A Little Pumpkin Carving

Saturday night we had some couples from our small group over to grill out and carve pumpkins. Matt worked so hard Saturday to get the fire pit ready so we could have it in the backyard, but it ended up just being too wet. So we moved the carving into the lovely garage. Nothing like bringing company into the garage. Yikes!! We had to twist the guys arms to get to carving because they were way more into watching football. Matt and David disappeared for a bit.. claiming they were "cleaning the kitchen"--whatever!!

Matt worked so hard on our pumpkin. The only thing he let me do was clean the guts out.. that is my favorite part though. Our design was of course a pirate for the Bucs!!

And here are the finished products. Drew worked so hard on his MS State pumpkin.. which turned out really good. We let Asher, who is almost 3, pick the winner. David totally brainwashed the poor kid and told him to pick the biggest one, which just happened to be him and Amanda's. It was rigged!! It was a great night of fellowship with good friends!!

Backyard Project

Friday night we played Spain Park and it was quite a game. Mom and Dad came to support and they got their money's worth--actually they got in free, but you know what I mean. We stunk the first half and actually went into half time 21-0 LOSING! We came back to win 24-21. Matt had to give mom and dad the play by play afterwards. Woohoo! Now on to the big project for the weekend. We left our firepit in Oxford when we sold our house so we were eager to get a new one. We finally found one and have started a patio area for it in the backyard. Matt was so into this project and I said what can I do? (Never should have asked that.. I was enjoying laying in the hammock more than what he gave me to do). We had the slat that the stone came on and Matt handed me the axe and told me to start chopping it up. Sounds a lot easier than it really was. Safety first--must put the goggles on because wood was flying everywhere. So here's a little before picture and hopefully soon....very soon.. we will have some after pictures.

More Football

You are probably thinking... is this all you do.. go to football games?! The answer is yes! This is our life in the Fall.... football, football, and more football. I am learning to love this sport that takes so much of my husband's time. Hopefully there will be more exciting posts in the future with other things than guys ramming into each other chasing a ball. (Matt wouldn't appreciate the fact that I just referred to football as this) Because of all this crazy rain lately, the game was moved to Hoover's field...not a big crowd, but a win.

And Saturday we headed to Tuscaloosa for the game. It was a rainy, yucky mess again. We are blessed to have our seats under this overhang, so once we got into the stadium we were fine.. it was just the trek there that wasn't so great. See the bottom right picture... we have this feature on our camera where you can swap colors... so I decided to spice it up and change mom and dad's clothes to green. Who doesn't love to come to the game wearing red and leave wearing green?!

Catching Up

I know you are just on the edge of your seat dying to know what we've been up to these past 2 weeks... We have been extremely busy and I have just neglected the ole blogger ooh... so here's what's been going on. Last Friday night (9/11) we celebrated Grandma's birthday at the Cracker Barrel. Matt missed out on the fun because they had a game in Georgia. I didn't make the 9 hr trek there and opted to watch it on TV at sister's house. Good thing she pays for the expensive cable and she had the channel. We had a good time celebrating with Grandma and our great aunt, Gin. I think they had to kill the chicken in the kitchen, because our food was taking forever so mom and I decided to play with the lemons.

Then on Saturday as soon as Matt pulled back into town and literally he didn't even get to come home... we headed to the Jeremy Camp concert (along with Natalie Grant and Bebo Norman). This was a great concert!! It was such a blessing to have three hours of praise and worship and just give God the glory for everything! Matt was such a trooper... he knew how much I wanted to go to this and he had been riding on a bus for 9 hours, but just put on smile, changed in the car and was ready to go. He's a keeper!!

In between last weekend and this weekend it was filled with literally something every night.. and not a lot of fun somethings.. like class and meetings and yuck stuff! But anyways, Friday was the Hoover/Thompson game. The whole fam made it for the game and let me tell you... my parents sat down and literally 2 minutes later the rain came and it didn't stop the entire game. Luckily I know one of the coaches.. wink wink.. and we were able to sit in the box and stay dry. Don't you love that picture of Matt and I? Well, the field was so wet and was getting torn up so they wouldn't let anyone on the field after the game... So this is how I got to congratulate my hubby on a win and say hey--through the net.

And then Saturday --bright and early--it was off to the AL game. And another rainy day it was. There wasn't much picture taking going on because we were just trying to stay dry. Thanks to my great husband I got to wear my hounds tooth rain boots and they came in handy when I was scaling down a hill of mud and then into a large puddle below. Keri and Steven sat in the 2 seats 2 rows below so I didn't get any pics with them.

Labor Day Already?!

Here's a little rundown of the Labor Day weekend.... Started off Friday night with a game against the mighty Homewood Patriots. Sister came this week to join in the festivities. It was a fun game!

Saturday we were planning to go to the lake but we woke up to a beautiful day of raining. Instead my two boys were napping on the couch... with remote in hand. Saturday night mom and dad came over to watch the AL game. It was touch and go there for a bit, but thankfully they pulled out a win!

After Matt got home from practice today we headed over to Tannehill State Park. Now matt has never been here and I myself haven't been since maybe 4th grade. We were trying to think of something fun to do since it was nice out. You would know the day we go they are having some sort of union rally. I thought "rally"... I love pep rallies. But apparently this was not what it was. They did have a band and some food and we enjoyed that... but otherwise we were a little out of place without our bandannas on our heads and our leather jackets.

Matt already had his AL gear on so we could meet our sweet friends Jonathan and Rachel at Chick-fil-A for a free sandwich. Yeah!

And then, it's hair cut time. Matt's bangs are in desperate need of a trim. I have trying for a few days to talk him into letting me trim them. Why not save the $16 bucks and let me do it? He finally agreed but nearly peed in his pants while it was going on. And I did get a major case of the giggles as the scissors were about to snip away. Hope you had a great Labor Day weekend without the labor!

Weekend Fun

So I am trying to spice up these titles to draw you into the excitement...wow! Anyways, that's the best I could do for this one. Friday night we played Gardendale and it was a win, so that was great! It wasn't much of a game and we did get a little yawny at some points. Good thing we had creepy baby there to entertain us. See her below.. she is the one on the right. If you look closely at her face you will see where she got her name. She comes in handy when you want to save some seats... just lay her on the bleachers and no one will come near you. Matt's players did great!! Good game!! Saturday was filled with some good ole quality time with my hubby--no pictures from that! And then....we are on the way to church this morning and the traffic is so backed up. We are thinking oh no it must be a wreck or something... no wreck.. just a pack of geese crossing the road. Or should I say standing in the road. Those little boogers wouldn't move. See this is why should always carry a camera in your purse. You just never know what you will come across.

Jamboree

Saturday was our Jamboree game against Oxford. It was a little strange playing the team we came from, but we got to see some old buds so that was great. Kristin, Casey, and myself made the trek all the way to Montgomery. It was quite an adventure and a long night. We finally pulled into the ole casa about 1:00 am. What a night! For a girl that goes to bed at 9:00, this was a little rough for me. I haven't stayed up this late since New Years. This was Matt's first big game on the varsity level and I think his players did great! And they came out with a win, so that made it all worth while.

Fan Day

Well, another Bucs Fan Day has come and gone. Yesterday afternoon they had Fan Day at the Galleria. Just a little pump you up before the big season begins. It sure pumped me up... to do some shopping. The whole fam came out for the big event... although I think my mom and sister were only there for the shoe sale at Belk. I didn't get Coach Howard's autograph this year, he said not in public. As the team and coaches were leaving Keri gave Matt one more shoutout "Hey Coach Howard." I think Matt pretended he didn't know who she was talking to.

On a more serious note..... really, I am so proud of Matt. He was offered the opportunity to move up to varsity this year and he is so excited. This has been his dream.. to coach on the varsity level. I am so happy for him! He is such an amazing man, balancing everything from me, teaching, coaching, graduate school, and everything else that he does and continuing to put me first and think of me before himself!! I love him!! Go get em Coach!!!
PS--He is such a stud too!!

Weekend With The Fam

This weekend was our annual weekend at the lake with the Bouchillons. It started out Thursday night with an eventful trip to the grocery store. You can see the picture where my mom got stuck in the back of the van and struggled so much to put her seat belt on that we had to stop on the side of the road so my aunt Susan could help her. We played on the lake all day Friday and had a crazy European dinner were you cook your own food on these little mini skillets. It was fun! Saturday was another day on the lake followed by a round of Phase 10 and a good ole family photo. Doesn't get much better than that. We finished the weekend with some more fun in the sun today and had to head back home to reality. It was a great weekend with the fam!!

Drive-In

Friday night we ventured out to the drive-in with my parents. I have been to the drive-in in a long time. Matt and I went there on our first date, so it's been a while. I didn't know if we would actually make it there, because as we were getting in the car my mom said she had directions, so I didn't get the piece of paper that had the address on it. Well, we are heading out into the middle of nowhere and my mom says what's the street name. I said... thought you had the directions. She then tells me that she has directions to the "town", but not where the place is. Don't worry... the people loitering in the Dollar General parking lot knew where it was. Mom and Dad before the show. We first parked at the Ice Age 3 screen then decided to see G-Force instead. We initially went to see Night at the Museum.. but that booger was the second show and we didn't make it that long.

Me and momma senorita

Matt was happy by now... at little frustrated with me in the car when he found out I didn't have the directions.

This was dad after he found out we didn't bring any snacks. Where's the concession stand? Great time at the drive-in!