This year's version of the traditional O H I O picture is about 2 months later than it has been in years past. This is because Covid changes everything! But in this case, it's actually cool!
We typically take this picture on our back deck or in the front yard or someplace else (in Georgia) that is obviously not connected with Ohio State. This year, however, we had an opportunity to get some O H I O pictures ON the Ohio State campus while we were up there visiting a few weeks ago. Thanks Covid! I love the pictures! :)
We are pretty excited to finally watch the Buckeyes play football this weekend, but we are also a little tempered in our anticipation because we have MANY things to do this weekend and will en up watching the game well after it's played thanks to the wonders of recording. It will still be fun!
In other news...
We celebrated Beckett's birthday this week. He got pancakes for dinner - with marshmallows - and got to hand out cupcakes at football practice. It was a good, albeit low-key, birthday.
Zane and Quinn are good! Nothing super exciting happening with those dudes, but they are doing a really solid job of being easy and fun.
Spencer and I went to the Citadel last Friday and he basically fell in love with Charleston and the college. In one of those serendipitous timing things, his academic acceptance letter to attend the Citadel arrived while we were gone. As his first official college acceptance, it was pretty special, but combined with a very enticing visit and tour, it became even more exciting. We are still finishing up applications for a few other places and got word this week that his early decision application at the Coast Guard Academy is currently under review. Hopefully he will have some difficult decisions to make about where to spend the next 4 years, but it's a really nice feeling to know that no matter what else happens, he has earned the opportunity to call himself a Citadel Bulldog.
And yes, for anyone wondering, if he goes to the Citadel he is still planning to take a military route and will look to commission as an officer through one of the ROTC programs there - currently leaning Marines, but this tends to change pretty regularly and may be swayed by scholarship offerings. Luckily for him (and us) he has a very strong scholarship-competitive resume and topped it off recently by scoring a 1420 on the SAT. (There's no way for me to share that without sounding like I'm bragging... but I *am* quite proud of him for it!)
I hope you are all enjoying the switch to cooler weather. It's been quite warm in Georgia the last couple of weeks, but the humidity is gone and it's been beautiful. I love this time of year - and not only because I seem to be surrounded by birthday cake for a month straight!
Here's our 2020 version of the O H I O picture in front of the Ohio Stadium rotunda. Pretty cool!
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