It's hard these days to be an Illini fan. Of course, planning a weekend down to the U of I with fellow Illini fans AND Michigan State fans probably added insult to injury. Luckily, we were there for the fun and they didn't rub the wooping in too much.
We all met down there early Saturday morning donning our beautiful orange and blue and their pukey green and plain white. The game proved to be lack luster for the Illini and we ditched a little after halftime to start the real event...tailgating! We are so thankful for the weather that day considering what it has been like. We had great food and nonstop fun! The kids even hooked up with kids from the tailgate "next door" and played for hours!
We then took our nephew, Tim, back to his dorm (Freshman at U of I - Oskee wow wow) and headed for a -er- sub-par hotel. Luckily sub-par = acceptable to bring bags game into the pool area, so we made it a party anyway and the kids got to swim.
Though usually good hotel sleepers, my whole family found ourselves staring at each other at 4am. So, we killed time a little trying to squeeze in some more sleep but surrendered to the wakefulness and packed up and went to McD's for breakfast before leaving around 7:30am to go home! It was a pleasant drive back (with sleeping kids), but we missed saying goodbye to our Michigan relatives. Altogether, it was a great Illini weekend!
The Kellys. Will? I'm not really sure what's happening there.
The kids - playing in the parking lot.
"The Guys"
"The Kids" (there's a couple extra in there from one tailgate over)
Beefing up for his future as a lineman
6 comments:
Haha! Love the picture of Cole beefin up. Is that Muscle Milk in his sippy cup? And Will looks like he was having a blast in the family pic. Glad you guys had fun, cute pics!
i wonder if the michigan state fans call it pukey green and plain white too?
that made me laugh.
LOVE the pics!! Made me jealous I didn't go. Can't wait to see you guys Friday!
Suzanne - I'm pretty sure that MSU fans DO call it pukey green. :)
I LOVE that picture of Will with the rest of the family...hilarious!! And could Cole look any more like your dad? I know I say that all the time, but he totally does!
Looks like you had a GREAT time! Love the comment on beautiful orange & blue vs. pukey green and white. Of course you guys made it a party at the hotel - Kelly style! :)
Based on your picture - you guys were sitting about 10 feet away from us at the game!! We were just a few rows behind that guy standing up behind you in the pic. BUMMER we didn't see you!! (We also ditched after halftime - Adam and Jen and their kids were with us, and naptime was calling...) Maybe next time?
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