The closest we came to a group picture....the guys never did cooperate like we wanted them to!
Lucky for us the boys had been scheming the past few weeks and this past weekend we were able to sneak away for a few days before the official start of football. We left Friday after lunch and headed down I-65 ready for some R & R.
We spent the weekend relaxing and enjoying each others company. Another couple came too, and Eric's brother and his wife drove over one evening for dinner, so we got to see them while we were there.
I am pretty sure all of the kiddos enjoyed the trip as much as we did!
Saturday while the guys golfed, the girls headed down to a little town called Fairhope. I'd been there before but it had been several years. We walked around the downtown area that was lined with shops and restaurants. After we found several things we could not live without we settled in for some wine and sushi (great combo if you ask me!) at a restaurant call Master Joe's. I had a Titanic Roll with shrimp tempura and cucumber, stopped with crab, shrimp, avocado, spicy mayo, eel sauce, and tempura flakes. It was fantastic and I wish I had one right now! As with all good sushi meals we all got something different and passed the rolls around so we could try a bite of everything.
My Titanic Roll (soooo good!) and Kenzie kisses!
Sunday the guys went with Eric's brother to try their luck snapper fishing. We decided we weren't in a rush to do much of anything so we piddled around the house before packing up the kiddos to head toward the beach.
The plan was to go to Orange Beach where the guys were so we could meet up with them when they got back, but we never actually made it to the beach. After making a pit stop at the outlet mall (because it was there of course!) we were headed to the beach until Eric called and said they were coming in from fishing. Instead of going to the beach we detoured to the marina to see what they caught....a few red snapper, not too shabby.
I would have loved to have continued on to the beach, but Eric and I had to hit the road to get back home, so we jumped in the truck, went back to their house to pick up our stuff (and Beau), and headed north.
The only pic I got of us all weekend....he just loves pictures so much!
Why did we have to get home Sunday night? Well because football season officially started at midnight, and the team was having a midnight practice.... Yes midnight practice. I think he got maybe an hour of sleep from the time we got home until the time he had to leave for practice, and then got home about 2:30 a.m. Although the public was invited, I told him just to let me know how it went because I had to be up at 5:15 a.m. the next day. He said it went well and that they had a nice little crowd, so I guess it was a success!
Sunshine selfie...we need to get the two littles some sunglasses!
Now we are officially in football mode for the next 4 months. We're really kicking things off with our 5th Annual Football Coaches Cookout at our house on Saturday. For the 5th year in a row Eric is going to attempt to beat our head coach's ribs. He has come extremely close every year, but has come up short. He's been scheming how to win this year, so we will see. As for the ladies, we've done potato salad and mac and cheese contests before, but last year we did dessert which turned out really great! Since the only classic BBQ side dishes that were really left were slaw and beans and none of of want to deal with the aftermath of eating large amounts of either we deiced to do desserts again.Who doesn't want a table full of desserts to sample?!?
What started out as beginning of the season cookout has now become a tradition that we all look forward to every year, and I can't wait for this year's edition!
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