A few days off...

We are looking forward to a long weekend at the beach while our football team has a a little time off too.

Gamecocks vs Florida

The Gamecocks couldn't pull off a win against the Florida Gators yesterday, Mom & Dad got to go down to the field pregame for 2001, DJ and I got to see Coach McCarney (former Iowa State Head Coach) and his wife after the game...all in all a good day. Now we are off to see our Women's Soccer team play Rutgers in the NCAA tournament.

Amost 80

...degrees that is. The high today was almost 80 degrees and we can expect the same tomorrow. I think that's a few degrees warmer than our friends and family in the midwest have been experiencing.

Two away games in a row...

We have a break from football the next 2 weeks. We play at Tennessee Saturday 10/31 (7:45 on ESPN) and then at Arkansas the following Saturday 11/7. DJ and I both have to work all of our home football games - so we are looking forward to two quiet weekends at home. I think I am going to take Friday off so I can clean the house...there is lots of dusting, vacuuming and laundry that have piled up the last few weeks. Go Cocks - we'll be watching from the comfort of our couch!

Homecoming

This past weekend was Homecoming at the University of South Carolina. We celebrated Friday night with my college's annual homecoming party at the McCutchen House. I didn't see many of my classmates from college but several of my newer friends from the alumni board I serve on were there. Saturday we played Vanderbilt and came away with a victory, although not pretty it was a win. I can't believe I graduated 10 years ago (almost 10 years since I really graduated in December since I was on the 4 1/2 year plan). Maybe we will make it back to Iowa State next year for homecoming...

Teammate of the Month

At work we have something called Teammate of the Month. You nominate people that have gone above and beyond and our AD says "Teammates Make Team Members Better." Our very own was selected as the Teammate of the month for October. He gets a certificate for his office, a small ($100) bonus, 2 tickets to an event at the Colonial Life Arena and $100 to spend with Under Armour.

They also share embarassing photos - so I'm sharing with you! Yay for DJ!

Suggestions?

I am looking at purchasing a photo editing software. I'm not sure which is the best for me. Any suggestions?

Tripp & Bennett

We have a new photos of the boys...I beleive this is their school picture.

Happy 3rd Birthday Tripp

Blogging Hiatus

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I last blogged. After our trip to Edisto we have been in football mode. We traveled to Athens, GA for the USC vs Georgia game on September 12th. It was a heartbreaking loss but enjoyed our weekend with family and friends. Since then we've had 3 home football games - we defeated FAU, then Ole Miss and SC State. Next weekend we host Kentucky for the last of a 4 home game stretch. This will be the first home game for the Smith family and it sounds like Tripp will be coming to the game too. I'll try to be better this month!