Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Counting to 6

Riley surprises us everyday. Yesterday we were counting the this is what she did. Where does she learn this stuff? You will probably have to turn the music off to hear her.

Tech beats Texas!!!!!!!

Saturday was a very long day. It started before 7:00am when we went to the ESPN college gameday set on the Tech campus. The line to get in right behind the stage wrapped all the way down Broadway back to University. We met up with our friends Carl and Jenelle and his sister Kimbie. We found a place on the right side of the stage. The sunrise was really pretty that morning. There were sooo many signs! And they were all really creative. The show started at 9am. Bobby Knight appeared on the show and of course picked Tech in his own unique fashion- I think his exact words were "I hope we kick their ass". Then Corso picked Tech and put on the Red Raider head. The crowd went wild. I have no way of telling how many people were there, but it was too bad most of the students were lined up to get into the game back at the stadium. We TIVO'd Gameday and watched it last night- we saw our signs several times and saw ourselves twice. The students started camping out for the game I think last Monday. They named their "city" Raiderville and had a mayor, city council and a population sign that was changed as more students came. By the time we left Gameday, the students were wrapped around the stadium. I think only 12,000 were let into the game. So we left gameday, went home, showered, changed clothes, ate lunch and then went back up to the tailgate. Dad had gone Friday afternoon to put up the tents. We had a lot of fun seeing friends that we had not seen in a long time. There were sooo many people there. Someone said there were more people outside the stadium tailgating and watching the game on tv than there were inside for the game. The game of course was fantastic! The energy was something I had never seen before. And that's saying something since I have been going with my parents ever since I was very little. And bless their hearts- they have been going since before I was born. We have sat through many losing seasons, games we should have won and didn't and of course snow and rain. I think they deserved this win more than anyone. Unfortuantly we still have 2 very difficult games coming up. But even if they don't turn out the way we want, this win was worth everything. The slide show has pictures from all day long, sorry it's kinda long.

Halloween

Riley was a monkey for Halloween this year. I thought that was fitting...haha! She loved the monkey feet shoes that came with her costume. She would wear them around the house with just her regular clothes. The only part she wasn't thrilled about was her hat. We went to a pumpkin patch a week or so ago. Riley tried to go around and pick up all the pumkpins, and the bigger the better. We had a lot of fun. Then on the actual night of Halloween, we were in Lubbock before the Texas game (more to come on that). So we took Riley with Grandpa and GiGi to a carnival at the civic center put on by First Baptist Church in Lubbock. It was crazy! There were way more people there than I ever expected. So we really only stayed for a few minutes. But Riley did get her picture taken with Raider Red. We also had our annual Halloween party. Rhett and I dressed up like Sarah and Todd Palin. Our friends Lindsay and Robert dressed up like Jehovah's witnesses and rode their bikes to our house- too funny! Papa's birthday is on Halloween so we all went last weekend to his house to celebrate his birthday. Riley has started trying to jump up and down. The only problem is that she puts all of her effort into it but only gets maybe an inch off the ground. Most of the time her feet don't leave the ground. She also loves to dance. She dances along to songs in the car.