Pumpkin Patch!

I thought about going to the PP yesterday, but really didn't want to deal with the "Saturday crowds" & Ryder wasn't going to his dad's today, because he was out of town, so we decided today was the perfect day to go!  I also wanted to pick a pumpkin off the vine to have to carve instead of just buying one at WM!  Thank goodness, Morgan & MacKenzie came with us...& I am so glad they did, so I could get pictures of me & Ryder together, as well as help me keep up with the wild child, because I couldn't have done it on my own!

He was just so excited to be there & kept yelling "PUMP-KIN PATCH!!  PUMP-KIN PATCH!!" to everyone that walked by!

 Headed out to the patch to pick or perfect pumpkin!

 Me with my lil boyfriend...I couldn't ask for a better one!  ;)  or cuter!

 My child would be the one to climb on stop of a pumpkin & stand on it...

 I don't remember the last time I "picked" a pumpkin...but we searched around for the best one & this what we came up with!  I can't wait to carve it!

 Poor MacKenzie, Morgan had her all over the place looking for the best pumpkin, & Morgan was a bit particular!  :P

 besties!--I'm ready for her to get married & have babies so we can always do fun things like this together!  :P

 MacKenzie is a GREAT helper with Ryder & he just love his "Kenzie!"

 She finally found he keeper!

Ready to go home!  It was great out there today!  Not too hot & not cold at ALL!  & hardly any crowd!  I will NEVER wait till the end of October to go again...because this is the way to go!  Next we have to find something cool to carve!

Perfect day with the most perfect little boy at the pumpkin patch!

And...just for kicks--us at the Pumpkin Patch the last two years!  My how things CHANGE!

 {Shaefer's 2010}

{Shaefer's 2010}

 {Auntie Allie came & stayed with us the weekend we took Ryder to his first Pumpkin Patch!}

{Johnson's 2009-less than 2 months old}

OBU-my favorite staff member!

It's week two of the OBU BlogAbout!  You can see my post from last week here.  Thank you for stopping by and be sure & check out the rest of the link ups during the 2nd annual OBU BlogAbout!  

The very first person I thought about when I read "favorite professor or staff member" was Dr. Wesley Kluck.  

I don't remember the first time I met him or anything, which is kind of sad, but I just remember him always being the guy that was running around with the big camera taking pictures of you when you least expected it!  I always remember being in fear of getting on Facebook & seeing a notification saying "Wesley Kluck has tagged you in a photo" because NO TELLING what you might have been doing!  He is a sneaky lil fella with that camera!  ;) :P

He was/is the school Dr. & always took such good care of me!  I was the healthiest little kid in HS, but when I went to college it was a different story!  Geez!  I had "tonsil-itis" 4 times in one year there at school & at one point I had to have 5 rocephrin shots in 6 days!  He made me so much at ease when going in with my crazy problems and made me feel comfortable & right at home (kinda like everybody at Ouachita!  ;) ).  It wouldn't have been that way without his nurse DeeDee though!  She also happened to be my roomie's mom!  =) & always made sure I was being taken care of!  She was like my mom away from home!

Dr. Kluck has such a giving heart and will do anything for anyone that asks it seems like!  His wife is a sweetheart as well! They are even better together!  =) 

In the middle of my 1st semester Sophomore year I joined the competitive cheerleading team.  I had been a competitive cheerleader before, as well as cheering in HS.  I had always enjoyed competing on the blue mat more than cheering on the sidelines at a football or basketball game.  So, when I saw signs for "try-outs" just for competitive I was super interested!  It was something I never thought I would do again...& was excited to get back into something I hadn't done for almost 3 years.  

Dr. Kluck was very involved with the spirit squads & helped us with whatever we needed.  The competitive squad was going to one competition & that was National's in Orlando, FL at the one & only Disney World!  & of course Dr. Kluck was going with us!  

I don't have any pictures of Dr. Kluck from Disney...but here are a few from our trip!  I remember him buying me dinner one night because I was the only one at the table without a parent there! (my mom didn't come because my dad was having surgery to have his prostate cancer removed the week before we left...SOO...I let it slide!)  It's the little things like that that I remember most about him!  =)  He also bought us all National's t-shirts for making it to finals!  That may not seem like a lot, but there were 20 something of us!  SO....THANK YOU!  

What a great experience that I'll never forget!  & never thought I would get to experience!  

I get to see Dr. Kluck every once & a while, when I go down to visit campus & friends!  It's so good to have such great memories with such a great man!  Thanks Dr. Kluck for making my OBU experience great!

reminiscing a bit...

So...as of tonight, my brother's High School baseball team is headed to the State Championship game on Saturday!  Last time this happened was MY senior year!  Me & my girls road-tripped to up Fayettville to watch the game...& let's just say, we hope for a better outcome this time!  :P 

 {outside the stadium before the game..}

This year it is here in town, so we don't have to travel far.  I think it will be a good game, & I'm sure my nerves will be just as they were 4 years ago...maybe not as bad!  Back then, our best-guy-friends & boyfriends were on the field & now it's my brother & all his friends!  I can't wait!  =)

 This week I have been reminiscing back on what was going on in my life just four short years ago!  I was graduating from HS as an honor grad, which felt like a big deal back then, but now..not so much!  :P    Me & my besties were getting ready to head out on a lil beach vaca all by ourselves!  There was only one of us that was 18 & she got a tattoo!  Ha!  I think if I had been 18 at the time I would have come home with one too!

 & following up from my last post...here is ME at my "Senior Recognition Sunday!"

It's still hard for me to believe that my little bro is doing & going to do all the things I was doing just four short years ago!  Time sure does fly!  =)