Lucky 2013

It's been go-go-go all fall. Lucky we had that nice vacation to tide us over, because we've been busy since then.

There seem to have been an inordinate amount of cars in the last six months. First, there was the NASCAR thing. Mom and Dad and Chris and I drove up to Charlotte for the boys to do the NASCAR experience. There were a lot of grown men acting like boys, and two of them were ours. They had a great time, Mom and I enjoyed watching them and acting like their paparazzi, and Chris even got to drive Jimmie Johnson's car!

 

After all the racing, Chris and I had the chance to visit his grandparents, the Goodwins, since they live in the Charlotte area. It's always nice to have a chance to see them, and this time we remembered to take pictures of us together!

I managed to get us hill tickets for the first home game this season, and it was about a million degrees out. Granted, it usually is. Perhaps we're getting old. Anyway. We sat on the hill for a while, then snuck over to some empty seats nearby. Because they were empty. It was a pretty good season for our Tigers, and it ended with an exceptionally nice bowl game win against LSU. Woo! 

We are blessed to be a part of a great small group. Usually our gatherings are simpler, such as game nights and knit night, but we took advantage of some great weather this fall to go apple picking together.

Don't be fooled. I didn't pull the wagon. Just holding the handle out of the mud. 

Susan kindly put this photo of the group online. And I kindly borrowed it. :) We are certainly fans of these folks!

 In October, we went with some friends to Road Atlanta for the Petit Le Mans. Cars. Fast cars. Like I said, lots of cars.

My future ride. According to Chris. I'm not opposed. 

And if Patrick Dempsey wants to come along, I wouldn't be opposed to that either.

Like I said, we went with friends. Friends like Jen. This is Jen. She makes me feel short. 

I met Bib. He's a Clemson fan!

The boys played with tiny racing cars.

We watched the real things.

The food was excellent, BTW.

I haven't gotten my pictures from the holidays uploaded yet, so here is a silly outtake from our Christmas photos. Gracias to Amy for taking the pictures and putting up with her models. She deserves a gold star!