Heading Home for Homecoming - Day 3

Back to Homecoming weekend...

We started the day by tailgating with Sarah and Kris' family. Kris had smoked some pork and it was fantastic! We certainly appreciate all of the work Sarah and Kris did to put the tailgate together. They have quite the setup! I wish I would have snapped some pictures of it.

While at the tailgate, our friends Brendon and Katie stopped by. It was great to see them! They told us they are expecting baby #2. Congrats to them!!

This is the beginning of the game as the team runs onto the field. It's hard to tell in this picture, but the stadium was packed - so fun!

Us at the game

We spotted my cousin Kurtis (#78) on the sidelines. Kurtis grew up a mile from my house and attended the high school that I went to. He is the first person from my high school to play Division I football in college. We're so proud of him!

The game in action...

It turned out to be a blowout. Mizzou beat Colorado 58-0. This was starkly different from my first Mizzou game. My Uncle Lee and Aunt Erin took me to my first game my senior year of high school. We played Colorado then too, but it was Colorado who scored the 50+ points. There were also a LOT fewer fans in the stadium during that game. Certainly, things have changed in 11 years! Anyway, we had a great time at the game!

Thanks to the Smith family for letting us stay with them!

Heading Home for Homecoming - Day 2

Here's the next of our Homecoming trip. Jenna's birthday was the day we arrived, so on Friday we went to lunch to celebrate. Paula was able to squeeze us in between classes, so it worked out pretty well.

Us kids at Applebee's

The fam (except mom - she was taking the picture)

Mom's dog, Jewel, had a litter of puppies a few weeks ago. They were about 4 weeks old when were there. They were so cute!

Us with the puppies. I took a lot more photos a couple of days later, so look for those in an upcoming post!

On Friday evening, we headed to Columbia to meet up with our friends Sarah and Kris. We went to dinner at Sophia's, one of my favorite restaurants while I was in college. It was great!

Sorority sisters and former roomies - Sarah and me.

After dinner, we headed to Greek town for campus decorations (aka "house decs"). Basically, it is tissue "pomped" boards that are hung on scaffolding. The boards serve as the backdrop for a kid-friendly skit. This is the house dec for KD and Phi Kap. It is based on the movie Cars. This picture does come close to doing it justice. It looked awesome!

We went to a couple of our favorite bars, Harpo's and Shiloh. At Shiloh, I ran into a bunch a friends that I was on Summer Welcome with. This is a few of the people from that group - Nathan, Christen ("CT"), Chris ("CD") and Morgan. It was great to see them!