Bedlam Weekend

Bedlam weekend has come and gone, and for the first time in eight years, my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire weekend (with a touch of disappointment after the BCS results Sunday night). I will tell you something, Nathan sure picked a good year to become a Cowboys fan. I have been so proud of my pokes all year long. I am impressed with our coaching and with our players' focus, determination, and talent.

Our weekend was extra special due to a visit from some great friends. Nathan got to see his friend Carter again, and we got to spend some time with his parents too.

I love this picture of Nathan. It's like he's saying, "Seriously, mom another picture. Carter and I just want to play. Leave us alone." :).

The Evetts'  and the Miller's came over to our house Saturday afternoon. We had a chance to visit, swap babies, play Settlers and eat Hideaway pizza before the big game. We sure miss the Evetts' since they moved. They came over a couple of times last year to watch football games with us, so it was only fitting that we got to watch the game with them. And the Miller's, well it's pretty much a given, barring unusual circumstances, if OSU football is on TV, we will be with them.

I'm thankful for wonderful friends who understand and embrace my craziness during OSU games. It makes going without OSU season tickets much more bearable when we have great friends to watch the games with.

The game was amazing, exciting, fantastic, and all other associated adjectives. Our team dominated the entire game, so my nerves were mostly gone by halftime. Our loss to Iowa State hurt a little worse after our win against the Sooners since it kept us out of the national title game, but a season that includes a win against the Sooners after an eight year drought, a trip to a BCS bowl for the first time, and our first outright Big 12 championship sounds pretty good to me! Always love my Cowboys, but some seasons are much better than others.

Sunday morning we went to church and then had lunch with our Sunday school class after church. Since Brandon, Mindy, and Carter were in town, we wanted everyone in our class to have a chance to visit with them. We had a great turnout and lots of babies (5 in total). Our class is certainly growing. It's funny that 2.5 years ago, our class was restructured to include only young couples without children, and now look at us :).

Nathan spent most of lunch flirting with Chloe

Emma had to leave early, but we got the rest of the babies together for some playtime. Our class is so fun!

Sunday night we watched the BCS results show and were disappointed that our Cowboys narrowly missed a shot at LSU for a national championship. I've never been a fan of the BCS, but this year is particularly frustrating. Too much politicking and subjectivity and just plain silliness. There is probably a legitimate argument that Alabama might be a better team than us, but a rematch in the national title game that includes two teams from the same conference is just absurd. And the fact that the Big 12 is the best conference in the country according to computer rankings and we only get one BCS bowl, come on! (Kansas State deserved an at large bid, for sure). Okay, off my soap box now. I will take solace in enjoying OSU's best season since I've been a fan and look forward to a great match up against Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl!