Monday, January 26, 2015

Let's Celebrate...Football Style

     What a weekend we had!  By now, you guys know, we are a bunch of "Buck Nuts" and love the Ohio State Buckeyes something fierce, so we go to Columbus a lot!  This past Saturday, we headed back down for the National Championship celebration and what a blast we had.  Ethan, is growing into the shoes that Daddy has prepared for him, b/c he too is now loving the Buckeyes & football, so going to Columbus was something he's been begging us to do.  Well, what better way to break him in!  We've been there before, as a family, but he was too little to remember it and I didn't realize that until we were there on Saturday.  You should have seen his eyes in the stadium...he loved all the hype and was all about yelling O-H to get the response I-O from the crowd.  It was so much fun, but boy was it fricken cold; however, once the team came out and Urban got to the podium the cold was gone from your mind.  That place was crazy! So glad we were a part of it and able to see it first hand!
     Well, when you go to Columbus with my husband, you don't leave without seeing the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and since Ethan was with us, it was even more important to show him where the boys practice, their trophies, etc....then it happened, we saw 4 chartered buses pulling in the gate!  Yep, it was the team....THE Ohio State Buckeyes returning to their cars from the event!  Let me just tell you, we were in our glory!  At that point, I looked around, thinking the crowd would be running me over, but there was nobody and I only expected to get pics from a far....never in my wildest dreams did I think that the boys would come over to us!  What were the odds of us meeting our favorite players, it was the best!   This morning, as I sit here typing this, I still can't stop thinking about 1 particular player and that is Josh Perry!  That guy, who can so relate to the journey we are on, took time out of his busy schedule to chat with us about the autism journey he's on with his brother.  It was so good to hear his story, get a picture, and would you believe he started to follow our Instagram page! OMG!!!!  We had such a great time and so many memories were made!
it's 6am & we are fired up to celebrate w/ the National Champs
hey mom, "that guy is on TV"
he's in the stadium folks =)
my boys ready to celebrate
me and my boy
just the 3 of us
TBDBITL
Undisputed Champions
the place went crazy!
Undisputed Way
couldn't believe it....honestly, Taylor was coming to us
and there he is!!
Josh Perry = CLASS ACT
talking autism
then my guy came over.....ZEKE!!!!!
Von Bell
Bosa
how do you top of a pretty awesome day...w/ a Chocolate Chip Cookie sundae
and for this boy, this sign is what made his day complete


while we were away, this guy was keeping his cousin in check....Chief Colin


Saturday, January 10, 2015

2015

Well, the New Year came and went for us and did so without anything major happening.  LOL!  Our festivities have changed a bit and what used to include dressing up, now is simply being home with our boys and making memories together.  We decided last year that being home, after all the running around that happens from Thanksgiving to Christmas, is exactly where we want to ring in the New Year.  Well, until they get tired of celebrating with their Mom & Dad that is (hehe)!!  So, as the same as last, we did the exact same thing and really enjoyed ourselves.  I got all of our hourly fun bags completed, found a box to hold all our memories from 2014, Brenton prepared the food, and when I got home from work our tradition began.  It was fun to start a new memory box, but let me tell you this...looking back on last years brought a tear to my eye.  It is absolutely crazy how time is flying by and we are trying our hardest to enjoy every moment to its fullest, but going through that box together really was an eye opener on how quick time really is going.   Ethan loved keeping us on track, yet again this year with our bags and Colin, well he loved the glow balloons that we added to our festivities and of course running around rampant. LOL! I'm a homebody by nature, so bringing in 2015 with my family, at our humble abode, really was something I was looking forward to.  Overall, we had a really quiet, laid back, but fun time together and by 11:15 the boys were done.  Ethan begged me to wake him up (he just wanted to "rest" ☺) and I tried, but he was done. Brenton and I enjoyed the remaining time together playing cards, drinking a few beers, and eating pizza.  Below are a few pictures from our night....sure hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating the New Year with your family/friends and that this year is starting off really well! 
Here's to a great 2015!