Showing posts with label LSU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LSU. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Geaux to Hell Ole Miss!

My Mama and my sister Paula came down a few weekends ago to go to the LSU vs. Ole Miss game.  My neice and nephew, Emily and Jacob, had never been to a game in Tiger Stadium!  It was the perfect weekend for us all to get together, Drew was out of town on our friend JJ's bachelor party, so the girls (poor Jacob) had the house to ourselves!  We had so much fun hanging out cooking Christmas goodies, arguing like sisters, and laughing a lot!





 Maw T passing on her cooking expertise to Afton.

 My poor kitchen!

 Stacie and Paula


Super sweet Divininty!


 Our Thanksgiving table was never complete without my Mom's Giblet Gravy yuck!  Since my mom wasn't going to be here for Thanksgiving, Stacie wanted her to teach her how to make it.  For those of you who don't know what "giblets" are it is a delicious combo of chicken or turkey neck, livers, hearts, and gizzards...like a said yuck yummy!


 I love the look on Stacie's face here!

 Just keep stirring, just keep stirring...
Thankfully I was giving the job of stirring the peanut brittle.

Now that looks yummy!

We had a great weekend ate tons of delicious Louisiana food.  I can't wait to spend Christmas with my Mom and Dad!

Monday, January 9, 2012

Louisiana Football...

ROCKS!

I just can't get over this season of Louisiana Football!  It's been amazing, both the Saints and my Tigers have brought so much pride and joy to their state and to their fans across the US.  I'm so proud to be an LSU alumni everyday, but this year takes the cake! 

All weekend fans were decked out in their black & gold and purple & gold.  While in Wal-Mart "Who dats?!" and "Geaux Tigers!" could be heard across the store.  Pet owners in Petco we're buying jerseies so even their animals could show some team spirit.  Football in our state is like no other, we live it and breathe it.  And win or lose, we LOVE our teams!

Geaux Tigers!  Geaux Saints!



Sunday, November 27, 2011

Thanksgiving Weekend

What a whirlwind of a weekend!  I'm pooped!

Wed. night Drew wasn't feeling so great so Andrew and I watched the Lion King and then stayed up talking over chocolate milk until midnight!  He's such a little chatter box and what am I supposed to say when he tells me, "I don't get to talk to you when I'm in TN very much so can we stay up just a little bit longer."  Of course I think he's already learning how to manipulate "the system" where ever he is, which I guess most kids of blended families do at some point, I try to keep my guard up but that night I let him slide and we stayed up chatting.  I love catching up on his friends, what's going on in school, his new likes or dislikes, and whatever else he wants to tell me.


Thanksgiving was great.  Of course the food was wonderful, Drew's tenderloin was perfect.  We had a small group for lunch: Mimi, Freddie, Aunt Erin, and Mama Day.  My sister and nieces came by for dessert that afternoon, where Andrew discovered he like sweet potato pie. His Daddy was very pleased. :)






Friday we went to watch the Tigers play!  In the stadium Andrew held his hands over his ears the entire first half.  "This is the loudest thing my ears have ever heard!"  And I must admit that Tiger stadium was the loudest I've heard it in a very long time.  So we left just after half time and watched the rest of the game at Chili's, with a vow to remind Andrew when he's begging us to go to the games about this day, when he wanted to leave early during the last home game when the Tigers were undefeated because it was "too loud!"  ;)

 My favorite Tiger fans.

Saturday was birthday party day for Andrew!  It was a yucky day outside so we canceled the spacewalk and after the pizza party at our house we took the kids to see a movie or Andrew's choice, The Muppets.  (Aunt Erin and I were secretly hoping he would pick the Muppets!)  It was pretty hilarious and very Muppet-esque.  As we were leaving the theater Andrew turned and said "This was a great birthday for me!"  He loved the movie, he sang the closing song the rest of the afternoon. :) 

 
 Good morning presents, who doesn't love those?!

 Mmmm, mmmM.  Love that face.





 Now there are some handsome Andrews.

 Birthday kisses.

 Carrie Addis!

 The boys:  Brady, Andrew, Triston, & Cole

 Andrew's reaction to Battleship, lol!

 And to Wii Monopoly!


 Make a wish!

On Andrew's last night at home we let him sleep with us, it's become a tradition.  As our bed filled up with a Daddy, a Do-Da, a puppy, and a seven year old little I thought, I couldn't wish for much more right now.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

The Game of the Year

In case you haven't heard this weekend is the National Championship of College Football...no it's not the Sugar Bowl but it might as well be.  I've never seen hype like this before a regular season game!  Baton Rouge is so pumped, anxiety is running high, and no one wants to say much out loud at least not without knocking on wood first.  I'll be watching the game in Tyler, TX this weekend but my heart will be in Tuscaloosa with my team, my Tigers, my Alma mater.  Geaux Tigers!







These are the shirts I ordered for the BIG game!

Our shopping crew are wearing these on Saturday!


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

T! I! G! E! R! S!

My friend Britt emailed me this link this morning, she said the article brought a tear to her eye.  A woman crying about football...that's the effect SEC and LSU football has on the people who live and breathe it for a whole lifetime.  This article is great, I don't think I've read anything that captures a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium better.  I hope you enjoy it and you feel the same what this outsider did:

"It left me in awe, yeah, and it made me a little bit jealous, too. But mostly, it just made me want to come back to Baton Rouge for every fall Saturday for the rest of my life."

An LSU football game should definitlely be on everyone's bucket list!

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2010/11/9/1801841/lsu-football-baton-rouge-nick-saban-les-miles