A Busy Fall As Usual!

It's been a buys past few weeks for us with school, football, and family coming to town! I think my stress levels were tested the past 2 weeks-I've never had so many presentations to give and papers to turn in. I thought Senior year would be a little easier than Junior year, but I guess not. Last time I blogged Purdue was 2-0 and had beaten Toledo and Eastern Illinois. Now, Purdue is 5-0 and has beaten Central Michigan, Minnesota, and Notre Dame! Up next is probably

our most challenging game of the season versus the ever so ugly OSU Buckeyes. Since I have predicted the Boilers to go to the Rose Bowl again, we must come out of the game with a win to reach this prediction. So what if it might be a little stretch! I could use a vacation to California! Here are some pictures of Jake in action or not the past few weeks!

Purdue Pete poses for a quick picture during the game. I wish I could be Pete for a game because you can act stupid, but ultimately no one knows who you are anyways!Jake, talking with former Purdue players Uche Nwaneri, Brandon Jones, and Ray Williams during the Notre Dame game last weekend! Jessica (Jakes sister) and I as we watch the band perform before the Central Michigan Game. We sort of already look like sisters-weird!
Everyone knows Drew Brees #9 for the New Orleans Saints! I just happen to snap a shot right at him before the Notre Dame Game. Look, I think he's smiling at me! ;)
Me with Chiquira, Alexis, and Sarah- a few of my BGA favorites during the game!
This sign says it all! "Every Sports Fan Knows Purdue Owns Notre Dame". Very creative and true for this season!
Jake trying to get away from a Central Michigan defender.
Jake on his way to the first touchdown during the Eastern Illinois Game!
Jake celebrating with Dorien after he scored the first touchdown!
Attempting to catch the ball vs. Central Michigan, I don't know if he actually caught it, but I would like to think he did!

After the Central Michigan game, Jakes dad played music at the Endzone Bar and Grill. We got a chance to spend time with Courtney and Bean (Jakes friends from highschool), Jason and Tabatha, Jim and Kammie, Jessica (his sister) and his parents. It was a good time, but we underestimated the temperature drop that night and were freezing. Pictures: the band, Jake and I, and Brittany and I for a few posed pictures!

Its that time of year again, and the Butera Family held their 2nd annual Apple Orhard Harvest Festival! This year we had tons of food and desserts, along with hay rides, and apple picking. There were 10x more apples this year than there were last year-has something to do with the first frost last year. I'm still eating on the apples I picked 2 weeks ago! After picking tons of apples, we made apple cidar! Fresh cidar is so much better than that 'cidar' you buy from Payless-if it's even called that. Here are a few pictures from the festival:




Ellen, Britt, and I posing for a picture! We had a blast, but we left early to catch the start of the PU vs. Minnesota game that started at 9pm.

That's all for now, hope you all have a good weekend and BOILER UP for the game! It should be very exciting.

Yeah! It's Football Season Again!

As you all know Jake and I are huge football fans, this only means our favorite time of the year is FOOTBALL SEASON! Purdue is now 2-0 against Toledo and Eastern Illinois. Here are some pictures from the game!

As you can see my seat is really good for taking pictures of Jake on the sidelines! If you didn't get a chance to watch the game:

Jake scored the 1st 2 touchdowns, but the second one was called back because illegal blocking.

He also took the feet out from underneath a Eastern Illinois player as he was trying to tackle Dustin Keller #28. Dustin was able to score because of Jakes awesome blocking skills! Hopefully the season will continue to go as it has been...If so I might see a Rose Bowl appearance in the future! That is thanks to Michigans terrible team and OSU's unpredictable wins in the first 2 games!

Anyways lets get on to more girly things.....

Rachael and Brad got married on September 1st and were off to Maui, Hawaii for their honeymoon! I'm still waiting to hear how everything went, but it's starting to hit me that she wont be around as much. The ceremony was beautiful and one of the best messages given in any wedding I've ever been to! Let's just say I couldn't stop crying...and everyone pointed it out at the reception!

The bride and groom were stunning and we all had a good time! It makes me want our wedding here, but we only have 9 months and I know it will go really fast! Well thats all for now, I have been slacking so I thought I would blog on two wonderful events!

A Blast From The Past!

Tonight I decided to whip out a few pictures from when Jake and I first met, just for a few laughs! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

This picture was taken approximately two years ago at the end of July 2005! Braces and longer hair went out of style for us by now! We were so young looking.

This picture was taken New Years Day 2006! We had gone up to Jason and Tabatha's house for the holiday and went to Navy Pier for the night to ride the Ferris wheel! It was freezing!

Colts vs. Bengals! Last year Monday Night Football where I saw Nick Lachey sitting less than 10 yards away! I might have been more interested in seeing what he was doing than actually watching the game...Oops. Go Horse!


Jake and I on the Cruise this past Spring Break! We kind of look like we are a different nationality by our skin color, but it was really relaxing being on the cruise. This may have been why I had to have 5 moles biopsied over the summer :(


Jake and I at the Indy 500. I can say that now I know that the winner always chugs milk after the victory! This is thanks to a die-hard racing fan informing me impolitely before the race started. I must really love that t-shirt, its in the picture before this one too!

I hope you all had fun looking at what we developed into together: Racing, cruising, sport watching, Ferris wheel riding, braces wearing fools we are today! There are many more pictures of the in between of our development that I think I will take to the grave!

That's all for now!

Two minus one for a while :(

So, yesterday I dropped Jake off at camp...tear. I thought I would'nt miss him much, based on the fact that we had a few minor arguements when we discovered we have different packing styles. Boy was I wrong....Only one day into the 2 week period with out him. So far I've talked to him a few times about the boring day I had with out him, but soon enough he will be home! Yah!

Today the cable/internet guy came and I learned that you need a router and a modem to make the internet work. My biggest question to him was how much was this going to cost!? Needless to say we need the internet so I went to buy the things we needed to make it work! This was after I waited around the apartment for 4 hours before he came:(

Our roommate will be visiting tomorrow to see just how much 'stuff ' we have and to see how much room she will have when moving in next week. It's exciting to have a roommate, especially when Jake is gone most of the time with football. Not to mention, we are in 3/4 classes together-nothing beats a good study partner! I can't get too excited she will only be here for 4 months-just until she graduates in December!

After all these unimportant updates I think I'm going to check out for the night-but more updates soon! Thank goodness for the internet! Have a good night!

A Long Week

Well, it's been quite a long time since I've posted anything I don't think I've had time to stop and rest.

Jason and Tabatha's wedding was 2 weekends ago and we had a really good time. A little stressful at times, but other than that I think everything came off pretty well! I would post a few pictures, but I was so caught up in everything that I might have taken 2 the whole day.

Speaking of weddings ours is in about 320 days! And the countdown begins! Everything still on track, and my dress should be in mid-August. The bridesmaid dresses are picked out and ready to be ordered soon. The only really big part of planning not finished yet is the reception centerpieces. I've been debating between a few different ideas and trying to come up with the most cost-friendly solution... I'm sure I'll figure it out soon!

This Wednesday we are moving into our new apartment! Yeah! We get a washer/dryer combo in this one and its about 15 minutes closer to campus! Can you tell I'm really excited...except for the moving part. I've been realizing that we have a lot of 'stuff ' that doesn't really get used or worn. Needless to say Goodwill or the trash man will be seeing most of our old things. The bad news about moving is we will miss seeing our new-found neighbors who live across the street :( We will most likely come back to see them throughout the school year so we can keep updated with new exciting things.

The other day I talked with Anthony. He's doing fine, he gets a 2 week leave period away from the base. Christy is driving out to see him later this week and they will take a mini vacation to NYC and Washington D.C.- I can say I'm a little jealous because I've never been there before. He will be heading to Kuwait when he gets back to the base on August 12 or 15th (I cant remember which now). They will spend a month there trying to acclimate their bodies to the climate before heading to Iraq. He will be in our thoughts and prayers the entire time he's on tour overseas and we would love for you to keep him in your prayers as well.

Until next time...

Wedding Bells Are Near!

Over the weekend we traveled down to Monrovia/Mooresville area to visit family! Jason and Tabatha are under the one week mark and are very excited for their wedding. So it was time for the couple to spend their last 'single' weekend! Jake, Jason, John, and one of Jasons friends all went out downtown Indy for the night, while Tabatha, Rachel, Jessica and I went shopping and out for dinner.

(Jake holding John & Rachel's dog: Stuccino) After a long night of fun we spent the next day at the pool with everyone before we left to come back to Lafayette.