The Faithful Wife

As many of you know, I love my Huskers. I love to watch the games and talk smack at the office with my CU loving coworkers. I love that my 6yo now refers to the Huskers as "our team." Of course, my husband comes before the Huskers. And when you love someone, you do things for them.

Right now we are headed to the Buff game. And as the faithful wife, I dressed the boys in black and gold (note: these are not CU clothes, just black and gold clothes).

And I'm wearing a black shirt to blend in, but don't be fooled, it says Huskers. Although I am a faithful wife, I haven't forgotten my roots. GO BIG RED!

Other Fall Festivities

 Last weekend, we planned to go to Elitch Gardens amusement park (we've got free tickets from the library program). We got everything packed and hopped in the car. I thought it had been sprinkling a bit. But, when we actually went outside, it was clearly not sprinkling. It was raining. I was not terribly excited to be hanging out at the amusement park in the rain. So, since we were already in the car and ready to go, we had to go with Plan B. The problem was that there was no Plan B.

Out came the coupon book and we ended up at Funtastic Fun - an indoor amusement park. Even though the venue was a bit young for D-man, the kids had a good time and we came early enough that we basically had the entire building to ourselves. Marshall and I enjoyed some skee ball and checking our fantasy football scores.

We wrapped up the outing with lunch at Subway and a trip to the Halloween shop to find costumes. Although it wasn't the day we had planned, we enjoyed the family time and getting out and about.

the boys enjoyed the ball pit

the ferris wheel!

scooters

I also ditched the book fair last Thursday night (Marshall was so nice to cover for me) so I could watch the Huskers play. We ordered pizza and T-man and I watched football and hung out. Go Big Red!

Fall Fun

This weekend we ventured over to the University of Denver to attend the Homecoming Family Fun.The boys and I rode the light rail and met a girlfriend of mine and her two girls. The event was very casual and we were able to catch up and enjoy some girl time (I really need to schedule more of that!). The kids enjoyed face painting, balloon animals, pumpkin painting, a jumpy castle, and lots of treats! 

After the event, we strolled around campus a bit and the kids got to run around and explore. Walking around campus also made me realize that we really need to take better advantage of its proximity. D-man is now requesting we attend a rubgy, lacrosse, hockey, and soccer game. While T-man wants to go back and watch swimming. We could be busy......

face painting!

balloon animals!

 a beautiful day

GO BIG RED!

The minivan is decked out for the big Nebraska/Texas game.

Mona Lisa

Here's the picture of the Mona Lisa my 3yo brought home today. I just love when little kids mention things they don't understand. Too cute.

The Peavy Pantry

As many of you know, we have a huge shelving area in our basement that was left by the previous owners. Portions of the shelving were actually designed to hold canned goods (yes, you might say that this was meant to be our house). Needless to say, we have adequately stocked the shelving with canned goods and many other food items. If a pandemic flu ever comes to Denver, we are definitely prepared.

Unfortunately, the kids have been home sick the last two days. I stayed home the majority of the day on Monday and Marshall stayed home on Tuesday. When I got home this afternoon, D-man was very eager to show me something. Since he had so much free time on his hands today, he decided to organize the beverages in the pantry. This was part of his re-organization project...............

Beer moved from the pantry to the refrigerator

 So, apparently, Marshall and I need to host happy hour or a party so we can have some folks drink all the cold beer in the fridge (and this wasn't all of it). But, the good thing is, not only is the beer in order, the soda and juice are now well organized in the Peavy Pantry. Now if I could just get someone to tackle the rest of my basement.........