Thankful

I'm thankful for:
My amazing husband, parents, family, in laws, cousins, my grandfather, turkey, a Thanksgiving phone call from my brother, Dad's Strawberry Daquris, a safe car trip, a fun trip to Boone with my sister and brother, snowflakes, sitting in a cramped truck, LuLu in my lap, donations to the Men's shelter, the DeMasters, Sarah's new brakes, Officer Click, memories of Boone, college friends, Drew's smile, our home, our friends, our neighbors, DVR, Chris- our Christmas Tree, colored lights, homemade ornaments, Appalachian State, hippies, flag football, having more than I could hope for, the anticipation of the Christmas season, having people in my life that make me want to be more, do more, give more....

I'm thankful for you.

Quote of the Day

“ In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with. ”
- Brian Tracy (b. 1944) author, motivational speaker

Panthers Game

Mike and I got up really early to drive home from Boone for the Panthers vs. Falcons game. It was a close game right until the end. An absolutely beautiful day for football, Club level seats... AWESOME!

We took Sara and Shelley to the game and had a BLAST!!

Back to Boone we go!

Friday night, dinner at Beth and Jims- whatever Jim cooks, I'm eating.... A-MAZING! We had chicken-sausage pasta with salad for dinner... some Killer Juice wine... I wish I could better describe the meal, as Jim is an incredible chef!
Late night- to Shaun and Erin's to prep for the weekend of fun. Baked 3 loaves of Banana bread and some fruit for breakfast... and we are up and on our way to Boone.
Way too cold to camp this weekend... staying in the luxurious Red Carpet Inn (they allow dogs, ok??)

Shaun, Erin, Mike and I headed up the mountain, getting there at about 9am to meet Van and friends in the lot for some tailgating fun. Van bought an awesome custom pig cooker (there has to be a technical name for this... I don't know what it is though).

He cooked a 100 lb pig and made THE most amazing mustard apricot BBQ sauce. We battled Western Carolina for the Old Mountain Jug, though I don't know that you could call it a "Battle" 79-35 is almost laughable. Mike and I have a pact not to leave games early, we always make fun of people who do... PS- it was FREEZING and we left at half-time... Which means we got to go to my favorite- El Gato de Negro, or for or non-Spanish speaking friends, Black Cat. AWE-SOME! I'm such a sucker for Black Cat! Off to the Red Carpet Inn for a crazy night of partying... hardly! We had a few drinks and called it an early night.

SO much fun with Shaun and Erin and their pups, Addi and Wilson.

Turk-Out, Halloween, Family and Friends

Friday night SaeRae stopped by for a glass... okay bottle... of wine and some time with her God Dog. Then we had Keith & Zoe and Shaun & Erin over for an impromptu night of fun.

Saturday morning Mike and I made apple dumplings for the Turk Out and cupcakes for the Halloween Party. We headed to Winston for Jeremiah and Erin's annual Turk-Out. We got to see Mike Cline- highlight of the trip- and had some yummy fried turkey.

After the turk out we headed home for dinner with Mom and Dad, Pop, Kerry and Brad. LuLu Belle got to play with her cousins and we had a blast! Mom made steak and chicken and baked potatoes for dinner and Dad made the Pina Colodas... tasty!

After dinner we headed to Christy Sayre's Halloween bash... SO much fun! (Who else gets to go to a Thanksgiving and Halloween party in the same day!?!?) I raided Mom and Dad's attic and we created our own costumes :)

Mom and Dad came to pick us up at about 1:00 am... yes, they must really love us to come pick us up from a party at 1:00 am... then I talked Mom's ear off until she snuck off to bed... hehehe

The hunter and the Killer Bee

Mike says " I feel like this picture has happened before"

This is something that we would've done in high school... so good to see old friends!!

I love these girls!!

Flip Cup Tourney

Mr. and Mrs. Sayre

What a GREAT night!!

Sunday morning was brunch and hot tub time with the fam. Kerry and Brad ran a half marathon- CRAZIES! I've tried to talk Mike into a 5K... we've decided running isn't our thing, but we'll be there for the celebration afterwards!

We watched football all afternoon (by that I mean slept on the couch and hung out with Pop) and headed back home.

Seriously, the most fun-filled weekend we've had in a while!!

Weekend at "home"

October 27, 2007

Should've been a weekend at home...

Woke up super early Saturday morning, decided to drive to the Lexington BBQ Festival... SO much fun! Met Mom and Dad C at the Festival, walked around, ate some BBQ, watched the country music acts on the main stage... etc. It was a great start to the weekend!

Relaxed the rest of the weekend, watched football, had a blast.

PS- we carved our pumpkins but didn't take pictures before they molded, ewww.

Black Saturday

The weekend in 6 bullets:
* 6 people, 3 dogs, 1 camper... loads of fun!
* Yummy tailgate with great friends
* My boss and his wife in attendance (GSU fans, boo)
* Beer, Macados, a boss to pay for beer- woohoo!
* Georgia Southern beats ASU... boo
* A bee-yoo-tiful day on the Parkway




A few pictures of the weekend:

Lu Lu and her sisters

Show dog... isn't she pretty?

Our "family"

Playing catch up

So, I'm a little behind on blogging... I'll post a few on what we've been up to...