Homecoming Weekend

Beth and I had a great time this weekend. Her family made the long seven hour trip from Escanaba (six for me). They took us and Beth's sister Jackie and her husband Eric to the MSU hockey game against Ohio State on Friday and we all went to the amazing football game on Saturday.
I had never been to a hockey game before and it was a lot of fun. We were in the third row right by the action. I looked around around the 2nd period and I noticed that I was literally the only person wearing just a t-shirt. I guess they breed em' for a colder climate in the Dutch city.
Before the game we watched the band perform at Adams Field and march to the stadium. The sad thing is that this is my 5th year here at State and I didn't know that they did this. It was cool though. Eric was in the drum line when he went to Michigan State and he said that if anyone tries to run across the road or break the line when they are marching they have permission to break it and beat them up. He said this happened once while he was there.
The game as you probably already know was quite the thriller. We were all going crazy on the last play. Our seats were right on the goal line and I knew it was a touchdown.

Overall it was a great weekend, and I had a blast spending time with Beth and her family. Now it's back to reality...

It's Pumpkin carvin' time

So Beth was all excited to carve some pumpkins so we decided to give it a whirl Saturday night. We visited her sister Jackie, and her husband Eric after the football game. Their little boy Eric has grown pretty fond of me. He's really into video games and playing with his Nintendo DS. I brought mine over with my hacked game card (holds like 15 games I downloaded off the internet). Ever since then he thinks I'm the coolest person. I guess he cried on Friday when he could't see me. At dinner I found out he asked if he could spend the night at my house hahaha. Unfortunately my apartment isn't equipped to handle small children...
We ended up picking out some pumpkins at a place in St. Johns. We only had one carving kit, and Beth broke one of the two saws about 2 minutes in. I was reluctant to give her the other one...
We ended up having to go get some more tools to finish the job.

Can you guess which pumpkin belongs to me? That's right, the one with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named on it! In non-geek terms it is the villain Voldemort from Harry Potter (O.K. I guess that's still geek terms). Beth's is the cute ghost, after four broken saws hahaha. We kept the seeds and cooked them. They are pretty good with a little salt on them.

The Cider Mi!!

 One great thing about living in East Lansing is that we are pretty close to Uncle John's Cider Mill (about 25 minutes away). Beth and I decided to to go there on Sunday. We don't have that many pictures so we brought her camera along and the tripod I got her for her birthday. It worked like a charm and we got a couple nice shots.

It was crazy busy there. They have big inflatable things for the kids (like Crazy Bounce).  I was tempted to go on them, but I figured I wouldn't endanger any children's lives. We bought some cider and doughnuts which were delicious. Then we ventured out into the corn maze. This thing was intense and we quickly got lost. We kept passing this one couple and each time the were walking further and further apart, and the guy looked angrier and angrier.
At one point Beth and I got a little heated trying to decipher the map...

Just kidding, that was staged. After about 45 minutes I could tell Beth was getting a little sick of it so I used my superior navigating skills to get us out. It was a good thing I had those 2 weeks in the scouts.
All in all it was a pretty great day, and we got some much needed photo-memories to cherish like my favorite shot of the day that Beth and I both made into our profile pics at the same time.