roll tide and gig 'em

we took off friday and flew into alabama thursday night for a fun weekend of family, friends, and football.  my dad was awesome enough to get us tickets to the alabama/texas a&m game, and we planned to tailgate on campus with my brother and sister and their friends.

before football, we spent all of friday with family at my parents' house.  aunt beth, uncle john, wesley, hannah, and maw came to visit and play with brendan (and us, but we all know the real pull ;) ).  lee got his zaxby's fix and brendan got lots of undivided attention from the family.  my aunt was also awesome enough to bake me a birthday cake and extended that celebrating a little longer.  lots of laughs and fun catching up with all of them friday night.  maw even stayed the night to extend her playtime with brendan a little bit longer!

saturday, we woke up to finish making the food for the tailgate, loaded up the car, and headed to one of my favorite places.  the weather was gorgeous (although a tad bit too warm) and atmosphere was just as i remembered it.  after a 3-year lapse since my last football game, i was ready to be inside bryant-denny.  we got to visit with rachel and tyler which was great, as well as meet some of their friends who stopped by.  i also got to catch up with a couple of my old friends from college and some of our friends from our first married small group.

then, game time came.  i loved the pregrame hype, videos, and tradition that comes with that, but i should have known sitting next to the aggie section was a bad sign for what was to come.  you all know the results of the game so i will not dwell on those.  i would have obviously enjoyed a win more, but it was kind of cool watching lee and the other aggies celebrate such a huge victory.  we met back up with the rest of the family, grabbed a quick bite to eat, loaded up the tailgate and headed back to prattville after a long, fun day.

we have taken it easy this morning, recovering from the past few days, but brendan did create a new game to entertain himself this morning.  he got tickled closing himself into the pantry and playing peek-a-boo with us.

 can't wait for a week-long visit at christmas!  love you all!