Go Cougars

The Brookstone Cougars have defeated the Savannah Country Day Hornets... well, I am assuming that we won since we were winning 35-21 with 4 minutes left. That's right... we. Springer loves the Cougars (his high school) so we went to support them in their quest for a state championship! Tonight was the 2nd round. I think if Athens Academy ended up winning tonight, we will play them next week.
Anyway... my favorite part of the game was the proud dad sitting right in front of us. He had a blue baseball cap on with "Brookstone" on the front, and his son's number and last name on the back. I was thinking about how that must make his son feel, to know his dad is wearing his name... and is proud to call him his son. I hope that he knows his daddy's love, and I hope we can love and support our kids well one day!

Little Drummer Boy

We love Aaron and Camille ... I'll blog about these special friends one day soon.

But for today I wanted to share a picture of their little one from Sunday morning.

After church he climbed up on stage and started playing the drum...

so precious!

Blackout

I have been a Georgia fan all of my life. Growing up in Columbus Auburn has always been my least favorite team. In Columbus you are either a GA fan or an AU fan. My parents went to UGA and so naturally I'm a GA fan, but my oldest sister was a rebel and wanted to be an AU fan. People who aren't from here don't really realize how big of a rivalry it is. I have been to the past 14 GA-AU games. I have been to alot of GA games in my life, but almost all of my top games are GA-AU games. The 1996 game has always been one of my favorites. The Dawgs tied the game with no time left and went on to win in 4 overtimes. Then there was the 2002 game with the 4th and 14 TD pass to Michael Johnson. Even the 2005 game when we lost at home was a great game. Last year was awesome when AU was ranked #5 and we came in after losing 4 of 5 games and beat them 37-15. But I think this year has topped my list of favorite games. Coach Richt teased us all week with whether or not the team would be wearing black. The fans came ready with probably over 99% wearing black. Then the captains came out wearing red and you could sense some fans were disappointed. And then it happened, the Dawgs came running out of the locker room wearing black! The crowd was so pumped. The game itself was a good one. It was close during the first half and then AU took the lead at the beginning of the 3rd quarter and then GA turned on a switch. GA scored 28 unanswered points to win 45-20, it was beautiful. The Dawgs played so well and all against one of the best defenses in the nation. It was nice to see AU QB Brandon Cox play another stellar game this year matching the same number of interceptions as last year (4). Matthew Stafford played a great game making some nice down field passes. And how about Knowshon! He is amazing. He may end up being one of the best RB's the SEC has seen in a while. He had 101 yards against a great defense. One of the best parts of the game came in-between the 3rd and 4th quarter. The Dawgs had just scored at the end of the 3rd quarter and were waiting to kick off to start the 4th quarter. There was a long TV timeout and they started cranking Soulja Boy. Knowshon and Thomas Brown were dancing on the sideline with some other players and it was all on the scoreboard. The crowd was going nuts during this. It was one of the loudest moments I have witnessed in Sanford Stadium. You can go to Youtube and see a video of it all. So overall it was a great day on Saturday. Here are some pics from the game:

Jesus is the Light of the world!

House Divided

I (Laura Susan) am the first Georgia fan to come out of the Darnell clan. (Springer's been a Bulldog since birth.) I come from a long line of Bama fans on both sides. So as you can imagine, the Georgia-Alabama game is a big deal. We decided to watch the game with the Darnells in Macon, and here's what Mom came downstairs wearing! Grandpa's Alabama sweatshirt! She makes me laugh!

But better luck next year to the Tide! (Or not) Go Dawgs!



And this is what Springer thinks about elephants... and don't you love the look on Mom's face when she is laughing? I do!

This is really cute...

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=9e7c4b40cf5a13cea6ca

Labor Day

We have had a great Labor Day weekend! We spent the weekend in Paradise... Athens, Georgia, and cheered our Bulldogs on to victory. Spent some time with family and friends... and got to see two of our favorite kids on the planet... Levi and Charlotte. We LOVED sleeping in this morning, and we made a garden today. It was really fun... our first gardening experience. Here's what it looked like...

It actually looked even worse than this at first...

covered in pine straw and leaves... yuck!
My cute hubby!
Tada! We had some good ideas for different flowers

(thanks to Victoria for lending me her gardening books),

but all that Lowes and Home Depot had were mums... but we like mums!

I planted basil, thyme, and rosemary.

Booyah, Publix! You will never overcharge me for fresh herbs again!

Oops, let's zoom out.
That's better!
The yellow chrysanthemums are called "Heidi",

and the purple ones are called "Symphony."

We had one mum left over, so it is keeping the birdbath company.

We like gardening! If only we could make grass grow in our front yard...