Help us win a contest

A couple of months ago, I submitted this picture of Alex for a contest sponsored by Nationwide Insurance:

 

The picture was selected as a finalist and the public gets to choose the winning picture. Please help us win by voting (you can vote once a day until the contest ends on Dec. 9th). You do have to register the 1st time you vote, but after that, you just have to enter your email address. Go to www.onyoursideline.com, then click on "vote now" in the upper right. Enter your email address (and your personal info the 1st time you vote). You then might have to click on "Switch to Finalist Gallery". Alex's picture should be the 4th one from the left on the top row. Also, if you could, please forward the information to anyone you think would help. We would really appreciate it (and would love to be at the Rose Bowl in January.

Halloween in Hilliard 2009

We had trick or treating on Thursday, Oct. 29th (the cities around Columbus agree to have a standard day, especially when Halloween falls on the weekend). It's a huge event in our neighborhood. This year, Briana went as an Ohio State cheerleader, Alex was an Ohio State football player, and I (as usual) was Coach Tressel. The neighbors loved our family theme (Gretchen stayed back to pass out candy, but she was wearing an Ohio State sweatshirt). This was Alex's 1st year to walk to houses to get candy; he loved it!