Roll Tide Roll

We loved every minute of this season with the Alabama Crimson Tide!!
My dad is from Bama. I grew up in CS cheering on the Tide, not the Aggies. We would make big signs painted on sheets and hold them up in the stands and cheer. I was even on tv back in my younger years holding up one of those signs at Kyle field. I wish I could find the picture! Reveille supporting the Tide
So this season has been so exciting and fun..yes, I still love my Aggies, but am glad to have another team to support and cheer for..one that does well on a regular basis makes it even better!Emma told her Texas teacher "Roll Tide"
Emma's 1st football game was a Bama game when we lived in MS and has attended more of those tailgates than Aggie ones to date!
We had a party and celebrated with ourselves..because everyone else there was a Texas fan..whatever..posers ;)! The house was decorated in Crimson, candles, chili, pomegranate champagne, red hots! I also put pics up of us at different games we have attended! It was very festive, if I do say so!gearing up for the game
SOOO I have to say that when Colt got hurt I was disappointed..I wanted Bama to win and have noone say that "if.." I honestly think that we would have won if he played or not. They would have stepped up to whatever they were confronted with. It was their time to shine and congratulations to them..

I am proud of the Big 12 for hanging in there too, though! "I'm behind Bama all the way!"

Our Christmas party

My good friend, Leslie, and I threw a Christmas party earlier in December. I am just now getting around to posting some pics. It was a great time..she hosted it.. and we had the kids (our 4) have a sleepover at our house with a babysitter.

The kids did great, according to the sitter, and slept ok..Emma and Ainsley in the same bed, Britton on the couch and G in her crib.

Daniel and I decided to be responsible and stay at their house overnight, so we wouldn't be driving and drinking. Whoever came was asked to bring their favorite beverage, so we had a ton of different concoctions to try! Pomegranate champagne, caramel apple martinis, beer, wine..you name it, we drank it..and drank it and drank it and drank it!!

That was also the night Bama beat the hell outta Florida..yeah, I know that is an Aggie yell, but hey, I'm an Aggie lovin' Bama fan!! And yes, we are having a party on Thursday for the National Championship game in Pasadena..where I should be instead...don't want to talk about it.

Anywhoo, drinking, dancing, Catch-phrasing...fun times and fun people!! Love my new friends in SA..so here's to a New Year (decade) with great new friends and new things to come!!

Cheers!

Dixie is 10 today

My Dixieland Delight is 10 years old today!!

I can't believe it has been so long and that she is really that old. I think she is handling her age wonderfully..she runs and barks and keeps up with Gauge (4 years her junior) well!

They loved going to Louin this past week with us. They ran by the 6 wheeler as we drove, barked at country dogs, played in the creeks, slept by the fire, ate leftovers and did awesome in the car! Dixie has been my baby since I was a sophomore at A&M. She kept me company long before I had a husband. She kept me safe and most importantly feeling safe each night in my home as a single girl and on walks together!
Dixie is a loud barker and usually scares people and I love her being my guard dog!
She has had 4 litters of her own and cared for them wonderfully. She is a patient and loving momma.

I love my Dixie dog and am so thankful that she has been with me for 10 years through all the ups and downs of life..a wedding, moving and babies!!To celebrate today, she had a bone and we headed to the dog park to run and play in the beautiful weather. She even got pampered with Emma and all her blankets!

A Happy New Year indeed!

So far so good..

Eat your black eyed peas!!

Emma: (watching the Rose Parade) I wish me had a dog like that!! (a float of bulldogs snowboarding down a slope..her favorite was wearing a pink tutu!