Our ND trip

The first part of our ND trip started off great. Mario and I managed to rendezvous in Cleveland Friday night. I drove with the boys from VA and Mario flew from Connecticut where he was working. We got him about 8:30 and then finished the 4 hour drive to South Bend.

We were pleasantly surprised by the beautiful ND fall day. It was supposed to be rainy (I packed an entire bag of coats, panchos and other rain gear that we never used). I wish we had taken more pictures, but here is a start.

First, Mario, MJ, and I went to see the band warm up b/c we can hear them from where we tailgate and are close (Joey was taking his first nap in the car).

 

We got some good use out of the pack n play. I originally brought it to use in St. Louis, but it came in handy to keep crawling Joey out of trouble.

 

And here are some cute pictures of MJ, Joey, and my Dad.