Game 3: vs TEXAS

I'll be the first to say it, we lost. But that's okay. The game may have been abysmal at best for most; however, in regards of the Grove it's like we won the National Championship. We all 'put on the dog' (don't worry Minnie is okay) both in terms of tent adornment and Southern charm. It was a great day.

I'll recap this day in reverse, game first. We watched every second of the game until the last second. The week following the game I listened to Head to Head radio, read articles in print and online, and the one thing every non-Ole-Miss-fan sports follower wondered was why Ole Miss fans were so exicted over a 35 point loss. I have three answers for them: 1) there is an argument that two touchdowns were taken from us, and who knows what momentum changes there would have been in that circumstance; 2) we put up 31 points on a top team, that's a big deal; and 3) the team. The Rebels on the field had more drive, more heart, and more effort than in the past few seasons combined. They proudly played 60 minutes and did not quit. I tip my hat to them and proudly shout HOTTY TODDY!!!

The crowd at the game was amazing. There was so much red! Ole Miss fans in the past were not very good at following the game-day color dress code, but this year we're all doing our part. Before the game the band plays a very entertaining pre-game. Every time they make this "M" I see it as a "W" for "White" or for today it stood for "WIN"--maybe not on the scoreboard but in so many other ways.

 

 

Before moving to the Grove, I must mention that Betty White lead the "Are You Ready. You can see details here, it was pretty amazing. 

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There is so much to talk about. We were told that Southern Living Magazine would be in the Grove and a time that they would allegedly be at our tent--so we went BIG this game. However, even though Southern Living was at the game it became apparent that they were there not to photograph tents but to enjoy the day themselves. They missed out on not coming by. . . Anyway, I will limit my normal chatter to captions and let the pictures tell the story.

 

 

For the tent this week we were dedicated to homemade, original ideas that we thought would be magazine worthy. One of my favorite hobbies is crocheting and loom knitting. For our cannisters that hold snacks, I crocheted cozies--Madeline original patterns. A lot happened that week so I had to finish the second one at approximately 9:30 a.m. in the Grove.

 

 

Here is the second one finished.

 

 

Here are the painted mason jars. The first time hanging! The original plan was to hang them but we were having difficulties. Trey, engineer-brother, came up with the idea of adding washers to the knots.

 

 

This is our back table that holds various things. Today we had a drink station with a new punch holder. Isn't it neat? It's divided to hold two different drinks. Both punches were packets of Kool-aid made with Sprite and fruit juice instead of water, they were both non-alcoholic. Fun Recommendation: pour some of the punch in ice trays and freeze. During the day to keep the punch cool add the punch ice cubes--this way you wont dilute the punch!

 

 

The chalkboard was all Trey's creation this week. There were a lot of pictures snapped, and it seemed to be well received by our Texas guests.

 

 

We out did ourselves on food this week, it was pretty amazing. Click here for pictures of all the food.

 

 

The stand-out food this week was Trey's Rebel Berry Cupcakes. He made them from scratch and even created the recipe! They are a basic yellow cupcake filled with strawberry and ginger jam, topped with a yummy icing and Pop Rocks!

 

 

These were some of our out-of-town guests.

 

 

Again, all the hard work paid off. It's a labor of love that takes group effort.