homecoming weekend

We decided to take full advantage of our three day weekend (thank you parent teacher conferences for letting us be off on Friday) by heading to Columbia for MU's homecoming. Right before we left for Columbia we did have one adventure here in KC--visiting a pumpkin patch.  Tom's dad was in town for business so we were able to spend the morning with him.  Check out these fun pictures at the pumpkin patch: 

 Friday afternoon we packed up the car and headed for Columbia.  We were able to stay with our good friends--the Conner's (you can see Polly and I in the picture below) and go with them to see Mizzou's house dec's (house decorations).  If you haven't seen these before it's hard to explain, but essentially the sororities and fraternities team up to make these elaborate displays that tell a short story involving MU's mascot, Truman the tiger, and the homecoming football game.

 Saturday morning we continued to celebrate homecoming by going to the parade in downtown Columbia at 7am! Despite the early morning we had so much fun! Everett was actually fairly entertained by everything, especially the bands that played in the parade.

 We opted not to go to the football game (15 month old at a football game = a waste of money for us), so we enjoyed the game on TV at Tom's brother's house.  The added perk to this was that we were able to hang out with our new baby niece, Claire!

 Even though we had the opportunity to do some fun things this weekend, the best part was just being together as a family.  Despite the occasional tantrum, Everett is at such a fun age right now. We just soaked up all the time the three of us got to spend together in addition to seeing so many other folks we love in Columbia.

Another awesome weekend is in the books!