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A Weekend to Remember

Posted on Oct 26, 2008 under Football | 2 Comments

Tickets to the UT/Bama Game: $30 (roughly after selling the other tickets)
Hotel room: $100
Fast food meals: $25
Sweatshirt, gloves, and two shakers: $30
Getting to spend a weekend with my husband doing something we love and attending our first real college game together: PRICELESS

Well the football game yesterday obviously didn’t have the outcome that we had hoped and prayed for.  But we still had a fun time in Knoxville.  And hey on the positive side we were only one of two teams to score against Alabama in the first quarter this whole year!  The first half of the game was pretty great and we got to see Eric Berry do some serious whoopin’.  The rest, well, you know.  The only disappointing thing about getting to the game was the fact that they didn’t let me take my ESPN sign into the stadium.  And then later we saw at least three people with them who I’m sure got on t.v.!  Oh well I know better for next time.  We did however hold up our sign during the Vol walk where all the players come into the stadium so I’m hoping either or Berry or Stephens saw it and had a good laugh.  Kevin also looked up one of the local news station websites in Knoxville and they had pictures where you can see our sign in the background so I will show those in a moment.  Plus we got to see Smokey!  All in all it was still a fun time and I cheered louder than I ever have for anything.  In a few years when we become good again I’ll be that obnoxious fan sitting next to you with her face painted and an orange wig wearing a Smokey hat   Here are some of the highlights from our trip:

One side of the poster

The other side

Outside Neyland stadium

The view from our seats

Players on the field before the game started

Fulmer walking in, it’s really hard to see but our sign is the ESPN in the background

Nick Stephens, once again our sign is sort of at an angle to the left of his head

They honored the 1998 team who won the national championship

Band and cheerleaders

The big “T”

The little “T”

The fans

Fall Drive

Posted on Oct 18, 2008 under Fall | 2 Comments

Earlier today we took a lovely drive through Cheaha State Park near the AL/GA border.  Maggie was a good passenger and she got to go on her first real hike in the woods.  It is always so rewarding to see her worn out.  It was sort of funny on the drive up because Kevin kept describing all these vivid details about our past trips to Cheaha and he would say “don’t you remember that?”  Apparently the mountain air must have gotten to me because I didn’t even remember we had been there twice before! (I can only recall one trip my freshman year of college.)  The weather was fantastic, making it an all around great day.

Actually caught Maggie looking at the camera!

Kevin and Maggie.

The little trailblazer.

Loving the weather.

We have always been good at self-portraits on the camera, but it’s much harder to hold still when you have a dog pulling on your arm at the same time =)

I’m Thankful

Posted on Oct 10, 2008 under General | No Comment

With Thanksgiving around the corner, I thought I might mention this real quick.

I’m thankful for:

• Mothers and Mother-in-Laws that teach Daughters and Daughters-in-Laws how to make amazing pie.
• Wives that happily and willingly make said pie.

That’s all I have to say for this evening. =)

Growing Up

Posted on Oct 09, 2008 under Maggie | No Comment

Well there’s not a lot of news to share from here, so I thought I would just post some more cute pictures of Maggie.  She is finally starting to grow up and mature a little bit.  Now don’t get me wrong she is certainly not what I would call a “calm” dog.  But she is finally starting to get to the point where she can be out of the crate and just lay down to relax on the floor or the couch without us having to play with her every single second.  And if you have met her and know how hyper she can be, you understand this is a huge success!  In about a week she will turn 8 months old so she still has a lot of puppy left in her.

Looking awfully comfortable on that pillow.

This photo is pretty much a miracle because it is the first time she held still for me to take her picture.  It’s actually clear!