The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Day 68: Our Honor Defend...We Will Fight To The End For...OHIO!!

Posted by: Cris

The tone of this post could have been considerably darker had Solomon Thomas not picked off that pass to seal the Buckeyes victory tonight in the Sugar Bowl. But, after a rough start to 2011 for me, finally the Buckeyes send me to bed with a smile on my face...that smile is even a little bigger out of how proud I am of my wife that she was watching the game on AFN - although, it is likely she was only watching so as to know whether or not it was safe to call home tonight or whether she should wait a couple of days to talk to me.

"Giant pop-pops from Chuck E. Cheese are my favorite" - Juneau and Nova love to call everything their "favorite". But their game day gear is on and ready for the Sugar Bowl to start. With the big game in full swing in the background, the attention spans of Juneau & Nova (& Brent) necessitated a little bit of a break to roughhouse.


But, as the game crawled into the late hours, the girls were ready to settle down and cuddle with daddy.
By the start of the fourth quarter, 5 kids were all asleep on the floor in the living room. This arrangement worked well until Thomas snagged the interception and the 3 adults started screaming so loudly (Ed was clearly the loudest) that it was amazing that only 2 of the 5 kids woke up.

And tonight there is much rejoicing for Buckeye Nation!!

"...Time and change will surely show...How firm thy friendship...O - HI - O!!!"

Go Buckeyes!!

Posted by Cris and Em at 7:11 PM  

3 comments:

Cris and Em said...

you know me tooooooo well! :) right before that interception i said "well, i guess i won't be calling cris tonight!". haha! glad that with a sick dog, and a broken van, at least your buckeyes pulled through for you :) love you!!!
mommy

January 4, 2011 at 10:20 PM  
Dania Efird said...

I'm pretty sure that after that interception, Even I, a semi-Hog fan started singing O-HI-O!!! Congrats on your win!

January 5, 2011 at 7:18 AM  
Donna said...

I have to admit that I am from Arkansas and it is a sad week around my state...lol. I for one never even knew that there was a football game going on until it was almost over. Unless its a hockey game I just don't keep up with it. Congratulations on your Buckeye's win.

January 6, 2011 at 11:46 PM  

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