Memorial Day

I had a crazy weekend! My brother graduated on Thursday night, so we had tons of family stuff going on. I will have to do a post about that later because my sister is emailing me the pictures from graduation. It got too complicated trying to pass around a million cameras, so I said I would just get them from her. One of my favorite parts of the weekend is that two of my nephews were here! They are so sweet! So sweet in fact, they gave me a present while they were here...

So, this is how I ended up spending my Memorial Day! Obviously it's not the best idea to kiss on sick kids!

Squaky

My step-brother is a senior in high school and will be graduating this week! He played football and my whole family was very involved in supporting the team. Every Friday, my parents cooked for the team after school and all the parents would come and tailgate before the games. Homecoming was by far the biggest event! We would cook a steak dinner for the boys and the coaches and serve it under a tent that was setup and decorated with all things football and Cardinals. Two season ago, some of the football moms asked me to paint a Cardinal banner that could be used for homecoming and at all the football games. I quickly realized it was a job that I needed assistance on...the banner is a REALLY large canvas drop cloth! So, Hillary agreed to help me out! It took forever, but was a lot of fun. One of my nephews (he was 2 at the time) saw it and said "squaky", so the name stuck! Squaky has been at every football game since. Well, to my surprise, the moms asked if Squaky could be used in part of the decorations for the Baccalaureate reception today. I was so happy he was going to get to make one more appearance!It brought back lots of good memories seeing Squaky again! I can't believe Lance is finally a senior and our days of faithfully suporting the Cardinals are coming to an end. I think we are going to pass Squaky down to the the next group of football moms. Hopefully they can carry on with the tradtion!

Hog Wild Weekend

Well, this was the weekend that I dread every year. I was so sad on Friday morning when I went to get my baseball ticket for Friday night's game and this is what I saw:The last three tickets for the year!!!! Oh no!!!! I can't believe the season is almost over! One of the reasons I love baseball is because it gives me something fun to do on Friday, Saturday and Sundays. I go to most of the baseball games by myself and have become quite accustomed to that. I usually see people there that I know and sometimes my parents can go or I will sit with some friends, but for the most part I just sit and enjoy the game. Friday though, I was really bummed about going by myself. I think it was just the realization that another year has come and gone and I am STILL by myself!!!! Plus, it was fireworks night and who wants to watch fireworks alone! Anyway, I put my pity party aside and headed to the ball park anyway. I am so glad that I did because it was a game to remember! The Hogs desperately needed to win and they did in the most dramatic fashion... a walk-off, grand-slam homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning! It was amazing! I was so happy after the game that I swallowed my pride and stayed for the fireworks too. Fortunately, the Hogs kept the winning streak alive and won both Saturday and today's games as well to get the sweep over South Carolina. That is huge!!! I left Baum Stadium today with mixed emotions. I was sad to know that it will be a year before I enjoy spending my weekends at the ball park. But, I was so happy that we went out with big wins and with the hopes of making the SEC and NCAA tournaments high! And who knows, maybe this time next year I will enjoy weekends at Baum Stadium with someone special!

New Office and Razorfest

Last week, I was finally able to move into my new office building! I am still in a cubicle, but I have brand new furniture and more space. This is what my old cube looked like:

And here is the new, pretty one:I am so happy in my new office! It is so much better than what I had before!

Last weekend, I volunteered at Razorfest and went to the Red & White game. It makes for a long day, but this is my third year to volunteer and I LOVE it!!! This is a picture of the stadium before the 40,000 people got there:

This year, the VIP tent was set up on the deck area of the Broyels Center. I had never been in there before, so it was fun to take a minute and look around. My favorite thing was The Boot!

There were so many activities going on throughout the day of Razorfest. One of the most exciting things was that they were broadcasting the draft on the jumbo-tron. When Darren McFadden was selected, everyone went crazy!!! It was so much fun! The day was capped off with the Red & White game.

I think everyone was really excited to see the new coach and the changes that are being made. I know I was!!! I can't wait for football season now!