OSU Game

People in Ohio take their football very seriously.

You are either and OSU Buckeye fan...or you are shunned.

When we knew we were coming to OSU, we knew football tickets were a must.

Unfortunately, OSU football tickets sell out in about .5 seconds...

so we were not able to attend any OSU games this season.

Until today.

We bought a couple of tickets from some friends.

This was the last home game of the season.

And apparently it was a big deal.

Like, if we won this game we would get a Bowl game.

And apparently, Bowl games are important.

We donned our scarlet and grey gear.

Plus a Buckeye necklace made for me by a friend in the ward.

*Fact: Buckeye nuts are poisonous. Don't eat them.

It was a thrilling game

and I actually was able to keep up with almost everything that was going on.

At the end of the fourth quarter, it was tied.

You know what that means...

overtime.

The crowd was going crazy, hoping and praying that the Bucks could pull it off.

And with a final kick of the ball, we did it!

Can you tell how happy TJ is with this victory!?

It was baby's first football game...

and according to TJ, it is definitely not his last!

Now we can say that we are true Buckeye fans!

Nutterbut Squash

29 weeks

Baby is the size of a butternut squash.

I am the size of...something much bigger.

Bonus points to whomever gets my title reference!

Another post about pigs

Well, sort of.

It's about the swine flu.

Being pregnant makes me "high risk"

so my doc encouraged me to get the H1N1 shot.

Unfortunately, my doc's office hasn't received any of the vaccine.

Here in Ohio, there have been several vaccination clinics for "high risk" people

(like me!)

So Saturday morning we drove to one of these clinics.

The advertised hours were nine to noon.

We got there at nine...

and waited in the world's longest line for two and a half hours!

Seriously!?

This line wrapped all the way around the church...

down a hill...

then snaked back and forth...

3 times.

After spending all that time waiting, I got my shot.

TJ couldn't get one...

he isn't eligible for a "high risk" shot until I'm 32 weeks.

So he might get sick and die...but I'm good.

This Little Piggy...

Many years ago, my grandma gave me a piggy bank.

It was filled with lots of coins.

20 dollars, to be exact.

Since then, the amount of change in that piggy bank has varied.

Most often, I went in after the quarters.

When the hubs and I were first married, we used all the quarters to pay for laundry.

This piggy bank has been extremely handy over the years.

Unfortunately, husband did not love the piggy bank like I did.

He's wanted to get rid of the piggy bank since day one.

Recently, husband got his wish.

We took piggy with us to Wal-Mart

(yes, Wal-Mart...we are classy people)

We had to remove many non-coin items that were stored inside piggy...

souvenir pennies from Disneyland

bobby pins

batting cage coins

random bits of trash

Finally, we were able to reap the benefits of piggy.

Years later, piggy had more than the 20 bucks Grandma gave me.

We could have done any number of things with our newfound wealth...

but we decided to buy groceries instead.

That's the way we roll.

Kirtland, OH

My goal while living in Ohio is to see as much as possible.

Since I've never lived anywhere other than AZ, I want to experience as much as Ohio as I can.

So when some friends asked us to drive to Kirtland with them, we jumped at the chance.

We drove up on Halloween.

It was a blustery day and rained the whole way up.

But as soon as we got there, the sun started to shine!

Isn't Ohio pretty in the fall?

The Newel K. Whitney Store

A room on the second floor of the N.K. Whitney store was used as the School of the Prophets.

Joseph Smith sat here to provide instruction to the other leaders of the Church.

The Kirtland Temple...the very first LDS temple to be built.

Feel free to ignore how huge I look in these pictures...

Next to the temple was an old cemetery.

TJ thought he was funny.

It was such a neat experience to see these Church history sites.

The stories that we heard in Kirtland were not new to us.

But standing in the place where this history was create made the stories much more meaningful.

BOO!

More Pumpkins...

Seems like I can't get enough of pumpkins!

This time we were carving them instead of eating them.

Hubs and I carved our pumpkins with friends Monday night.

(I left my camera at home, so hubs captured some memories with his cell phone...hence the junky quality)

TJ's pumpkin is throwing up pumpkin guts...

He thinks he's clever...I think he's gross.

Our finished projects.

My pumpkin is just big enough to cover my belly.

We are officially ready for Halloween!

Pumpkin Festival

This weekend, hubs and I (along with some friends) went to the Pumpkin Festival.

Why?

Lisa's reasoning: to see a plethora of pumpkins and eat pumpkin flavored foods

TJ's reasoning: his wife didn't give him a choice

Things we saw/did at the Pumpkin Festival:

Giant pumpkins with faces carved in them

A giant tower of pumpkins

Random pushups in the middle of the street just to earn a t-shirt

Horrific depiction of Taylor Swift

A memorial pie made in honor of the worlds biggest pumpkin pie...

not the world's biggest pumpkin pie, just a smaller version to memorialize it.

Pumpkin flavored foods that we eat:

*pumpkin donut

*pumpkin burger (basically, a sloppy joe with pumpkin spices mixed in)

*pumpkin fudge

*pumpkin cheesecake

Pumpkin flavored foods that we didn't have room to eat:

*pumpkin chili

*pumpkin pizza (basically, pumpkin pie on a pizza crust)

*pumpkin funnel cake

*pumpkin waffles

*pumpkin seeds

*pumpkin bread

*pumpkin pretzels

*pumpkin ice cream

*this list could go on, but I think you get the point

Fall in Ohio is definitely better than fall in Arizona...

hmm, pumpkins!

Sexy People

Have you been to this website?

My hubs should be featured...

100

My favorite day of school has always been the 100th day.

Kinder teachers always make a big deal out of this day.

All the kiddos bring 100 somethings...

100 legos

100 pennies

100 Cheerios

100 marshmallows

and of course there is always to over-zealous mom who sends in 100 cookies or cupcakes that teacher now has to deal with.

At my elementary school, we had to search for Zero Hero.

He left us clues and we had to look all over the school for him.

We found him back in our classroom where he had set up a party just for us.

We played and/or ate our 100 things, colored pictures of the number 100, and counted in our loudest voices all the way to 100.

The day ended by releasing 100 balloons into the sky.

Isn't that frowned upon now? Something to do with killing birds or whatnot?

I looked at my baby ticker over on the side of my blog today.

I saw that magical number.

100.

I have just 100 days left of being pregnant.

100 more days until our family of two because a family of three.

100 more days until I get to meet the little baby that kicks me all day long.

100 more days.

I think I will celebrate the number 100 today.

Maybe I'll eat 100 somethings...