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Purple Pride!

 Our family (minus Delaney) made the trek up to K-State yesterday afternoon.  We eventually made our way to the football stadium for the game, but first we made a stop on the K-State campus to take a little tour with Chelan.  He graduated from K-State in 1997, and it was so fun to be on the campus with him.  He showed us where he took some of his classes and where he spent time working - Seaton Hall.  We also got to see his dorm from a distance - Haymaker Hall.  I could tell that Chelan really enjoyed sharing this little part of his life with Caiden and Cambry!

The campus is huge, and very hilly, and beautiful!  I love all the old limestone buildings.  Our legs were definitely tired after so much walking, but after a Subway supper in the Student Union, we went to the game - much more walking from our van to the stadium and then up to the very tip top of the stands!  By the time we reached our seats, we were pretty hot and sticky!  After a very slow start in the first half, we were happy to cheer the Wildcats on to another victory!
It was Band Day at the game - lots of high school bands performed
together with the K-State Marching Band at halftime
Seaton Hall - the building where Chelan
worked
Looking into the shop doors of Seaton Hall - he was hoping one of the
doors might have been open, but we had to settle for looking through windows.
The library looked a lot like a church to me!
Haymaker Hall - looks like they pack a lot of kids into those buildings!





The game was a lot closer than we would have liked - hence, the nail biting!
If you look closely, you can spot #17 Weston Hiebert.  He's
starting on special teams kick return, kick-off, and punt.  So proud
of him (Goessel alum. and former student of mine and former swimming
student of mine)!
Acting silly!

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  1. Me!September 17, 2012 at 6:13 PM

    There is just something about sharing K-State with our kiddos. It gets me every time!

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