The Auburn Family

A few weeks ago we went with my family to Auburn's homecoming game. This was not Noah's first time to go to Auburn but it was his first time into a game. We had so much fun! This may have not been the best season in Auburn's history but we loved going to the games with Adam's parents and sharing Auburn with my family and Noah!

Rolling Toomer's Corners after victories is one of my favorite Auburn traditions! I remeber my junior year walking there in the deluge after beating #1 Floridia. I can't wait for Noah to be old enough to throw his own roll!

Tailgating with Jason and Michael!
Playing with Auntie Em's sunglasses.
Skipping naptime.




I grew up an Alabama fan. I remember having red and white pom poms and a little red and white purse. I was really a fan of my father. Watching football on Saturdays with him, watching the World Series, going to UAB basketball games, high school football games, Pittsburgh Penguin games, these memories of sharing an interest with him are precious to me. And I was a fan of whatever would grant me more time with my daddy. As I grew older I had two dreams I felt God had laid on my heart. To be a teacher and to be a wife and mother. I was confident that God would reveal to me my husband to me and write our love story with each other in whatever univesrsity I choose. In high school I struggled with really discerning God's voice. I begged Him to make his choice evident to me. I stepped on to Auburn's campus for the first time during a choir competition trip. There was something about the feeling I had that weekend that never left me. Cheesy I know, but true. And over the next year it became clearer that Auburn is where God wanted me to be. Auburn was wonderful to me. It strenthened my friendships, my love for my family, my love for God, my faith, my confidence. And it was where I met and fell in love for Adam. Even though the campus changes almost on a daily basis every inch of it contains some memory. Rolling down the hill at the library at midnight while cramming for exams, planning my route to class hoping to run into Adam, singing on the concourse, playing frisbee golf, hide and seek. Football season brings me back to Auburn and all the things I love it for. Auburn is more than a record or a coach. For me it is about faith, family, and love and hope. I know you are about to gag. But you know how there are some places that you walk into where you just feel at peace? Maybe its your own home or the house you grew up in. For me Auburn is one of those places. That is why I was thankful to marry into an Auburn family who goes to games and are passionate about Auburn. I am thankful I get to share Auburn with my little sister. And now I am thankful to share it with Noah. A couple of weeks ago we took Noah into his first game. We got into our seats just in time to see the band leak out onto the field. He loved the charges atmosphere and all the people. He really loved the little girl's hairbow in the row in front of us. I was overcome with happiness in standing in that stadium next to Adam and holding on to Noah. I hope you can share that same joy wherever you find it with your family!