Tailgate/Betsy Baby shower weekend

Usually we have pretty busy weekends as it is, however this weekend I think we managed to push the limit on things we could try to accomplish. We started off Friday afternoon with a trip to Jefferson City for Tim's PE ceremony. Yes he did pass his test and we are VERY proud of him. They had a ceremony at the Capital Rotunda. Tim and I have actually never been to the capital building, but will be returning with the girls as it's pretty neat with the museum and all the artwork and architectural items that we find interesting.

Here's the stage prior to the ceremony starting.

Here is Tim accepting his certificate. You can't see him but in front of him is Dr. Munger who is a professor at UMR. I actually had classes with him as well. There were quite a few Rolla people there that had passed the PE as well.

Just waiting for the rest of the names.

A larger photo of the group. They then had a reception up on the 3rd floor of the rotunda. We just went up there to check it out and then headed back home because we already had people at our house for our 4th Annual Tailgate weekend. Friday night was "You bring it, we'll fry it" and yes we did fry a couple things. We found out that Hot Pockets will not float when they are done and usually need a double frying, and frozen mini tacos fry up pretty good. We also put together a little bachelor party for our friend Chad who is getting married this December. He had a t-shirt and everything and I did not manage to get a picture of him or anything at all Friday or Saturday - hard to believe I know.
Saturday was slow moving to start. The guys started tailgating at noon for a 7 pm game. The ladies took the kids to McDonald's to run them tired on the indoor playland and to get some greasy food for ourselves as well. Back home for naps and then off to the tailgate. It was extremely crowded. We found our tailgate and just relaxed. Tim and I actually took Abby and her friend Ashley in to the game for the whole first half. They had plenty to watch with the pom pom girls, Truman the Tiger, cheerleaders, the band, and yes we discussed tackling with them. Abby continued to throw out some "Go Hawkeyes" as well, and both girls mastered the "ZOU" part of the "MIZ" "ZOU" cheer as we were on the ZOU side of the stadium. We headed home after half time as Dave and Scott were tired of tailgating all day, plus the Mizzou game wasn't that great as they were already down 28 to 7.

Sunday we headed to O'Fallon, IL at 10:15 for Betsy's baby shower. It was a good solid 2-1/2 hour drive and both girls slept almost the whole way. So they were hungry and ready to go when we got there. This shower was for Betsy's mom side and the Bovee family so it was quite a crowded house. As you can see she did pretty well in the present department.



My cheesy Abby photo for the day.


A photo of the crowd getting some lunch. Tim's Aunt Val was kind enough to loan her brand new house out for the party. It is a beautiful home!

Here is Betsy opening presents - well really it was Abby opening presents and Betsy read the cards. It kept her entertained while I dealt with a crabby 8 month old as it was getting past nap time.

As a distraction we found some legos. Apparently all Megan needs is a box of something where she can unload them all over the place.


Happy baby, caught in the act of making a mess.




And yes, we officially have a crawler now - forwards that is. She's been going backwards for a while but on Sunday the back legs finally communicated with the arms and we have forward movement. The safety gate is coming back upstairs again.

We finally got home around 7 - a very long day and a little too much time in the car for the girls. The last 30 minutes was crying from Megan and singing from Abby. I was ready for bed.
We'll be recovering from the weekend and trying to put the house back together again.