Urbana visit

Dave and I drove down to Urbana Friday night and got there around 10p.m. Boy, traffic was still nuts at 7:15 when we left town! We dropped Sasha off at Dave's parents with her prescription food and 2 bottles of pills in hand to get her back feeling better and headed out. Because we got to the Grandparent's house so late on Friday, we visited for about an hour and then crashed for the night. Saturday morning we got up and ate a marvelous breakfast...you have to love a good home cooked breakfast! (cinnamon rolls, bacon, egg casserole, fruit, orange juice) Mmmm! After breakfast, we headed out to the Homecoming football festivities. We had great seats for the game, only 12 rows from the field on the 30-yard line! It was a great 1st half for the Illini, but they lost ground in the 2nd half and ended up losing by 2 points literally in the last second of the game, when Indiana scored a field goal. I was pretty bummed that they didn't win because it really looked hopeful most of the game. Here are a few pictures from the game (notice I packed blue and orange for us to fit in like college kids)

After the football game we visited more with the Grandparents and then we headed out to see my brother. Imagine this, we offer to take a college student to dinner wherever he wants and where do you think he wanted to eat....Pizza Hut! I was quite surprised at the choice due to all the stories I had heard to date about free pizza at different events around campus. The answer I got to this question was that he wanted some 'good pizza'. Okay, I love my brother and all, but aparently Pizza Hut doesn't agree with my stomach anymore, and so I will be suggesting a different restaurant for future visits. After taking him out to eat, we took him grocery shopping at Wal-Mart and he definitely stocked up on snacks for the dorm room. Finally, we helped him carry his groceries up to his dorm room, met some of his friends on the floor and then headed back to Downers Grove to pick up Sasha and go home.