What A Weekend!

Friday Morning and Afternoon: Stacey and I went to Iowa City met with our awesome Stem Cell Transplant Doctor and got all of the test completed for that. Just in case your wondering I passed them all and I didn't even study! We are excited to work with the staff in Iowa City and when I do finally do my transplant it will be right next to Kinnick Stadium. Hopefully I get a room with a window so that I can wake up to it's greatness every morning!

Friday Night: Mom, Dad, Rick, Lindsay, Stacey and I went with Lindsay's good friend Laura to take pictures in the park in Iowa City. Laura did a great job getting a lot of different poses and incorporating the beauty that is the great state of Iowa. We had pictures by the river, in the park and by some beautiful fall trees. We had a blast. Then to celebrate our new pictures Mom and Dad took us out to Black Stone in Iowa City. It's Stacey's favorite place and the food there is fantastic. Thanks Mom and Dad! It was great to see my whole family again. They are an amazing support for me and we love them dearly. Then Stacey and I went back to my hometown of Center Point, Iowa to stay the night with my parents. We had a cold one and laughed it up. Life is good!

Saturday Morning: Mom, Dad, Stacey and I slept in and Dad decided to make some brunch for us. It was delicious and really hit the spot. Everyone knows that on Saturday the key is to eat big early because there is a lot of college football to be watched. Then we went to Kohl's in Cedar Rapids to do a little shopping. (Mom loves that place) One time they ran out of carts so she and my Aunt Rosie (who also loves Kohl's) took one of the employee's flatbed carts. Mom said "You gotta do what you gotta do". Being an ex-Kohl's employee I found this story really amusing.

Saturday Afternoon: Football! I don't think that there is anything quite like College Football. I can watch any game that's on TV no matter who the teams are. It's just the best sport there is at the best level of the sport, the collegiate level. I was anxious to leave Kohl's and go watch some so that's what we did. We went straight to Stacey's parents house, cozy'd up on the couch and watch the early games. (Sorry about your Badger's Quam, I know what it feels like buddy the AZ game was the same way) Then Roy, Sandy, Ally, Stacey and I loaded up our tailgating gear and headed down to Iowa City for the game! I was feeling good so Sandy gave me her ticket to the game. (Wow! What a treat! Thank you so much Roy and Sandy!)

Saturday Night: I don't know if you heard but it was THE University of Iowa's Homecoming this weekend and they went all out for it. The atmosphere at the tailgates were great, the weather was beautiful and everyone had there beautiful Black and Gold gear on. It was surreal when I stepped into the stadium to see whole place striped in Black and Gold under the lights. We were 5 rows up from the Hawkeye sideline too and since it was homecoming a lot of the NFL players were back. Chad Greenway (Vikings) and Tony Moeaki (My Kansas City Chiefs) were right down on sideline about 20 feet away the whole time. It was awesome! And what a performance by the Hawks! The D was unbelievable and the Offense had it going early. Any time you beat a ranked Penn State team by 21 points that is definitely one to remember!!! GO HAWKS!!! Then Stacey and I booked it back to Des Moines right after the game and got home around 12:30 AM Sunday morning.

Sunday?: Were resting for sure! It was an awesome weekend but we are tired! We are so blessed to have such generous family that treated us so well all weekend. Thanks for everything that you have done for us. We are truly blessed. God is Good!

One final thought about my Chiefs: They have a bye this week so they are the only team that is guaranteed to be undefeated though week 4! Go Chiefs!

Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers! It has meant so much to Stacey and I! Keep up the good work!

Brian Pritchard

GO HAWKEYES!