Go Buckeyes!!

So Seth and I had a 3 day weekend, and we decided to go down to Columbus to visit family. We went down to Upper Arlington to see my Aunt Diane, Uncle Scott and my cousin Joshua. We had lunch with them, and they gave us a graduation present of 40 yard line tickets in the A section! Those were amazing seats! Thanks Aunt Diane and Uncle Scott!

It was so fun to see the team come out on the field. Both my parents, and my aunts and uncles, and grandparents went to Ohio State, so I was pretty much raised as a Buckeye.

The crowd just went crazy when they came in! Thankfully we were in a section with old people on most sides of us, so no one got too crazy, and the only drunk people we saw were on the bus.

The marching band was amazing! They were just like an army.

The band made a P for Purdue. That was cool. But then when the team ran out, almost all the 100,000 fans boo-ed really loud. That was disappointing. Not exactly good sportsmanship....

I just loved the band. I am sure my mom would have loved it. They did the Ohio script. This is the Ohio script upside down. Pretty much everything was upside down because we were on the other side.

Here's Seth, a Buckeye too. He's converted, and now he's really part of the Shepard family.

It was cool, they had the big O's on both sides of the stadium full of student cheerers. They started all the stands going O!-H!-I!-O! and they started the wave. It was really cool.

During half time, the band did a tribute to TV Land. they did formations of all the shows, the Simpsons, Family Guy, Happy Days, Gilagan's Island - They formed a boat and curbed it up on the side of an island, Star Trek - They made the ship and a planet that changed into an M for Michigan and then shot lasers at it, and they all broke up; It was so cool. If you can't tell, I loved the band!

The first quarter of the game was very exciting. The Buckeyes intercepted, and ran the ball back for a defensive touchdown. Then nothing happened offensively for the rest of the game; a couple field goals, and that was it. The whole time I was hoping Purdue would score so OSU would try harder. The most exciting thing that happened in the second half was that after we bought a $4 bottle of water, we found out that we could get ice water in cups for free! which we did because it was 80 degrees outside!

We got to see my Grandpa and Grandma Pat at church. It will be nice to be able to visit more often. Then my Aunt Laura threw a barbeque and we got to spend a nice evening outside on their porch with a view of the pond in the back with a fountain. And we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores, and then we watched some videos of Guatemala.

This is my Aunt Linda and my cousin Christine.

This is my Aunt Diane, and cousin Josh.These are my Aunts Candi and Laura. We got to stay with them for the weekend. We had a great time visiting and playing Wii. Seth beat everyone in everything, and got 175 at hoopshot!

This is Laura and one of their dogs, Patch. Patch is my favorite dog, I think. She's so good!
Yesterday, Candi and Laura took us to Graeter's, and icecream place they have in Columbus that has AMAZING icecream! It is super good! I am sure we will go there every time we go down to Columbus.


We got to visit my Grandma Shepard too. We didn't get pictures of her, but we got to have a nice visit before she had hand surgery on Monday. The surgery went well, and I'm glad. All in all, we had a great trip!