BYU at Tulane

We went with the Grimm's to New Orleans last week for the BYU football game. All of us went in their minivan. 4 adults and 4 kids. We survived the car ride, which is saying something. It's a 5 1/2 hour drive from Houston.

It was nice to stay at the Intercontinental New Orleans. (Thanks Hotwire) Will and Jack loved the hotel room. Of course Jack wasn't so fond of it during the sleeping hours. We walked around the town on Saturday morning. It's such a neat town. I love the beignets. They are so yummy! Then we took the trolley to the Tailgate Party. That was the low part of the trip. It was raining. And raining and tailgates just don't work together. The kids loved the trolley, though.

The football game was about what we expected. We blew out Tulane. It was nice to have an up close and personal game. The Superdome was practically empty. It was raining really hard after the game was over. We had to walk like a mile or two in it to get back to our hotel. Will kept stating the obvious (like 15 times), "Mommy, it's raining" "Mommy, I'm getting all wet!" I had Jack in the baby carrier, so I got the umbrella. That was nice. Will and Randy had a lot of fun walking in the rain. It was a fun and quick trip.

BYU vs. OU

Randy and I went to the Inaugural College Football Game at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. The whole time I was getting ready to go, I just kept thinking, "Don't let it be like TCU last year." We got blown out so bad at that game. I wanted our team to "show up" and play well. I figured we'd probably lose, but I wanted to at least look good.

As we were walking towards this massive stadium, all you could see was a sea of red with occasional dots of blue. We had one OU fan say, "Good luck" as we walked past. Seemed like he wanted to add "cause you're gonna need it." We felt like that was probably true.

The BYU fans, who weren't few, but totally outnumbered, were so pumped up. Like an hour before the game started we were already yelling and cheering a lot. Then, the game started and we continued to do a lot of cheering. It was so awesome. We didn't let them even have a first down.

At the end when we were about to win, I was like in total shock. I was thinking, "We could still lose, right?" "OU has time to still score." But they didn't! We won. When I look at the highlights of the game, they show Max Hall and you can see the shock in his face. That's exactly how I felt. But it was an awesome feeling! I was so tired at the end of the game. It was like 4 hours of constant cheering.

I'm so glad that I can say that I was at that game!

One Long Night

So, a couple Saturdays ago I was thinking, "Saturday's are so nice." Randy and I watched a movie and went to bed. I thought it was a little weird when I went in to help Jack and he burped. Typical night...until...1:00 Will comes in our room and is whining. I thought he woke up from a bad dream or something, so I lift him up into our bed. Then, I smelled him. He'd thrown up. So, Randy went to his bedroom to check out this situation. I walked in a little while later and saw the huge mess. It smelled really bad (obviously) and I told Randy that. Apparently that was enough to kick Randy's poor gag reflexes in. He went to the bathroom and started throwing up. Then, I heard Jack crying in his crib. I figured we were making too much noise and we just woke him up. I kind of ignored him for a little bit while I helped Will change clothes. I finally got around to helping Jack. I go in there and he's been throwing up and continues to throw up as I take him out. I am wide awake at this point. Jack only threw up once more that night and he was fine after that. Poor Will didn't share the same fate. He couldn't hold anything day for the next day and a half. I did A LOT of laundry in the course of a couple of days. Luckily it was a Sunday that he was sick and I had Randy here to help me out.

I got that stomach bug two days later. Mine was like Jack's, though, and only lasted a little while. Randy got it a week later. His was really bad, like Will's. I hope that I don't have to deal with that much illness, all at once, for a long time.

July in the Macchi Home

Future Career?

Will Jack be a garabage man, a hairdresser, or a plumber???

Where is Jack's Binkie?

We've had some issues lately in finding Jack's pacifiers. At one point we only had 2 and it was easy to not be able to find any. It was actually an opportunity for Will and I to exercise our faith and pray to find them. That was good. But sometimes I'd just like to have it available, so he can take a nap or whatever. So, I bought some extras so that we have a greater probability of finding one. Anyway, the reason it is so difficult to find them is because of Jack Attack. He likes to drop his binkie next to Will's bed and the wall and see if he can retrieve it...which he never can. Also, he likes to put it in places like trash cans and dirty clothes baskets. Makes sense, doesn't it?

Of course not

Lately Will has used a new phrase. I'll ask him something like, "Did you eat all of your sandwich?" and his reply is "Of course not." It's just really funny. Not sure where he picked up the phrase, probably from Randy and me. Funny kid. He also likes to put on his dad's socks. Here he is showing off his hard work of putting on this sock.

By the way, Will is doing great with his potty training. He has only had a few accidents. I'm so proud of him!