KU Basketball

KU basketball became a family affair this year!! Last year, with the boys both playing in their first official basketball season, they became more aware of college and NBA games. Theyd want to know the score and if we won or lost, but they had zero interest in actually watching a game. But this year- they watched every single game with me (that didn't come on after bedtime!) and oh, how I loved it!!! Levi still isn't necessarily a KU fan- he will watch for me, but he doesn't have feelings towards the games either way, so its nice to watch with TRUE fans!! :)

Grant spent some time on the computer one evening printing off pictures of their main 7 players, and whenever one of them would score, he'd hold up their picture and cheer! So cute! Those papers are now hanging on the wall around his bed.

He picked out a Svi jersey for his birthday- not just because he turned 10 but because Svi was probably his favorite player because he says he looks like him :)

Wyatt was definitely into the games as well. He was more curious about how the game works- 1st grade basketball doesn't have all these rules. He loved me explaining all the rules to him! On this day, he sat as close to the TV as he could so he could "really feel like he was there."

KU won 1st place in the Big 12 season, 1st place in the Big 12 tournament, and they made it all the way to the Final Four! Villanova shot lights out and definitely left the Jayhawks in their dust, but we were very excited to have made it that far!!

This kid had all the emotions during the games. The ups and downs of a KU fan! At the end of the game, he definitely cried big tears that they didn't make it to the championship, but moreso because he has to wait a good 7 months before another KU game is on TV! He's already researching the new recruits next year and he has KU tickets on his wishlist!!!!!

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!

We love ourselves some March Madness!!! Especially when our favorite team has had a great season!! KU made it all the way to the Elite 8 this year, and then forgot to show up to that game and well, that was the end of the season. But what a season it was!!! The boys were a little more into watching basketball this year since they were both playing on their own teams this season. 

Better luck next year Jayhawks!! You know we will be rooting for you!

 I love a good brotherly KU pic :)

10 Years Since College?

Two weekends ago, my friends and I celebrated our 10 years from graduating college. It seems like just yesterday, we were celebrating our 10 years from moving into the dorms! Actually, it seems like just yesterday that we were actually IN college!! Time flies as you get older, I guess!

We had a wonderful weekend reminiscing and visiting about the "good old days." We stayed at the new hotel just outside campus called The Oread, and it was beautiful!! Unfortunately, we had a schizophrenic weather pattern that brought on a huge cold snap, so no fun sundresses for us! But that's ok- we learned that college kids don't wear cardigans, but thirty-somethings do!! We had dinner at one of our favorite old hangouts, Quintons! Then we headed down Mass. Street for a few bar hops- Sandbar and Red Lion. And a weekend at KU wouldn't be complete without a visit to The Wheel for beers and pizza! All of us stayed at the bars til at least midnight, and some even lasted til last call! We were pretty darn proud of ourselves!

Funny story- so while we were sitting a booth at the wheel, and we obviously stuck out like sore thumbs, the girls at the booth next to us totally kept eyeing us. Finally, one of the girls asked us, "We want to know how to get wifed..."  We all said, "Huh?" She was like, "Well you guys are all wearing rings, so you're either engaged or married, so we want to know how you did that!" It was pretty funny swapping stories with them about what our college days were like and what our married and career lives are like now! They were pretty envious, and I have to say, although college was so so so SO much fun, I'm happy with my life where I'm at!

We ended our trip with breakfast the next morning at Einstein Brothers, another good old tradition!!

I love my friends!!

10 Years Later

This is where it all began 10 years ago...August 14, 1999. A group of girls moved into Corbin Hall, not knowing they would remain life-long friends!!

On August 14, 2009, a group of my friends and I ventured off to Lawrence, KS to celebrate our 10 year anniversary of moving into the dorms!! Most people think I'm crazy when I say that I loved living in an all-girls dorm, but I wouldn't have done it any other way!! I met my best friends there!! We started off the evening with dinner at El Mezcal, an old tradition of ours! After dinner, we headed to the dorms for old times sake!! We were lucky that they let us in to look around, although we couldn't go inside any of the rooms. We all found our old rooms, and hung out in all our old favorite places!! Funny how after 10 years, it looks (and smells) exactly the same!! After a good hour of walking around, we headed to The Hawk, the first bar we ever went to! We knew it was pretty early to go to a bar in a college town (9:00pm) but we were the only ones there for about 2 hours. But that was ok!! We were able to reminisce and talk about all our memories we've shared!! After a few hours there, it was time to head to The Wheel , so we headed up the hill and across the street ! We definitely felt old when we were ready to leave the bar at 11, when everyone was just now showing up, but we aren't 18 anymore!! So we got our pizza and headed home!! It definitely wasn't what we would have done 10 years ago, but the laughs and the friendships will always stay the same!!

I LOVE YOU FRIENDS!!!!!!!

Dinner at El Mezcal

Fun at The Hawk

Ending our night at The Wheel

My old roomie, Laura, and I outside our dorm room, 411N