Fall is HERE!!!

Well I LOVE fall. Love Love LOVE fall. When we got back from England the weather was great here. It is so similar to the weather in England. Rain, breeze, and cool weather. I am in love!! We have had the windows opened since we got back and that is one of my favorite things- listening to the rain through open windows! I don't want this weather to change.
But anyway I am in "fall fever" I wanted to get some mums, put out our new sign, hang our party lights, put out the fall wreath...etc etc. Lucky for me my husband loves fall too! So the other night we went to Lowes to get me some mums. While we were there I talked the hubs into getting some power tools. I have several projects that I want to try out and of course I need the "man of the house" to break out his power tools. So here's what we got: 

Some material to work with (wood), a jig saw, some blades, a sander, and some sand paper.
Oh and my adorable husband.

Our maroon mums with the fun fall sign.

So that's what we picked up from Lowes. And by the next day this is what our patio looked like. 

Complete with our cute party lights, and our fall wreath!

Another view of our mum, sign, and of course the MSU fans sign!

I can't wait to get the house decorated for fall and to get my fun scented candles out and burning! This Edwards' household loves us some fall!

Hope everyone else is loving the fall just as much as we do! and as a side note:

HAIL STATE!!

England Trip: Quick View

 So Christopher and I took a trip to England for two weeks....I promise to give a more detailed and picture posts in the near future for this trip, but I am fighting with my pictures (the want to turn upside down) in the blog so for now you will just get a few pictures that are being nice to me and then later I will update with details! :)

View from our walk around town. Isn't it beautiful!

I dont know what this plant is, but I think they are beautiful!

Lots of train rides with the hubby on this trip.

Treacle Tart. HPs favorite treat! Yumms!

Afternoon Tea Time @Betty's.

Dinner at Graveley's - Famous Haddock and Chips

At the town center with the hubby.

Sulfur shots from the springs in town.

Views outside of Fountains Abbey. Beautiful.

Just lovely. I could sit here all day with the love of my life.

Fountains Abbey. Gorgeous!

More of Fountains Abbey.

The weather was fantastic! It was so pretty!

So after our time in Harrogate we took a day trip to London...

At Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square again.

Headed to Hogwarts!

On the Jubilee Bridge looking at the London Eye.

Hubs chatting it up with his pigeon friends.

Delicious pizza. Chicken, Goats Cheese, Onions, Roasted Red Peppers, and Rosemary.

Tower Bridge

London Bridge

So thats just some of the things that I have to talk about and a few pictures. But one last to leave the blog with...

BUCKINGHAM PALACE!!!
I was so excited that we got to go see Buckingham Palace! Love.

Weekend-Recap....

Yes I realize it is only Saturday.....but tonight is the end of my weekend because tomorrow begins my "holiday"!! Yep Yep we leave tomorrow and head to England! I am so super excited! I did really well with the whole packing thing (which I get really OCD about) and I only repacked once! Thats probably a record for me since I usually pack and repack 1,000 times!!! I think the hubby was quite impressed!

So onto the recap. We will start this weekend where the last blog left off...Thursday night. Chris and I met up with some friends and friends of friends to watch the MSU v Memphis game. Oh and Opus came too! So we watch our bulldogs stomp all over the University of Memphis and it was fantastic! We had our cowbell and I got the table to sing in one round of "Hail State" which was much harder than I thought it would be....but anyway..

The boys ready for the game!

Met up with Ms. Esther @ the Brickhouse

I promised a new "family" pic in the last post so here it is! (cowbell included)

So that was super fantastic and we loved every minute of it! I didn't take any pictures once the game started so I didn't get any pictures with our friend Brian, but he was there.

So a fantastic Thursday lead to an AMAZING Friday. My friend Katie came and got me and we went shopping. I haven't been shopping (for me to actually buy anything) in FOREVER. It was great to get out and go running around with Katie. Love that girl! We even got to get lunch and go to the grocery store. We went to Kroger and if you know anything about me and "my" Kroger you know I love it. I think I could go there every day (okay maybe not, but I do love going to my Kroger). Chris also got home early which was super great. I love when my hubby comes home early. I had also got the bags just about packed....a few things here and there were missing but they were pretty good. Friday night we met up with Katie to watch Hazel Green High School play their football game. They were playing at Bob Jones High School. Katie's hubby coaches Hazel Green and we love football so we went! Ummm....I have been to several (numerous) high school football games at many different high schools and I have never seen anything like this. We arrived about 15 minutes to kick off. While walking from the parking lot to the ticket booth I notice this human falling from the sky....It took me a minute but I realized there were parachutters (I dont know what else to call them) landing on the middle of the football field. I mean seriously who has people jumping from planes before their football games? Then as the game gets going it gets crazier. Every time BJHS scored fireworks would go off. BJHS half-time show ended with a quite large firework show. It was UNREAL! They also had a rock climbing wall out (with Marine recruiters of course-it was the military appreciation game). But none the less I have never been to a high school football game like. Unfortunately for the team we were cheering on..they lost, but we still had a great time (minus the concrete seats..OUCH!) 

Me with the lovely Katie!

There's Jerrett.

The fireworks ended and he was sad.....

So that was Friday....now onto today (Saturday). Well Chris stayed up all night and watched the replay of the MSU v Memphis game.....I was tired and slept thru most of it. We got up this morning and hit up bootcamp which I was NOT feeling. I just wanted to go back to bed :( But after bootcamp we headed to Katie and Jerrett's house to watch some more football and eat some food. But let's be honest I couldn't wait to get to their house to meet their newest addition to the family....Lily! (pictures of Lily below)...I want a Lily and I working on Chris to let me get a Lily! 

LILY!

Eating some Cheerios!

I mean come on! Who doesn't want a pet pig! She is so adorable!! And Katie says she is so smart and completely house trained! Yes Please!

So anyway we watch a LOT of football today....I mean we are still watching football. Rooting on the SEC. So far today it has been a good day for the SEC...except for TSUN....but I mean did we expect anything else? Sorry rebels...maybe one year.....

But seriously the only two teams that didn't win their games this weekend in the SEC were Ole Miss and Georgia. Mississippi State (Go Bulldogs), LSU, Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky all won there games. I would include Texas A&M just for future practice but they don't play until tomorrow. 

Well thats all for tonight! I will try to blog (maybe) when I am over in the UK! I can't believe I am going! It is so crazy!!!

Its GAME DAY!!!

So today is Mississippi State's first football game for the 2011 Season!!!! I wish we were able to be in Memphis to watch it in person, but with our trip to England looming ever so close, we decided we really needed to sit this game out (boo!!). But anyway we are headed out tonight to meet some other State Alum to watch the game and cheer on our Bulldogs!!! So in honor of our love for State football.... I have some pictures from past games....There are a LOT of pictures!

Chris and Dante in the process of getting painted up.

Dante and Eileen painted up.

and Bridget!!

Victorian Court Ladies.... Ronda, Bobbie Jo, Laura, and Me

Chris and Eileen

Hanging in the student section!

We are cheesy!

Love him and State Football!

With Jaime and Jason!!

With Amelia....we know how to tailgate!

This is how the guys tailgate! Chris and Calvin.

JUMBOTRON!!!

Bully and Opus! Pre-Game

Looking Sharp in his tailgate attire.

Go Team!

Lovely Ladies! Eileen and Amelia

Cam's appearance! He was a great tailgater!

Basking in the win!

Bentley and Opus have matching jerseys!

Opus taking in the game from the stands!

Chris and Opus watching the game.

@ the Memphis game 2010- Me, Eileen (Cam), Amelia, Opus, and Bentley 

Chris painted up Jr. Year for the South Carolina Game.

Holly and I @ a game against LSU....It rained!

Tailgating prior to a game.

Egg Bowl 2006.  With my parents. 

Enjoying the game with Mickey and Dante!

So we are SOOO excited for the game tonight! Can't wait for the hubby to get home so we can go meet up with more State friends!!! Opus and I are ready to go with our Cowbells ready!!!! Go State!!

We will have to take a new "family" picture in our State gear! But for now here's what you get!