It's Gameday... Finally!

Look who came to visit... cousins Dandy Andy and K-ristin! K-risten had been planning the trip for quite some time. Dandy Andy decided to surprise us and show up on our doorstep with a bouquet of flowers for my wife. He's crafty.



They were gold and blue! He's smart, too.



Saturday night we ordered sushi to go. That lobster roll was spec-tac-u-lar.



We can not confirm nor deny that there were duck farts involved.



And finally, it's gameday. Look who dressed up for the occasion. :)



Actually, we all dressed to for the occasion... even the out-of-towners.



We even talked to cousin K-risten's husband via facetime on the iPad. Hint, hint Morgantown readers. If you have an iPhone 4 on a wireless connection, you can facetime with us and see the Little Olive on a regular basis.



The game turned out well. Before the lightening, that is. Weather delays hampered play and the game was called sometime after 11 on Sunday evening. The above highlight is that of Tavon Austin taking a kickoff return 103 yards to paydirt.

Fun times.




Group picture. Someone didn't get the memo that you're supposed to wear gold on gameday. ;)

Oh yeah.

Thanks for visiting, cousins. You made the weekend a fun one!

Is it Football Season Yet?

Here's the new WVU Football entrance video.



I'm ready for a new era, but I love the beginning of the video with old highlights and the voiceover from Jack Flemming.

Jack's soundbite came from the Penn State game that was played on Halloween weekend in 1986. It was quite possibly his greatest and most inspiring piece as a WVU announcer. Here it is...



Yeah. I'm pumped.

Too Cool.

Yesterday we took the Little Olive for a walk in the park. The sun was bright so she had to wear her shades! She's also sporting the pink bunny shoulder strap protectors and a brown and pink binker clip.

Our kid is stylin'.

It's August 10, 2011 and...

Smiles!

Snowshoe, WV!

Thursday, myself, my wife and the Little Olive took a quick vacation to Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort in WV. It was the first trip of any distance for the Little Olive. I'd never been there, but my wife attended a quick work conference there a few years ago. Needless to say, it was a new adventure for all of us.



Road trip! We took some hardcore back roads to get there. The GPS failed us once again. Just think of the movie "Wrong Turn" and you'll get what I'm saying.



The Little Olive was amazed. She'd never seen a country road so deep in the roots of Appalachia.



We finally arrived and my wife got her picture in the giant chair that Snowshoe's so famous for.



Each night we went to dinner in the village. My favorite meal came from The Junction where I had a new york strip steak and an amazing side of mashed potatoes.



My wife snapped this outstanding sunset picture when she visited the jacuzzi at dusk.



The first night there was a bit of a disaster. We were all frustrated with the drive and then we got to see (and hear) our room. That's right. We got to hear our room.

Let's start with the positive. It was clean. It had a balcony, fireplace and a view of the mountains, just like my wife requested.

The negatives? The balcony overlooked the roof of a neighboring hotel, the mountains could be seen if you leaned over and looked to the left. The place was tiny so we tripped over anything and everything. And worst of all, the air conditioner sounded like a 747 taking off every single time the thing came on... and it came on every 5 minutes.

We complained and were moved to a condo at no extra charge. The squeaky wheel gets the oil!!!



After a relaxing night in the new room we took a trip to the pool. The Little Olive stayed on the sidelines and relaxed a little more.



Then we drove to the lake and had a beerewskie. Very pretty.



A quick elevator picture shows a happy wife and a deep in thought Little Olive. Ok... maybe she's just a little tired.



The second morning we woke up to a beautiful scene. The fog had settled into the valley below our condo. This is a picture of the rolling hills of Appalachia at their finest.



Even the Little Olive enjoyed it!



My wife and I took a ride to the lake on the ski lift. We left the Little Olive in the condo. Haha. Tricked ya! We rode at different times so one of us could stay with her.



We took the Little Olive out to dinner and stopped to see the weekend's big festivities at Snowshoe... they were have a mountain bike race the entire weekend. I took this clip of the junior circuit.



The night before we left all three of us relaxed by the fire...



with a beautiful sunset.


Snowshoe turned out to be a success! Despite the difficulties getting to and from, it was a great time and a superb first family trip!

All You Need is Love

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