October Beach Trip 2009

Julia spent the first week of October in Destin with Trey's parents, sister and Noah. She had a great time playing in the ocean, in the and and swimming in the pool. We missed he dearly at home, but were super excited for her to spend time with her grandparents. We went to Destin on October 9th for a long weekend and to pick up Julia. It was a great trip and the weather was wonderful.

Tailgating

We have fallen in love with tailgating at Mississippi State Football Games. We have a great time socializing with old MSU friends and making new ones. The kids love to play out in the grassy fields with all the kids. There is always a pick up game of football or kickball for them to be involved in. We were so happy that at the Georgia Tech game it was not raining so the kids were able to play more than the previous games. The game was not that great, but we did have a great time. We have been smitten by the MSU bug and hope to have many more family memories attending games at and spending fall afternoons on the grounds of MSU.

Savannah's Third Grade Play

Savannah's play this year was tribute to the jazz. Once the kids get into 3rd grade at Winfield they do not dress up. The play was very cute and the kids did a great job. Savannah's song that she performed to was "Workin'". Savannah is a little ham and loves to be on stage. She most definitely got into this song and got a few laughs from the audience.

(Savannah and Mrs. Gray)

(Reagan, Anna Kate, Savannah, Meg and McKenzie)

(Savannah and McKenzie)

(Savannah and Meg)

Alana's 9th Birthday Party

One of Savannah's best friends has a spend the night party at a hotel in Tupelo for her 9th birthday. Unfortunately for Savannah, Alana's mom is one of my friends as well and asked me to go with them for another adult supervisor. The girls had a great time swimming, playing games and being away from home. It was a great birthday and I think Alana had a very happy birthday. We love her and the Ballard family so much!

Fall Baseball

Fall baseball has pretty much ended up being a very rainy season. Jack has a great coach, Chris Cook and a great team. The first game the boys played half of an inning and got rained out. Hopefully the season will improve.

MSU vs. JSU

This year we bought season tickets to Mississippi State football games with one of my college roommates, Amanda. The opening game was September 5th and we had a great time! We went over to Starkville early to tailgate with one of my other roommates, Amy Mardis, and some of her husband's family. We are so excited to have tickets this year! The kids had so much fun and cannot wait until the next home game. We are raising true Bulldogs! They even snuck in their own cowbells into the game. Yes ,we are teaching our kids early to do illegal things. At least it is not something that is going to hurt them, it is something that does mean a lot to the team we are cheering for. I cannot imagine being at Scott Field without the cowbells ringing.

The game was great, especially since the Dawgs won 48-7. We won't see many wins like that this year. The only downside to the game and day was the rain. Thank goodness Amy, Chris and Amanda had extra ponchos they could share with us since we didn't have any with us. Trey bought one for himself and Jack. We will take them with us from now on.