Football Weekend

This weekend was filled with activity left and right. Friday night after work, Chase and I went over to our friend Marty and Matt's house for dinner. They cooked hamburgers and hot dogs and had a feast of appetizers. Then Saturday morning we got up and went to Caroline's soccer game (tied 5-5) and then we went over to the Chapel of the Cross's Day in the Country which is their big event they have the first weekend in October. It was filled with music, food, vendors, games, and more.

Caroline and Ava enjoying some smoked corn on the cob

After Day in the Country, Chase and I drove down to Hattiesburg for the Southern Miss game versus Marshall. Final score was 41-16, Go Eagles!! Emerson came again with Nana and had a great time with his foam finger. Then as if we hadn't had enough football, we headed out straight from the Southern game and drove to New Orleans to meet up with his sister and then go to the Saints game on Sunday. We started the morning out right eating breakfast outside on the terrace overlooking the Mississippi River. Then we headed to Bourbon street where they have 3 for 1 drinks. After filling sufficiently ready for the game, we headed over to the Superdome for the game.

Michael and Tracy at the game

Viking Classic

Yesterday while I worked, my dear husband had a tough time attending the PGA Viking Tournament that is going on in the Annandale neighborhood next to ours. His sister was nice to give him two tickets to sit under the Bank Plus tent where he was pampered with free food and drinks all day long and got to watch the action on the 18th hole. It was so tough he had to come home and take a nap from a long, hard day of work. I'm not bitter, I swear.

Exposed

Last night Josh invited Chase and I to attend a fundraiser event for the Mississippi Craft Center.
Unfortunately we ended up getting their a little late, so we missed his grand entrance down the stairway, but he was still the highlight of everyone's night I think. In a sense, he was the photographer for their calendar where he took pictures of artists posing with their "craft" if you will. And only their craft. (i.e. butt naked) It was a fun night and everyone walked around trying to get Josh's autograph. I felt like he had a mini paparazzi crew around him all night. As you can see from the picture below why he had a following.

Quick Trip

Yesterday afternoon me, my dad, and Chase packed up for a quick trip to Troy, TN which is where he is from. Being a last minute trip to see my grandmother, we didn't have many of the plans figured out. As a result, we didn't even start our 5 hour journey until roughly 7pm. Either way, we made the most of it. Since we weren't going to get there until after midnight anyway, we decided to make the most of the trip. So we decided to take a pit stop in Memphis and eat dinner at Rendezvous which is a famous BBQ place in downtown Memphis. We didn't get there until about 9:30, so we were able to sit quickly and enjoy their famous ribs without any wait at all.



This morning we woke up and enjoyed breakfast at the lovely Hospitality House hotel and then went to visit with my grandmother. It's been 3 years since I've seen her, so it was really nice to visit. Her health has been failing, so I cherish any time I have with her. Even though it was a quick trip and I'm not sure she completely understood everything we said, it was well worth it.


On the way back we went to visit with my aunt and uncle and then went by my uncle's radio station. My uncle is not only mayor of Union City, TN, but he owns a couple of radio stations. It was interesting to see behind the scenes on how all that technology works.

Then on the way out, we took Chase on a tour of Troy since he had never been up that way. Clearly the Hailey family is famous because part of Highway 51 is named after my grandfather.

This is the old Hailey's Hardware store that sits on the downtown square in Troy.
Then luckily on our way back we stopped at a rest area and I caught a picture of this lovely sign. Now, I'm not sure how many people have been to the great state of Mississippi, but we just rolled out this new welcome sign in the last year or so. Needless to say, we got bold. If you were not aware, we are apparently the "birthplace of America's music." That's right, "America's music." Jealous? Our signs used to say something along the lines of "Mississippi, It's like Coming Home" which was nice and quaint. Now we have entered into a whole new ballgame here. It makes me laugh every time I see one, so I was excited to take a picture.
Now we're home and Chase is off to New Orleans for the Saints game tomorrow and I'm heading to Ashley's house for dinner with the girls. It was a nice trip, but I'm happy to be home.

Fall is Here

This past weekend Chase and I took Maggio and Amanda out on his boat for probably one of the last weekends we'll be able to do that. (note, you will not see a picture of the "Monkey Business" on here because the boat is simply a joke) Nonetheless, we had a great time hanging out on the Reservoir (Ross Barnett Reservoir that is).


Then Monday I was off to Austin, TX for a few days for work. I wish I could report more exciting things that I did in Austin, but to be honest I saw the inside of a hotel and a conference room most of the time. I did have a great time and met a lot of great people. I know one place we ate was called Vino Vino and the other night we went to the 6th Street area which is apparently where the college kids hang out. I did manage to take one picture from the inside of my hotel room on a rainy day. Other than that, I got this picture from the internet of our hotel, the Omni Downtown.

To The Top!

For those of you who don't know, anytime you attend a Southern Miss event and they yell "Southern Miss!"...you must yell "To the Top" as loud as you can. In the football world, they do this every time we get a 1st down. Needless to say we screamed it a lot last night when USM beat Kansas 31-16. The game was great and Chase and I had a good time with Tracy, Michael, and Emerson. They had never been to a Southern football game, so they came with us on Friday. Emerson didn't really know what to expect since it was his first football game (other than our high school). He seemed to really like everything except for the loud noise (hence the pictures where he has napkin stuck in his ears....).






This morning Chase woke up to play golf and I went to a Southern Miss Centennial Leader Reunion on campus. 2010 marks the 100 year anniversary of the university, so they had student leaders come back from the past decade to reminisce and visit. I was on a wonderful group called Southern Style which is the orientation group for the school. We had the honor of wearing these awesome gold jackets (joke) and representing the school. It's too bad I can't find any pictures of the gold jackets. It was great to see a bunch of our group from 2005 there along with many others I haven't seen in a few years.

Then of course I had to swing by the DG house. When I was in school, we lived in this lovely Panhellenic dorm which was simply amazing (in an old, rickety, dorm style). While I was there, we had the honor of raising money for a Sorority Village though, so those after us could live in a lovely house instead of a floor in a dorm. While I do miss the days of "Panhel", I do admire the new house the girls have now.


Southern Miss! (TO THE TOP!)

Quills & Thrills

This past weekend has been packed with fun. The weekend really started Thursday with the Saints season opener versus the Vikings. I unfortunately did not make the game because (a) I had to work and (b) for some reason I still not have tickets even though my dear husband has had them for 5 years now. (Not bitter here...) Chase and his friends enjoyed the game and stayed in New Orleans that night.

Friday night while Chase was in Hattiesburg, some friends and I went to Hal & Mals to listen to my brother play in a band named Quills. They are a Tom Petty cover band and in a nutshell, they were awesome. Everyone was up on their feet dancing and having a good time. Below is a picture of Josh being a rock star.


Saturday morning I woke up bright and early to coach another soccer game which we won 5-2. Then I got ready and met Chase's mom to ride down to Hattiesburg for the first home football game of the season, USM vs. Praireview. We won 34-7. Next up we play Kansas on Friday.

Now today I'm back and have been studying for my P&C licensing exam I take this coming Friday. I did take one break today, however, to plant some Daylilies with Chase's mom. His sister, Tracy, had them at her house and they were absolutely beautiful. She was nice to "split" them for me to share the love. I'm learning about gardening slowly but surely. Either way, we planted about 20 daylilies throughout my flowerbeds (see pictures below) and now I just have to wait until the spring for them to bloom! Keep your fingers crossed. The last two pictures are two of the ones that were at Tracy's house when they were bloomed earlier this summer. I'm not exactly sure what color mine are or what they will look like, but I'm excited about the prospect of having color in my front yard. I'll update in the spring with pictures.