AREN'T GRANDCHILDREN WONDERFUL,

THEY BRING OUT THE ADVENTURE IN YOU.

WE SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS VISITING ELISE
TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY.
 THE FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP
WAS ON THE USUAL BIG JET.
THE SECOND PART OF THE TRIP
 WAS ON THIS PLANE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU,
I WAS A LITTLE LEARY OF GETTING ON THIS PLANE.
LITTLE DID I KNOW, THE ENTIRE FLIGHT HOME
WOULD BE ON THE SAME KIND OF PLANE.
AND SURPRISING AS IT SEEMS,
THEY WERE SOME OF THE BEST FLIGHTS
WE'VE BEEN ON.
GUESS YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER.

WE ARRIVED ON THIS BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS,
AND ELISE GAVE US A TOUR OF PART OF IT.
IT WOULD TAKE DAYS TO COVER IT ALL.
ELISE WILL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT STAYING IN SHAPE,
SHE'LL GET ALL THE EXERCISE SHE NEEDS
JUST GOING TO CLASSES.

I KNOW WE GOT OUR TEN THOUSAND STEPS
IN THAT DAY.

HERE'S THE FOOTBALL TEAM
THAT WON AGAINST STANFORD LAST WEEK.

RAIN OR SHINE,
MORE THAN LIKELY RAIN,
THESE STANDS WILL BE FULL ON SATURDAY
WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR HOMECOMING GAME.

WHILE WE WERE THERE
WE HUNG OUT AT OUR HOTEL,

WITH PAPA CONVINCING ELISE
THAT SHE NEEDED TO WATCH THIS
GIANTS GAME WITH HIM.

WE ALSO HUNG OUT IN HER DORM ROOM.
PAPA WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FOLDING THE LAUNDRY,
BUT HE CHOSE TO RAID THE CANDY BOWL INSTEAD.

WE ALSO DID LOTS OF EATING.
JUST LOOK AT THIS BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST.
A FRENCH TOAST EGGS BENEDICT.
YUM!

A FEW SELFIES,

AND MORE EATING

FOR THE BIRTHDAY DINNER,

 AND BREAKFAST TODAY,

AT THE HOTEL,

BEFORE WE LEFT FOR HOME.

 IF ANY OF YOU DECIDE TO MAKE THE TRIP

TO VISIT ELISE,

I HAVE THE PERFECT HOTEL FOR YOU.

IT'S EVEN RIGHT ON CAMPUS.

I HONESTLY THINK I COULD LIVE HERE.
JUST LOOK AT THIS KITCHEN!

AND THIS GOOD SIZED LIVING AREA
WITH A TV THAT SWIVELS
 SO YOU CAN WATCH IT
FROM THE LIVING ROOM,
OR THE BEDROOM AREA.

AND, IF YOU VISIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK,
IT'S NOT VERY EXPENSIVE.
OH, AND DID I MENTION
THE COMPLETE BREAKFAST,
THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PRICE.

 WE HEADED HOME

IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM,

BUT ABOVE THE CLOUDS

WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL SUNSET TO GREET US
AS WE ARRIVE HOME

WE KNEW WE WERE HOME
AS WE FLEW OVER 880
WITH ALL THAT COMMUTE TRAFFIC.

THE TRIP WAS SHORT,
BUT THE MEMORIES WILL LAST FOREVER.
GO COUGARS!
WIN YOUR GAME THIS WEEKEND!