bucky love...and love for my grandparents....

we had a wonderful weekend together! it was one of my favorite weekends of this fall. we had so much fun with dad and uncle mike - and had a blast at the football game!

on saturday morning, we met up with my uncles at the avenue bar in madison - it's a really cool place - lots of character! nate was immediately harassed when one of the old men (drinking at 9 am belly up at the bar) found out he was an OHIO STATE fan! (yes - nate snuck his Ohio State t-shirt into the Badger weekend...he layered it under his clothes though...so it wasn't too bad...but still, he had to sneak it in to a Badger football weekend!). anyway, this old guy started shouting to EVERYONE, "LOOK at this! we have an OHIO STATE FAN in here!!!!!!!!....AHHHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!" he continued to repeat himself over & over to anyone who would listen (he told all the bartenders, and EVERYONE around). it was pretty funny!!!!!!! anyway, while at the avenue bar, we got to see a photo of my grandpa up on the wall - I never knew it was there. it's a pretty sweet photo. we took a picture of it on our iphones - not the greatest photo (of a photo) but you can see its a pretty sweet picture of grandpa miller! i was a proud granddaughter!

the game was so much fun - we had a great time cheering on the badgers with my dad. i was in heaven!!!! i absolutely love badger football games!!! it was so much fun watching them beat michigan - and listening to the crowd cheer - and hearing the band play - and watching 'jump around' (nate was a little freaked out because the stadium actually MOVES when everyone jumps...).

we also saw the CUTEST CUTEST CUTEST proposal at the game - the marching band tuba players marched around the entire stadium with each tuba player's instrument displaying a letter - (together, they all spelled out 'marry me?' in big red & white letters displayed on their tubas) - then they finally made it to the student section, stopped in front of the rest of the band (the girl being proposed to was in the band....) & then the guy proposed! it was adorable!!!!!!!!!! the student section started chanting 'she said yes! she said yes!' - it was super super creative & cute. so fun to watch!

it was a fantastic day for football! oh! and we bought our little baby cartwright her first Bucky gift - I'll have to post a picture of it, because it's AWESOME!!!! we got her this really round-tubby-looking Bucky stuffed animal - it's so so so funny & cute! she's going to love being a Badger-girl like her mom - always cheering against those goofy buckeyes!!!!!!!

nate and I spent the night with my grandparents on saturday night - it was so enjoyable to spend time with them. sadly I haven't been able to make it over to their house since my grandma started her chemo (she's almost done now!!!) - so I was really, really looking forward to spending time with them. I'm really lucky to have amazing grandparents - I really admire them. They are such neat people!! I really really admire my grandma - she's the mother of 6 children (within 6 years of each other!) and she's an amazing wife to my grandpa. She always has such a delightful attitude - and a positive outlook on life. I have always had such an admiration of their marriage & their commitment to their family. they truly are incredible people- so humble and generous and happy together- all qualities that I hope to strengthen in my own life. we had such a great time catching up with them - just the 4 of us!! it was a really special time for me to spend with my husband who I adore & 2 people who I absolutely admire. grandpa shared some really great stories from when he played football for the badgers - and grandma was her sweet, fun self, making us dinner - and pie - and showing us all her sewing projects (she knits a TON of mittens & booties for the whole family every year...and makes doll clothes to donate to children...and makes even more mittens to donate to children!!!!).

if you can't tell - it was one of my absolute favorite weekends I've had in a very, very long time! great memories!!