tailgate memories

Having our twins at the same college was just perfect.  Bob and I were able to enjoy Leah and Jenn and their college journey together.  They were only 75 minutes away.  We tailgated for football games and became THE tailgate to visit on a Saturday morning.  Our parking spot at the top of Slayter Hill was perfect for meeting other Purdue fans and providing delicious food for the friends of Leah and Jenn.

Now that the girls have graduated, many people have asked if we will still tailgate. Good question! Leah will be back at Purdue in the fall to get her masters in Chemical Engineering and Maria and Nick live close enough to campus to attend lots of games. We still have our season tickets and we will not give those up but I think tailgating will look a little different. There won’t be elaborate menus with themed foods and drinks although mine were great. And we won’t have our 2 tent, 10 chair, 3 table party zone although Bob had that set up mastered. Our tailgates will probably be scheduled around the weather and time of game. Noon games are a pain for tailgating because by the time everyone gets to the party it’s time to go to the game. So I envision us setting up a small spread of food and drinks on days when the game starts late in the day and the weather isn’t rainy or freezing.

The Biasi’s don’t do anything on a small scale but this is the start of a new tailgate era. We will arrive at the game without a car full of supplies and just go to the game. What a fun idea!  I could get used to a more relaxed football Saturday at Purdue! I sure hope we can still have a football season after the pandemic dies out.

Hear are a few photos of previous tailgates dating back to 2010!

Leah and Jenn

These Are just a few of the wonderful photos Bob took of the girls. After their final exams were over, Bob drove the girls up to campus and took over 400 photos. He did a great job! I will post individual pictures in the days ahead. Enjoy!

Yesterday we commemorated the graduation of Leah and Jenn. They are fantastic girls and our pride for them is huge!  No official commencement ceremony was held at Purdue but, like everyone else,  we figured out a way to make it special. We made a little stage on the deck and held graduation with my dad as the officiant. He even wore his Doctorate gown. Below is the exit of the ceremony.

To make our day sweeter, Purdue University even used a picture of Leah and Jenn to congratulate all recent grads! That social media post is below. 

Growing Up

Jenn and Leah are growing up.  Actually they are all grown up and finding their way in our big world.  Graduation from college should have been this weekend but of course things are not normal right now.  Purdue University puts on a really top notch graduation ceremony.  They don't do one huge ceremony but they break it up into division ceremonies by majors.  Leah's walk across the stage would have been on Friday and Jenn's would have been on Sunday. For practically all 4 years of their college education I worried their graduations were going to overlap or be at the same time.  I guess it could have even been harder if they had gone to different colleges in different parts of the country. But they didn't.  Our girls attended Purdue University and got a fantastic education at a very cheap price compared to many of the other schools they considered.  Their grad ceremonies will be online and we will be able to watch them on our giant tv from the comfort of our own family room.  Our party will be small with just my mom and dad, Bob's mom, Bob and me and the girls.  Maria and Nick can't come because she is exposed to sick people with Covid-19 and we don't want to contaminate everyone.  She is really upset that she cannot attend.

Bob took Leah and Jenn to the Purdue campus yesterday to take tons of graduation photos.  I will share more in the next few weeks but here are two of the new photos pared with a photo of each girl from 10 years ago.  Look how our girls have changed in these pictures. 

Jenn in 2010

Jenn in 2020

Leah in 2010

Leah in 2020

 My scarf collection is being put to use!! They make a great face mask.

I work at our church and right now I really don’t see many people. If by some odd chance we actually get a visitor, I will put on a mask. With my handy scarf around my neck I can just pull it up and I am covered.  Have a great day!

Random picture #2

When I just want to write on the blog but I don’t have anything to write about I will pick a random photo to post. I did this in April so I named this post as Random picture #2. I think that will help keep track of all the random photo posts in the future. I just scroll through photos on my phone (with my eyes closed) and land on a photo. I don’t cheat!  I post the actual picture I land on.

This random pic is the best!!! EPCOT is one of my favorite places. All of Disney World is one of my favorite places. And these are my favorite people. All of us, including Maria’s fiancé went to WDW in January. It was a magical trip with beautiful accommodations, scrumptious food and nonstop touring. This photo was taken above the Test Track ride in Epcot. We had no idea there was a super secret getaway lounge with free drinks, air conditioning and supreme views! Here is our path to the beautiful lounge... At the end of the ride is a Chevy Experience area where you can see the newest Chevy car models. Of course there is a corvette and Bob was checking it out. He told the Chevy Rep that he had a really beautiful corvette of his own and they chatted back and forth about the driving school Bob has attended and the general awesomeness of a corvette. The gentleman asked Bob if our family would enjoy seeing the best views in Epcot and Bob said yes of course. We were given directions to a small unmanned and unmarked door and off we went. Upon entrance we followed a hallway to an elevator where we pressed an intercom button and introduced ourselves. We were welcomed into the elevator and traveled up!  After checking in with an actual person we saw the awesome view you see in the picture above. We took all kinds of pictures, lounged on the futuristic furniture, used the cleanest bathroom in Epcot and drank gallons of free soda. Finally we realized it was time to come down from the sky and get back to our fun filled vacation. As we left the the attendant gave us passes to ride Test Track again without waiting in line. Even though our trips are perfectly planned, sometimes the unplanned things are truly the best!

Happy Mother’s Day 2020

Happy Mother’s Day to my wonderful mom. She is the very best and most supportive mom you could ever want.

Happy Mother’s Day to my mother in law, Mary. She lives so close we get to celebrate today together!

Happy Mother’s Day too to my Aunt Ruth. She is my biggest fan and reads my blog everyday. She even read by blog when I wasn’t writing anything!

And finally I want to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to the nameless person who reads my blog in Mountain View, California. I have no idea who you are. But if you click the map to the right you can see where all the people come from who read the blog. The person in Mountain View has read my blog over 200 times in one month.