Father/Son Long Weekend

White Sox/Toronto game

Kevin, Steven, Zach, & Jim at the Notre Dame pep rally, Friday night

Touchdown Jesus

Half time with the Irish Band

The football players, traditional walk from the church to the stadium, before the game

Zach & Jim enjoying the football game

Jim & Zach, along with family friends, Kevin & Steven Kehn, started out first thing Thursday morning for Chicago. They enjoyed a day in the city & an evening at the White Sox/Toronto baseball game. They were all four excited that the White Sox lost, helping out our Twin's status in the playoffs.

Friday morning, they headed to South Bend, Indiana. They toured Notre Dame's campus, shopped the campus book store, & spent the evening at the Pep Rally. The Dad's were very excited to hear Lou Holtz speak. It's too bad that Zach & Steven are too young to fully appreciate hearing his speech. Jim says it was very motivating. It was also fun for them to see the 1988 Alumni National Championship Football Team return for a big rally. They talked all about how much fun it was & Jim swears that now one of our children HAS to attend Notre Dame!

Saturday they spent some more time on campus & enjoyed all the history & tradition of the school. They took the picture of the players, doing their march in to the stadium after attending mass - another huge Irish tradition. Then the game... This is one of the most hyped games of the year, and all were very excited to see Notre Dame take on Michigan. Everyone enjoyed themselves at the game. Even with tons of rain, you couldn't keep the smiles off their faces. At one point, the boys even called home to rub it in that they were having fun & all we got to hear was the cheering of the crowd! (they are so antagonizing) All four were excited for Notre Dame to win, 35 to 17!

It was so nice to have them both home today! It surprised me when both Lauryn & Sean ran & hugged Zach & told him how much they missed him. He sure leaves a special mark in our house! And of course, we are all happy to have Jim home as well. It makes you appreciate how much they do around the house & how much they mean to you when they aren't around!