COLLEGE!!

I loved college.  I love Iowa City.  I love the Iowa Hawkeyes.  I love my husband.  I love my friends.  I love to party.  Put all of those together and it pretty much sums up my weekend. 

My weekend started on Friday, around 4pm when I attended FAC for the first time since college.  My sister and I went to Martini's, a bar that is owned by the same owners as Vito's, which is the restaurant/bar Andy and I met at and worked at in college.  Who would have known 10 years ago that getting a job at Vito's would have led to this life!!  And to think Buffalo Wild Wings turned Andy down for being a cook - I can't thank them enough!!  By 6pm my girlfriends and their husbands started to trickle in to join us, bellied up at the bar.  It was so fun to all be back to our old stomping grounds!

We ate dinner at Givanni's, a fabulous Italian restaurant in downtown Iowa City.  We had our own upstairs area, which was perfect for our group of 12. 

Saturday morning Andy and I were up bright and early to set up the tailgate.  Props to my wonderful husband for picking everything up the night before and for setting everything up Saturday morning.  I have to say, he did a great job.  By 9am the troops were rallied from the night before and our day began!

My parents were down at CoralRidge Mall getting the kids pictures taken.  So I had them bring them by to meet everyone.  I was so excited the girls got to meet Henry and Hannah.  It meant a lot!



Amy (8th month prego!), Anne and me.

 

Anne having a heart to heart with Henry about the train and how his mommy is 'so silly'.





Warming up Amy's yummy chili on the grill!

 

The girls!  Jessica, Anne, Emily, Megan, Me and Amy.

 

Tailgating.  So.Much.Fun.



Even Henry and Hannah got to join for a few minutes!

 

Megan's 4th time holding a baby!!  Honored it was our little Hannah!!



Train ride to Kinnick!



Go Hawkeyes!



Me and the hubs.

Beautiful day for a great game!

Lucky for us, my phone died, so I was unable to capture pictures of us later in the day.  Here are some bullets that sum it all up:

• Watching Iowa win and chanting I-O-W-A!
• Airliner for pizza and beer after the game
• Union front bar for shots of patron and lots of dancing
• Megatouch!! 
• Marco's grilled cheese sandwiches
• Losing phones, jackets, and forgetting to close out tabs
• Losing husbands
• Learning that the new trend for college kids is 'Doc Shoes'
• Having so much fun it hurt bad the next day

I'm already looking forward to the annual XO tailgate next year!!  Until then, get ready Iowa City.