Trip to Jackson: Football, Pacers, and Country Fun

This weekend, Helen Grace and I took off after school to hit the road for Jackson. Our cousin, Worth, is a sophomore at Jackson Prep and is playing football as a second string quarterback and part of the kick off return team. They played Bassfield, who was a highly favored team with five players already signed with colleges, but Prep won the game in overtime- a HUGE win!

Helen Grace was happy to watch the game and kept screaming, “Go Worth!!,” but she was much more interested in finding Grace Ann who was hanging out with her friends and watching the Pacers, Prep’s high stepping dance team. She comes by it naturally. Suzanne was also a Pacer, so I have always been fascinated by them too. A Pacer came up behind us in line at the concession stand, and when she saw HG’s ‘in awe’ face, she bent down and talked to her. I thought HG was going to die of excitement! During the fourth quarter, Suzanne had to set up an after-game party, so HG and I helped her. Or should I say, I helped while HG managed the cheese puffs?? We got to see Suzanne’s classroom after the game, and HG thought the biology lab was really cool.

The next morning, we had a nice, lazy morning at Aunt Glo’s. HG drew a lot of masterpieces and went on a treasure hunt in her yard for fall leaves and acorns. Then, we all met Uncle Lary, Suzanne, and Grace Ann for lunch at Newk’s. Poor Grace Ann had an excited little shadow following behind her the whole time!

After lunch, HG and I went out to Reba’s new house in Madison that is still under construction, so that we could visit with the girls and meet their new baby brother, William, who is almost four weeks old. Since the family of six is living in a three bedroom apartment while the house is finished, they were enjoying spending an afternoon out in the country with some fresh air. HG had a ball playing on scooters, exploring the house, and swinging on the tire swing- big ole time in the country!

First high school football game (that I can remember?) After the game, HG and Suzanne were giving the team high fives as they ran past the stands to the locker room. High energy is an understatement! Think she was excited to see Worth?? Drawing at Glo’s (who she sometimes calls Nana like Worth and Grace Ann) Meeting Baby William. He’s a dream- never made a peep- or even woke up, for that matter! Leighton and HG are just a few months apart and got into all kinds of {fun} trouble! She was DYING to hold him and did a great job of it. The horse tire swing was a huge hit. And this is no surprise after a wild day…