awesome it is to be in the stadium along with the famous "Sea of Red" but I don't think I really knew what to expect. It was amazing! It was Jon, myself, Val & Larry (now my in-laws) and about 90,000 other screaming/fanatical Husker fans.

They were playing the USC Trojans that game and the outcome was a little grim. Nebraska lost the game and we were all a little disappointed. The team didn't do that well that year and at the end of the season the head coach Bill Callaghan was fired. They hired a new coach by the name of Bo Pelini. He had been a defensive coordinator at NU before moving on to LSU and helping them earn the national title right before leaving to take his new position in Nebraska.

Since then, Nebraska has turned the football program around and started the 2010 season ranked 8th in the country. This picture is a forever reminder of my first experience at a Husker football game. Win or lose it's an amazing experience!!

Wordless Wednesday {spouses that buy the exact same anniversary card}