I think I had waited for this day for a very long time. Definitely before Drew was considered in our future. Possibly even before I met Derek. It was probably as a kid when my parents would take us to KU football games. The sites, sounds, smells in Lawrence are the epitome of the perfect Saturday game day on the hill. I simply have always been so excited to take my own family up to the campus for the first time and it was here. As I dressed Drew in his 'Future Jayhawk' shirt and grabbed his fight-song chanting Jayhawk, this feeling of pure bliss rolled through my body. It ran through my veins like a perfect rainfall on a beautifully sunny day when the air is perfect. I was beyond excited to take Drew up to Lawrence and begin the tradition with him of spending time there with those you love.
Having two Jayhawk families is also a benefit and it was great to snap a picture of both sides in our 'Jayhawk finest'. My mother in the first picture below went to KU also so if Drew decided that the University is in his future, she will be the reason he is a third generation Jayhawk. We will, of course, support wherever he decides to attend, but it gives me chills to think we could be moving him in almost exactly 18 years from now.
And this last picture is of his only aunt and only two uncles all together. They all three attended KU also and we felt so lucky to all be together that day.
ROCK CHALK BABY.
Far above the golden valley
ReplyDeleteGlorious to view,
Stands our noble Alma Mater,
Towering toward the blue.
CHORUS:
Lift the chorus ever onward,
Crimson and the blue
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater
Hail to old KU.
ROCCCCCCKKKKK CHAAAALLLLKKKK, JAAAAAYYYYHAAAAWWWWKKK....KU!!! YEAH!! oh...sorry..i was overcome with Jayhawk spirit.
I said to your Dad as we drove onto campus to pick up Drew at the game, Wow, I still remember how very strange it felt to know my daughter and then son were walking in my VERY footsteps on campus. It will just blow me away if Drew walks in BOTH our footsteps!