Our weekend with Beck and Ben

At least once a year, we have the Powell's to stay in College Station with us! Sometimes, we have years where we see them 3 or 4 times at the beach, JW Marriott, Austin, or Orange Grove, but this time, we had not seen them in almost an entire year! So, it was so much fun to have them come stay for a weekend! Many times, the Huey's also come in for a day trip to College Station on Friday, but they were busy this time, so it was just the 9 of us. On Friday night, they arrived and we ate chicken, baked potatoes and salad while the boys and Grace started playing. They picked up right where they left off with their friendship and never had any problems all weekend. Even Grace played the entire time without every feeling left out and they always included her. They played and played and crashed Friday night, and us adults even stayed up until 1:30! That is very late for me and Vic these days!

On Saturday, we got dressed in our Aggie gear, since this was the big Texas A&M vs. Alabama game weekend in Alabama. Before we left, the kids went outside and Beck coached them to play football for awhile. He was so funny telling them where to stand and what to do and was serious. But, sometimes, his other 3 players got confused or forgot and it made for some interesting plays, touchdowns, and tackles. It was the funniest thing! Also, since Mandee and Derek had not seen the new stadium, we headed up to campus to walk around the stadium, the MSC, and over to the Century Tree. The kids ran and played and we got the cutest pictures that I truly hope we get to recreate one day when they are all Aggies attending Texas A&M together! We went to Chimy's to eat lunch and hit it right before the college crowd arrived to watch the game. It was a great lunch because the adults sat at one table and the kids, minus Everly, sat a different table. It's exciting to get to that point in your kids ages! Then, we headed home to watch the game, do a lot of pretending and dress-up, play outside with some of the neighbors, and finish off the night with pizza. Early the next day, they headed home and Atticus and Grace were so sad to see them go! We look forward to every time we get to see Mandee and Derek, Beck and Ben.