Thanksgiving Weekend

I haven't been a good blogger lately, just a lot going on. It was so nice being out of school all week. I worked only Monday and Tuesday but then was able to come home and cook dinner like normal people do. I was off Work Wednesday through Friday so it was really hard to get up and go back to work today. On Thursday we went to Paul and Christy's house to eat the traditional turkey and dressing lunch and then my parents came over that afternoon and we cooked out steaks with them. We went to bed some what early that night and woke up at 3am to start our Christmas shopping trip. We went to Kohl's, Dicks, Academy, and Sam's. Luckily we got most everything done with just a few little things left and were done by 6am. Then we went to The Egg and I for breakfast, which was Delicious. After shopping and breakfast we went home put 5 layers of clothes on then headed to Tuscaloosa for the day. Samantha and Joe rode down there with us and traffic wasn't really that bad getting there at 8 in the morning. After we dropped them off at their friends house we met up with Molly, my high school friend and first roommate in Tuscaloosa.

We tailgated with her family and some friends for a while before the game. The tent was great. It had a heater in it that we gathered around a few times to get warm between playing games. We had such a good time hanging out. I sooo wish the weather would have been better though it would have made it more enjoyable. Trevor and I went in to the game expecting an ok game with back and forth scoring but man was I wrong. After every sack in the first half of Cam from Auburn and points scored every time Bama had the ball Trevor and I just kept looking at each other like are you serious. Where has this bama team been all year? We were very cold and it started to rain on us a few times so when it was 24 to 3, close to halftime, we went back to the tailgate and watched the rest of the game under the tent and with the heater in front of us.
So after the half it was apparently two totally different teams playing and the game turned around with Auburn scoring all the points and bama scoring none. As you all know!! None the less we had a good time and were exhausted after it was over and ready for bed.

On Saturday we basically were lazy and just hung out around the house for the most part then went to Morris and Marcie's house that night to watch a few games.

On Sunday after church I studied some then Trevor and I went to play tennis, which I haven't done since the summer and paying for it today. After we left the court we went to my parents house to celebrate Thanksgiving with all of them. We had more yummy turkey and dressing with my parents, sister, brother-in-law, kids, and my Nanny and Richard.


Us taking goofy pictures for Christmas cards with all our different team colors on




We all sat around and talked about what we were thankful for this year. I am a pretty emotional person when we get to talking about things like that so I only said a little to keep from crying. Of course I am thankful for my husband who takes such good care of me. He has been so good to me with being in school by helping around the house and cooking more. I could not ask for anything better. I am thankful for my parents who brought me up in a christian home and helped me to become the woman I am today. I am also so thankful for my nieces who light up my day when they say my name. I have so much going on with school and work that are so stressful, I just don't stop to think about all the good sometimes. Hope everyone had a wonderful day and that you were able to spend a little time with your family too.

Georgia Auburn Game # 44 and # 50

This weekend I marked a couple of things off my list. Yesterday morning we left at 6:45 in the morning and headed to Auburn for the game. #50 on my list was to go to another college football game. We rode with Trevor's parents down there and Chad and Alissa met us later in the day. We went to Trevor's little brother's house and dropped everything off there then headed to the tailgate. That was # 44 on my list. He has lived in this house for a while now and I still had not seen it. It is super nice. His birthday was last week so we gave him his gifts before the game. This was one of them for Abby his dog.





Justin along with his friends staked us out a place on Friday. We hung out at the tailgate, grilled hamburgers, and played corn holes before the game started.









I was so proud of Georgia for doing so well. They haven't had that great of a year and to come out and play like they did was great for their fans. During the first quarter the sun was right in our faces but it was all worth it when we got to see such a beautiful sunset.


This picture turned out pretty good for it to be taken with Trevor's cell phone!








After the game we ate salad and yummy lasagna at Justin's house. He was nice to sleep on the couch while we all slept in his rooms. We had such a great day. We just got home, so now it is back to studying. Hope everyone has a great week.

Sips and Strokes # 52

Today was Veteran's day so let me start out by saying thank you guys and girls for all that you do for our country. It is a selfless act to do what you do and I really do appreciate it. Please pray for a friend I used to work with that just left from over there to come home. Please pray that he has safe travels back to Birmingham.

My doctor was off today so I ended up taking the day off to study. So that is what I did all day. Tonight I got together with a few girls and marked something else off my 101 list. We went to eat at Margareta Grill and then headed to Sips and Strokes. I was super excited because I have always wanted to go but there was never really a time where I could and actually paint something that I would hang in my house. I have always wanted to paint one of their angels so I finally got the opportunity. I am sure everyone was real mad at me by the time we got done because like I said the angel was my idea and mixing skin tone colors sucks. It took probably an hour alone just painting her face neck and arm. By the end everyone was like, "I am so sick of skin". We had a really good time though and FYI pretty sure Carina is a silent artist. Her background looked amazing.

Marcie took a lot more pictures than I did, so after she puts them up I will add them.

Fall flowers planted

On Sunday morning we were bad and skipped church. Trevor's mom came over and helped me plant fall flowers. I go all out for Spring usually but not much for Fall. This year we did a little more than usual for some curb side appeal since the house is on the market. I am not in that big of a hurry to sell our house now since my favorite house that we were looking at sold. I am kind of bummed about that but I keep telling myself that is not where God wanted us to be since we didn't get it. I think we are just going to wait and start looking again until we get some interest on our house because I don't really want to get my hopes up again for an awesome house, then that one sell too. I thought that it would be good for us to have a few in mind so when someone does want to buy ours it would be easy to choose, but it could be months for ours to sell so we are just waiting. I don't like having to just wait around for someone to want our house. I am a little impatient don't you think. But the good thing about having our house on the market is it is always clean. Just the way I like it! Anyways back to flowers....

Hopefully they will grow a lot. Like they usually do.

Saturday

Football Saturday this week we went to our friends Scott and Heather's house to watch the Bama game after I had my morning study time. We had a good time it was all of my girls from school Kaci, Sam, and Heather. All with their husbands except for Ben, hunting season of course. We had a good time hanging out and watching football. Too bad Alabama lost again. But they didn't play as good as LSU. Here are a few pics from the day...

She is growing. She is 8 weeks old now and weighs 7 lbs. She is like a newborn now!

Stanford # 45 and 67

I didn't realize how good Stanford has been. On my 101 list I wanted Stanford to not run away for 6 months and since the list was made on March 17th, he has well surpassed that expectation. So proud of him.

Also we had a football get together for the first game and he didn't run away then either so I guess that counts as # 45. Even though it was not a huge party like it was last year, due to so many people actually going to that game, it still works.

Football and Puppies

Devin's for football...

Last Saturday we went to Devin's house to watch the football games after I studied that morning. His dog had puppies on Friday so we played with them some too. Correction, held them because their eyes aren't even open yet and they are not walking. They are very cute. That night we made smores in the fire pit for the first time this year. They were so good!