Weekend: Highs and Lows

     Well, we made the journey to Tuscaloosa this weekend with all the other Bama fans; eager to see the Tide take down the Tigers (the purple and yellow ones). We all know how that turned out. We're making it. After the initial shock was over, Kyle handled the loss pretty well. I think we are both happy the football season is officially over for us. No more traveling to games until next year.
     The loss was balanced out with the fact that we had a wonderful weekend hanging out with some of our friends we haven't seen in a while. I'm telling you. There is nothing like hanging out with good friends you haven't seen in a while. I woke up Sunday more upset over the fact I don't know when I'll see some of them next than the actual loss (shhh don't tell Kyle). We were happy to host the Sessions (Ferrill and Rob) at our house for the weekend. They live in Atlanta and came in town Friday night. Ferrill is a pledge sister of mine who happened to marry a Georgia boy. We always enjoy hanging out with them because of their easy going/go with the flow attitudes. Ferrill had an amazing closet in college...I may miss that more than I miss her (just kidding Fay).
     Anyway, Friday night we chilled with the Sessions, ate pizza and went to bed. Saturday we headed to Tuscaloosa bright and early and began our day of tailgate hopping.

                               The Whittingtons and The Sessions
At our first tailgate we got to meet up with my friend Ellen and her hubby Brannon and BJ and her hubby Michael. I also bumped into my freshman roomie Danielle. 

                              Ferrill, Ellen, BJ and your truly

                              Me and Danielle
O, forgot to mention that Kyle's brother and his girlfriend Taura made the 10 hour journey down from Richmond for the game.

                        The bros

     After tailgating on the new "mini quad" we headed over to the big quad and hung out at my friend Morgan's family tailgate. Borrowing Morgan's exact words her dad invited a "real live Cajun" to make jambalaya for 400 people at their tailgate. Let me tell you people, the jambalaya was AMAZING. I honestly woke up Sunday craving another big bowl. Kyle was pretty impressed with the whole operation and  took some pictures for ya'll to see how one prepares jambalaya for 400.

               We really appreciated the Berney's hospitality!

      BJ, Ferrill, and the hostess with the mostest Morgan (a.k.a Mo/Mo Money)

                      Me and the hubby
After hanging out at Mo's tent for a while, we left the boys and walked over to another tent some of our other college friends were hosting. It was so nice being able to catch up with more girls I hadn't seen in a while. We spent a lot of time gossiping, laughing and making fun of each other (in a friendly way).

BJ, Arden, Caroline, McRae and Amanda
We headed back to Mo's tent for the rest of the day (a 7pm game allows for A LOT of tailgating) and that's when "a Christmas miracle" happened...I ran into two of my closest gal pals Callie and Kate. Terrible game day phone service had stopped us from being able to get in touch. We luckily ran into them on the quad. I was PUMPED.

          Kate's the tall blond, Callie's the one holding the Coors. 
So, the rest of the day we just hung out on the quad. I'm pretty sure by this point of the day we all had one (or more) of Callie's Coors and were having a pretty good, of course responsible time.

This is Kate's hubby David Milton Peek (Dave). Kate and Dave have a precious son Mills. Raise your hand if you think Dave has a mini me.

                      Higher, higher. Gosh. Isn't he the cutest?!
Anyway, the evening turned out being pretty fun. Forgot to mention 1977 Alabama alumni, Sela Ward was tailgating beside us for a brief moment. I decided to play paparazzi for a while.

The night was ended with a loooonnnnggg drive home and lots of Sunday afternoon naps on the couch. We were thankful for an extra hour of sleep.