iron bowl 2011

dani and i made our annual trip to the iron bowl this year.  while the outcome wasn't ideal we still had a great time.  

now the countdown has begun for our annual girls trip in april!

thanksgiving 2011

for thanksgiving we did our usual routine.  decatur/hartselle for lunch {my family} then birmingham for dinner {michael's family}.  

maggie checking on the mac n cheese....

doing what 14 year olds do.... :)

sweet jackson...

back in birmingham...the jamisons came over from atlanta....

mallory was cracking me up...

frank cooked a delicious non-traditional thanksgiving dinner....

we had surf n turf...steak...grouper...shrimp...salad...veggies....yum!!

then it was bath time and bedtime to get ready for black friday shopping...

trick or treat

michael and i were invited to a couple of halloween parties this year.  however, in typical fashion, we waited until the last minute to come up with a costume.  we went to halloween spirit in tuscaloosa a couple of days before halloween and of course everything was picked over {and packed with kids looking for costumes to their date parties}.  so on to plan b.  thanks to pinterest {where i have been spending all of my time lately} i saw a 'deer in headlights' costume.  so that's what we were.  everyone loved it and we had a great night.

we started the night at archie's party in demopolis.  here we are with archie, the 'illegal alien'...

then it was back to greensboro to hit up buzzy's party....

it was over the top complete with a dj/karaoke...

big bad wolf, bambi, gangster...

full costume...

maybe we'll be better prepared next year!