Semi-Finals game

The Cougars lost today to Midland Christian 49-7. The loss hurt, but we were the first team to score against them since the playoffs started! They will most likely end up winning State next Saturday.

In other news, Mississippi State won against Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl 31-3. I'm sad I missed it, but I'm way more happy with my decision to stay here & cheer on my brother.

I'm going to church tomorrow morning with my family & then I'll head out afterwards to go back to State. I only have one week of classes left & one final so I'll be back home in about a week. I don't wanna leave, but at least I won't be gone long!

Before I go, here's a pic of Lin putting his stuff on the bus this morning when they left at 7:30. It was awesome sending them off, standing in the pouring rain!

And here's another picture of Naomi & me. We made matching hats & wore crazy blue eyeshadow & eye liner to cheer our Cougars on! (this pic is courtesy of Naomi. Once I put on my gloves I couldn't use my iPhone!) Aren't we adorable? :)

Regional Championship Game

I can't believe it's been a week since I've last updated this. It's wonderful being home, but it has also made me slack off... I've only been on my laptop once since being home. I keep thinking "I should update about what's been going on" and then I manage to convince myself to push it off to the next day.

Well, here's the recap of what's been going on.

Thursday, I got in around 2 to Tyler and went straight to see Mom at Memaw's house. I then went to see Lin after school/before football practice and then went home after a quick stop at Brookshire's to pick up a few groceries (man, I missed that store!). Mom made pot roast with potatoes, carrots, and homemade bread! Nana had intended to come & eat with us, and then John, Naomi, & Hazel also ended up eating with us. They didn't intend to, but it wasn't hard to convince Naomi once she heard we were having fried okra!

Friday I went with mom to aunt Leah's and we visited for a while. We went back home and got ready to leave for Lin's football game. Grace played Northland Christian from Houston for the Regional Championship. It was in Buffalo, TX at their new stadium there. A bunch of our family came. It was a great time full of football, cheering, & laughter. I forgot how much I desperately missed high school football games! Grace ended up winning 28-21. It was such an awesome game. We were standing most of the time, ringing our cowbells, and being as loud as we could!

Naomi & Me after the game was over!

Me & my sweet Mama after the game

Me & My brother... can't believe he's taller than me now!

A bunch of pictures from after the big win!! We now have 3 trophies!

We celebrated with the team for a while after the game. The field was new, so Buffalo wouldn't let us go out on it like we usually would after a game. Coach Maddox was awesome, though, and led the team out to the bleachers where we could all crowd around them and pray and congratulate them. It was a wonderful night!

I slept in a little on Saturday and then went over to my sweet Nana's for biscuits & gravy she made me for breakfast (my absolute favorite!). We helped her hang some pictures & do little things around her house. We went back home & just messed around until around 1 when Lin got back from watching film up at the school. We unloaded a trailer full of branches from a tree they cut down, and then came back to the house to watch the State v. Arkansas game at 2:30. It was a sad loss, but it was still nice to be able to watch the game with my family. That night Lin & I went to Tyler with our cousins Abbi & Gray to get some ice cream & hang out a little. It was great seeing them. It's weird how we all grew up together, yet now we hardly see each other.

Some of our adventures in Barnes & Noble. I love how crazy we are together!

Sunday morning we went to church and it was awesome being able to go to a service at Grace again. I forget how much I love it there. And it's really nice now because John & Naomi have started attending church there with us. I basically spent the rest of the day with the family doing stuff around the house and just enjoying being home.

On Monday, I pretty much spent all day over at Naomi's. We visited during the morning and then went to town with Patti to get some ornaments & materials I needed for a project. Then when we got back to Naomi's house, we got working on my Toms. I've worn the pair Nana got me last year out and they were starting to get holes in the toes. I wanted to save them somehow & decided on covering them... let me tell you, it's much harder to do than it sounds! I think they're going to turn out awesome, though!

My recovered Toms project

Tuesday was the big Dallas trip. Nana had a catering job she did for a company and all we had to do was drop off the food to them around 11:00 am. Since we would already be in Dallas, we decided to do some shopping. Abbi got to come with us so that was wonderful! We started off eating breakfast at LaMadeleine's... it's basically a tradition for us it seems, but they have a wonderful breakfast there! We went to several stores and the Galleria. They had their Christmas tree up and we all got pictures. We then went to Matito's for lunch/dinner around 4 and it was delicious! Some of the best Mexican food I've ever had!

And today has just been full of cooking and trying to get ready for Thanksgiving tomorrow, along with me stitching on my Toms whenever I get a chance! My fingers are so sore!

Hopefully I'll update again soon about how Thanksgiving went! Hope everyone has a wonderful day tomorrow!

Bulldog Bash & Alabama Game

I can hardly believe I'm updating this soon since my last post! Haha! It usually takes me a couple months before I make it back here.

This weekend was big. There were a lot of events happening all over campus. The weekend kicked off with Bulldog Bash. Every year Bulldog Bash is held in the Cotton District (pretty much our downtown here) and local businesses help sponsor it. Bands and musicians come from all over and perform pretty much all day in various parts of the District on different stages. It's a lot of fun to be able to walk around and hear different music from lesser-known artists you probably would never have heard before.

They always have headlining artists come, too, to finish the day off. The past years I've been here, Third Eye Blind and Jason Mraz were the big names that came. This year they had two: Jake Owen and the Avett Brothers. I know there are a lot of Avett Brothers fans out there, but I haven't really heard much of their music so I wasn't as excited about them. But I knew Jake Owen! I've loved his music since a friend of mine gave me a copy of his first CD! So I was pretty pumped he was coming this year.


I dragged Amanda out with me and we had a great time at the concert! We only went for Jake Owen, even though the Avett Brothers were going on after him. The crowds were already pretty rowdy (I mean, it is a concert, so that's kinda expected!) but then more and more people started showing up and were just being plain rude. They kept pushing in front of us and getting to where we couldn't see anything and were mushed between people. They didn't care that we had gotten there early to get our spots. Oh well, we were still excited about having seen Jake Owen!


Sorry for the fuzzy quality... it's hard to zoom in close enough for a picture on my phone, let alone the fact that people are moving around you & not letting you stay still long enough for a clear shot. Jake did bring his bulldog with him (far right, middle picture) out on stage to begin with. We all went crazy for that... I mean, we are the bulldogs!

Saturday was the big Alabama game. I took a picture before the game started because of how pretty the sky was, but I didn't get any pictures of the game because I was too invested in what was happening to think to take a picture or two. It was a great game overall. Yes, we lost, but our boys played their hearts out. We aren't even ranked right now (it's been a tough season) and Alabama is (#3 as of the posted rankings on espn right now) and still managed to hold the final score to 7-24! LSU didn't even score a touchdown on Alabama last week in their game. I was so proud of our defense, especially, and how they stood up the Bama's offense and didn't allow them to run all over us. It was a great night to be a bulldog, standing up in the stands ringing our cowbells & screaming at the top of our lungs! Amanda & I stayed to the very end and then sang the Alma Mater with the team.

It's hard to believe that I only have one more home game to go to as a student. I can't believe this semester (and year) is quickly winding down! I mean, we only have this week of classes, Thanksgiving break, and then one more week of classes before final exams!

On a side note, my brother's football team won their game Friday night! They won their district last week and this weekend they won their Bi-Regional Championship game. I can't wait to be home this weekend & actually go to one of his games! It'll be for the Regional Championship and the team they're playing is Northland Christian out of Houston. From what I've seen online, they're going to be pretty tough, but I have faith in my Grace Cougars! Here's a pic of my brother (the goofy one on the left) with two of his buddies after the game:


Hope y'all have a great Sunday and enjoy what little bit of the weekend y'all can before everything starts back up again tomorrow!