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Camping

Posted on by Erica

Andy has been asking to go camping for a night for a while now, so we went today. We stayed at the Katy Roundhouse in New Franklin and enjoyed gorgeous weather.

We had a great dinner and then enjoyed wine by the fire.

It was pretty much the perfect evening.

Bands of America

Posted on by Erica

While we were at WIU Homecoming yesterday, the SEMO Marching Band was the afternoon exhibition band at the Bands of America St. Louis Super Regional. Throughout the day, I was getting pictures sent to me.

Laura was able to do this two years ago with SEMO, but this was John’s first time in the exhibition band. It is a huge difference when the point of your band is to entertain the crowd.

Between little green men at the SEMO table, crowd surfacing aliens, amazing sound, and TWO standing ovations, both of the kids were excited and happy after the performance.

College marching band is just not the same as high school, and I love that our kids are getting to experience all the differences!

WIU Homecoming

Posted on by Erica

Andy and I took a day trip to Macomb for WIU’s Homecoming. We started the day with the parade at the Alumni House.

Then, we headed to Q-lot for tailgating with Sigma Chi and to the Homecoming game.

When we left the game in the fourth quarter, WIU was beating the University of Tennessee-Martin. WIU piled on some more points to win 55-24.

We finished the day at Pregame for arcade games and pizza with Sigma Chi. It was a fun way to spend the day! I am thankful that Andy suggested the day trip and that he was willing to drive six hours.

Outdoor Decorations

Posted on by Erica

It is fully Halloween season at the Kassel Castle as the outdoor decorations have made an appearance!

I think Andy is going to make a trip to the local home stores to see if he can acquire more purple or orange lights for the bushes, but I love our front yard during Halloween. The ghost is just my favorite!