Titans vs. Bears.

On Sunday,November 4th, my in-laws, my mom and I took off to Nashville, TN to enjoy some Tennessee Titans football. The Titans were taking on "Da Bears" in Russell's and many others' words. It was an interesting trip to say the least. The Titans got whooped 51-20 and our tailgating experience was one for the books. We called it tailgating "Sanford and Son style." Sanford and Son is truly a perfect description of what it felt like. Russell says he is determined to tailgate like this again!

I just love this atmosphere...

After the extreme lost, Russell had to drink his blues away!

All in all, it was a fun trip with fantastic company! Even if we did lose!

Memphis,TN.

 Trey has been training for a new position for a few weeks in Horn, Lake Mississippi. Since Trey had a couple of days off over the weekend of Oct. 26th, Russell, Addison, and myself took a little weekend trip down to Memphis,TN to visit Trey. The three of us left after work on Friday Oct. 26th and came back Saturday night Oct. 27th. We arrived at the hotel, around 8:30 PM, and got our stuff all put up for the night. Then we took off to the Rendezvous for dinner. Our hotel was only a couple of blocks away, so we decided to enjoy downtown Memphis and walk.

After dinner Russell and Addison headed back to the hotel. Trey and I decided to go check out the action on Beale Street. We stopped and listened to a band at Wet Willies. 

Saturday morning we woke up and went downstairs at the hotel to enjoy a complimentary breakfast. We had to rush to arrive at the famous Peabody Hotel by 11:00 AM to let Addison watch the ducks walk down the red carpet and into the fountain. My parents took my sisters and I, as kids, so I wanted Addison to see it for herself. Although, I'm sure we will have to do it again for her to be able to remember it!

After watching the ducks walk down the carpet we decided to avoid the crowd and take the elevator up to see the ducks palace!

Afterwards, we went back down to let Addison get a closer look of the ducks.

While strolling back to the hotel after dinner Friday night, Addison told granddad that she wanted to ride the "train" AKA trolley. So riding the trolley was our next Memphis adventure!

Addison loved hanging from the handle and went back and forth between her dad and grandad!

Then we were off to one of Addison's favorite spots in the world! She wanted to see animals! So to the zoo we went...

After roaming the zoo for hours, we decided it was time to eat again. We were famished, and Addison was extremely tired. So we took off to Houston's. The food was delicious!  Russell and Mary used to frequent the restaurant when they lived in Memphis.
After dinner, it was time to say our goodbyes, which is way to familiar these days! Trey only has one week left of training! After four weeks of training, we are so ready for him to be back home!
We cannot wait for another visit to Memphis, TN only next time we expect Mary, Angela, Carter, and Reese to join us!

Halloween.

This year for Halloween Addison wanted to be a ballerina princess! So we settled for just a ballerina since I could not find her princess crown in the last minute preparations.

For Halloween we hit the usual spots that we have gone to in the past: Gigi, Grandma Collins, Grandmother Nancy or Sissy, DQ, and Vanessa. We met Reagan and Griffin at Gigi's and ate on some beef stew and then took off for more stops!

Addison loved every minute of the adventure this year and every piece of candy that she received she insisted it be opened then and there! When we got back home you better believe I hid the pink pumpkin filled with candy. The only thing missing from our Halloween adventures this year was Trey who is still off training for his new job!

A glance of the past...