My bestest friend Shannon scored tickets to the Buckeyes game last weekend, so the fam got our bus fare together and trucked down to campus.
Unfortunately, the tickets didn't quite make it with us. Which freaked us out. Especially the Shannon part of us. Shanny and I split up with Henry and Sarah, who went to hear the band play (a really cool tradition before every home game). We jumped a bus to get back home.
We checked the house. No dice. We checked his car. Nada. So we walked to the bench that Shannon was sitting on before he boarded the bus to campus. As we got there, we saw what appeared to be one piece of cardboard amongst some bus stop trash and debris. It was not one, but TWO TICKETS. They were face down, and they had been there for 45 minutes. inSANE.
So we jumped back on the bus, all smiles, and met up with la familia just as the band was finishing. As we were mulling around St. John's afterward, Dr. Woods (OSU's Director of Bands) came up to Henry and gave him his baton to direct with. He decided to twirl it instead. He said "I see ... I guess he'll be a Drum Major, not a conductor."
I think Henry just didn't want to upstage him. We have, after all, raised Henry to be a polite young man.
The game was great (we killed 'em), I had a great time with Shannon, and getting there was indeed half the ??fun??
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Alright, I'm in ... Blog Action Day
Alright James, you got me thinking about this. Blog action day is about a simple concept: what if we all (I mean all the bloggers here) blogged on the same topic on the same day? What would happen. I just found out about this, so I have 47 minutes left to officially be part of the movement.
So I'll need to type fast.
How do I fit in a plea to think about and save the environment into our blog? What grand statement can I make? I am, after all, the owner of two cars with V6 engines (although both sport high-20's MPG on the highway, it's not sayin' much), a house with less-than-efficient windows, a two-year old in disposable diapers, and live in a country (proudly, I might add) that contributes more than it's fair share to global climate change.
Here are my meager contributions to the environment. I am buying local produce and goods whenever I can. I am only buying pocket fluorescent light bulbs to replace the incandescents that burn out. We're reusing food containers instead of buying disposables. And we're paying to recycle, even though it's free to just throw out anything we want (this one burns me ... how will recycling take off it costs more, in effort and $$$, than just pitching it?)
OK, so I'm not doing as much as I can. Duly noted. Maybe this post raised a bit of awareness though.
So I'll need to type fast.
How do I fit in a plea to think about and save the environment into our blog? What grand statement can I make? I am, after all, the owner of two cars with V6 engines (although both sport high-20's MPG on the highway, it's not sayin' much), a house with less-than-efficient windows, a two-year old in disposable diapers, and live in a country (proudly, I might add) that contributes more than it's fair share to global climate change.
Here are my meager contributions to the environment. I am buying local produce and goods whenever I can. I am only buying pocket fluorescent light bulbs to replace the incandescents that burn out. We're reusing food containers instead of buying disposables. And we're paying to recycle, even though it's free to just throw out anything we want (this one burns me ... how will recycling take off it costs more, in effort and $$$, than just pitching it?)
OK, so I'm not doing as much as I can. Duly noted. Maybe this post raised a bit of awareness though.
Annalia came to town!
This is just one of the ton of pictures that was snapped of Annalia's first visit to Columbus, and the first Columbus meeting of the Rayo Cousins. Annalia, Asia, and Henry all mugged for the camera the whole weekend.
Annalia is changing so fast! People tell me that Henry is, too, but it's really crazy to see Annalia once a month and realize how much I've missed in Bryan's, Sarah's and Annalia's very new life together. And how great it is to see them when we can get together again.
Asia and Henry, as usual, were thick as thieves the whole weekend. They cackled, giggled and ran (and ran and ran) through the house endlessly.
Annalia is changing so fast! People tell me that Henry is, too, but it's really crazy to see Annalia once a month and realize how much I've missed in Bryan's, Sarah's and Annalia's very new life together. And how great it is to see them when we can get together again.
Asia and Henry, as usual, were thick as thieves the whole weekend. They cackled, giggled and ran (and ran and ran) through the house endlessly.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Snoozing after the tailgate
We have been busy ... don't let our total lack of communication fool you! Henry (and Tenzin) have showed us that you're never too young to tailgate. Because of Henry's uncanny ability to always follow an "OH" with an "IO", he was invited to our friends' tailgates (before we were!). Tenzin and Henry piled into the bike trailer, and we trucked down to campus (click the picture to see some of the other pics).
They had so much fun, though, that they didn't quite make it back to the house! This is how we found them upon arriving back at home. OUT!
It was a great time. As Henry says, "Go Buckeyes!"
They had so much fun, though, that they didn't quite make it back to the house! This is how we found them upon arriving back at home. OUT!
It was a great time. As Henry says, "Go Buckeyes!"
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