a surprise V I S I T from the grandparents

It's been brought to my attention that after a whole week, I have yet to re-cap last week's home-opener football game. Sometimes, I'm just a little slow.


Check out the big guys on the sidelines behind Justin... they're huge! 

Justin has his first college football game under his belt. Not only did he make it out on the field, he got quite a bit of playing time. Not bad for a freshman.

It rained the whole entire game- Highland ended up with a loss in a game full of fumbles and sloppy ball. Much to Jim's dislike, they have Justin playing Tight End on offense. His dad really loves watching him play defense making sacs and the big tackles.

Justin told us he even mentioned to Coach that he plays defense and would kinda like to be back on defense.

He was told in response that they need him on offense. I guess that's where he'll stay. No matter what, we know he's giving it his all.

It was a huge surprise for Justin to have G'pa and G'ma {Dickey} show up for his first game.

Loaded down with rice krispie treats, cookies, Aunt Patty's homemade beef jerky and more he was definitely spoiled.

This in addition to the wonderful care packages he's received from other family members.

After a month away at college, we know he was likely more happy to have family there.

With a packed schedule, Justin had just a few hours off in the afternoon.

They had a nice lunch and made a trip to the next town over to the Walmart for more goodies. They also were able to take him to breakfast the next morning before heading back to Illinois.

We know it meant the world to him to have his grandparents there.
It meant the world to us as well.

 Tonight, the Scotties are playing Northeastern Oklahoma in Miami {pronounced Miam-a}, Oklahoma as my true Okie friend let me know. They made the four-hour drive down last night, stayed in a hotel and are hopefully ready to go.

Justin's last text to me said: "Everything is good. Ready to play."

NEO is broadcasting the game {audio only} live online.
The link is: http://www.neoathletics.com/

It's another 7pm {CST} game, so we'll be up at 2am here in Deutschland to listen.
Last week, of the three boys, Caden is the only one who not only woke up to watch his brother play- he stayed AWAKE the entire game watching.

He loves his brother. We'll see who makes it tonight.

Thanks AGAIN, Alesia for the pictures.