Bowling in the Music City!

This week I just got back from Clemson's bowl game in Nashville where we played Kentucky in the Music City Bowl. Last time we were there we played Kentucky but the outcome wasn't good. This year we won 21-13! It was a great win for our coach in his first season and for our graduating seniors, who we will miss!


Can we talk about how cold it was at the game? I had multiple layers on and was still freezing! This is a picture with Elizabeth my Alumni Association BFF. She helped host our event at BB Kings!

I was actually at the bowl game this year for work. My coworker and I were lucky enough to be able to host an event the night before the game at the BB Kings Blues Club. We had never had an event before and weren't sure what kind of crowd we would have. We kept saying that we would be happy if 50 people showed up. To our surprise we had about 250 people show up and were very excited. We can't wait to host an event at next year's bowl game!

These are the fun ladies that I spent my weekend with and had a blast! Maybe next year Colin will get to come! Go Tigers!

An Indiana Christmas.

Nothing says Christmas then being at home with my family and seeing snow on the ground!

I got to spend time with all my friends and family while in Indiana. I have to admit..I think I might have spent more time at the mall than anywhere else! I went shopping with my Mom, Colin's mom and my BFF Jessica. While I didn't buy much, it was so nice to walk around with my favorite people to shop with!

I also got to have dinner with my gymnastics family at our favorite hang out- Pepes! I wish I would have taken pictures of us all, but sadly I didn't. There isn't a dinner with them that I don't almost cry from laughing so hard. It was so good to see Cindy, Renee and my adoptive children! I terribly miss coaching gymnastics at LAGC.

Colin and are I blessed that our parents live literally like 30 seconds from each other. It makes for easy traveling during the holidays. On Christmas Eve we always spend the day with Colin's side of the family. We ate a wonderful meal prepared by Colin, went to candlelight service and then opened presents. After presents we all played the game Loaded Questions, it was a great time! Here is a picture I stole from Lauren's facebook (it was the most normal we all looked).

The on Christmas Day we spent the day with my family. We did our normal Christmas routine. We woke up and opened presents followed by egg casserole (it wouldn't be Christmas morning without it). Colin got the new Super Mario Brothers Wii game and we spent the afternoon playing that. My poor Mom got a migraine and slept most of the afternoon but Dad made a wonderful meal of lobster and fillet.


I was so sad when I had to leave both of my families and friends the morning after Christmas!

Theres No Place Like Home...

I am home.

There is nothing much else to say but that.

I have already gotten to be with both sides of my family, go shopping with my mom, see my best friend for a few minutes, eat at my favorite place on Purdue's campus and even try a new spot.

Simply Wonderful!

We Are PURDUE!

This weekend Matt, Lindsey and I took a little road trip (5 hours) to the University of Alabama to watch the Purdue Boilermakers take on the Roll Tide. Colin wanted to go but he had to work :0( Matt and I both graduated from Purdue, so we were both real excited when we saw they were playing fairly close to us this year. We recruited Z to come along and pretend to be a Boilermaker fan! She played the part perfect! Here we are when we first got to the game.

For most of the game our beloved Boilers were behind but then they fought their way back for a victory! There were about 200 Purdue fans at the game and let me tell you, we were loud! There was even a little Alabama fan who was yelling at us to "shut up" when we were cheering and giving us a thumbs down! Here is a picture of the boys on the court.

Below is the picture of us celebrating after the game! We Are PURDUE! Boiler Up!!

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Again, I am slacking but with the holidays just around the corner we have been busy decorating! This year is the first year in our home and we couldn't wait to put up Christmas lights outside! The Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend Colin and I went to Target to get all the outside decorations. Colin gets all the credit for the lights outside and I might be a little bias...but I think we have the best house on the street!

My mom and I did some Christmas shopping the Black Friday morning, let me tell you how crazy those people are at 4 and 5 in the morning! Below is my best purchase from the morning, the trees! I got those two trees for $40 bucks from Target...they are normally $95! It even came with a wreath and garland. We put the garland inside.

Below are some of our Christmas decorations inside the house. Enjoy!

I am so excited to have our decorations up! I love to sit in the living room with all the lights out in the house besides the Christmas lights! Have a wonderful holiday!