Boise Beav
Do you have four minutes? Look what we found on our walk last night. =)
There was much talk about Broncos and Beavers at our home this weekend (per the big game on the BLUE TURF), so finding this little fella on our Sunday evening stroll was very fitting. I thought it was a dog for a minute, until we got a bit closer. That’s when I flipped on the phone cam. I still can’t believe it let us just hang out with it! It was HUGE. After the video, we watched it swim for a minute too. It could go without saying that my kids thought it was the coolest thing ever. Yup…didn’t even have to mention that. Beavers are the new cool kid at our house.
Why is it that the word “beaver” brings out my immaturity in full force? Miles saying, “I nevah seen beavahs!” and “That’s one huge beavah!” in the video makes me laugh HARD every time. I love it.
Speaking of Beavers and Broncos…ESPN College Gameday came to BSU Stadium, and Bronco Nation showed up in full force. Greg got there at 5:20am (AM!) and the line to get into the stadium was already a mile long. Craziness. He and all the other thousands had a great time. I actually really enjoyed watching the show from home too. I was kinda surprised by that. Not gunna lie. I love a good game, but watching a bunch a dudes sit around and talk sports is not really my bag. It was good laundry folding material though. =) No actually, I really did like it, and had a good time comparing perspectives with Greg when he got home.
Unfortunately, I only had a couple hours with Gregger before he had to head back downtown at four pm for the game. He’s lucky to get paid to sit on the 50 yard line for home games. (He runs a camera for BSU during football season.) On a break, he and a buddy went up to the press box to eat dinner. (All access to the press box is one of the perks of getting paid to go to the game.) A few minutes after they sat down, the cast of Gameday came and sat down next to them. How rad is that?! He said they were really friendly, and chatted with them quite a bit. Afterwords, Greg wrote on Facebook, “I ate dinner with the gameday hosts. They are pretty cool, but Erin Andrews has nothing on my wife.”
Ahhhh….
Reason # three million why I love my husband. You only have to watch Gameday for two seconds to realize every male fan of the show involuntarily pants like a dog every time they see her. I seriously have nothing on her, but I have my husband bamboozled. I.think.that.is.rad.
PS: In case you didn’t know, BSU gave the Oregon State Beavers a good “waxing” on Saturday. =)
Um, yeah…
…this post is all about me not being able to focus on the crap I should be doing. Oh and my kids’ fearsome game faces.
Funny story: We don’t have cable. (That’s not the funny part. It’s especially not funny to Greg.) We are also proud members of Bronco Nation. On September’s doorstep, we were proud Bronco fans with nowhere to watch the Blue and Orange open their season against Virginia Tech. (This was not so funny either, and was very much a concern to said man with no cable.) Every viewing scenario was weighed and considered. Then Greg realized (or was told) that I would appreciate seeing the game too. It was decided that we would pack up the fam, and head to the Student Union Building on BSU campus. I was to arrive early, with kids in tow, to lock down a good seat. “Get a booth,” was the request made. Greg would meet us there when he got off work.
My arrival was early, and a booth was found. It was a great seat in mother terms. On the end, toward the back out of the way, near the bathrooms, all while providing a pretty good view of the huge screen. What this mom did not fully take into consideration was: the close proximity to the news reporter set up to do live shots during the six o’clock news. When I say close proximity, I mean he, his camera, crew, and lighting were all set up in the booth NEXT DOOR. Our tables shared a small half wall. Sure it was fun trying to distract him during his live broadcasts…Eve made him laugh, and he couldn’t help turning the camera’s attention to the girl dancing on the table. (Eve, not me. Though the latter would have been funny.) However, I quickly realized the folly in my seating choice when Mr. Highlights came over’ and asked if he could interview my family on live TV. “Don’t worry,” said he, “Nobody is watching anyways.” (Pshaw right!) I couldn’t say no. I was too mesmerized by his flawless powder.
How did it go? Well, let’s just say any abilities I have to look cool are void when I’m on camera. Lesson learned? Don’t sit next to a reporter covering the game when your children are cute, and decked in BLUE and ORANGE. Unless of course you like being on live TV with a man who wears his makeup better than you do. Somebody is always watching.
courtesy of Greg and his cellphone
Secretly though…and you can’t tell ANYONE, but…despite the fact that I’m darn sure I looked like a moron on TV, it was a total rush, and I loved it. Shhhh…
Amen!
Wednesday afternoon I found myself looking through this month’s New Era for a thought to share at our youth back to school party. Just as something caught my eye, Eve walked in, flipped the magazine closed, and said, “Amen!” Of course, then it became a big game of “don’t let Mom read.” Amen after amen, she laughed and laughed. So did I.
I love being a Mom.
Life is in full swing these days. Brenden is officially a first grader. The first day of school was a week and a half ago! So early this year! I don’t know where our summer went. B’s loving class though. He has the sweetest teacher, and seems to be making friends. I won’t lie though, it’s super weird having him gone all day. We all miss him…a lot. It does have it’s nice points however. For example, Eve and Miles have started playing really well together. Greg and I are loving that. I’ve been enjoying the late summer days with only two kids to manage too. I’ve tried to minimize Brenden’s time away from home by opting to drive him to and from school everyday. I actually really like the flow it gives to the day.
The other day, picking Brenden up got a little interesting when Miles suddenly announced that he had to pee. Miles has this horrible habit of waiting until the last second to tell me he needs a bathroom, and it’s usually when a bathroom is hard to reach. We were kinda stuck in a parking lot full of people. Brenden was going to be coming out any second. Leaving wasn’t really an option, but the look in Miles’ eye told me I had better do something fast. I scanned the surroundings for ideas, and then I saw “it” in the back seat. I thought to myself for a second, “Are we really going to do this? Hmmm….yup.”
“Miles,” I said, “drop your drawers. You’re gunna pee in this bottle.”
I picked up the empty kid-sized water bottle, and showed him. I might as well have told him Santa had come early. See, that’s the great thing about having boys. Peeing in weird places is like THE MOST AWESOME ADVENTURE EVER. They are a bizarre breed.
When the bottle reached half full, and he was still going strong, the OH CRAP!’s starting racing through my mind. I was pretty sure we were going to have ourselves a Dumb and Dumber moment…minus the surplus of empties. Mercy! Thankfully he topped out at a little under 3/4’s capacity. Don’t think we’ll try that one again. (I shouldn’t say that…I’m sure now we will.)
You’re so welcome for the disgusting cellphone pic of pee in a bottle.
Welp…I think I’ll leave ya on that note. Happy Labor Day weekend! =)
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