Cookout at our House!

This past weekend packed full of fun.  Friday night Ben & I had date night and I finally got to have SUSHI which I have been craving for a while now.  We  went to our favorite place STIX and I wish I  had taken a picture of our sushi.  The rolls are just beautiful!  I love wearing my hair "curly" every now and then.  After about 24.5 years of completely straight hair, it was nice to discover about 6 months ago that it has the potential to do a tiny bit of wave... bit just a little... haha

After dinner, to round out our date night, I convinced Ben to go to Wal-Mart with me (he even held my hand walking in the door) so that we could get prepared for our big 'ole cookout on Saturday!  We had a bunch of friends coming over to watch football ALL DAY LONG & we had food to make, TVs to setup, and a house to clean! 

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Katie & Jody arrived at our house before I ever got out of bed (oops), Stephanie & Austin came right after noon, my parents dropped by for a little while around 2pm, and John Wade (who works with Ben) and his wife Mandy came by later in the evening.  

This was our incredible spread of pork, ribs, potato salad, salad, and appetizers in the back.  

Katie & Jody

Austin & Steph

Ben & I (at the end of the night when I could barely keep my eyes open)

We watched the Alabama vs. Kentucky, then LSU vs. Florida, & finally Auburn vs. Tennessee games.  With 2 TVs in our den & 1 TV turned around in the window facing outside so the boys could watch it while grilling, I would say we saw PLENTY of football by the end of the day.  It was alot of fun & we appreciated all our friends coming over & helping w/ all the food! :)  Let's do it again sometime.  

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Sunday, after church, Ben and I came back to Mobile to celebrate his grandfather's 91st Birthday with the Kennemer family.  His Grandmother's birthday was the week before and she turned 84, so it's obvious that we have some longevity genes in this family.  We are so glad that his grandparents have moved to Mobile and we get to see them more often now.  After cake an ice cream, I would say I had been adequately stuffed from great food this weekend :)