Saturdays in October are AWESOME!

Last Saturday Northwestern came to town to take on Bucky. This is always a big deal in our family since Lisa and Ed went to NU and Patrick and I went to UW.

When you add the Rhyan's to the mix (Mark and Karen are UW alumni and Niki is currently at NU) we truly have a HOUSE DIVIDED!

We took some group shots - none of which were that great -

 I actually like the one of us all laughing (below) the best!

Mom and Dad always split their loyalty - though their purple was the top layer this year and the day ended up being warmer than expected --- so they were representing Bucky most of the day!

Mark and Karen got us this awesome bar table and chairs for our basement.

Additional seats in our stadium seating Badger basement... yes please!

Thanks again you guys - it is fantastic :)

There is the purple and red combo!

I figure this way - they see a win no matter what :)

We had tickets all over the stadium --- Mom and Dad sat with our neighbors from Mequon.

They are also NU grads (along with 2 of their kids).

It was easy to find Mom and Dad in the crowd

--- small section of purple --- two red t-shirts! heehee!

Dad, Mom, Ginny's twin sister - Jennifer (the original Aunt Jen Jen), Ginny and Dan.

This is their son Danny --- can you believe I used to baby sit him when he was James' age?

He can grow a beard! ... I feel old!

We missed seeing Danny and Caitlin at the game - that is why I was sent a picture of Danny - so we reciprocated and sent back a photo of us too.

What did we do before technology?!?

Quick photo after the game!

James spent the afternoon with the Conlons and had a great time.

So much fun in fact, he was not interested in napping, I believe due to, as my sister would say, "missafunaphobia"

Claire and Jack entertained him all afternoon - we even got a report card from Claire.

Translation: James and Claire had fun. Fun with Jack, fun at 7606 Lindemann Trail.

So cute! Thanks again for watching him Claire (and of course Amy, John and Jack too!)

We ended the night with dinner back in McFarland at 5100 - huge big screens with no reservation needed!

James got a new hat that he and Mark were taking turns trying on. 

Great day --- thanks again to everyone that made it happen :)

And my apologies to the NU fans --- this year - RED WINS!