Home sweet Auburn

Bringing all three of our girls for our first gameday as a family of five was a delight to our souls. Yesterday was the day that the most of my roommates would be able to meet up- Steph and Beth, we missed y'all! Here are Victoria, Lyndsay, Mikelyn, and myself.

It was a hot, long day for our girls, but all in all, they did great. It's always sad when you know your kids are not at their best with their schedule completely thrown off, and yet they're meeting people for the first time, etc., but we were grateful for how well they hung in there, all things considered.

And we had help along the way. :)

Lynds and Jeff are expecting, so we surprised them with a little Auburn shower as we knew it was going to get trickier and trickier to get everyone together as holidays approach! I made this burpcloth last week- my first to make and not without flaws. Thankfully, Lynds is sentimental about things like that...

We tried this photo several different occasions with similar results each time. Maybe we need to teach Abby Jane how to hug without cutting off air supply. One funny story: Abby Jane and I walked past a student in a particularly fabulous sundress, and I told her, "THAT is a great dress!" She immediately pointed to Abby Jane and said, "No, THAT is a great dress!"

Jake, Mat, Jeff, and Marshall in their blue.

We did not make it around to everyone we wanted to see, but we did get to see my precious Em and pat the Little Bit in her tummy, due in January...

We also made it to the Boney tailgate, where Abby Jane got to play with Quinn, Caroline, and little Bradford. Their sweet "Gammy" loved on the babies and "Sus" (Lindsey's mama) scooped Abby Jane up for her very favorite thing in the middle of a long, hot day.

She has a thing for tubas. We didn't ever get to see Aubie since we didn't get to Tiger Walk in time, but we did see the band...
We also checked out the new arena- A-mazing!
Mat and Vic are naturals with our girls! Mat helped Abby Jane with a cupcake- pretty sure he secured lifelong friendship right there.
"Abby Jane, this is where callouts will be..." Cater Hall is one of my favorite buildings- Beth's and my joint lingerie shower was held there, too!
It was such a precious, golden day. This puts it best.