Friday, November 20, 2009

A Big Week

It's Cat/Griz week & most of you know what I'm talking about...The Weedin/Daws Family gets pretty intense this week & we are hoping for a big win against those damn Grizzlies...we also had a fun week watching our little girl crawl all over the place, & learn to pull herself up on things too! Time to re-babyproof the house!
Anyhoo wish for the best for our dear Bobcats tomorrow!!!

How great is this shirt?? We got it as a baby gift from our friends, The Berkrams & it's Mommy's favorite onesie in the closet! :)


Well, after taking a 9 month hiatus (pretty much since March Madness) Brady got the bug to shoot hoops again & it's been nonstop all week! Especially after we went to our first Bobcat Basketball game of the season!

Livvy's awesome crawling skills!!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday to my hubby today!! I can't say how much I appreciate EVERYTHING you do for our family~you are a wonderful husband & an incredible daddy. We love you very, very much.





Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Nebraska Part 1: Family Time

We took a great roadtrip to visit Jeff's family & catch Nebraska vs. Oklahoma! Everyone was very excited to meet Olivia & see how much Brady has grown! The drive was a little long...16 hours each way...but the kids did amazingly well (thank goodness for DVD players in vehicles...) We met up with Grammy & Grampy & caravaned from Casper, WY on! Even Livvy who still has to face backwards in her carseat did great & was her usual little trooper self! We took LOTS of pictures of our stay & are already planning our next one! :)











Brady with his headphones on




He actually loved the roadtrip~





Brady & his Grammy






Family picture on the farm! (more about the farm later...)


















Livvy got to meet Jeff's Aunt Kay (Mommy & Daddy got to have a little fun with Kay & Jeff in Lincoln Friday night & Saturday too!)










Livvy & Great-Grandma Weedin (not sure what Livvy's hair is doing here...Grammy was experimenting I think! :))










Brady & Great-Grandma Weedin












The kids got to spend a bunch of time with cousins Layla & Khloe
Layla is cousin Luke's little girl & Khloe is cousin Nate's little girl







































Brady practicing his baseball in Grandma A's yard~he was loving it!


















Grandma A had us all over for two wonderful dinners at her house~we also got to see Aunt Mary & Uncle Chuck too!



























































Khloe, Brady & Layla had so much fun together at Uncle Craig & Aunt Shelly's house (which is where we stayed~THANK YOU GUYS~Your home is beautiful!!!)











I LOVE this picture




































Grandma Weedin showed us where she lives & it's awesome~












Livvy with the grandmas!











We spent some time with cousin Chad, Michaela & their little boy Cash who is a doll!






Chad is only 4 months old & the same size as Liv!










Brady giving Cash some love


Nebraska Part 2: Fun at the Farm!

As I mentioned earlier, we got to stay with Craig & Shelly who run the Weedin Farm~Brady was so impressed with Craig driving his combine I joked he started looking at him like he was Michael Jordan or something! :) It's awesome to see the workings of their 1600 acre corn & soybean farm & it truly is a beautiful place...the heart of the country! After this fun visit Brady may want to be a farmer someday! The only thing that was painfully absent was Great-Grandpa Weedin...we really missed him this visit.


THANK YOU again to Craig & Shelly for their hospitality~we had a great time.





Climbing into the combine with Daddy



Jeff said Brady was so excited about the whole deal he could have stayed in there with Craig all day!










What do you know??!! A stray ear of corn! :)












The next day we got to visit the neighbor's farm~they have goats, cows, chickens & (oddly) rabbits~the kids had fun at the "petting zoo." :) Unfortunately I missed catching the funniest moment when we caught the goats sneaking out to munch on some corn across the street...hilarious...they just ran by us & snuck right back into their pen & acted like they had done nothing wrong...strange animals.




Brady was in heaven~he was also loving his new John Deere hat that Chad & Michaela gave him!






This is "Hoss"~the Weedins miniature pony that they were feeding graham crackers


























We got to meet little Libby who is cousin Erin's daughter~she is 18 months old & such a sweetie! It was so much fun to see Erin~it's been too long!




























This bunny was GIANT...kind of creeped Mommy out...







Livvy slept through the whole animal visit...she'll catch it next time!




Brady pretending to do farm chores








Jeff got to show Brady & I the basketball court in the barn that Grampy, Craig & Kay played on as kids...as well as the Weedin boys & also Jeff & Lez whenever they came during the summer~it's a huge court in the loft of the barn & you can still see where Grampy kept score!





Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Nebraska Part 3: HUSKER POWER!!!

Because Husker Nation is one of my favorite topics, I thought it would be a good time to debut my blogging skills. Here's Ali and I at memorial stadium before kickoff of the NU vs. OU game.










This is Ali's version of 'throwing up the bones' to represent a 3 and out by the Blackshirt Defense






Here we are with Aunt Kay and Jeff at the tailgate before the game. Nothing like sporting your shorts for a 7:00 pm kickoff in November!











Enjoying a tailgating beverage with cousins Drew, Luke, and Seth.







This was our view of "Mecca" from our tailgating spot







"Blue.........42...........down.........set.........

Ali and I working on the center exchange in the tunnel!!









This was on the wall outside the locker room. Dad and I didn't coordinate our 'blackshirt' uniforms, but we thought we looked pretty tough standing next to the logo!








Sneaking a peak of the walk through from the press box.......we stole some signals from the OU team and passed them down to Coach Pelini.









This is where Ali was hoping to catch a glimpse of her other 'boyfriend', Kirk Hirbstreit before kickoff.






Practicing our postgame interview skills in the media room.




On the field during the Husker walk through on Friday night.








Me and aunt Kay at the indoor practice facility.







Ali and I thought this was so cool!! It is a list of all the Husker Walk Ons, the ones that became starters and the ones that went on to the NFL! This was also just outside the locker room.







Anyone for some 'bowling'...........these are banners showing all of the bowl appearances over the years for the Huskers!








Another shot of the indoor practice facility.






Here are some shots of the Husker weightroom. Everywhere you looked there were reminders of the steep tradition and history of Nebraska football!





















Me and my buddy, Dr. Tom Osborne!





















The Lucky Horseshoe that the players touch as they're coming out of the locker room.













Another shot on the field during the walk through Friday afternoon.







When you walk into the Stadium, you are greeted by the National Championship trophies!







This is the best entrance in all of college football...bar none. Gives me goosebumps everytime.





Here is a great clip of the rest of the tunnel walk: