Ole Miss Beats GEORGIA

I don't know how we got so lucky, but for the biggest Ole Miss football game of the year (against Georgia), the girls didn't have a CBHS game on Friday night! We hightailed it to Oxford after school, and our friends came to join us after dinner. Town was NUTS and so crowded, so it was fun just to order pizza and watch the chaos unfold in our pjs. 

The game was at 2:30 on Saturday (Nov 9), and the rain started around noon. While it varied from a drizzle to a downpour, it was doing something pretty much the entire rest of the day. We thought the game was off to a rough start when Georgia intercepted a pass and then scored within minutes, but we pulled it right back together and NEVER STOPPED! I mean, I still can't get over it- feels like a dream! With maybe about 7:00 minutes left in the game, I asked John what we would do if what we weren't going to talk about happening actually ended up happening. Wouldn't you know it but he was already hatching a plan of how we could get to the field and how we could stay together/ meet up if we got separated (but we weren't going to talk about it as in reality, of course). About 4:00 minutes left in the game, we started making our way downstairs, "just in case." We ended up winning 28 to 10, and WE STORMED THE FIELD. (Well, some ding dong college kids stormed too early and had to get back off for a few more seconds of play, but that WAS NOT US, for the record.)

In the fall of 2002, Ole Miss beat Florida, and John and I separately stormed the field but ran into each other out there. We had just recently met in grad school, weren't dating yet; it was so new and I felt awkward asking for a pic together (with my digital camera) so I chickened out. And I've regretted it for the last 22 years- until that night! Seeing our Rebs beat Georgia and storming the field with our baby girl and KK- CORE MEMORY. Thankful we weren't decapitated by the goal post (thanks, Katherine, for screaming, 'GET DOWN!'), but what a moment to be right in the middle of it together with dear friends and family!

Friday night on the couch

Game (and rain) ready

The little siblings enjoyed play time at the condo with the sweetest babysitter

JUICE!

In place in section P and ready to jump over that fence, which was quite tall by the way. Thank goodness we had John to catch us (and several people behind us too because he's nice).

There goes one goal post over our heads!

Ran smack into Grace Ann!

And then we got to hug Suzanne at their meeting spot!

We walked home where the girls got dry and comfy and agreed to watch the little siblings, and then the parents went to dinner at the Sipp. Who cared about rain at that point when victory was so fresh?! The goal posts went down University and Tyler and landed on the Courthouse lawn for a bit. The energy in town was electric!

We swung by Rowan Oak on the way home for a quick visit for school

And Brandy was coming through Oxford on her way from Memphis to Eupora, so she met us at Sonic for lunch. TIP TOP WEEKEND.

On the Road to Fayetteville

Last fall over dinner in Oxford, the Words and the Toohigs decided we'd go to one away game each year to a college town that none of us had been to. We decided that we'd try Fayetteville in 2024 (Nov 2), and since the Ducks are Arkansas people, we asked them to join us. The sun never came out while we were in town, but we loved the walkable campus, the AirBnB, the cute restaurants, the friendly people, and the hills and fall foliage. HG and SK stayed home to cheer for their last CBHS game, but Cressey and the Ducks played outside in the rain for hours under forts of umbrellas and decorated with rocks. The grownups sat in the den with the doors wide open, athleisurewear on, and a glass in hand, and it was glorious! And our Rebs pulled out a win to boot!

Tovey House was great and in a perfect location

Upstairs had a whole other kitchen too!

Pics of HG from Tina (thank you!)

Dirty feet

Walking to dinner

Bordino's

We ran into our neighbor Graycen!

Found herself a snail, no surprise

I HAD TO, OKAY!!!

My sweet, sweet friend Amy that helped me through some long, hard years of infertility and early motherhood. She now lives in Fayetteville and was so kind to come by so we could visit!

Partners in crime

Hammontree's