An LC Tradition

Well this weekend is a favorite tradition on LC's campus....Mom's Weekend. Every year we have a weekend designated for moms to come spend the weekend with their daughters. the whole event is spent wearing matching pj's, eating lots of yummy food brought by the moms, taking pictures, a concert by the Louisianians, and a big brunch on Saturday. It's always great fun and the RA's do an excellent job planning and decorating for the event. This year was "Hollywood" themed and I was lucky enough to stumble into lots of decorations when I was home in Birmingham. Here are just some of the pics from the evening.


Meg, Me and Alana


The Louisianians


Mrs. Kathy, our guest speaker


Elizabeth and I in our matching PJs

Breaking All the Rules

So for any of you who know me well you know that I have quite a few quirky rules that I live by. I try not to impose these rules on others but I live by them myself. One in particular has to do with the celebration of holidays. It is against the "rules" to decorate for another holiday before the previous one has passed. Simply put....you cannot decorate for Christmas, which includes putting up the tree, hanging outside lights and even listening to Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving. I don't know why this is such a big deal to me but it is. Honestly, one of my favorite road trips all year is when I have come home for Thanksgiving and am getting ready to head back to wherever I am living at the time because its the first time I break out all my Christmas music. The drive from Birmingham back to Pineville is filled with 7 hours of Christmas pleasure!

Well as of yesterday, October 27th...I have officially begun listening to Christmas music. I couldn't help myself! Shane and Shane released their new Christmas CD and its phenomenal. It's one of those CDs I will probably listen to year round. So I sincerely apologize to all my previous roommates (Amy especially) and friends (Jason Kees) who I threw a tantrum around when you tried to play Christmas music in November because in my world right now IT'S BEGINNING TO SOUND A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

Rock the VOTE

Well well well....at the tender age of 30 I am going to exercise my right to vote. I have taken much criticism from Jen Young Rice as well as other women in my life who have been disappointed with me as a Christian and a woman for not voting. If my voter registration card gets here in time I will be supporting John McCain and Sarah Palin. I won't lie I have lots of worries and reservations about this election and both presidential candidates but I am sticking with the republican party for good or for bad!

Jesse Boy is One

Today is a monumental day. Jesse is one year old today. Elizabeth and I took our cake decorating class with Jesse's birthday cake as our goal. Jesse loves monkeys so it was only fitting that he get a monkey cake. After a few hours of mixing colors and filling bags here is our masterpiece. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSE!

LC Homecoming 2008

This past weekend was homecoming for LC and what a busy but great weekend it was. In my three years here I have never experienced the energy and excitement that I did Saturday. It was wonderful to be able to have a stadium on campus to play the game....a TRUE HOMECOMING. All the events leading up to the game were well attended and lots of fun. Monday night was Fear Factor sponsored by the BCM, Tuesday was Homecoming Honey hosted by the LC Cheerleaders, Wednesday was Last Man Standing, Thursday was Hoedown sponsored by Union Board and Friday was the bonfire and prayer/dedication of the field.
Last year we started a tradition of the homecoming parade. The winning float this year won a $1000 cash prize so Residence Life was in it to win it. We worked on our float all week. I didn't get any really good pictures of it but it was a giant football helmet made of 1500 balloons. Wowzers. We also got the Little Caesars chariot to parade the mascot and Dr. Joe. WE WON!!!!

Here are some pictures of the weeks festivities:


here is the side of the helmet


part of the RA staff riding in the truck throwing candy and shirts


the Wildcat, Alex, and his chariot


the construction begins!


a sweet treat fro the occassion....putting my cake decorating skills to work


Megan and Matt in a sea of balloons


my wildcat paw print pumpkin that rotted before game day

GREAT NEWS

So I have some great news from this weekend.....AUBURN didn't lose!!!! Okay, okay, so Auburn also didn't play this weekend but we will take what we can get. I have to laugh to keep from crying but every team has its down year(s)...let's just hope ours doesn't last as long as Alabama's did. Despite the rough season Matti still sports her jersey proudly every Saturday.

A Green Thumb

Don't worry I don't have some skin disease that is turning my hands green. I have finally begun to inherit by Dad's green thumb when it comes to gardening. About this time last year I began buying some plants for the patio (what little patio I have anyway) and working in the yard. It seemed like every Saturday I was out there piddling and truly loved it. It stinks to realize you're getting older and you have to admit that you like "old people" things like gardening. I thoroughly enjoy being in the yard and seeing my plants grow and bloom. For a while I struggled but as you can see from the pictures below, all my plants are doing well this fall. All the colors make it nice to be outside hanging out while Matti takes care of "business." Thanks Dad for teaching me the tricks of the trade and helping me to keep my plants alive and healthy.