Bama LSU Game

Saturday was such a great day in Tuscaloosa! We had several friends stop by the tailgate to hang out and of course the game was wonderful as Bama beat those Cajuns! I'll try to keep this in good taste since some of my LSU friends may be reading :)

Beakie also celebrated her birthday on Saturday (hence all of the b'day decor in the tent).

Can't believe there is only one home game left. This football season has gone by so quickly and it will sad to see it end in a few weeks.

Beakie with her daughter and three of her grandchildren...Amelia, Harrison, and Howell.

me, Amy and the birthday girl

me and my sis

the fam

what a great day for football!

this place was a little crazy once the game was over

me and Steven stopping for a quick picture before we left the stadium (he loves these pictures)

Christmas Village

If you've checked Christie's blog earlier, then you've already seen some of these pictures...

Mere, Lainie, Christie, Raylin and Christie's mom came to Birmingham on Friday to go to Christmas Village. We had the best time shopping and hanging out with each other! I really hate that we all don't live closer to each other, but I am so thankful, that Birmingham is a central location for us all to meet and see each other.

The reason we are all squinting in this picture is my fault...I was the one that wanted a picture once we walked out of the civic center. I thought it turned out pretty cute though.

Christie, me and Mere

Mere & Lainie

Raylin..."let me have that camera, Keri. I want to take your picture!"

Lainie looked so cute sitting in the window sill while we were waiting on our food

It was sad to see everyone head back home after our fun day together, but I look forward to our next visit!

Halloween

I didn't take too many pictures on Halloween, but I will share with you one of my favorite pictures of the day...

Luke & Lexie - the cute bumblebees, Brook - a rockette, and Austin - the Aflac duck (??)

Aren't they so cute?

I cannot believe Luke and Lexie will be three in just a few days! Sadly, I will miss their birthday party on Saturday...there is a big game that day, you know??

Happy 30th Birthday Amy!

Friday night we celebrated Amy's 30th birthday with a little dinner at Cocina Superior then some bowling afterwards. Sorry, no pictures from bowling...I was too busy whipping up on everyone else.

In the bottom picture, Amy is opening the birthday glass that Julie sent for her. It was so cute!

We missed you Julie! Hope you had a great birthday Amy!

A little Fall decorating...

I ran over to my parent's house last weekend while they were getting ready for their SS fall social/party. Mom had the house all decorated with pumpkins, etc everywhere. This lady doesn't mess around when it comes to decorating...especially when there is a theme involved.

these cute little guys are here to meet you as you walk up to the front door...

right inside the front door...little fall village (not to be confused with her snow village that she has out around Christmas time)

snacks for the guests...

this little ghost in the picture below has some age...I remember Mom having this out when I was a young child...sure enough I picked it up and the bottom had "1981" etched into it.

Oh and did I mention that she made the ghost?

another one of the dolls Mom has made...

all ready for the party...

centerpiece on the dining room table...I think this was something else Mom made when she was in ceramics way back when...I could be wrong on this...I am sure she will correct me if I am wrong :)

Now we have moved outside to the deck...isn't this pumpkin so cute??

Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

Let me start off by saying, I love carving pumpkins! Last year I just ran out of time and didn't get a chance to carve one, and I wasn't about to let that happen again this yar. So, Steven and I did a little pumpkin carving with Brook and Austin last night (well I should say with Tim and Austin...Brook just instructed her daddy to what she wanted).

Steven helped Austin get his pumpkin all cleaned out and then Austin did some carving. Brook just stopped by every now and then to check the progress of hers.

Brook with her finished pumpkin. She decided that she wanted both sides of her pumpkin carved...this side has the letters ACC (cheerleading stuff).

Austin's was very proud of his skull and crossbones.

I carved the spider...which you can see in the collage above.

the pumpkin on the right is the other side of Brook's pumpkin. This is a picture of a crown...for the princess, of course!

Both of the designs that Brook choose had to be done free handed, since most pumpkin carving kits, don't come with a crown pattern.

Missy could not find the candles, so just imagine the pumpkins being lit : )

Bama Tennessee Game

WOW, what a nailbiter of a game! I'm glad no one took my blood pressure during the last few seconds of the game, or it might not have been a good report. I'm not sure when the last time I've been so nervous, anxious, and excited all within a four second time span.

Definitely glad to have the win, but that was a little too close of a game!

It was such a beautiful day for tailgating!

These pictures were after the game was over...as you can see the majority of the people were still in the stadium...so it took us a while to back to the tailgate.

Glad Bama has the weekend off next Saturday after yesterday's game...I need some time to recoup.

Pumpkin Patch

Even though I don't have any kiddos of my own, I decided I needed to go to the pumpkin patch this year anyways :)

I tagged along with Margaret and Michael on Sunday afternoon to the Grand ole Pumpkin Patch (along with the rest of Jefferson, Shelby and Chilton County) in search of some cute pumpkins.

Good thing I came along, because while Margaret stood in line to buy tickets for the hay ride, I went to stand in line to get on the hay ride.

Lovin' the hayride...

Michael was in search of the perfect pumpkin and he finally found one just his size.

In case you didn't notice, Michael wasn't too interested in looking at the camera.

Margaret and Michael...thanks for letting me tag along! I had a great afternoon with you guys!

Bama Homecoming

Yesterday was the Homecoming game against the South Carolina Gamecocks.

If you live around here, you know how crazy this weather is. We go from 80 degree weather, to non-stop raining, to temperatures in the 40's. Needless to say, it was a little chilly yesterday during the day (as if you couldn't tell by the way Mom is all bundled up at the tailgate) and of course last night for the 6:45 game.

It was a long but fun day of tailgating and hanging out with some of our friends that stopped by to see us.

Celebrating another Bama victory.