Labor Day Weekend

Jake was here for a couple of days. We got in right on time on Friday. Best welcome ever at an airport. Julie and Belle were waiting right at the terminal for us. Belle rushed up and gave me a huge hug while Julie rushed up and gave Jake one. On the car ride to the house I sat up front while Jake sat in the back, with Belle. I turned around to ask Belle a question and what I saw was priceless: Belle was giving Jake the stare down and trying to get a feel for him. Jake took it in stride and just said a simple "Hi!". When we got back to the house Sassy rushed outside and was whining and hopping and wiggling around. She didn't even notice Jake at first and when it registered that he was there she was all "Who are you? Wait, I don't care because Mom is home!!!". It was funny. Jake started petting her and it was instant love (ok, so she loves any one who will pet her for long periods of time).

Once we got settled in dinner was made. After dinner Belle got ready for bed, which means it was bedtime story time! She grabbed one of her favorite books, Pajama Time! That story just cracks me up. It's all about different pajamas and having a pj party. There is a line that you're supposed to say all excited: IT'S PAJAMA TIME!!! After Chris, Julie, and Belle say it I always say WOO HOO! with a fist pump. Belle managed to get Jake to WOO HOO! with me, even with the fist pump. It was awesome. What a good sport. Especially since she told him he needed to shower and she was sure he had ugly pajamas. OH! And his name isn't just Jake. It's JaaaaAAAAAAke. (said kind of like how you say ohhhh la laaaaa). After Belle went to bed Chris and Julie grilled Jake. Asked him all sorts of questions. Heck if I know how he did... After a little while it was bed time because we were going to have a busy day the next day.

We will definitely need a bigger bed!

On Saturday we got up kind of early and got ready for the K-State game. Jake and I proudly sported our brand new shirts and we were the purple family! We took separate cars to Topeka to drop Sassy and Jackson off at Julie's parents' house for a play date then we all piled into one car and we were off! First stop- Aggieville! We put our name on the list  for So Long, Saloon and then headed to Varney's. That store was NUTS! Everyone but Jake got a new shirt, just in case we got rained on. Jake was convinced it was hot and that if it rained it would cool him down. He is crazy and doesn't know hot. Anywho- We went back to the restaurant and got seated shortly after. We ordered our burgers and ate this raspberry dip. It was different, but yummy. The food arrived and we all dug in. Chris DEVOURED his Jack Smack and the onion rings. Jake and tossed back our entire burgers but left some of our fries. Julie and Belle just couldn't keep up and left half of their burgers. Shame...

So not staged, honest!

After lunch we drove around campus. We ended up stopping at the new World War II Memorial. It is a really cool statue. After walking around it and reading the different plaques we headed to the art museum. Julie got busted for touching a box that was apparently art. If I only knew that drawing straight lines was considered an amazing artistic feat I would have become a professional artist. Just saying. After that it started to rain so we got back in the car and headed over to Jayson and Karyn's house for a little pre-game tailgating. Some other former Ruskabank band members showed up and a laid back time was had. After a couple of hours it was time to head off to the game! Jayson drove us as close as he could get without having to go to the parking lot. And by closest I mean while we were sitting at a red light I blurted out "HEY! It's a red light we can totally just hop out right here!" and Chris responded "I'm so glad you said that because I was TOTALLY just thinking that! We are SO related!". So we hopped out of the car and were off to the stadium. We caught up real quick with Karen (my director). She got to meet Jake and Chris and Belle. After chit chatting we were off to stand in line to get in. We found our seats (right near the funnel cakes!!) and got ready for the pre-game stuff.

It didn't take long before a funnel cake was bought. The wind kicked up and the sugar went EVERY where! Chris was sporting a white shirt by the time the cake was eaten. The game was definitely a heart attack waiting to happen. It was scoreless and filled with dumb mistakes until the third quarter, when KSU "supposedly" fumbled and EKU picked it up and ran it back to the 1 yard line. They ended up scoring a TD and the extra point. LAME! After that KSU had the chance to put points on the board but missed the field goal kick. They managed to get the ball again in the beginning of the fourth quarter and made the field goal kick. We were still down by four though and it looked like we were going to lose. FINALLY the team showed up with 1:46 left in the game and scored a touchdown and the extra point, which put us up by three!! KSU WON!!! YAY!!!!!!

Cardiac Cats for the win!

We stayed for the fireworks display. It was actually pretty good. We walked back to the Sullivan's, hopped in the car, and headed to Topeka. We picked up Jackson and Sassy and headed home. We were all super tired and couldn't wait to hit the sack. We definitely slept well that night.

This display would have made Disney proud!

Sunday was a chill out day for all of us. Jake and I ran out to Costco while Chris hit up the grocery store. We made dinner and then decided to go on a short walk. After the walk I called Mom and she and Jake chatted for a little while. Jake got grilled a little bit more but nothing major. We watched True Blood and The Great Food Truck Race (since this episode took place at KSU). We also watched an episode of Celebrity Rehab and then we headed off to bed.

Today we hung around until I had to take Jake to the airport. We got there with PLENTY of time to spare so we had lunch together. I left him at around 1:30. He wouldn't say goodbye to me. Instead, he said "See ya soon" which made it a little easier. He took off right after I got back to the house. Sassy searched for him to no avail. She kissed my cheek and is now laying down next to me. It was really great having him here. I liked seeing him interact with my family. He really seemed to fit in. Belle colored a picture for him and he packed it up. Jackson even laid down on him when he was on the couch. He got right in on the teasing, too. He said he had a great time here and actually had fun at the football game. I even managed to get him to high five while we were at the game =D Now it is a waiting game with finding a house. We found 6 houses to add to our list before Jake left and I called/emailed the people. I spoke to two people and they said they would love for Jake to set up appointments. Here's to hoping something good happens!

Showing off our KSU pride. That is love right there!