Yesterday we had the pleasure of going to MY favorite place during football season. Yes, the fam and I took a little trip down to T-Town to watch the Tide play Mississippi State. It was the kid's first game day experience and they had a BLAST! We went early to join in all the pre-game fun and they loved every minute! It was a fun time, topped off by a big win for Bama.
**Side note: Yes, that is my Auburn loving husband sporting his Bama colors! Oh, the things he will do to make his wife and kids happy! Thanks Honey for leaving the Auburn shirts at home!
Stopping for a photo op
Pre-game fun on The Quad. Love the look on Luke's face as he's peaking around Kaylyn while standing in line for the obstacle course.
Photo op in front of Denny Chimes
Here comes Big Al getting ready for The Elephant Stomp. Doesn't his driver look happy about me standing in his path to take a picture???
On our hike back to the stadium from The Quad, the kids were tired from all the playing in the inflatables, so they found themselves a seat to rest in! (While Daddy stopped at every tent to check on the Auburn game!)
Finally in the stadium! "Whoa" was their first word as we walked out of the tunnel at ground level and saw all the bright lights! They were totally amazed at the size of the stadium!
Watching the pre-game warm-ups and The Million Dollar Band
This little boy had SO much fun yelling for the team and shaking his shaker! He got to change seats with Kaylyn at the end of each quarter so the other parent (and the people behind us) could get a break from being beat with his shaker!
Loving her first Bama Game
Doesn't he look thrilled to be there???? (Sorry to the lady sitting a couple of seats down from us who obviously thought I was taking a picture of her. When you cram over 100,000 people into one place, you've got some close quarters!)
A few shots of the game
.....and the final score!
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The big day finally arrived! Santa came to visit the Chilton household! The kids must have been VERY good this year (when I wasn't looking! Ha!) because he brought them lots of goodies! The big hits were their Nintendo dsi's and new bicycles. Luke also got a new train set, which he asks for Every.Single.Year. Seriously, we have enough tracks to build our very own Polar Express. Kaylyn got a new camera, which she has used almost every minute of everyday for photo-documentation of her life!
I think the kids were only asleep just long enough for Santa to deliver their goodies because when I got up Christmas morning, this is what I found! Kaylyn was sound asleep in her bed and Luke was asleep in the chair with his new Toy Story 3 movie. Apparently, they had been up for several hours during the night playing with their new toys, while Chris and I were sleeping soundly in our bed, unaware of all the activity happening in our living room! While I would greatly appreciate being allowed to sleep on any other day, I was disappointed I didn't get to see their faces when they saw all their surprises. Oh well, I guess the days of having to wake them up so they could see what Santa brought are long gone. I think in the future Santa may start wrapping all their presents! Next year.....Benadryl for everyone! Just kidding....sorta!
Presents from mom and dad!
Santa brought us a family gift this year! Yes, we are now the proud owners of a Wii. We have all had fun playing it for the past few days. Kaylyn totally rocks the Michael Jackson Experience and Luke is hilarious to watch playing Wii Sports. He runs all over the place trying to hit the ball in tennis and has managed to actually hit the T.V. while boxing!
