It's GAME DAY, Baby!

The crisp, morning sunshine is drifting through the blinds, the Russian Tea is in the mug, and ESPN's College Game Day is on tv. Most importantly, it's the first home game of the DUCKS! We are favored by 33 & 1/2 points (it's important to not forget that half point to those odds-makers!), so it might not be a nail-biter, but I'm ok with that.... =) Just being there, in Autzen, checking out our new quarterback (and by that, I mean, seeing how he plays, not "checking him out" - I'm a monogamous "Duck" not a "cougar" afterall....).

Alright, I'll end this post for now, as it's obvious I'm in a giddy, silly mood......more to come with pics!

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I'm back - the game is over. It WAS definitely a nail-biter, we narrowly defeated New Mexico with a score of 72-0. (And, yes, our coach does have class, he had our guys (who, at that point were 3rd and 4th string) take a knee just 5 yards from the goal line with 37 seconds left....).

So, onto some pictures of the many people we saw at the game......

First off, a picture of "our family" taken with the timer, hence the poor centering of the image. Sorry, Travis, at least your face made it into this shot....

The Williams family came down to visit from Washington. Hollie is one of the most effervescent people I know - so much fun - and I LOVE her hair.....it used to be blond and I'm loving this return to her "natural color".......

After leaving the Williams and Lisa Q. at the front gate, we ran into Steph H. as we walked in. We just can't resist doing the "Stephie x3" picture.....

The clouds literally cleared when we got into the stadium. The temps were so bi-polar, we all left with some color (burn or tan yet to be determined) - but began the day zipping up our jackets. The kids got the opportunity to come with us today thanks to Stephie White's parents so very kindly giving us their tickets. (THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!). Brayden and John were the ones that took those tickets, so I snapped this before they were on their way.

A couple pics of Mikayla and I - the second with a different top on Mikayla as she pulled a "Houdini" in changing without anyone seeing....


This is the view from our seats (without a zoom....)

At halftime, the guys returned and we posed for the family pic....

And we were able to visit with some of very UO students/alum......Kelli, Abby (who's headed to Spain for a term this month), and Kaela. We all might actually end up on Portland's NBC affiliate station who used us to be part of a Hawaii Five-O promo. The girls hummed the theme song - and I think they may have panned to include Mikayla and I - cuz Mikayla is pretty cute....

Currently, we are reunited with the Schillings who just returned yesterday from their hunting trip. Description of that will be my next blog post... We are watching Oregon State take on TCU - and hoping for an upset..........GO BEAVERS!!!!!!!!!!!