Face Lift For The Blog

I had a little free time today and thought the ole blog deserved a face lift. What do you think? I am not too savvy with all of this so, we'll see! And just to make you smile, a little picture of the Harley man. This was before I sat down to start working on the computer.
And after. He was bored and pooped out. He does this when he wants you to scratch his belly.

Grandma's New Crib

My Grandma closed on her house this week and we did some major move-in, put away, and sprucing up today. Of course everything she has is new so we had lots to take out of boxes and wash and put away. It's starting to look like a home now that things are in their places. We worked in the yard a good bit and if you look closely, yes you will see me cutting the grass. This was my first time and I have a new respect for Matt and all the other men that cut their grass. (p.s. I didn't enjoy it and will not be participating in this activity again). My dad is so excited for Grandma to have her a nice house and he's calling it the "party pad." Matt said to Grandma--I like your new crib--she said what?! baby crib?! I love her!

Homecoming

Friday night was Homecoming at Hoover. There was a lot of good "people watching" action with all the interesting dresses that the girls had on. They don't make them with much fabric these days. It was a good game and Hoover came out with a win over Oak Mountain. These banners are outrageous that the cheerleaders make. I personally couldn't stand to work on something that huge and then have someone rip through it, but whatever...
Keri graced us with her presence. Thanks for coming sister!!
Me and Kristin. We had great seats to comment on all the dresses.
I tried out some new functions on our camera.. you can capture a certain color and then everything else is black and white.. too cool! I should have read the book earlier.
And the "after-game" shot. The bus was about to leave so Matt was like uh who cares about the picture, I am about to get left.

Alabama Game

Saturday we went to the Alabama vs. Western Kentucky game with mom and dad. It was quite toasty at the beginning, but cooled off and ended up being nice. Alabama wooped up on some WKU, hopefully we can continue that this week! Roll Tide!


This is Matt's "stop taking pictures and don't bother me during the game" look. He is serious about some football.

Grandma's Birthday

Thursday, September 11th, was my Grandma's birthday. It has been a tough last few weeks for her so we wanted to do something special for her birthday. My dad went and picked her and her sister up after work and we all met at Cracker Barrel. She also got the great news on her birthday that it has worked out that she is able to buy a house a few towns over from where she was living. It is such a nice house in a good neighborhood. What a blessing!! Her sister, Gin, Grandma, and Keri. For her birthday I took some very old small photos and had them blown up and framed. The first is of Grandma and my dad, then my Grandma and Grandpa and my dad, and my dad when he was about 4. She absolutely loved them.
Mom and Dad in the rockers out front. Aren't these AL rockers cute?!
Grandma and Dad
Me and Grandma (Grandma says "Kristen, why do you take so many pictures?")
I got stuck with the kid size rocker.

A Little Bit of Everything This Weekend

And that's exactly what this weekend was.. a little bit of everything. Friday night Hoover played Homewood and came out with a win. Saturday morning we had to do the adult thing and skip out on going to the Alabama game so we could pack some things in our house. It was fast trip of packing, but we even managed to have a little visit with Matt's parents while we were there. I worked so hard Matt even got me a slushi on the way home! We then headed back into town in time to head to eat and watch the AL game. This morning we visited another church and small group and then off to practice for Matt and I started my Sunday afternoon sewing classes. My good buddy Doretta (who refused to be in the picture) is teaching me to sew. A few of the coaches wives are pregnant, so today I started with a burp cloth that she is going to monogram for each of them. Now I can start making Matt's clothes! Coach Jordan's girlfriend (Casey), me, Coach Kurvin's wife (Kristin)
I know Matt gets sick of taking these "after game photos" --but I just love it!
Watching the AL game at Full Moon BBQ
A little Harley man shot. We found this cowboy hat on a doll and it was the perfect size for the buddy.
The burp cloth I made, minus the monogram. I knew I should have taken Home Ec in high school.

Hoover vs Gardendale

Tonight Hoover had their first official game. Gardendale scored first and we fumbled and we all began to get a little nervous. Then we decided to show up and intercepted and took the score up quickly. The score ended with it being 27-7. It was a good game but stinkin hot! Keri came to support Matt and loved screaming "Hey Coach Howard" when he came by heading to the pressbox.
We lined up for the Buc Walk as the players came out.
The cute Niblett girls--Cassidy and Harper.
Matt heading to the box.
A quick picture after the game.

Sad Day

The last 24 hours has been very sad for our family. My parents got a call last night about 8:45 saying that my grandma's house was on fire. We fly over to find her sitting across the street at the neighbors house watching her house burn. It was the most terrible sight. Let me share with you the blessing in all of this. My grandma goes to bed pretty early and was already asleep when the neighbor walked outside and saw smoke and flames coming from the attic. He runs to the door and begins to pound on it to get her awake. My grandma doesn't live in the greatest of neighborhoods and doesn't open the door for anyone. God obviously put a stir in her heart to see who it was. She had enough time to change her clothes, grab her purse, and get out before the house was up in flames. God is so good!!! We just praise Him that the guy was able to get her up. My grandmother has lived in this house for 50+ years, so to her it feels like her whole life is over.

We went early this morning to see if there were things that could be saved. We were able to save some of her photo albums and a few other very special things to her. Everything else is pretty burned up. Please say a prayer for her and for my dad as he bears the responsibility to take care of the details with all of this now. "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles..."
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
The back of the house, where they believe the fire started.
This is from the den looking into the dining room. We were able to save some of her china that she has had for 50 something years.
This is the kitchen. The Fire Chief said the floor was not safe here, so we couldn't go into the kitchen. Speaking of the Fire Chief, after all the paperwork was complete last night, he prayed with my grandma. It was such a blessing that a Godly man was there last night.
The dining room, where we had many Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.
My mom is trying to save this picture that we found on the floor. It's a picture of my dad when he was about 6 years old that always hung on the wall.

Put Me In Coach

What a rainy day it has been. Matt, Keri, and myself had planned to go to the lake this morning but, when we got up it was such a mess. So we have been entertaining ourselves with some interesting things today. We ended our little adventure with a trip to Academy sports and Matt was dying for us to try on some football pads. Keri put her game face on in this one, she's ready! If teaching fails, I can always try out modeling with football equipment.

First Game

Hoover had their first game last night. It was was a jamboree game against Gadsden. I made the trek with a few of the coaches wives and we had a fun time supporting the Bucs. The JV played first and won 8-0 and the Varsity won 8-3. It was a good game! The team running through this enormous sign the cheerleaders made.

These are the Niblett girls. On the left is Harper and the right is Cassidy. I rode with the them to the game and let me tell you there was not a dull moment with the two of them and Harpers younger brother, Sky.
Good game Coach! I grabbed Matt for 2 seconds to take a picture after the game.
On the way to the car. This is Kristin (Coach Kurvin's wife), Cassidy and her mom and my dear friend, Paige.