This past Friday I had a meeting in Topeka for work. Joe decided since he didn't have weights and conditioning he would tag along with the kids and they would go to lunch, movie and the mall until I was finished with my meeting. After my meeting we took the children to our
Alma mater
Washburn University.
First we "made" the children go to the old (however much newer now) stadium where Joe played QB. I tried to explain to the kids how Joe was a very accomplished QB. I think the only one that had any interest in hearing me was Keenan. The girls just wanted off the hot turf. I would tell Keenan something about Joe's records and he would turn to Joe and say "is that true?" As if, I would make those stories up, ha.
Just in case the turf on the football field wasn't hot enough, I decided to drag the kids to my old stomping ground-the WU Tennis Courts (also much nicer now than when I played). As you can see from the photo below the kids were less than thrilled to be sizzling on the tennis courts. I also had some flashbacks of some very hot days on playing on those courts.
Next Stop:
Petro Building. This is the athletic building where basketball games are played and all honors for athletes are displayed.
I walked straight to the MVP wall to show the kids our names. Joe, once again, a little annoyed at my attempt to relive the past would not even look at my camera when I asked for him to point at his name on the MVP wall. However, as you can see below, I was more than happy to point at my name and flash a big smile at the camera.
We also had the opportunity to visit the Lego Exhibit at
Mulvane Art Center on
Washburn's campus.
Finally we ended our day by meeting up with some old college friends and their children for dinner at Red Robin.
All in all, a great day!! Joe and I were both amazed how Washburn continues to improve their campus and facilities.
Kira playing defense. She plays pretty aggressive and is very scrappy - never afraid to get on the floor for the ball.
Not only did it appear that the other teams put together several more practices than we did but it also looked like they had some special "Wheaties" for their breakfast as you can see the clear height advantage the team below had on us.
Kira is #15
First we "made" the children go to the old (however much newer now) stadium where Joe played QB. I tried to explain to the kids how Joe was a very accomplished QB. I think the only one that had any interest in hearing me was Keenan. The girls just wanted off the hot turf. I would tell Keenan something about Joe's records and he would turn to Joe and say "is that true?" As if, I would make those stories up, ha.
Just in case the turf on the football field wasn't hot enough, I decided to drag the kids to my old stomping ground-the WU Tennis Courts (also much nicer now than when I played). As you can see from the photo below the kids were less than thrilled to be sizzling on the tennis courts. I also had some flashbacks of some very hot days on playing on those courts.
Next Stop: Petro Building. This is the athletic building where basketball games are played and all honors for athletes are displayed.
I walked straight to the MVP wall to show the kids our names. Joe, once again, a little annoyed at my attempt to relive the past would not even look at my camera when I asked for him to point at his name on the MVP wall. However, as you can see below, I was more than happy to point at my name and flash a big smile at the camera.
We also had the opportunity to visit the Lego Exhibit at Mulvane Art Center on Washburn's campus.
Finally we ended our day by meeting up with some old college friends and their children for dinner at Red Robin.
All in all, a great day!! Joe and I were both amazed how Washburn continues to improve their campus and facilities.
