The First Month of Football

September

With so much football and so many of the exact some pictures, I figured I would group a few of the games. This football season is full of high expectations, excitement and sadness. It is the beginning of a new era and a reminder of the old. We were all excited and looking forward to watching Hokie football with lots of friends and family this season.

The season opener was Liberty on Sept 3rd. For it being an afternoon game again Liberty the excitement of a new coach brought a pretty big crowd. Tailgating was a big success this game and the team crushed the Flames 36-13.

Mark came to the game with me

Thankfully we were also able to continue our tradition of adventure on Sunday after the game. Jed & I were able to get away for a few hours to Peaks of Otter to enjoy the weather and do a little hiking before the grid of the next week.

The next weekend was the big game, The Battle at Bristol. This was a crazy experience. There is nothing like being a part of a group of fans 159,000 strong. There were just TONS of people everywhere.

You would expect a venue that normally handles that many people during Nascar season to have everything running smoothly. That couldn't be further from the truth. We waited in line/in a huge mob of people to get in for over an hour. Thankfully we made it in the stadium in time for kick off but once we got in, they were out of most food and drink!

The "line" from the prospective of a short person

In the end, it was a really fun experience. We had a great time with friends and family despite the heat, crazy 3 hours in the parking lot after the game traffic and a final score of 24-45.

The weekend of Sept 17th we were back in Lane Stadium for our first ACC game again Boston College. My mom and Tom made the trip back to Blacksburg back to back weekends to make it to this White Out game.

It was a pretty low key weekend and our first ACC win of the season 49-0!

We were also introduced to Growley the Corp of Cadets new dog.

To finish the month out, we had one last game at home against ECU. This weekend, Jenn and family came to check out Tech to see if this is the place for Jonathan to come to college. We had a fantastic day walking around campus and downtown and beating ECU 54-17!

That evening we had the chance to catch up with an old student, Same before hitting the road the next morning.

We were able to make a quick trip down to the Greensboro Science Center to meet us with family to celebrate lots of birthdays.

It was a great start to football season with the best balance of work and live we could possibly create. The next few months we have lots of fun coming.

Roller Coaster Football

September 13th & 14th

This weekend the Hokies played ECU for the Military Appreciation Game. So we all got out Hokie red, white and blue on and cheered on our Hokies. They were down bad in the beginning but bad a big come back but in the end it wasn't enough and we lost 21-28.

We were pretty bummed but ECU is a great time and always gives us a good fight. And we didn't have long to be sad cause as soon as the game was over, Caity, Jed and I hopped in the car and headed to Busch Gardens to celebrate Ryn's 3rd birthday.

I am absolutely loving what I am hoping is turning into a tradition. This is the second year we have met the family at Busch Gardens and it has been a lot of fun. We spent the day running around, spending time with the family and ALL riding roller coasters.

We can't wait to do it again next year.