Kentucky Kitty Kats?

Ally attended the Volunteers basketball game verses Kentucky tonight at Thompson Boling Arena. She kept us updated via Snapchat. We were cheering her on from home. 

What do you know? The VOLS beat KENTUCKY! WOW! She said it was a great game and TBA was louder than ever. 

The Vols Went Down to Georgia

Watching/listening to the UT - Georgia game while I made a mad dash to the store. 

Checking my app while I am in the store shopping...

 Georgia is Winning

Vols are Winning

No Georgia Wins

No...the Tennessee Volunteers WIN!!!

Words nor pictures can do this game any justice. It was truly unbelievable! 

I love Butch Jones' reaction...he immediately dropped to his knees. 

Jud going down memory lane with ... 1998...

Who else would be in the middle of the celebration but Austin Chambers:-) 

Post UT game celebration at the Douglas's...me and Maddie

This button is officially my "good luck" button!!!

Ally's snapchat as she is celebrating in Knoxville. 

It didn't take long for the t-shirts to make their appearance. Here are two of my personal favorites.  

Guess what? Yep, Game Day is following the Vols to College Station for next week's game. Boy this sure is fun. Feels like my Vols used to feel. 

Perfect Timing, Always

In completely Peyton Manning fashion, with class and poise, Peyton Manning said goodbye to playing football today. You couldn't have written a book any better than the way his career ended. So happy for him and his family. Such a real class act and example for young people. Such an awesome representative for the University of Tennessee. 

Judson and I watched the press conference at work. I think we were both crying at one point. Pretty emotional speech. So sincere and personal. 

Im pretty sure he blew up the internet today. I couldn't begin to post all of the awesome pics that were floating around. CONGRATULATIONS Peyton! Job well done! 

Fall Break...Rocky Top Bound

WOW...what a week! We have always talked about doing a week long trip across the state, but we never have made it happen. This was the year. The University of Tennessee had a home football game the Saturday before and at the end of our Fall Break. So, it was off to East TN for the five of us!
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Friday	10/7	Nashville
Saturday	10/8	Knoxville
Sunday	10/9	Asheville
Monday	10/10	Gatlinburg
Tuesday	10/11	Gatlinburg
Wednesday	10/12	Gatlinburg
Thursday	10/13	Gatlinburg
Friday	10/14	Knoxville
Saturday	10/15	Nashville
Sunday	10/16	Covington

We started on Friday night (after the TRA Homecoming game). We arrived in Nashville very late and landed at the Downtown Hilton. We were coming in town so late that we opted to stay in a hotel rather than wake Aunt Jan up. We also were on a mission to keep our Hampton/Hilton status for 2012 and needed a couple more "stays" at Hamptons/Hiltons. We had breakfast with Britt Saturday morning, convinced her to go to the game with us, and were off to Knoxville to the Georgia game.

Oney LOVES Smokey! He danced with him in the middle of the parade!

On Sunday, we went to a Lady Vol Volleyball game. THEY WERE AMAZING! Those girls were so tall and strong! It was a lot of fun.

Oney managed to get down to the floor to see Smokey again!

We visited the Biltmore in Asheville, NC. It was amazing...even the kiddos enjoyed seeing it.

This was our cabin in Gatlinburg. We actually landed for a few days and really enjoyed ourselves. We played Pacman, pool, foosball, air hockey, pinball, got in the hot tub, watched movies, and just rested. It was perfect! These cabins are so nice. Our favorite one was booked this time so we stayed in this one.

I LOVE this picture! I think everyone looks so happy and relaxed not to mention the beautiful scenery.

Beautiful scenes from our drive through the Great Smoky Mtns and Cades Cove. We were able to see the black bears which were so so amazing. We took tons of pictures and stopped by the road side and watched them slowly move around the Park.

We went to eat at Calhoun's and took all of the "poor college kids" (Britt, her friend from MTSU and Elizabeth Naifeh).

One of our MANY pictures from the inside of the car...the kids were sipping on their hot tea.

Before the LSU game, signing the billboard for our incredible Lady Vols coach, Pat Summitt. Check out this website that his raising money for her fight against Alzheimer's.

Our awesome Almer Mater in the background! I am so glad that our kids love UT as much as we do...even though it has been tough "athletics wise" these past few years!

Our "friend" and favorite Lady Vol, Alicia Manning!

Two beautiful girls, my niece, Britt and Elizabeth Naifeh.

I could post a million more pictures and write a million more words. It was a great week with many great memories! You know it was a good trip when the kids ask to do it again next year! Here are some random happy momenst from the trip...