What we've been up to

Okay, these pictures are so out of order but that's okay. We have had a busy and fun month! Chandler's all-star coach, Dr. Bryan Givhan, gave Richard 2 tickets to the Alabama/Georgia game in Athens on 09/27. Richard and I decided that would be a good time for us to do something and get out of town since our anniversary was on Oct. 3rd. So, we took the kids to Richard's parent's house that Sat morning and headed to Georgia. We stayed in a hotel outside of Atlanta. We checked into our hotel about lunch time and just hung out for an hour or so then headed to Longhorn Steakhouse to eat. Richard ate at 24 oz steak along with an appetizer, salad, bread, and a baked potato! Man can he eat! He said the steak was awesome. We left there and headed to the game. We didn't know where to park or anything so we just parked in the recreational center parking lot and prepared to walk a really long way. But, they had buses that took you right to the stadium! It was great! We were the only 2 Alabama fans on the bus and some of the people were joking about not letting us on and stuff. I said, we'll just sit in this corner and not say anything. Richard said, well, we figure we'll have the bus to ourselves on the way back cause ya'll will be leaving about the 3rd quarter! They got a kick out of that. Little did we know that he had it about right!
We did have some drama and almost didn't get to see the game. We take our tickets to the gate and the guy tears off my stub and then says, wait, where's the hologram on this one? There was a little oval hologram on the top of the tickets and one of ours had one and the other one didn't. I was just like I don't know. So he tells us that it's not a valid ticket, calls a security guy over there to look and this man tells us the tickets no good. We were freaking out and saying that the seats were right next to each other, etc... and he's just like, it's no good and walked away. It was the most dejected bad feeling! Richard was asking how much cash I had to buy a ticket from someone but I was determined to talk to someone and get it fixed! We went to the will call window and explained it to the sweet old man there. After talking to someone else, he gets out this green notepad and writes us a card for replacement tickets. I could have kissed the man! So luckily everything worked out and we got to see the game. It was so much fun! Richard couldn't believe the score at halftime. He just kept looking at the scoreboard thinking, does that really say that? We sat with a ton of bama fans way up high but could see great and had a blast! ROLL TIDE!

Score Board at half time.
The Alabama fans in the lower seats still singing Rammer Jammer!
As requested, Meaghan, a picture of me pregnant.


Us before the game...excuse my hair!

The weekend before this was full, too. Caroline, Mary, and my dad got free tickets to Alabama Adventure from Mercedes so me, Caroline, and Elizabeth took the kids. Chandler went over to Atlanta early with a friend to go to Six Flags (we were going to a Braves game the next day). The kids had a great time. It was pretty cool, cloudy, and rainy most of the day but that didn't stop them from having fun.

Cute cousins...Shelby, Sydney, and Hudson

Having a blast!


They loved this roller coaster! I was so proud of them for riding it all by themselves. They were so fearless!
The next day was a Braves game. Hudson was #21 this fall in baseball and Chandler has always been #21. I did not get any pictures of Chandler at the game. We went with his all-star team (again at the treat of Dr. Givhan) so the seats were kind of split up so he didn't sit with us. All the players sat together.

Hudson and Rickey. (Richard's dad) We had a good time and the Braves won!

We have been very blessed this year with great friends and family who have treated us to so many great things! I hope we are able to return the favor somehow!