Wrap up for October

 

 

 

Friday night, Kaitlyn and Michael went to a Halloween party. At the last minute, she decided to go as a "whale trainer". We didn't have any water shoes so she wore some of her old rain boots (you know they wear those when they are feeding the whales).

 

 

Saturday we had a big tailgate before the Notre Dame game.  Michael went down to see Gameday on ESPN and his sign was picked as one of the top signs.  Kay and I sat together at the game, we had 50 yard line seats in the upper deck, as well as having our own chairs (not on a bench!) complete with cup holders.  Here is a picture before kickoff looking over some of the university campus.

 

Instead of everyone wearing all red or all white, we had a "stripe-out" where you wore a specific color if you were in an even or odd section.  It looked pretty cool.  Sadly, we didn't win. But we all had a great time.

Jody Zimmerman

For my family that knows Jody Zimmerman: he and I are friends on Facebook.  I love looking at his pictures (he has a beautiful home in Louisville, KY).  I also share his love of animals - he raises and shows Weimareiners and is president of the Louisville Weimareiners Club (or something like that). He is also an author and a certified Yoga instructor.  I truly believe that he is probably the most successful of the 3 Zimmerman children.  Anyway, I've added a link to his blog on the side of my blog.  I hope you enjoy it.  Looks like he lives an enviable life!

Tailgating and Smashing Pumpkins

This weekend, Michael, his friends, and Joe set up another tailgate.  Joe's mom and her husband, Johnny, stopped by, Michael's dad came by (this was our first time to meet him), Mark, Kathy and one of their girls stopped by. Monty and Michelle came by.  Some of Kaitlyn and Kristen's sorority sisters dropped by.  We had a great time.  OU beat the heck out of Kansas, so EVERYONE was leaving the stadium early.  Kristen and I left about half way into the 3rd quarter.  Joe stayed with Michael to break down the tailgate.  We plan on setting up another one next weekend for the big game against Notre Dame.

Last night someone picked up our pumpkins off the front porch and tried to smash them in the front yard.  Joe heard them and woke up, then woke me up.  The dogs slept through the whole thing (so much for being watch dogs!).  Every year there are smashed pumpkins in our street.  This was the first year we had real pumpkins on our porch since the girls were small and we carved them for jack-o-lanterns.  I guess I'll go back to fake pumpkins on the porch next year. I'm thinking of putting a sign up that says, "Smile, you're on camera."  Kinda like the "Beware of Dog" signs you see.

OU/TX Weekend 2012

We had a great time on our annual trek to Dallas for the OU/TX Red River Rivalry game.  The first two pictures are from our annual dinner with friends on Friday night.  This year we ate at III Forks restaurant.  Joe and I like to take our picture with the indian statue outside the restaurant.

 

On the way to the Cotton Bowl Saturday morning we saw this car. We couldn't tell if it was a picture of Jesus or a rock singer or ?????

 

The bus loads of players coming into the fairgrounds and to the stadium.

 

Pre-game show with the Texas band and their flag, which they unfurl at our end of the stadium.

 

Our band and state flag, which we pay back with unfurling at their end of the stadium.

 

We got together with Kristen and Pat for a little while after the game.

Joe and I enjoying a beer after the game.

 

Kristen and Pat met up with her girlfriends and we took a picture for them.  I made Kristen's skirt.

 

A partial family picture.

Saturday night, Joe and I went out with Joe's mom and her husband, Johnny and Kathy (Chris' sister and she is 6 days older than me) and her husband John.  We went to dinner at Mercy Wine Bar.

Here is a pre-game picture of Kaitlyn and her friends.  This is the dress I made for Kaitlyn to wear.

Another pre-game picture with Joe's family.

Muzzy and Kaitlyn.

Me and Kaitlyn showing off our boots.

Pre-game scoreboard.

 

John and Kathy at Pete's Dueling Pianos Bar (and you sing along loudly while they play).

Joe clowning around with his mother at the Pete's Dueling Pianos Bar.

Cutest. Dress. Ever.

Kaitlyn decided she wanted a new dress to wear to the OU/TX game next weekend.  She brought down some Chevron fabric (unfortunately Hobby Lobby was out of crimson/cream chevron material) and we proceeded to come up with "dress." 

 

 

I had already purchased some Longhorn decals earlier this month because Kristen had said she wanted a skirt with an upside down Longhorn on it but she never got any material so we went ahead with the "dress." Kaitlyn couldn't decide if she wanted a cream colored top or a crimson top to her "dress."  So we made one of each.

 

 

I told her if we sewed the cream colored one on there it would permanently be an OU/TX dress. So she decided to just make a "skirt" and the tops are like longer tube-tops.  She can wear either one.

 

 

 

 

 

We made a cute crimson sash/bow to go around it and it's the cutest. dress. ever. She's going to wear it with her cowboy boots, I can't post a final version on Facebook until after she wears it to the game.  She wants the "surprise" factor so mum's the word......