Go Ducks!

Today is the National Championship Football Game. Eugene, Oregon is buzzing with activity and excitement for our University of Oregon Ducks.

{Kai's 1st UofO outfit, Oct. 2009}

Ben sent me the following tweet just a little while ago:

Before our move last March we lived on University Street. Obviously, we were right on campus. Our house was a short 6 blocks or so from Mac Court. It was convenient to be within walking or biking distance from where we were working at the time, and it was nice to have plenty of restaurants and other amenities. Once we were expecting Malakai, it started to become a nuisance. Our college aged neighbors were loud late into the night, the traffic on game days made it impossible to get anywhere. 

So, while we support the football team on their big day, we are so thankful to not be in the middle of what will surely be a wild + crazy night on campus.

Tonight we'll watch the game on the other side of town with some family. Dressed in our best green + yellow.  

{At the game, fall 2010}

{my fave of Kai's game day shirts, 2009}

We might even have to let Malakai stay up past his bedtime for this momentous occasion. Then we'll head home to our quiet (hopefully) cul-de-sac for a good night's rest to return to the regularness of tomorrow.

Go Ducks!

are you ready for some football!?

Ok, I think that's actually the NFL theme song...but we went to a college game. I'm not a football person really, obviously.

Anyway,  Ben's parents have season tickets to the University of Oregon home football games. We haven't been since November 2008 which was actually the day we found out we were expecting Malakai.

We bundled up, grabbed our rain jackets and left Malakai with his Aunt "Nanner" for the afternoon...

Then the sun came out, it was gorgeous and way too hot for long sleeves. The first quarter of the game wasn't very eventful (the score was 0 to 0) but it picked up in the 2nd thankfully.

At one point they had a fist pump cam and everyone in the stadium was doing fist pumps. This of course made Ben + I think of the Loerke's over at Today's Letters (our most favorite blog) and I scrambled to get a photo for them as fast as I could. 

{snapped this on my cell phone}

Ben + I had a great time and we were able to enjoy ourselves knowing that Malakai napped well while we were gone. The Ducks went on to win the game remaining undefeated, still #1.

Maybe we'll take Kai with us next season for his 1st game. 

What did you do over the weekend?