Monday, October 29, 2018

{Parties, Programs & Life Lately}

Happy Monday, y'all!  It's crazy to think that October is almost over & that by the end of the week, we will be a few days into November.  Time. Needs. To. Slow. Down.

October has been a busy month!  A few weeks ago we road tripped to South Carolina...you can read all about it here.  Most nights & weekends since have been filled with programs and parties...just another reason why I love this time of year!  Here's a quick recap of what's been going on lately...

Winter visited us for a few days...it was cold & rainy almost every day for a week.  Football weather for sure!
Morgan had her last official program at school.
I got to spend back to back days at the doctor...it's hell getting old! =)
I voted...and will be so glad when this election is over.  Seriously, people are starting to get CRAZY on Facebook.
Summer came back...like upper 80's.  Ugh...hurry back fall!!
I FINALLY had a clean house. =)
....because I was hosting a weekend of parties!  Friday night I had about 20 over for a baby shower for a coworker.  We grilled burgers & made s'mores...and this is honestly the only photo I took!  It was a fun, relaxing night & I never even thought about it.
Saturday night I had about 45 people {yes, I quickly realized I need a bigger house} over for a Halloween party!  We had tons of food, cute kiddos in costumes & a fabulous hayride.
 
Sunday was a day full of church & family as we celebrated Morgan's first communion.
And if you haven't tried these, do yourself a favor & GET SOME!!  They are delish!!
Wednesday is Halloween & we have a 60% chance of rain.  I'm hoping it holds out because I have tons a candy to pass out!  We are having a garage sale at my house on Friday & Saturday and then you can better bet I will be decking the halls!! =)

Have a great week!

Thursday, October 18, 2018

{Roadtrippin': BTHO South Carolina}

Hey y'all!  If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you saw that one week ago today, I was South Carolina bound!  This was our longest football road trip to date...not going to lie - those 40 hours in the car got long at times, but we always have so much fun!!

We met at Debbie's around 8:30 & were on the road by 9:00. A road trip is not complete without Dreamsicles, a stop at Bucee's & at least one meal at Cracker Barrel.
We drove about 9 hours on Thursday & made it Meridian, MS that evening.  We checked into our hotel & then headed to supper. Pumpkin Spice margaritas!!
We called it an early night & were back on the road by about 9:00 on Friday morning.  We made a gas stop in Talladega & it was race weekend!
We arrived in Columbia late that evening, checked into the hotel & then spent some time relaxing by the hotel fire pit...much needed after almost 19 hours of driving!
 
Later that evening we headed downtown to the Aggie Headquarters...we had supper & drinks at The Grand on Main & then headed to the State Capital for Midnight Yell!
We crawled in bed around 1:30am and then were up bright & early the next day...it was GAMEDAY!!  We were told that we needed to get there by 10:30 in order to get parking.  The State Fair was going on right by the stadium so it was kind of a chaotic mess!  But, we found parking without a problem, hung out in the car for a while & then headed to the Aggie Tailgate.
Y'all, their mascot is a rooster in a remote controlled "car".  It is seriously the best thing ever!
In typical Aggie fashion, the game did not disappoint.  The first half was kinda boring {& HOT!!  holy heck...we were facing the sun the entire time & y'all - it was bad!!}.  But, the last 2 minutes made up for it.  After the longest 1:55 minutes ever, we finally pulled out the win 26-23.
After the game, we drove about 4 hours back to Bremen, GA.  We checked into the hotel, slept a few hours & then hit the road Sunday morning.  We made the 13 hour drive in one day & arrived back in Brenham around 9:00.

In total, we drove about 2200 miles & spent around 40 hours in the car.  We went through 6 states & I will add, Georgia has the most gorgeous roadsides! Look at all those flowers?!  They were all along the interstate.
 
When we got into Brenham on Sunday night, it was 88. When we woke up Monday, it was 48!  Welcome to Texas!!  Once again, we had a fabulous time!  We made it there & back safely and we brought home the win!  Let the countdown begin to Georgia 2019!!  Gig'em!!

Friday, October 5, 2018

{Small Town Life}

Happy Friday, y'all!  We are officially through our first week of October....and it still feels like summer.  Ugh.  So. Over. It.  Regardless, I've been enjoying all the Fall fun...just with a little sweat.

Tuesday night I hosted National Night Out for our neighborhood.  We didn't have quite as big of a crowd this year, but we still had around 40.  Thankfully the rain held out & it ended up being a really fun night.
The next night was our Homecoming Parade.  Like I've said before, we like to have a parade for EVERYTHING! =)  There was a huge crowd, lots of fun entries & plenty of candy. I really debated if I wanted to go {hello, I was tired from the night before!}, but I'm glad I went.  All the cousins come & we even have "our" corner that we stand at every year...I can't break tradition!
We might be lacking a Target, Hobby Hobby & Chick-fil-A, but it's weeks like this that make me love my small town life!  Have a great weekend y'all!