Bama

The Family at Bama - ROLL TIDE!

Yep, that is all of us over there to the left. We had such a spectacular weekend of family, friends and football.

Our hosts for the weekend are business colleagues of my hubby. They rolled out the Crimson Carpet for us.

We started the weekend by dropping off the middle kid with the older one and let her experience a college Friday night. Needless to say, they both looked a bit tired Saturday morning. But, I'm getting ahead of myself. After we dropped her off we headed down to the "C" family's 546 acre hunting lodge - complete with sleeping for 32. Unreal how beautiful this place was. They had dinner waiting for us and we dined outside in their outdoor living room which was heated by a huge fireplace and two huge gas heaters. Perfect.

Saturday we drove into Ttown to watch the game. I had no idea we'd be watching from a luxury skybox. Never been in one of those before, and I fear I am now spoiled forever. Fantastic food, lots of beverages and a perfect view of the field.

I've been to big football stadiums before, but Bama does it right. It was awesome. The Tide rolled to an easy win. We brought both girls back to the lodge with us for the night and enjoyed another nice meal with our host and another couple there to decorate the lodge for the holidays.

The men then settled in to watch the other football games; pivotal match ups that left hubby's fave team, Notre Dame, the only bowl eligible undefeated team in the nation.

I got up early Sunday morning and was able to see 3 deer grazing in the meadow. Later we had a great breakfast and then after a nice long visit with our host and his son, we slowly made our way back to campus. The oldest packed up and came home with us for the Thanksgiving holiday. We stopped for lunch and to buy some Bama gear before we left.

So, that was our amazing weekend. Rammer, Jammer, Yellowhammer, Give'm Hell Alabama!

Fun, fun, fun.