Go Ducks!

The Ducks game was all that we thought it would be and more!  Cool uniforms, sweet helmets, a funny mascott, snacks, cheering wildly, family togetherness, stinky guys in front of us, and tons of touch downs!  The final score ended with a big Ducks victory 57-34.  It was so much fun to be at their stadium.  We were all so excited to be there.  But Jerzi was by far the funnest to have there.  You probably think I'm being sarcastic.  I'm not.  She was so fun!  To say she loved it is an understatement.  When we were counting down the days until we would go to Idaho, she would say, "I don't wanna know how many days till Idaho.  I wanna know how many days till the Ducks game."  So she had a different countdown than us.  She is a football girl.  She would get mad at the guys in front of us for standing cuz she couldn't see the players.  She yelled "Go Ducks!" louder than anyone around us.  And she would shriek with excitement when they scored, or got a first down, or got an interception.  One of my favorite things about being a parent is being able to see them so excited and happy.  This was definitely one of those moments.  We all loved going to the game!

Our vacation didn't end with the Ducks game.  We went back to the house on the lake for another day and a half.  We ate a lot of food while we were in Oregon.  Ya can't help but eat if it's just laying out like this.

Doin a little house-jumpin!
Here's Brayden gettin crazy!  He scurried up the roof, checked it out and wasn't sure if he wanted to jump off anymore.  We all coaxed him, taunted him, and teased him, and waited.  Of course he did it, he's crazy.  Then as some of us went shopping, all the rest of the boys jumped from the roof as well.  They're all crazy, it was so high!

With a house surrounded by water, and grown boys, it was bound to happen sometime.  They all started trying to push each other, and throw each other in.  It was actually quite hilarious to watch. 
Here's Jake and Had tryin to throw Broc in the water. 

"Save me Mom!"

Brayden found a pretty good hiding spot from them for awhile.  Turns out they didn't care if they had to barge in on a momma nursing.  Luckily Diana was ready for them.    

And last but not least, I couldn't leave out a picture of this game. 

Settlers of Catan.

The boys only played it every spare second they could.  I've played it before.  It's fun.  Not quite as fun one game after another, and not quite as fun when us girls are ignored.  So as a friendly little joke, me and Diana each carefully snatched up a necessary piece of the game.  Not one of the boys noticed us hanging around them.  It was like stealing candy from a baby.  :)

It was pretty funny to watch them count and recount the pieces, and check everywhere a million times.

John and Melissa knew we had them. Sam knew.  Kenzie knew.  No one said a word.  Oh it was funny!

At one point I heard Jake (the only guy that was playing that wasn't married) say, "I bet it was one of your wives.  Hello, none of them want you guys to be playing."  They must not have listened to him cuz it took them awhile to figure it out.  Eventually, I think Sam got tackled to the ground and searched cuz she was laughing when they were asking about it.  They finally checked us all, as we are laughing our heads off.  I'm pretty sure when they found out I was the culprit, they all wanted to throw me in the water for messing up their game.  Lucky for me, I only got a few threats and a couple stink eyes, but we all got a good laugh.   

 

We owe a huge thanks to John and Melissa for such a fun and memorable vacation.  We love you guys!