Go Big Orange!



Today was the home opener for our beloved Tennessee Vols.  It was the first sell out for TN in 7 years!  Our friends from NC came over to attend the game with us. 

 We started tailgaiting around noon



 Duane and our redneck oven - we cooked the potatoes on the engine of the van!

 the trusty T grill

 delicious

 broccoli slaw, bbq chicken, baked beans, loaded potatoes and Knock You Naked Brownies & Lemon Chess Bars for dessert

 warming up

 it poured down rain as we entered the stadium

 

 the Circle of Life

 

 I was one shot too early to get a picture of the touchdown

 after the rain, the sunset was beautiful 

 BUTCH was not happy with the ref!

 the band and cheerleaders came to our section to play

Football and Swimming Friday

It's Friday, so that means it's time to break out the orange to support our favorite team.

the kids looked so cute in their orange

 Tonight, instead of having our regular Bible study group, we decided to have an end of summer/back to school pool party.  The kids swam until almost 10pm and the adults could have talked all night! 

Annabelle and Reagan

 

 We had the pool all to ourselves

 Maggie, Cooper, Annabelle, & Reagan

 the girls showing off their handstands

 half of the group was able to make it - we're missing 3 couples

 Maggie and Cooper eating pizza

Old & New Friends

This weekend we had some old friends visit us from Texas.  Greg and Dee have known each other practically all their lives.  Dee was in our wedding as was his oldest son Craig.  Dee and his family were in town for Craig's baptism at church, so it was the perfect opportunity to see each other again.  We hadn't seen each other since December of 2006 (Reagan was only 8 months old).  Both of our families have expanded since then!!  We were able to see each other last night for a few hours and then went to church & lunch together today.  The visit was short, but we had a great time.  Greg and I are already planning a trip to Texas to see them again!

Cooper and Hooper acting silly at lunch time

these two would be TROUBLE if they lived closer

 a forever friendship formed

 Dee, Daphne, Tara & Greg

Hooper, Neyland, Reagan & Cooper

Some of Our Favorites

Just a few of our favorite places that we will miss in Hickory!

our subdivision

 our home

 our church

 the hospital where the kids were born

 our family doctors

 our grocery store

 Reagan and Cooper's pre-school

 Cooper's "new school"

 Reagan's elementary school

 Reagan & Cooper's gymnastics school

 the bus Reagan rode for after school

 our favorite park ~ Reagan had her 6th birthday party here

the Carolina Theatre ~ the site of Cooper's 4th birthday party and many family outings

 where the kids took swim lessons

 the location of many summer camps, family outings and field trips

 the FAVORITE place for dessert

 "friends' house" where we spent every Friday night for Bible study and most Saturdays just hanging out together

 Some of our favorite people~

Ms Deb ~ the most amazing woman who loved on Reagan and Cooper with all her heart

 the Whitfords ~ we're trying to convince them to move with us!

 the Boninis ~ they're "despicable"!!

 the Mungalls ~ they're moving from Hickory in 2 weeks

 the Thayers ~ it was their "duty" to sing songs with us!

There are many more places and faces that we will miss seeing on a regular basis, but we're only a Skype away!