Thanksgiving Weekend

It's been a while since we last posted. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our first Thanksgiving in our house. Josh's parents, brother and cousin Bob came to enjoy the feast. We had a 22 lbs. turkey, stuffing, creamed corn, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and of course cranberry sauce. Josh did a great job on the turkey, it wasn't dry at all! It was such a wonderful time. After we finished stuffing our faces, we played board and card games. Yesterday, our task was Christmas decorations. A tradition we have decided to take on instead of participating in Black Friday. Josh and I went and picked a six foot live tree. It makes the whole house smell so awesome. It truly is now Christmas time! Here are some pictures from the entire weekend.

Albuquerque

I just got back from 10 days in Albuquerque, NM. The weather was gorgeous. We were working 14 hour days, but I got out to the Sandia Mountains on the weekend. I will post some pictures soon.

Yes We Can

I Voted Today

Woohoo! My first time voting. It was quite an experience. Knowing the poles opened at 6am, I woke up at 5:30. I walked to my precinct which is only a couple blocks away because I didn't want to have to mess with parking. It was dark and cold and raining so I wore my new rain coat and Josh's rain pants. The line was long and for some reason I was nervous. Mainly because I have never voted and Josh wasn't around to calm my nerves. He got to do an absentee ballot. I waited an hour and fifteen minutes. Walked into the building, checked in and voted within two minutes. I am not one for politics but I am proud I could take part in such a historic occasion.

Mother's Weekend Pictures

As promised, here are pictures from Mother's weekend in Annapolis. Thanks mom! We had a great time despite the nasty weather. It was gorgeous on Sunday though!

Our fabulous tailgate!

A Little Behind

I am a little behind on posts! Two weeks ago we went to Annapolis for the homecoming game. These pictures are from that weekend. I didn't take any pictures from our Mom visit this past weekend, but my mom is sending me some soon. I will post those as soon as I get them, I promise! Josh is in New Mexico for work for the next ten days, so its just me and Ginny. I always miss him when he is gone, but get so much done! I don't know why that would happen :)

Mothers' Weekend in Annapolis

Navy (4-3) vs. SMU (1-7)
Saturday, Oct. 25 3:30 p.m.
CBS College Sports Network

Our moms are coming this weekend to watch the Midshipmen take on the Mustangs of Southern Methodist. They'll be crashing at my brother John's apartment in D.C. We can't wait to see them and show them around Annapolis.

Mids to Join Exclusive 1200 Club
Navy, who owns an all-time record of 628-514-57 (.549), will etch its name into the record books on Saturday when it becomes just the second FBS team to play 1,200 games. Two other schools will join the exclusive list later in the year - Michigan will play its 1,200th game on Nov. 1 vs. Purdue, while Nebraska will play game No. 1,200 against Colorado on Nov. 28. Having played 1,221 games to date, Rutgers has competed in the most games in FBS history. •

In 128 years of football, Navy has ...
• played in 14 bowl games (including a current streak of five years in a row)
• won six bowl games
• has won one National Championship (1926)
• produced two Heisman Trophy winners (Joe Bellino in 1960, Roger Staubach in 1963)
• produced 34 First-Team All-Americans

Scouting SMU
SMU enters Saturday's contest with a 1-7 record with its lone win a 47-36 decision over Texas State. The Mustangs have lost to Rice, Texas Tech, TCU, Tulane, UCF, Tulsa, and Houston. SMU had both undefeated Tulsa and Houston on the ropes the last two weeks. Last week, Houston had to score 21 points in the last 9:23 to rally for a 44-38 victory.

The Last Time
The last time Navy and SMU played was Aug. 31, 2002, the first game of my junior season. It was Paul Johnson's first game as head coach and we won 38-7. It was also my first career start at Navy.