There was a big crowd last night for the game but tonight was even crazier! The attendance record was broken with over 5,300 people at the game and MSU, without their best hitter, beat Michigan who was 13-0 coming in and ranked 21 in the nation!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
bust breslin!!
There was a big crowd last night for the game but tonight was even crazier! The attendance record was broken with over 5,300 people at the game and MSU, without their best hitter, beat Michigan who was 13-0 coming in and ranked 21 in the nation!
volleyball at the Breslin Center
Monday, September 22, 2008
MSU v Notre Dame tailgating
Dressed in our Michigan State gear, Mikel and I went down to campus to check out all the tailgating and festivities before the Notre Dame game on Saturday.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
MSU
These are some pictures from around campus (at least the small portion of campus where I spend my time).
This is the Sparty Statue; I walk by it every day on my way to teach my classes. All of the sport teams come by and touch it for good luck before they play or before they go on the road to travel. Also, before they play Michigan, they have people stay with the statue 24 hours a day so people don't mess with it! Pretty crazy!

This is the view of Spartan Stadium from the Sparty statue. It's hard to get a good picture of it because there are so many trees on campus.... that's also why I get lost a lot because you can't see very far!

The river that runs behind my building is really full after all the rain we got last week. Part of it has flooded over sidewalks in the botanical garden. The river runs between my office and Sparty.

There are black squirrels in Michigan! They look just the same but they are completely pitch black. Weird...

The library... looks pretty. I haven't been in there yet but I'm sure I'll spend plenty of time soon.

Just a bunch of pretty grass and trees on campus...
This is the Sparty Statue; I walk by it every day on my way to teach my classes. All of the sport teams come by and touch it for good luck before they play or before they go on the road to travel. Also, before they play Michigan, they have people stay with the statue 24 hours a day so people don't mess with it! Pretty crazy!
This is the view of Spartan Stadium from the Sparty statue. It's hard to get a good picture of it because there are so many trees on campus.... that's also why I get lost a lot because you can't see very far!
The river that runs behind my building is really full after all the rain we got last week. Part of it has flooded over sidewalks in the botanical garden. The river runs between my office and Sparty.
There are black squirrels in Michigan! They look just the same but they are completely pitch black. Weird...
The library... looks pretty. I haven't been in there yet but I'm sure I'll spend plenty of time soon.
Just a bunch of pretty grass and trees on campus...
Sunday, September 14, 2008
oh the rain....
It has been raining since Friday morning. It may not be crazy rain for some people, but compared to Idaho and California it's A LOT.
This is right outside our door... Mikel is waiting for it to start running over. Hopefully if (or when) it does, the drains outside our apartment work well! I guess we'll see!

A pond is starting outside our door where there should be grass and bark...
This is where there is going to be an ice skating rink in between our parking lot and our apartment. Something to look forward to this winter!

We realized the hard way there is a gutter drain directly outside our bedroom window (it's soooo loud!!)... That looks like bark on the ground but don't let it fool you, it's really it's bark floating in a pond.

That's what our weekend has consisted of... rain, rain, rain!!
This is right outside our door... Mikel is waiting for it to start running over. Hopefully if (or when) it does, the drains outside our apartment work well! I guess we'll see!
A pond is starting outside our door where there should be grass and bark...
This is where there is going to be an ice skating rink in between our parking lot and our apartment. Something to look forward to this winter!
We realized the hard way there is a gutter drain directly outside our bedroom window (it's soooo loud!!)... That looks like bark on the ground but don't let it fool you, it's really it's bark floating in a pond.
That's what our weekend has consisted of... rain, rain, rain!!
volleyball
We went to our first MSU volleyball game yesterday; they played UConn and won. They are going to be fun to watch this year and we think we can get Mikel a spouse card so he can get in free-- good news!
The facility they play in is called Jenison Fieldhouse and is the old basketball arena. We're pretty sure wrestling and gymnastics also happen in this facility which we're excited to see. You can see the media "box" up high above the bleachers-- scary! I also teach my KIN 121 and swimming classes in this building which is where I ran into the head volleyball coach.

We are excited to go to another game! I think the next game we may go to will be in the Breslin Student Events Center where the basketball team plays because they are trying to break the attendance record...it should be pretty cool!
We are excited to go to another game! I think the next game we may go to will be in the Breslin Student Events Center where the basketball team plays because they are trying to break the attendance record...it should be pretty cool!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Downtown Lansing
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Mikel's treasures
exploring...
These are a few of places we have visiting while exploring the area around us....
This is downtown Williamston. It was a cute town with lots of antique stores!


This is a cool barn we found on the way home from Williamston so we pulled over and took a picture!
These pictures are of Birchfield Park. Brett and Megan told us you can rent canoes and kayaks here and take them down the river which we want to try sometime.
This path goes around the whole lake...

We weren't sure we wanted to see the spider who made this huge web but we had to take a picture!
This is downtown Williamston. It was a cute town with lots of antique stores!
This is a cool barn we found on the way home from Williamston so we pulled over and took a picture!
These pictures are of Birchfield Park. Brett and Megan told us you can rent canoes and kayaks here and take them down the river which we want to try sometime.
our new home
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