Hail Dear Old State

It's been a minute since we have been in Starkville for a game day and man, it was so good to be back! The game was super early, so we visiting with Bully for a few minutes and

Stopped by our favorite tailgate spot. I just love seeing all these kiddos together!  We missed having EK with us big time but she was busy with rehearsals and couldn't miss😔

As we were driving home from the game, I was doing the math in my head. Next fall, I will have been friends with these precious girls for half of my life!  That is wild!!! What a gift they are!!!

After our quick visit at the tailgate, we made our way to our seats for the game. Some dear friends invited us to sit with them in their skybox. We had the best time with them while we cheered on our dawgs to a W!

My kids would trade me for Ms Shannon in a heartbeat! 

Since EK wasn't with us, Reese had to fill in as big sister. She played with the little 2 and was a great baby sitter/entertainer! 

One of the main reasons  Emma hasn't been to a state game yet is 1) she despises being hot 2) she doesn't love crowds 3) she doesn't like a lot of noise...you know, all the things that you find at  a college game with 60,000 cowbells in the Mississippi heat! So, the skybox was a dream come true for this little diva. She loved it and shook her cowbell so hard that she threw out the ringer!

After the game, we stopped by a few more tailgates to visit some friends. My kids love all the "big kids" from the youth group! 

I miss not being in Starkville for every game. I miss the atmosphere and the excitement. I miss my friends and getting to fellowship. So, it was so great to be able to experience those things over the weekend,  but I'll be honest, if you told me we needed to pack it all up again and be back up there in a few days for the homecoming game, I might go hide somewhere covered in hives and cry a little! I'm out of practice so I'll just stick with cheering from my comfy chair in my house shoes!😉