Alma Mater

Earlier this fall Tim and I decided to try and make it to a WIU football game at least once each year if possible. During the fall, we have very few weekends, especially Saturdays, to be able to get away. We have to plan it during a weekend that we play football at home on Friday so the underclassmen are away on Saturday and no other fall sport is doing anything on Saturday - doesn't happen often. Then, of course, Western has to be playing at home. Yikes! However, this year we realized that this first weekend of October was actually going to work! We really wanted to be able to do this with some friends, so we called the Gorsch's and Knopp's and met them in Macomb for a fun day! We got there by lunch on Saturday and ate at Buffalo Wild Wings (what?? still can't believe it's in Macomb) and then drove around town for a bit. Next, we put Hannah in the Bjorn and walked around campus showing her where Mommy and Daddy met and, I know it's corny, fell in love. Marc and Kristina were sans kids and arrived in the early afternoon for a quick browse through the University Book Store before dinner. We all headed to Aurelio's (seriously, where else would we go??) and the Knopp's joined us just in time. It was fabulous and maybe the best part of the whole day! :-) We left there and headed to the football game to cheer on the Leathernecks. The girls only lasted a half, but that was better than expected, I think. Kristina, Lindsey, Hannah and I headed to the rec room at the CSC house, hot chocolate in tow, to just hang out and talk -- it was fabulous! I love these girls and the time we get to hang out together! It really felt like we were in college again! The boys arrived when the game was over (we lost, unfortunately) and Tim and I headed towards Springfield to stay with my cousin's family for the night. It was such a wonderful day and I can't wait to do it again! We didn't get any family shots, but at least we got a couple of each of us with our future Leatherneck!