LSU Game

So around the end of the season this year Robert and I decided the time had come to end our days of mooching off our friends' parents' tailgates and host our own. What ensued on the Saturday of the Bama/LSU game left us more exhausted than we have been in quite some time, but was a blast. Dad picked Rob and I up at 6:15 (yes, you read that correctly) to go down to T-town and stake out a place on the Quad to set up our tent and unload what turned out to be way too much food. (We'll plan better nex time.)

After a fun day of watching other football games, seeing our many friends who dropped by, hanging with my brother and his Bama Bound crowd (they're seniors in high school going to UA next year), and getting some gumbo from some taligating LSU fans (totally dad's idea), we settled in for a great game with a disappointing ending. Jake gave Robert an extra ticket, and I watched the game on the quad with my parents. Ryan and David both got in the game. Kyle, being the wisest child in the family, took advance of everyone else being away from the house and threw a party to watch the game in Birmingham with his friends and Kristi and Clay!

Since we only brought a little TV, we wisely set up next to a group with a huge flat screen. Next time I'm not only taking into account the size of the TV but also competency level of the guys trying to set it up because these guys had a ton of trouble getting their dish to work and pick up the game. But all turned out well, and we got to watch most of the game. Actually, Robert's mom and dad brought us an old sattelite dish they had (thanks!), so next year we shoudln't run into this trouble with all of our tailgating adventures.


This is my favorite picture. We were walking by an abandoned Bama tailgate and noticed some other Bama fans taking a pic of themselves "killing" LSU's mascot. I told mom to do it to, though I must be honest and say, being the animal lover that she is, she first posed cuddling the tiger and smiled big - until I told her it was an LSU tiger and she had to be aggressive!

Our good buddy, Sam, dropped by!


Like I said - WAY too much food. (Notice the leftover Halloween candy!)

David and Ryan and their buddies.

Ashley came by too...as did Ben (who Robert snuck in this pic)!

I totally snapped this right as dad was mid-yell after a big play!

Mom's friend, Teresa, also joined our tailgate.

Trick or Treat

So I have been incredibly tardy in my blogging and am just now posting my Halloween post two days before Thanksgiving! :) Oh well! We had a big Halloween get together at our house with some friends from church and enjoyed playing catch phrase and waiting on the trick-or-treaters. I was dissappointed that we didn't have as many as we hoped. In fact, the first four were completely illegimate - a 27-year-old man dressed as a cowboy who just randomly walked up in the sunroom and took some candy (I honestly thought he was a friend of a party guest!) and three older teenagers. But then we got some little kiddos who were so cute. I was loading them up with candy because we had so much from all our guests and not very many trick-or-treaters, so their parents are probably still mad at me. I did go crazy decorating the house, and will certainly go crazier next year because I bought more decorations at 80% off after Halloween!

Here are some pics of the house:








Parker and Kristi

Lisa and Katie

Sara and Meg

David and Martin.


I even put orange, purple and green lights in our fake tree in the sunroom, but these pics don't quite capture the entire spooky spirit!