Weekend Update & More

Great news! I got to go to 3 quarters of the Mizzou-Tech game. Only it wasn't as good as a game as we all expected it to be. Mizzou won 41-10 and became bowl eligible. This brings our record to 6-1. Tech had one of their poorest showings ever, but Mizzou played great. I was proud to be a Tiger, but still had sorrow for my beloved Red Raiders. Below is a slideshow with some pictures from the game. Friday night I went to the hotel where Tech was staying to see my old boss, Buzz, and some of my friends from undergrad. It was so great to catch up with some of them.

Mom & Dad drove up on Thursday and left Monday morning. It was so great to see them. Friday night we had a "tailgate" party at Casey & Neisha's house. We knew that Saturday would be hectic between football & volleyball so we chose to tailgate the night before. Casey's parents came over as well as Neisha's friend Destiney & some of her friends. Matt (another GA) showed up a little later. We cooked steaks, mashed potatoes, corn, baked beans, salads, cobbler & ice cream. Of course we entertained ourselves by playing with Harper and some guitar hero. Harper got to eat carrots for the first time that night as well. She didn't really like them and proceeded to "motor boat" with them in her mouth getting them everywhere (see pic below). It was a great time to just hang out with family & friends. Saturday Emily & Kyle came over for the football & volleyball games. Sunday we all went to church together and looked at the houses Emily & Kyle have been looking at to buy. I've included a few pictures from our tailgate as well.

So now for the volleyball update. Nebraska is amazing. We played a great game 1 against them, but games 2 and 3 were not fun. We lost 29-31, 18-30, and 14-30. Saturday we hosted Texas. Unfortunately, we lost in 3. Once again, we played a great game 1, but games 2 and 3 weren't near as good. Game scores were 29-31, 17-30, and 22-30. This brings our overall record to 12-8 and our Big XII record to 5-6. We are tied for 6th with Texas A&M currently. Today we played Kansas State. They are #4 in conference & #15 in the nation. Unfortunately we got swept for the 3rd time in a row, 23-30, 17-30, 27-30. We have 8 more Big XII games, then we find out if we make the NCAA Tournament or not. Mom took some pics at the volleyball game for me, so they are on the slideshow as well. (Side note: Texas swept Nebraska tonight, giving Nebraska their first loss of the season.)