"THE GAME"

Referring, of course, to the rivalry game between Yale and Harvard, officially the last game of the Ivy League season. If you do a Google search for the title of the blog, you will find a Wikipedia entry with all sorts of fun information about this rivalry, which is one of the oldest in the nation, and which is laden with all sorts of tradition. Both teams came into the game with undefeated seasons, and I am afraid that Yale is going to have to be happy with being smarter than Harvard, as they got spanked 37-6. Emily had already left town, and I was not far behind her, so I went with some PA student friends, and met up with Robbie and Katie at the game, which was a nice surprise! (Contrary to beliefs of the heavily intoxicated young men behind us, they did not bring the "baby blanket" to sneak booze into the game!) It looks like there are a lot of empty seats, but by the half the tailgate parties were giving way to the football game.

Survey Says...

Yahoo!! Our world just got a lot more pink!!! Thanks for voting, and congrats to our two tallies for girl!!!We are so incredibly excited!!! We have had thoughts of girls and boys running through our heads, but were still shocked when the ultrasound tech said it is a girl. Emily even made her go back to double check! The tech was very good, and she zipped right through all the bones, systems, and heart making her measurements with us watching in awe. Our baby is officially getting all the nourishment she needs...she is already in the 79th percentile for size based on the measurements! Isn't she just perfect? She has come a long way since the last pictures, and she looks much more like a little person. She will no doubt be a knockout like her mother!It has been a roller coaster of a week, with Emily working 6 days out of 7 before she left for Arizona, Mom Streeter, Tiffany (sister) and her wonderful little girls visiting for the weekend, another big anatomy test, etc. But now there is a little taste of freedom on my lips, and I will join Emily in Arizona tomorrow night! I am very excited to be there with the Johnson family! Thanks for checking up on us!

Connecticut River Tour

You will find that this is a little bit out of sequence (this was a while ago!), but these pictures are too fun not to share.
We took a boat ride with Brady and Kari down the Connecticut river to get another sampling of the fall colors. It was a perfect, sunny day. This castle was build by an eccentric millionaire who promised his dying wife not to marry again after she died. He was true to his promise, and the property was donated to the state of Connecticut after his death. Now it is a state park and a great photo opp!







Brady, Kari and the most beautiful girl in the world (and the professional cameraman in the reflection). We were on the front of the boat, so we got the breeze, the view and the occasional large wake.







On the way home we took a scenic route and came across a cemetery that was practically crying for us to take pictures. We, naturally, obliged.







This is the farmer that helped us pick out our pumpkin, that led to the award-winning jack-o-lantern seen on our Halloween post. We also got some fresh apples and squash that were SO much better than the average Wal-Mart variety!